CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Thomas Tillis (R-NC)

VETS Opportunity Act of 2025

S. 1308 · Senate bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 3 Democratic cosponsors · See all 11 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Veterans Education and Technical Skills Opportunity Act of 2025," aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code. It specifically seeks to modify the criteria used for approving certain independent study programs under the Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs. The changes involve adding a requirement for regular and substantive interaction between students and instructors. It also updates the definition of participating institutions of higher education. These changes are set to apply to terms beginning on or after August 1, 2025.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill benefits veterans by ensuring educational assistance programs include substantive interaction with instructors.

  • Scored +5

    Would students be better off under this?

    Student veterans benefit from more structured and interactive independent study programs.

  • Scored +5

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill enhances educational assistance for veterans by ensuring higher quality instruction through required student-instructor interaction.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.