Sec. 4. Requirement that educational institutions provide academic or career counseling to veterans and members of Armed Forces
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Subchapter I of chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: An educational institution with a covered individual enrolled in programs of education at the educational institution may not be approved under this chapter unless the educational institution provides academic or career counseling to each covered individual enrolled in a program of education at the educational institution. Counseling provided under paragraph
(1)to a covered individual shall be provided before the educational institution receives any amount from the Secretary for the individual's pursuit of a program of education. At a minimum, the academic or career counseling provided under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An overview of the educational assistance resources available to the individual at the educational institution. Discussion of how enrollment in the individual's program of education will further the student's academic or career goals. The Secretary shall encourage educational institutions to assist covered individuals in developing a personalized academic and career plan as part of individualized, one-on-one educational counseling provided under paragraph (1). The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the requirement to provide academic or career counseling under paragraph
(1)for an educational institution for an academic year if— the Secretary determines that the educational institution has demonstrated that providing such counseling during such academic year would lead to severe financial hardship; and the educational institution submits to the Secretary a plan to provide such counseling during the following academic year. In this section, the term covered individual , with respect to enrollment in a program of education, means an individual who is receiving educational assistance under this chapter or any of chapters 30 through 35 of this title or under chapters 106A and 1606 of title 10 for such program of education. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 36 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3679 the following new item: 3679A. Provision of academic or career counseling. . Section 3672(b)(2)(A) of such title (as amended by section 3(a)(2)) is further amended by striking and 3696 and inserting 3696, and 3679A . Section 3679A of such title, as added by paragraph (1), shall take effect on August 1, 2014.