Officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs are raising concerns about the Education Department’s controversial proposed state-authorization rule.
During a public-comment period at a rule-making session last week, Debbie L. Hettler, a clinical director in the VA’s office of academic affiliations, asked Education Department officials to exempt federal facilities from the rule, which would require programs to seek approval from every state where they enroll students in distance education.
Reading from a letter signed by the VA’s acting chief officer for academic affiliations, Ms. Hettler warned that “the costs of multiple state registrations for academic institutions will prohibit programs from participating in training at VA facilities and other national federal agencies.”
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