Educational institutions with approved courses for veterans training and organizations or entities offering approved licensing or certification tests for veterans training must keep advertising, sales and enrollment materials (includes candidate handbooks for organizations or entities offering the licensing and certification tests). VA employees and SAA (State Approving Agencies) employees may review the materials.
The statute prohibits approval of the enrollment of a Veteran in a course if the educational institution uses advertising, sales, or enrollment practices that are erroneous, deceptive, or misleading either by actual statement, omission, or intimation. The advertising, sales and enrollment materials are reviewed to determine if the institution is in compliance with guidelines for approval.
US Code:
38 USC 3689
Name of Law: Approval requirements for licensing and certification
US Code:
38 USC 3696
Name of Law: Limitation on certain advertising, sales, and enrollment
There is an increase in the annual reporting burden, due to an VA reassessment in the time burden measurement to which institutions and entities approved for VA education training must prepare materials required for compliance surveys to be completed. The resulting calculations derived from this reassessment covers the average annual number of compliances performed for period(s) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.