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B-140300 1 (1974-11-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaeeo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Aci~~ eG~ n ~ ~ectiCapproval by the office of CWU UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MANPOWER AND WELFARE RELEASED DIVISION B-140300 NOV 15 1974 The Honorable William M. Ketchum House of Representatives Dear Congressman Ketchum: Your April 5, 1974, letter expressed concern about the protracted delays veterans attending college from your district were experiencing in receiving their GI Bill educational assistance checks from the Veterans Administration (VA) and the personal hardships caused by such delays. As discussed with you in our April 30, 1974, meeting, we plan to initiate a review of the effectiveness of VA's efforts to improve the timeliness of educational assistance checks. Summarized below is the information currently available to us on the causes of check delays and VA's corrective action. REASONS FOR DELAYS It appears that most of the problems regarding delays occurred after Public Law 92-540 was enacted on October 24, 1972, which authorized advance payments under VA educa- tional programs. The amount of the advance payment covers the first 2 months of training. This provision was effec- tive August 1973 with the beginning of the fall enrollment period. Application for advance payment could be made directly to VA or through the schools. VA did not have information on the number of students who applied for advance payments last year. It did know, however, that as of November 16, 1973, checks totaling about $148.5 million had been issued to 418,794 advance payment applicants. VA has stated that less than 3 percent of the more than 400,000 students who had received advance payments and subsequently enrolled in training had experienced a 2-week delay or more in receiving their regular monthly checks. VA reviewed students' applications for advance pay- ments, and if the students were deemed eliqible the Treasury Department was authorized to prepare and mail the advance payment checks to the schools of proposed enrollment. The 9069A11[09t30/103

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