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HRD-79-115 1 (1979-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORT BY THE .,Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES GI Bill Benefits For Flight And Correspondence Training Should Be Discontinued Over 1 billion dollars in educational assis tance has been paid by the Veterans Admin- istration to veterans enrolled in flight or correspondence training since the current GI bill was enacted in 1966 However, GAO's review of a random sample of veterans who completed such training during a recent 5year period showed that only about 16 percent of flight-trained veterans and 34 percent of correspondence trained veterans have full-time jobs related directly to their training Employment survey reports submitted to VA by vocational/technical schools indicate that in general over 50 percent of flight and correspondence course graduates have found training-related employment However, these reports provide no assurance that most veterans obtained full-time employment in training-related occupations GAO findings support proposed legislation submitted by VA to terminate GI bill benefits for flight and correspondence training The Chairman, Senate Committee on Vet- erans' Affairs, asked GAO to survey a repre sentative sample of veterans who had com- pleted flight or correspondence courses to determine whether their full time occupa- tions were related to the training they had received under the GI bill 110203 HRD 79 115 AUGUST 24, 1979

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