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This bill, the Veterans Education and Technical Skills Opportunity Act of 2025, aims to improve educational benefits for veterans by modifying existing laws. Specifically, it changes the timing for repaying contributions made towards the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program, ensuring that individuals not eligible for a monthly housing stipend receive their repayment in a lump sum after exhausting their educational benefits. It also updates the criteria for approving certain independent study programs for veteran education, requiring regular and substantive interaction between students and instructors and allowing programs from institutions approved for federal student financial aid to be eligible. Additionally, the bill provides options for "covered members" (likely referring to service members) who receive orders for "covered service" (likely military duty) to withdraw from, take a leave of absence from, or enter into an agreement to complete their education, with specific conditions for such agreements. The bill also adjusts the notice period for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compliance surveys for educational institutions and mandates that the VA notify school certifying officials, who are employees responsible for certifying veteran enrollment, of updates to the VA's handbook within 14 business days. Finally, it extends certain limits on pension payments.

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