The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to grant employees a waiver of a rule barring receipt of salary or other benefits from for-profit colleges.
The proposed regulation was published in the federal register Thursday and would take effect next month without "adverse comment."
A recent VA inspector general report found that two employees had violated the rule by working as adjunct instructors at for-profit colleges receiving VA benefits. The report recommended issuing waivers where no specific conflict of interest exists.
The proposal goes further, granting a waiver to all VA employees as long as they abide by certain other federal conflict-of-interest laws. Asked for comment, the VA's press office referred to language in the agency's notice of intent stating that the "statute has illogical and unintended consequences."
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/09/15/va-seeks-broad-waiver-rule-barring-payments-profit-colleges