Veterans Education Transparency Act

“3699. Availability of records to educational institutions

“The Secretary shall provide to any veteran or person who receives educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary the option of making the veteran’s or person’s relevant records maintained by the Secretary, including information about the amount of educational assistance to which the veteran or person is entitled, available through an Internet website to the educational institution that provides the course of education in which the veteran or person is enrolled. The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that—

“(1) an educational institution to which such records are made available enters into an agreement with the Secretary under which the institution agrees that such records will only be made available for the purpose of counseling the veteran or person in making decisions related to the veteran’s or person’s education; and

“(2) no unauthorized person is given access to any record made available to an educational institution under this section, including by requiring the use of passwords and other appropriate mechanisms for restricting access to the records by unauthorized persons.”