,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ae1        
#bjba,ms4 ,underwood introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to establish protections 
for a member of the ,armed ,forces who  
leaves a course of education1 paid for  
with certain educational assistance1 to 
perform certain service4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protections for ,student ,veterans     
,act4  #b4 ,establishment of protections
 for a member of the ,armed ,forces who 
leaves a course of education1 paid for  
with certain educational assistance1 to 
perform certain service  7a7            
,establishment ,chapter #cf of title    
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 amended by  
inserting after section #cfia the       
following new section3  #cfia;,a4       
,withdrawal or leave of absence from    
certain education  7a7 ,in general  7#a7

 ,withdrawal or leave of absence ,a     
covered member may1 after receiving     
orders to enter a period of covered     
service1 withdraw or take a leave of    
absence from covered education4  7#b7   
,prohibition on adverse action ,the     
institution concerned may not take any  
adverse action against a covered member 
on the basis that such covered member   
withdraws or takes a leave of absence   
under paragraph 7#a74 ,adverse actions  
include the following3 7,a7 ,the        
assignment of a failing grade to a      
covered member for covered education4   
7,b7 ,the reduction of the grade point  
average of a covered member for covered 
education4  7,c7 ,the characterization  
of any absence of a covered member from 
covered education as unexcused4  7,d7   
,the assessment of any financial penalty
 against a covered member4  7b7         
,withdrawal ,if a covered member        
withdraws from covered education under  
subsection 7a71 the institution         
concerned shall refund all tuition and  

fees 7including payments for housing7   
for the academic term from which the    
covered servicemember withdraws4  7c7   
,leave of absence ,if a covered member  
takes a leave of absence from covered   
education under subsection 7a71 the     
institution concerned shall-- 7#a7      
assign a grade of incomplete 7or        
equivalent7 to the covered member for   
covered education for the academic term 
from which the covered member takes such
 leave of absence2 and  7#b7 to the     
extent practicable1 permit the covered  
member1 upon completion of the period   
covered service1 to complete such       
academic term4  7d7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,the term covered    
education means a course of education-- 
7,a7 at an institution of higher        
education2 and  7,b7 paid for with      
educational assistance furnished under a
 law administered by the ,secretary4    
7#b7 ,the term covered member means a   
member of the ,armed ,forces 7including 
the reserve components7 enrolled in     

covered education4  7#c7 ,the term      
covered service means-- 7,a7 active     
service or inactive-duty training1 as   
such terms are defined in section #aja  
of title #aj2 or  7,b7 ,state active    
duty1 as defined in section #dcjc of    
this title4  7#d7 ,the term institution 
concerned means1 with respect to a      
covered member1 the institution of      
higher education where the covered      
member is enrolled in covered education4
  7#e7 ,the term institution of higher  
education has the meaning given such    
term in section #aja of the ,higher     
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajja74  7#f7 ,the term period of       
covered service means the period        
beginning on the date on which a covered
 member enters covered service and      
ending on the date on which the covered 
member is released from covered service 
or dies while in covered service4  4    
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
contents at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by inserting after   

the item relating to section #cfia the  
following new item3                     
#cfia;,a4,withdrawal or leave of absence
 from certain education4  4