The records program behind the research agenda.

13 aggregate-data request drafts prepared across 6 agencies, modeled on The Veteran Benefit Desk's public FOIA log. Statuses, tracking numbers, response letters, and released records will publish here as the program runs.

Request standards

Every request seeks aggregate records only. No request asks for student names, Social Security numbers, claim numbers, disability information, education records, or any other personally identifiable information.
Where a requested breakdown could produce cells small enough to identify a person, the request asks the agency to suppress or aggregate those cells rather than withhold the record.
Federal agencies receive Freedom of Information Act requests; California state and local agencies receive California Public Records Act requests.
Full letter text is prepared for every entry below and staged as letterhead PDFs on the desk's internal filing queue. Nothing is submitted automatically; statuses, tracking numbers, response letters, and released records will be logged here as letters are manually filed.

Agency	Mechanism	Subject	Scope	Status
California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet)	CPRA	College Fee Waiver applications, approvals, denials, and withdrawals	Counts by academic year, county, and plan for the most recent five academic years, with processing-time statistics and counts of incomplete applications where maintained.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet)	CPRA	College Fee Waiver program guidance and training materials	Current program guidance, county training materials, audit results, and records describing digital-application availability by county.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office	CPRA	Veteran and military-connected student enrollment and outcomes	Systemwide and college-level counts of veteran and military-connected enrollment, persistence, transfer, completion, and time to award for the most recent five academic years, with definitions used for each flag.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office	CPRA	Veterans Resource Center staffing and funding	VRC funding allocations and reported staffing by college for the most recent five fiscal years, including School Certifying Official counts where maintained.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office	CPRA	Credit for prior learning awarded for military experience	Units awarded through credit for prior learning based on military training, by college and academic year, where maintained.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
California State University, Office of the Chancellor	CPRA	Veteran and military-connected enrollment, outcomes, and fee waiver recipients	Systemwide and campus-level counts of veteran and military-connected enrollment, persistence, completion, College Fee Waiver recipients, and certification staffing for the most recent five academic years.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
California State University, Office of the Chancellor	CPRA	Campus-based mandatory fees remaining after the College Fee Waiver	Current campus-based mandatory fee schedules by campus and any systemwide guidance on which charges the waiver covers, including treatment of self-supporting and extension programs.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
University of California, Office of the President	CPRA	Veteran and military-connected enrollment, outcomes, and fee waiver recipients	Systemwide and campus-level counts of veteran and military-connected enrollment, persistence, completion, College Fee Waiver recipients, and certification staffing for the most recent five academic years, with treatment of professional-degree supplemental tuition under the waiver.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
California Student Aid Commission	CPRA	Cal Grant and Middle Class Scholarship awards to military-connected students	Applicant and recipient counts and award values identifiable through military-dependent eligibility processes, by academic year and institution segment, plus any interaction guidance or policy memoranda on veteran education benefit coordination.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	FOIA	Chapter 31 participation in education and training in California	Aggregate counts of California VR&E participants in education or training tracks, plans approved for long-term services, counselor caseload, and processing times, by fiscal year for the most recent five fiscal years.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	FOIA	Chapter 33 beneficiaries by California institution	Aggregate beneficiary counts and payment totals by California institution and fiscal year, as maintained for GI Bill Comparison Tool reporting, for the most recent five fiscal years.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	FOIA	Compliance surveys and approval actions for California schools	Aggregate counts of compliance surveys, approvals, suspensions, and withdrawals involving California institutions, and State Approving Agency activity summaries, by fiscal year for the most recent five fiscal years.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	FOIA	Education benefit debts and overpayments involving California enrollments	Aggregate counts and dollar totals of education benefit overpayments and debts associated with California institutions, by fiscal year, with the categories VA uses to classify their causes.	Letter prepared, not yet submitted

Log format and archiving practices follow the desk's public FOIA log and Records Room: released records are archived with SHA-256 hashes alongside the analysis they support. Queue verified 2026-08-26.

The California Veteran Education Observatory is an independent research and public-information project of The Veteran Benefit Desk. It is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the California Department of Veterans Affairs, the California Student Aid Commission, or any college or university. It does not provide individualized legal, financial-aid, education, or benefits advice.

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at va.gov/education.

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