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Oregon community colleges battling feds over allegations flight schools were overpaid veterans benefits

by | Jul 13, 2022 | Headline Feed, Statewide

Oregon community colleges battling feds over allegations flight schools were overpaid veterans benefits
Robert Cutter, a former aviation student at Portland Community College, barely finished out the school’s flight training program when the college stopped accepting veterans benefits amid a fight with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Courtesy Robert Cutter.

Two Oregon community colleges are suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs over its efforts to claw back millions in GI BIll benefits that the department says it overpaid for students enrolled in helicopter and airplane flight training programs.