Veterans Education and Training - State Approving Agency

Congress passed the legislation for Chapter 36 of Title 38 U.S.C. 38. The State Approving Agency's mission is to conduct inspection/approval, supervision and provide technical assistance to those programs of education pursued by veterans and other eligible persons receiving educational benefits under Title 38, U.S. Code and Title 10, U.S. Code Chapter 1606. The goals are to ensure that all programs of education, job training, and flight schools are available to veterans and other eligible persons.

Recording of Discharges

Section 132, Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 provides for, upon presentation of the Discharge Certificate or other evidence, the register of Conveyances shall record in his records, without charge, each Discharge Certificate or other evidence of honorable separation from the Armed Forces of the United States of men and women who have served in these Forces.

Documents Required by Veterans Administration

Act 768 of the 1987 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature amended and re-enacted Section 263, Title 29 of the Revised Statutes of 1950 to provide that any state official charged with the custody of any document required by the Veterans Administration to determine eligibility of any benefits will furnish a certified copy of such document to the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs at request without any charge whatsoever.

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Directory

Act 746 of the Regular 1995 Session of the Legislature changed the Family of Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Registry to the Agent Orange Directory. This Act charged the Department of Veterans Affairs, in cooperation with the Veterans Affairs Commission and the state military department, with the responsibility to establish, maintain and promote a public information program on chemical herbicides, defoliants and other causative agents used in the Vietnam conflict.

The Department maintains a central depository containing information on the health effects of exposure and the results of the latest research on the effects. This information is made available to veterans and family members upon request.