GI Bill school facts without inventing your personal award¶
Technical version: Veteran education-benefits (GI Bill) data feasibility
Bottom line¶
A bridge from the federal track to the education track is real and PII-free if WorkWingman sticks to the public GI Bill Comparison Tool school API and school-level chips. That is different from VA identity/claims APIs that know a specific veteran — those stay out of this feature.
Do not build a benefits maximizer or a personalized “you get $X” calculator from school data alone.
What is allowed¶
- Search schools / facility codes and show school-level facts (for example Yellow Ribbon participation amounts as published school data)
- Local cache with version stamps
- Static rules cards + deep links for program overviews (Post-9/11 tiers, VR&E overview, SkillBridge overview) without inventing individual eligibility
- Self-attestation that stays on your machine
What is no-go (for this feature)¶
| Idea | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Personalized award calculator | No — needs individual service history; liability shape |
| VA Lighthouse individual claims/confirmation | No — wrong problem and PII path |
| Automated SkillBridge employer chips (today) | No public school-level join found |
| VR&E school participation chips | No dataset — rules card only |
| Ranking / maximizer scores | Hard ban |
Overall recommendation¶
Go to a thin, flag-gated build: GIBCT school chips + static rules cards, with copy guards, after ticket-id bookkeeping is clean.