§3022 — Title 38 Veterans' Benefits | U.S. Code

Summary

Supplemental educational assistance pays $300 per month for an approved full‑time education program. If the program is less than full time, the monthly amount is cut down according to rules the Secretary sets. Payments also follow the other payment rules that apply to these benefits. If a service member who gets this assistance has a skill the military labels as being in a critical shortage, the Secretary may raise their monthly payment. The increase can be up to $300 more per month.

Title 38, §3022

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(a)The amount of payment of educational assistance under this chapter is subject to section 3032 of this title. Except as otherwise provided under subsection (b) of this section, supplemental educational assistance under section 3021 of this title shall be paid—

(1)at a monthly rate of $300 for an approved program of education pursued on a full-time basis; or

(2)at an appropriately reduced rate, as determined under regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, for an approved program of education pursued on less than a full-time basis.

(b)In the case of a member of the Armed Forces for whom the Secretary concerned has provided for the payment of supplemental educational assistance who has a skill or specialty designated by the Secretary concerned, pursuant to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, as a skill or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel, the Secretary concerned, pursuant to such regulations, may increase the rate of the supplemental educational assistance allowance applicable to such individual to such rate in excess of the rate prescribed under subsection (a) of this section as the Secretary concerned considers appropriate, but the amount of any such increase may not exceed $300 per month.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior section 3022 was renumbered section 5122 of this title.

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1422 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3032” for “1432” and “3021” for “1421” in introductory provisions. 1989—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101–237, § 423(b)(1)(A), substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–237 inserted “of Defense” after third reference to “Secretary”. 1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–689 substituted “The amount of payment of educational assistance under this chapter is subject to section 1432 of this title. Except” for “Subject to section 1432 of this title and except”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1986, see section 702(b) of Pub. L. 98–525, set out as a note under section 3021 of this title.

§3022 Amount of supplemental educational assistance