§3314 — Title 38 Veterans' Benefits | U.S. Code

Summary

If you qualify for education benefits under this chapter, you can also get tutorial help the same way eligible veterans do under section 3492. You must meet the same rules that apply to those veterans. Your teacher or instructor must also certify that the tutoring is needed to fix a specific weakness and that the course is required or is a prerequisite for your approved program. Tutoring pay is up to $100 per month for up to 12 months, with a $1,200 total limit. This help is in addition to payments under section 3313 and any other education benefits under this chapter.

Title 38, §3314

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(a)Subject to subsection (b), an individual entitled to educational assistance under this chapter shall also be entitled to benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 3492.

(b)(1)The provision of benefits under subsection (a) shall be subject to the conditions applicable to an eligible veteran under section 3492.

(2)In addition to the conditions specified in paragraph (1), benefits may not be provided to an individual under subsection (a) unless the professor or other individual teaching, leading, or giving the course for which such benefits are provided certifies that—

(A)such benefits are essential to correct a deficiency of the individual in such course; and

(B)such course is required as a part of, or is prerequisite or indispensable to the satisfactory pursuit of, an approved program of education.

(c)(1)The amount of benefits described in subsection (a) that are payable under this section may not exceed $100 per month, for a maximum of 12 months, or until a maximum of $1,200 is utilized.

(2)The amount provided an individual under this subsection is in addition to the amounts of educational assistance paid the individual under section 3313.

(d)Any benefits provided an individual under subsection (a) are in addition to any other educational assistance benefits provided the individual under this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Aug. 1, 2009, see section 5003(d) of Pub. L. 110–252, set out as an

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of 2008 Amendment note under section 16163 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

§3314 Tutorial assistance

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Title 38, §3314

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