§3315B — Title 38 Veterans' Benefits | U.S. Code

Summary

A person who already gets education benefits under this law can also have a covered preparatory course paid for. The program will pay either the course fee or whatever benefit money the person still has left, whichever is smaller. The number of benefit months used is pro-rated based on the course fee compared to the monthly rate. The monthly rate is $2,042 for the academic year starting August 1, 2020, and each later year is the prior year’s rate increased by the most recent percentage increase under section 3015(h). Covered preparatory course: a course to prepare for a required or used licensing or certification test for a specific job or profession that the State approving agency has approved.

Title 38, §3315B

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(a)An individual entitled to educational assistance under this chapter shall also be entitled to payment for a covered preparatory course.

(b)The amount of educational assistance payable under this chapter for a covered preparatory course is the lesser of—

(1)the fee charged for the covered preparatory course; or

(2)the amount of entitlement available to the individual under this chapter at the time of payment for the covered preparatory course under this section.

(c)The number of months of entitlement charged an individual under this chapter for a covered preparatory course shall be pro-rated based on the actual amount of the fee charged for the covered preparatory course relative to the rate for 1 month payable—

(1)for the academic year beginning on August 1, 2020, $2,042; or

(2)for an academic year beginning on any subsequent August 1, the amount for the previous academic year beginning on August 1 under this subsection, as increased by the percentage increase equal to the most recent percentage increase determined under section 3015(h).

(d)In this section, the term “covered preparatory course” means a course—

(1)for a licensing or certification test that is required or used to enter into, maintain, or advance in employment in a predetermined and identified vocation or profession; and

(2)that has been approved by the State approving agency concerned.

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Effective Date

Pub. L. 116–154, § 5(d), Aug. 8, 2020, 134 Stat. 692, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect on August 1, 2021.”

§3315B Preparatory courses for licensure, certification, or national tests

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Title 38, §3315B

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