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§3534 Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses

Title 38 › Part PART III— - READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS › § 3534

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Eligible persons may take an apprenticeship or other on-the-job training in any State and receive the training allowance paid under section 3687. Eligible spouses or surviving spouses may take only correspondence courses and get the educational allowance under section 3686 (not subsection (a)(2)); each $788 paid counts as one month of the spouse’s entitlement.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §3534

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(a)Any eligible person shall be entitled to pursue, in a State, a program of apprenticeship or other on-job training and be paid a training assistance allowance as provided in section 3687 of this title.
(b)Any eligible spouse or surviving spouse shall be entitled to pursue a program of education exclusively by correspondence and be paid an educational assistance allowance as provided in section 3686 (other than subsection (a)(2)) of this title and the period of such spouse’s entitlement shall be charged with one month for each $788 which is paid to the spouse as an educational assistance allowance for such course.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–183 substituted “$788” for “$670”. 2001—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–103 substituted “$670” for “$588”. 2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–419 substituted “$588” for “$485”. 1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–178, § 8210(b), as added by Pub. L. 105–206, § 9014(b), substituted “$485” for “$404”. 1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 1734 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3687” for “1787”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1), substituted “3686” for “1786”. 1989—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–237 substituted “1786 (other than subsection (a)(2)) of this title and the period of such spouse’s entitlement shall be charged with one month for each $404 which is paid to the spouse as an educational assistance allowance for such course” for “1786 of this title”. 1976—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–502 substituted “spouse or surviving spouse” for “wife or widow”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2003 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 108–183 effective July 1, 2004, and applicable with respect to educational assistance allowances payable under this chapter and section 3687(b)(2) of this title for months beginning on or after that date, see section 302(e) of Pub. L. 108–183, set out as a note under section 3532 of this title.

Effective Date

of 2001 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–103 effective Jan. 1, 2002, and applicable with respect to educational assistance allowances payable under this chapter and section 3687(b)(2) of this title for months beginning on or after that date, see section 102(e) of Pub. L. 107–103, set out as a note under section 3532 of this title.

Effective Date

of 2000 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 106–419 effective Nov. 1, 2000, and applicable with respect to educational assistance allowances paid under this chapter for months after October 2000, see section 111(e) of Pub. L. 106–419, set out as a note under section 3532 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1998

Amendments

Title IX of Pub. L. 105–206 effective simultaneously with enactment of Pub. L. 105–178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105–178 at time of enactment, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105–206, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways. Amendment by Pub. L. 105–178 effective Oct. 1, 1998, and applicable with respect to educational assistance allowances paid for months after Sept. 1998, see section 8210(e) of Pub. L. 105–178, set out as a note under section 3532 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1989 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–237 effective Jan. 1, 1990, see section 403(c) of Pub. L. 101–237, set out as a note under section 3532 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–502 effective Oct. 15, 1976, see section 703(b) of Pub. L. 94–502, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3693 of this title.

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 3534

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