Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§2145 Adjustments of Amount of Educational Assistance and of Subsistence Allowance
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part III— TRAINING AND EDUCATION › Chapter 106A— EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS ENLISTING FOR ACTIVE DUTY › § 2145
Summary
Each year the Secretary of Defense must change the amount of education benefits for a standard academic year and the subsistence allowance for full‑time students so it matches how the average actual cost of attending public colleges changed over the prior 12 months. The phrase "actual cost of attendance" uses the meaning in the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll).
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Title 10, §2145
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(a)Once each year, the Secretary of Defense shall adjust the amount of educational assistance which may be provided to any person in any standard academic year under section 2143 of this title, and the amount of the subsistence allowance authorized under section 2144 of this title for pursuit of a course of instruction on a full-time basis, in a manner consistent with the change over the preceding twelve-month period in the average actual cost of attendance at public institutions of higher education.
(b)In this section, the term “actual cost of attendance” has the meaning given the term “cost of attendance” by section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll).
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1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–35 substituted “has the meaning given the term ‘cost of attendance’ by section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll)” for “means the actual cost of attendance as determined by the Secretary of Education pursuant to section 411(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(a)(2)(B)(iv))”. 1987—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–180 inserted “the term” after “In this section,”.
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10 U.S.C. § 2145
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60