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Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

§3014 Payment of Basic Educational Assistance

Title 38 › PART III — READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS › CHAPTER 30 — ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › SUBCHAPTER II — BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE › § 3014

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The VA must pay a basic education allowance to anyone eligible who is enrolled in an approved program. The money helps pay for living costs, tuition, fees, books, supplies, equipment, and other school expenses. If someone is in certain military education or training, they can choose to have the VA pay all or part of the school charges that the military did not cover. The monthly amount is the same as the normal basic monthly rate. Payments can be made for up to 36 months. To count how many months of benefits are used, the VA divides the total dollars it paid by the full‑time monthly rate the person would otherwise get; fractions of a month count.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §3014

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(a)The Secretary shall pay to each individual entitled to basic educational assistance who is pursuing an approved program of education a basic educational assistance allowance to help meet, in part, the expenses of such individual’s subsistence, tuition, fees, supplies, books, equipment, and other educational costs.
(b)(1)In the case of an individual entitled to basic educational assistance who is pursuing education or training described in subsection (a) or (c) of section 2007 of title 10, the Secretary shall, at the election of the individual, pay the individual a basic educational assistance allowance to meet all or a portion of the charges of the educational institution for the education or training that are not paid by the Secretary of the military department concerned under such subsection.
(2)(A)The amount of the basic educational assistance allowance payable to an individual under this subsection for a month shall be the amount of the basic educational assistance allowance to which the individual would be entitled for the month under section 3015 of this title.
(B)The maximum number of months for which an individual may be paid a basic educational assistance allowance under paragraph (1) is 36.
(C)The number of months of entitlement charged under this chapter in the case of an individual who has been paid a basic educational assistance allowance under this subsection shall be equal to the number (including any fraction) determined by dividing the total amount of such educational assistance allowance paid the individual by the full-time monthly institutional rate of educational assistance which such individual would otherwise be paid under subsection (a)(1), (b)(1), (c)(1), (d)(1), or (e)(1) of section 3015 of this title, as the case may be.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2001—Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 107–14, § 7(b)(1)(A), struck out “(without regard to subsection (g) of that section) were payment made under that section instead of under this subsection” before period at end. Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 107–14, § 7(b)(1)(B), added subpar. (C). 2000—Pub. L. 106–398 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b). 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 1414 of this title as this section. 1989—Pub. L. 101–237 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2001 Amendment Pub. L. 107–14, § 7(b)(3), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 32, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this subsection [amending this section and section 3015 and 3032 of this title] shall take effect as if enacted on November 1, 2000, immediately after the enactment of the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–419).”

Reference

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 3014

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102