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 100 STAT. 3274

PUBLIC LAW 99-576—OCT. 28, 1986

"§ 1721. Approval of application". (3) The items relating to sections 1720 and 1721 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 35 are amended to read as follows: "1720. Educational and vocational counseling. "1721. Approval of application.".



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SEC. 315. MEASUREMENT OF CERTAIN NONCOLLEGE DEGREE COURSES.

38 USC 1780.

(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 1780(a) is amended— (A) in clause (1), by inserting ", or a course that meets the requirements of section 1788(a)(7) of this title," after "degree"; and • tai ')8r f p; (B) ill clause (2), by inserting "courses that meet the requirements of section 1788(a)(7) of this title and" after "excluding". (2) Section 1788 is amended— (A) in subsection (a)— - j, (i) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (5); (ii) by striking out the period at the end of clause (6) and '•'^: inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and (iii) by inserting after clause (6) the following new clause: "(7) an institutional course not leading to a standard college degree, offered by a fully accredited institution of higher learning in residence on a standard quarter- or semester-hour basis, shall be measured as full time on the same basis as provided in clause (4) of this subsection if (A) such course is approved pursuant to section 1775 of this title, and (B) a majority of the total credits required for the course is derived from unit courses . _ or subjects offered by the institution as part of a course, so _ "" approved, leading to a standard college degree."; and (B) in subsection (c), by striking out "(4)". (b) DETERMINATION IN CERTAIN CASES.—Section 1788 is amended

by inserting at the end the following new subsection: "(e) For the purpose of determining whether a course— .f.,,., "(1) which is offered by an institution of higher learning, and -•••-in- u^2) for which such institution requires one or more unit courses or subjects for which credit is granted toward a stand• ' ard college degree will, during the semester (or quarter or other applicable portion of the academic year) when such unit course or subject is being pursued, be considered full time under clause (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this section, each of the numbers of hours specified in such clause shall be deemed to be reduced, during such semester (or other portion of the academic year), by the percentage described in the following sentence and rounded as the Administrator may prescribe. Such percentage is the percentage that the number of semester hours (or the equivalent thereof) represented by such unit course or subject is of the number of semester hours (or the equivalent thereof) which, under clause (4) of such subsection, constitutes a fulltime institutional undergraduate course at such institution.". SEC. 316. PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN LESSTHAN-HALF-TIME TRAINING.

The first sentence of section 1780(f) is amended by striking out "during" and inserting in lieu thereof "not later than the last day of.

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