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 110 STAT. 3326 PUBLIC LAW 104-275—OCT. 9, 1996 adjudicate or readjudicate on any basis claims for services and assistance under such chapter. SEC. 102. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR ALTERNATIVE TEACHER CER- TIFICATION PROGRAMS. Subsection (c) of section 3452 is amended by striking out "For the period ending on September 30, 1996, such" and inserting in Heu thereof "Such". SEC. 103. PERIOD OF OPERATION FOR APPROVAL. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 36 is amended— (A) by striking out section 3689; and (B) by striking out the item relating to section 3689 in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter. (2) Subparagraph (C) of section 3680A(d)(2) is amended by striking out "3689(b)(6) of this title" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (g)". (b) DISAPPROVAL OF ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN COURSES.—Section 3680A is amended by adding after subsection (d) the following new subsections: "(e) The Secretary may not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran in a course not leading to a standard college degree offered by a proprietary profit or proprietary nonprofit educational institution if— "(1) the educational institution has been operating for less than two years; "(2) the course is offered at a branch of the educational institution and the branch has been operating for less than two years; or "(3) following either a change in ownership or a complete move outside its original general locality, the educational institution does not retain substantially the same faculty, student body, and courses as before the chemge in ownership or the move outside the general locality (as determined in accordance with regulations the Secretary shall prescribe) unless the educational institution following such change or move has been in operation for at least two years. "(f) The Secretary may not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran in a course as a part of a program of education offered by an educational institution if the course is provided under contract by another educational institution or entity and— "(1) the Secretary would be barred under subsection (e) from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran in the course of the educational institution or entity providing the course under contract; or "(2) the educational institution or entity providing the course under contract has not obtained approval for the course under this chapter. "(g) Notwithstanding subsections (e) and (f), the Secretary may approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran in a course approved under this chapter if the course is offered by an educational institution under contract with the Department of Defense or the Department of Transportation and is given on or immediately adjacent to a military base. Coast Guard station, National Guard facility, or facility of the Selected Reserve.". (c) APPROVAL OF ACCREDITED COURSES. —Subsection (b) of section 3675 is amended to read as follows:

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