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PUBLIC LAW 89-358-MAR. 3, 1966

[80 STAT.

and, in the case of an institution furnishing education to a veteran exclusively by correspondence, a certificate, or an endorsement on the veteran's certificate, as to the number of lessons completed by the veteran and serviced by the institution. "(e) Educational assistance allowances shall be paid as soon as practicable after the Administrator is assured of the veteran's enrollment in and pursuit of the program of education for the period for which such allowance is to be paid. '^§1682. Computation of educational assistance allowances " (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c)(1), while pursuing a program of education under this chapter of half-time or more, each eligible veteran shall be paid the monthly educational assistance allowance set forth in column II, III, or IV (whichever is applicable as determined by the veteran's dependency status) opposite the applicable type of program as shown in column I: "Column I

Column II

Column III

Column IV

Type of program

No dependents

One dependent

Two or more dependents

Institutional: Fulltime Three quarter time Half time Cooperative

. _

$100 75 50 80

$125 95 65 100

$150 115 75 120

"(2) A 'cooperative' program means a full-time program of education which consists of institutional courses and alternate phases of training in a business or industrial establishment with the training in the business or industrial establishment being strictly supplemental to the institutional portion. " (b) The educational assistance allowance of an individual pursuing a program of education— "(1) while on active duty, or "(2) on less than a half-time basis, shall be computed at the rate of (A) the established charges for tuition and fees which the institution requires similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same program to pay, or (B) $100 per month for a full-time course, whichever is the lesser. " (c)(1) The educational assistance allowance of an eligible veteran pursuing a. program of education exclusively by correspondence shall be computed on the basis of the established charge which the institution requires nonveterans to pay for the course or courses pursued by the eligible veteran. Such allowance shall be paid quarterly on a pro rata basis for the lessons completed by the veteran and serviced by the institution, as certified by the institution. "(2) I n the case of any eligible veteran who is pursuing any program of education exclusively by correspondence, one-fourth of the elapsed time in following such program of education shall be charged against the veteran's period of entitlement. "§1683. Measurement of courses " (a) For the purposes of this chapter— "(1) an institutional trade or technical course offered on a clock-hour basis below the college level involving shop practice as an integral part thereof, shall be considered a full-time course

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