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PUBLIC LAW 91-219-MAR. 26, 1970

courses offered by an educational institution (other than by correspondence) and required to receive a secondary school diploma, or (2) any deficiency, remedial, or refresher course or courses offered by an educational institution and required for or preparatory to the pursuit of an appropriate course or training program in an approved educational institution or training establishment. "(b) The educational assistance allowance of an eligible person pursuing education or training under this subchapter shall be computed at the rate of (1) the established charges for tuition and fees which the educational institution requires similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same or a similar program to pay, and the cost of books and supplies peculiar to the course which such educational institution requires similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same or a similar program to have, or (2) $175 per month for a full-time course, whichever is the lesser. "(c) The educational assistance allowance authorized by this section shall be paid without charge to any period of entitlement earned pursuant to section 1661(a) of this title. "§ 1697. Educational and vocational guidance "The Administrator shall, to the extent that professional counselors are available, provide, by contract or otherwise, educational and vocational guidance to persons eligible for educational assistance under this subchapter." (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out

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"1678. Special training for the educationally disadvantaged.";

and by adding at the end thereof the following: "8UBCHAPTEB V—SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

FOR THE EDUCATIONALLY

DISADVANTAGED

"1690. Purpose. "1691. Elementary and secondary education and preparatory assistance. "1692. Special supplementary assistance. "1693. Effect on educational entitlement. "SUBCHAPTER

VI—PREDISCHARGE EDUCATION

educational

PROGRAM

"1695. Purpose: definition. "1696. Payment of educational assistance allowance. "1697. Educational and vocational guidance." SEC. 205. Section 1681(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended a sEducational sistance by inserting below clause (2) the following: "Notwithstanding the allowance. foregoing, the Administrator may pay an educational assistance allow- 80 Stat. 17. ance representing the initial payment of an enrollment period, not exceeding one full month, upon receipt of a certificate of enrollment." Course SEC. 206. (a) Section 1684(a) of title 38, United States Code, is measurement. amended by— 80 Stat. 19; (1) striking out "and" after the semicolon in clause (2); and 81 Stat. 186. (2) striking out clause (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (3) an academic high school course requiring sixteen units for a full course shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of four units per year is required. For the purpose of this clause, a unit is defined to be not less than one hundred and twenty sixtyminute hours or their equivalent of study in any subject in one academic year; and "(4) an institutional undergraduate course offered by a college or university on a quarter- or semester-hour basis for which credit is granted toward a standard college degree shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of fourteen semester hours or its

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