Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/932

 90 STAT. 2400

38 USC 1786.

PUBLIC LAW 94-502—OCT. 15, 1976 SEC. 505. Section 1780(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out at the end of clause (1) "or"; (2) by striking out the period at the end of clause (2) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by inserting immediately after clause (2) the following new clauses: "(3) to any eligible veteran or person for auditing a course; " (4) to any eligible veteran or person for a course for which the grade assigned is not used in computing the requirements for graduation including a course from which the student withdraws unless the Administrator finds there are mitigating circumstances; or "(5) to any eligible veteran or person for pursuit of a program of education exclusively by correspondence as authorized under section 1786 of this title or for the pursuit of a correspondence portion of a combination correspondence-residence course leading to a vocational objective where the normal period of time required to complete such correspondence course or portion is less the 6 months. A certification as to the normal period of time required to complete the course must be made to the Administrator by the educational institution.". SEC. 506. The last sentence of section 1780(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, subject to such regulations as the Administrator shall prescribe, continue to pay allowances to eligible veterans and eligible persons enrolled in courses set forth in clause (1) or (2) of this subsection— "(A) during periods when the schools are temporarily closed under an established policy based upon an Executive order of the President or due to an emergency situation, and such periods shall not be counted as absences for the purposes of clause (2); "(B) during periods between consecutive school terms where such veterans or persons transfer from one approved educational institution to another approved educational institution for the purpose of enrolling in and pursuing a similar course at the second institution if the period between such consecutive terms does not exceed 30 days, but such periods shall be counted as absences for the purposes of clause (2); or "(C) during periods between a semester, term, or quarter where the educational institution certifies the enrollment of the eligible veteran or eligible person on an individual semester, term, or quarter basis if the interval between such periods does not exceed 1 full calendar month, but such periods shall be counted as absences for the purposes of clause (2).". SEC. 507. Section 1784(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The date of interruption or termination will be the last date of pursuit or, in the case of correspondence training, the last date a lesson was serviced by the school.". SEC. 508. Section 1784(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$3" and "$4" and inserting in lieu thereof "$5" and "$6", respectively. SEC. 509. (a) Section 1788(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out the semicolon at the end of clause 1 and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "but if such

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