1.Apprenticeships and on-job
training under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program
(a)Apprenticeships
and on-job
(1)Chapter 33 of title
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3319 the
following new section:
3320.Apprenticeships
and on-job training
(a)Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the
amount of the monthly benefit payment to an individual pursuing a full-time
program of apprenticeship or other on-job training under this chapter
is—
(1)for each of the
first six months of the individual’s pursuit of such program, 85 percent of the
amount equal to the national average cost of tuition at an institution of
higher education;
(2)for each of the
second six months of the individual’s pursuit of such program, 65 percent of
such amount; and
(3)for each of the
months following the first 12 months of the individual’s pursuit of such
program, 45 percent of such amountt.
(b)In
any month in which an individual pursuing a program of education consisting of
a program of apprenticeship or other on-job training fails to complete 120
hours of training, the amount of the monthly benefit payment payable under this
chapter to the individual shall be limited to the same proportion of the
applicable rate determined under subsection (a) of this section as the number
of hours worked during such month, rounded to the nearest eight hours, bears to
120 hours.
(c)Treatment of
other educational assistanceAny payment under this section is in
addition to any other educational assistance to which an individual is entitled
under this
chapter.
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(2)The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3319 the following
new item:
3320. Apprenticeships and on-job
training.
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(b)Such title is further amended as follows:
(1)Subsection (b) of
section 3313 of such title is amended to read as follows:
(b)Approved
programs of educationA
program of education is an approved program of education for purposes of this
chapter if the program of education—
(1)is—
(A)offered by an
institution of higher learning (as that term is defined in section 3452(f) of
this title); and
(B)approved for
purposes of chapter 30 of this title (including approval by the State approving
agency concerned); or
(2)in the case of an individual who is not
serving on active duty, includes a program of apprenticeship or of other on-job
training approved as provided in clause (1) or (2), as appropriate, of section
3687(a) of this
title.
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(2)Section 3313(a) of such title by inserting
after subsections (e) and (f)
the following: or section
3320 of this title
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(c)The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the
date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.