### **CHAPTER 35—SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE**

#### SUBCHAPTER I—DEFINITIONS

Sec.
3500.
Purpose.
3501.
Definitions.

#### SUBCHAPTER II—ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT

3510.
Eligibility and entitlement generally.
3511.
Duration of educational assistance.
3512.
Periods of eligibility.
3513.
Application.
3514.
Processing of applications.

#### SUBCHAPTER III—PROGRAM OF EDUCATION

3520.
Educational and vocational counseling.
3521.
Approval of application.
3523.
Disapproval of enrollment in certain courses.
3524.
Discontinuance for unsatisfactory progress.

#### SUBCHAPTER IV—PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS

3531.
Educational assistance allowance.
3532.
Computation of educational assistance allowance.
3533.
Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged.
3534.
Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses.
3535.
Approval of courses.
3536.
Specialized vocational training courses.
3537.
Work-study allowance.

#### SUBCHAPTER V—SPECIAL RESTORATIVE TRAINING

3540.
Purpose.
3541.
Entitlement to special restorative training.
3542.
Special training allowance.
3543.
Special administrative provisions.

#### SUBCHAPTER VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

3561.
Authority and duties of Secretary.
3562.
Nonduplication of benefits.
3563.
Notification of eligibility.
3564.
Annual adjustment of amounts of educational assistance.

#### SUBCHAPTER VII—PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH ARMY AND PHILIPPINE SCOUTS

3565.
Children of certain Philippine veterans.
3566.
Definitions.

#### **Editorial Notes**

#### Amendments

**2000**—Pub. L. 106–419, title I, §111(f)(1)(B), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1831, added item 3564.

**1991**—Pub. L. 102–83, §5(b)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406, renumbered items 1700 to 1766 as 3500 to 3566, respectively.

**1989**—Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, §§406(a)(2), 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2082, 2092, added item 1737 and substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" in item 1761.

**1988**—Pub. L. 100–689, title I, §124(c)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4175, struck out items 1737 "Education loans" and 1738 "Accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances".

**1986**—Pub. L. 99–576, title III, §314(b)(3), Oct. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 3274, amended items 1720 and 1721 generally.

**1977**—Pub. L. 95–202, title II, §201(c)(2), Nov. 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 1438, added item 1738.

**1976**—Pub. L. 94–502, title III, §309(a), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2391, substituted "SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE" for "WAR ORPHANS' AND WIDOWS' EDUCATION ASSISTANCE" in chapter heading.

**1974**—Pub. L. 93–508, title III, §303(b), Dec. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1592, added item 1737.

**1972**—Pub. L. 92–540, title IV, §405, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1091, substituted in item 1733 "Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged" for "Measurement of courses", in item 1734 "Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses" for "Overcharges by educational institutions", and in item 1736 "Specialized vocational training courses" for "Discontinuance of allowances", and struck out item 1722 "Change of program", item 1725 "Period of operation for approval", and item 1737 "Specialized vocational training courses".

**1970**—Pub. L. 91–219, title II, §207(b), Mar. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 82, inserted item 1763.

**1968**—Pub. L. 90–631, §2(a)(2), (h)(1), Oct. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 1332, 1333, inserted "AND WIDOWS' " after "WAR ORPHANS' " in chapter heading, and added item 1700.

**1966**—Pub. L. 89–613, §2, Sept. 30, 1966, 80 Stat. 862, added heading of Subchapter VII "PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH ARMY AND PHILIPPINE SCOUTS" and items 1765 and 1766.

Pub. L. 89–358, §3(a)(10), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 21, struck out items 1726, 1763 to 1768, and subchapter VII heading and items 1771 to 1778 thereunder.

**1963**—Pub. L. 88–126, §5, Sept. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 163, added heading of Subchapter VII "STATE APPROVING AGENCIES" and items 1771 to 1778.