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tution providing such training a certification of the flight 
training received by the individual during that month and 
the tuition and other fees charged for that training. 
‘‘(4) The period of entitlement of an individual pur-
suing a program of education described in paragraph (1) 
shall be charged with one month for each amount equal 
to the amount of the monthly rate payable under sub-
section (b)(1)(A) for the fiscal year concerned which is 
paid to that individual as an educational assistance allow-
ance for such program. 
‘‘(5) The number of solo flying hours for which an 
individual may be paid an educational assistance allowance 
under this subsection may not exceed the minimum num-
ber of solo flying hours required by the Federal Aviation 
Administration for the flight rating or certification which 
is the goal of the individual’s flight training. 
‘‘(g) INDIVIDUALIZED
TUTORIAL
ASSISTANCE.— 
(1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall approve individualized tutorial assist-
ance for any person entitled to educational assistance 
under this subchapter who— 
‘‘(i) is enrolled in and pursuing a postsecondary 
course of education on a half-time or more basis at 
an educational institution; and
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‘‘(ii) has a deficiency in a subject required as 
a part of, or which is prerequisite to, or which is in-
dispensable to the satisfactory pursuit of, the pro-
gram of education. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not ap-
prove individualized tutorial assistance for a person pur-
suing a program of education under this paragraph unless 
such assistance is necessary for the person to successfully 
complete the program of education. 
‘‘(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall pay to a person receiving individ-
ualized tutorial assistance pursuant to paragraph (1) a tu-
torial assistance allowance. The amount of the allowance 
payable under this paragraph may not exceed $100 for 
any month, nor aggregate more than $1,200. The amount 
of the allowance paid under this paragraph shall be in ad-
dition to the amount of educational assistance allowance 
payable to a person under this subchapter. 
‘‘(B) A tutorial assistance allowance may not be paid 
to a person under this paragraph until the educational in-
stitution at which the person is enrolled certifies that— 
‘‘(i) the individualized tutorial assistance is es-
sential to correct a deficiency of the person in a sub-
ject required as a part of, or which is prerequisite
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to, or which is indispensable to the satisfactory pur-
suit of, an approved program of education; 
‘‘(ii) the tutor chosen to perform such assist-
ance is qualified to provide such assistance and is 
not the person’s parent, spouse, child (whether or 
not married or over eighteen years of age), brother, 
or sister; and 
‘‘(iii) the charges for such assistance do not ex-
ceed the customary charges for such tutorial assist-
ance. 
‘‘(3)(A) A person’s period of entitlement to edu-
cational assistance under this subchapter shall be charged 
only with respect to the amount of tutorial assistance paid 
to the person under this subsection in excess of $600. 
‘‘(B) A person’s period of entitlement to educational 
assistance under this subchapter shall be charged at the 
rate of one month for each amount of assistance paid to 
the individual under this section in excess of $600 that 
is equal to the amount of the monthly educational assist-
ance allowance which the person is otherwise eligible to 
receive for full-time pursuit of an institutional course 
under this subchapter. 
‘‘(h) COURSES
BEYOND
BACCALAUREATE
DE-
GREE.—A program of education in a course of instruction 
beyond the baccalaureate degree level shall be provided