‘‘(i) had to discontinue such course pursuit as 
a result of being ordered to serve on active duty 
under section 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 12302, 
or 12304 of title 10; and 
‘‘(ii) failed to receive credit or training time to-
ward completion of the individual’s approved edu-
cational, professional, or vocational objective as a re-
sult of having to discontinue, as described in clause 
(i), the individual’s course pursuit. 
‘‘(C) The period for which, by reason of this sub-
section, an educational assistance allowance is not charged 
against entitlement or counted toward the applicable ag-
gregate period under section 3695 of this title shall not 
exceed the portion of the period of enrollment in the 
course or courses for which the individual failed to receive 
credit or with respect to which the individual lost training 
time, as determined under subparagraph (B)(ii). 
‘‘(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amount of the monthly educational assistance allowance 
payable to a person pursuing a full-time program of ap-
prenticeship or other on-the-job training under this sub-
chapter is— 
‘‘(A) for each of the first six months of the per-
son’s pursuit of such program, 75 percent of the 
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monthly educational assistance allowance otherwise 
payable to such person under this subchapter; 
‘‘(B) for each of the second six months of the 
person’s pursuit of such program, 55 percent of such 
monthly educational assistance allowance; and 
‘‘(C) for each of the months following the first 
12 months of the person’s pursuit of such program, 
35 percent of such monthly educational assistance 
allowance. 
‘‘(2) In any month in which any person pursuing a 
program of education consisting of a program of appren-
ticeship or other on-the-job training fails to complete 120 
hours of training, the amount of the monthly educational 
assistance allowance payable under this subchapter to the 
person shall be limited to the same proportion of the appli-
cable full-time rate as the number of hours worked during 
such month, rounded to the nearest 8 hours, bears to 120 
hours. 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for 
each month that such person is paid a monthly edu-
cational assistance allowance under this subchapter, the 
person’s entitlement under this subchapter shall be 
charged at the rate of— 
‘‘(i) 75 percent of a month in the case of pay-
ments made in accordance with paragraph (1)(A); 
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‘‘(ii) 55 percent of a month in the case of pay-
ments made in accordance with paragraph (1)(B); 
and 
‘‘(iii) 35 percent of a month in the case of pay-
ments made in accordance with paragraph (1)(C). 
‘‘(B) Any such charge to the entitlement shall be re-
duced proportionately in accordance with the reduction in 
payment under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(e)(1)(A) The amount of the educational assistance 
allowance payable under this subchapter to a person who 
enters into an agreement to pursue, and is pursuing, a 
program of education exclusively by correspondence is an 
amount equal to 55 percent of the established charge 
which the institution requires nonveterans to pay for the 
course or courses pursued by such person. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘es-
tablished charge’ means the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) the charge for the course or courses deter-
mined on the basis of the lowest extended time pay-
ment plan offered by the institution and approved by 
the appropriate State approving agency; or 
‘‘(ii) the actual charge to the person for such 
course or courses. 
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‘‘(C) Such allowance shall be paid quarterly on a pro 
rata basis for the lessons completed by the person and 
serviced by the institution. 
‘‘(2) In each case in which the amount of educational 
assistance is determined under paragraph (1), the period 
of entitlement of the person concerned shall be charged 
with one month for each amount equal to the amount of 
the monthly rate payable under subsection (b)(1)(A) for 
the fiscal year concerned which is paid to the individual 
as an educational assistance allowance. 
‘‘(f)(1) Each individual who is pursuing a program 
of education consisting exclusively of flight training ap-
proved as meeting the requirements of section 3306(c) of 
this title shall be paid an educational assistance allowance 
under this subchapter in the amount equal to 60 percent 
of the established charges for tuition and fees which simi-
larly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same 
flight course are required to pay. 
‘‘(2) No educational assistance allowance may be paid 
under this subchapter to an individual for any month dur-
ing which such individual is pursuing a program of edu-
cation consisting exclusively of flight training until the 
Secretary has received from that individual and the insti-
tution providing such training a certification of the flight 
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training received by the individual during that month and 
the tuition and other fees charged for that training. 
‘‘(3) 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. 
‘‘(4) 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)(1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall approve individualized tu-
torial assistance for any person entitled to educational as-
sistance 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 
‘‘(ii) has a deficiency in a subject required as 
a part of, or which is prerequisite to, or which is in-
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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 
to, or which is indispensable to the satisfactory pur-
suit of, an approved program of education; 
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‘‘(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) A program of education in a course of instruc-
tion beyond the baccalaureate degree level shall be pro-
vided under this subchapter, subject to the availability of 
appropriations. 
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‘‘(i)(1) In the case of a person who has a skill or 
specialty designated by the Secretary concerned as a skill 
or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of per-
sonnel or for which it is difficult to recruit or, in the case 
of critical units, retain personnel, the Secretary concerned 
may increase the rate of the educational assistance allow-
ance applicable to that person to such rate in excess of 
the rate prescribed under subparagraphs (A) through (D) 
of subsection (b)(1) as the Secretary of Defense considers 
appropriate, but the amount of any such increase may not 
exceed $350 per month. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a person who has a skill or spe-
cialty designated by the Secretary concerned as a skill or 
specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel 
or for which it is difficult to recruit or, in the case of crit-
ical units, retain personnel, who is eligible for educational 
benefits under chapter 30 (other than section 3012) of 
this title and who meets the eligibility criteria specified 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 3302(a)(1) of 
this title, the Secretary concerned may increase the rate 
of the educational assistance allowance applicable to that 
person to such rate in excess of the rate prescribed under 
section 3015 of this title as the Secretary of Defense con-
siders appropriate, but the amount of any such increase 
may not exceed $350 per month. 
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