Title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to pursue independent study programs at certain educational institutions that are not institutions of higher learning.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill permits veterans to use Department of Veterans Affairs post-9/11 educational assistance for an accredited independent study program (including open circuit television) at an educational institution that is an area career and technical education school or a postsecondary vocational school providing postsecondary level education.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 43 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 43

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of Post-9/
   11 Educational Assistance to pursue independent study programs at 
 certain educational institutions that are not institutions of higher 
                               learning.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

  Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of Post-9/
   11 Educational Assistance to pursue independent study programs at 
 certain educational institutions that are not institutions of higher 
                               learning.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO 
              PURSUE INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMS AT CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL 
              INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE NOT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
              LEARNING.

    Paragraph (4) of section 3680A(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) any independent study program except an accredited 
        independent study program (including open circuit television) 
        leading--
                    ``(A) to a standard college degree;
                    ``(B) to a certificate that reflects educational 
                attainment offered by an institution of higher 
                learning; or
                    ``(C) to a certificate that reflects completion of 
                a course of study offered by--
                            ``(i) an area career and technical 
                        education school (as defined in section 3 of 
                        the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
                        Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)) that 
                        provides education at the postsecondary level; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) a postsecondary vocational 
                        institution (as defined in section 102(c) of 
                        the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1002(c))) that provides education at the 
                        postsecondary level.''.
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