Education Flexibility for Veteran Parents Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4284
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-05-08
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4284 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 8, 2024 Mr. Rubio (for himself and Ms. Rosen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of monthly housing stipend received by parents pursuing a program of education through distance learning using Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Education Flexibility for Veteran Parents Act of 2024 . 2. Increase in monthly housing stipend for parents pursuing a program of education through distance learning using Post-9/11 Educational Assistance (a) In general Section 3313(c)(1)(B)(iii) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking case of an individual and inserting the following: “case of— (I) an individual not described in subclause (II) ; (2) in subclause (I), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause: (II) an individual who is the parent of a dependent child pursuing a program of education solely through distance learning on more than a half-time basis, a monthly housing stipend equal to the amount of monthly housing stipend the individual would receive under clause (i) if the individual was physically participating in a majority of classes in a campus of the institution of higher learning in the ZIP Code area in which the individual resides. . (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the first academic year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and each academic year thereafter.