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:: Veterans Education: Increased Allowances for the Educational Assistance Test Program
A Rule by the Defense Department and the Veterans Affairs Department on 11/20/2003
68 FR 65399
65399-65401
03-28966
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/03-28966
Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. ACTION:
The law provides that rates of subsistence allowance and educational assistance under the Educational Assistance Test Program shall be adjusted annually by the Secretary of Start Printed Page 65400Defense. The law further provides those rates must be adjusted based upon the average actual cost of attendance at public institutions of higher education in the 12-month period since the rates were last adjusted. After obtaining data from the Department of Education, the Department of Defense has concluded that the rates for the 2002-03 academic year should be increased by 4.3% over the rates payable for the 2001-02 academic year. The regulations dealing with these rates are amended accordingly. DATES:
Effective Date: November 20, 2003. Applicability Date: The changes in rates are applied retroactively to October 1, 2002, to conform to statutory requirements. For more information concerning the applicability date, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. Start Further Info
Lynn M. Cossette, Education Adviser (225C), Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-7294. End Further Info
The law (10 U.S.C. 2145) provides that the Secretary of Defense shall adjust the amount of educational assistance which may be provided in any academic year under the Educational Assistance Test Program and the amount of subsistence allowance authorized under that program. The law further requires that the adjustment is to be consistent with the change in the average actual cost of attendance at public institutions of higher education over the preceding 12-month period. As required by law, the Department of Defense has obtained data from the Department of Education. The Department of Defense has calculated that these costs increased by 4.3%. Accordingly, this final rule changes 38 CFR 21.5820 and 21.5822 to reflect a 4.3% increase in the rates payable in the 2002-03 academic year, including changes needed to compensate for rounding. The changes set forth in this final rule are effective from the date of publication, but the changes in rates are applied from October 1, 2002, in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions discussed above. Administrative Procedure Act
Substantive changes made by this final rule merely reflect statutory requirements and adjustments made based on previously established formulas. Accordingly, there is a basis for dispensing with notice-and-comment and a delayed effective date under 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553.
Approved: May 9, 2003.
Start Amendment Part1. The authority citation for part 21, subpart H, continues to read as follows:End Amendment Part
10 U.S.C. ch.107; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 3695, 5101, 5113, 5303A; 42 U.S.C. 2000; sec. 901, Pub. L. 96-342, 94 Stat. 1111-1114, unless otherwise noted.
Start Amendment Part2. Section 21.5820 is amended by:End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Parta. In paragraph (b)(1), removing “2001-02” and adding, in its place, “2002-03”, and by removing “$3,690” and adding, it its place, “$3,849”.End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Partb. In paragraph (b)(2)(ii), removing “2001-02” and adding, in its place, “2002-03”.End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Partc. In paragraphs (b)(2)(ii)(A) and (b)(3)(ii)(A), removing “$410.00” and adding, in each place, “$427.67”, and by removing “$205.00” and adding, in each place, “$213.84”.End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Partd. In paragraphs (b)(2)(ii)(B) and (b)(3)(ii)(B), removing “$13.67” and adding, in each place, “$14.26”, and by removing “$6.83” and adding, in each place, “$7.13”.End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Parte. Revising paragraphs (b)(2)(ii)(C) and (b)(3)(ii)(C).End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Partf. In paragraph (b)(3)(ii) introductory text, removing “2001-02” and adding, in its place, “2002-03”.End Amendment Part
§ 21.5820 Educational assistance.
(C) Adding the two results. If the enrollment period is as long as or longer than the standard academic year, this amount will be decreased by 3 cents for a full-time student and decreased by 6 cents for a part-time student.
(C) Adding the two results. If the enrollment period is as long as or longer than a standard academic year, this amount will be decreased by 3 cents for a full-time student and decreased by 6 cents for a part-time student; and
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§ 21.5822 [Amended]
Start Amendment Part3. Section 21.5822 is amended by:End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Parta. In paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (b)(2)(i), removing “$919” and adding, in each place, “$959”, and by removing “2001-02” and adding, in each place, “2002-03”.End Amendment Part
Start Amendment Partb. In paragraphs (b)(1)(ii) and (b)(2)(ii), removing “$459.50” and adding, in each place, “$479.50”, and by removing “2001-02” and adding, in each place, “2002-03”.End Amendment Part
[FR Doc. 03-28966 Filed 11-19-03; 8:45 am]