required where the eligible person has been accepted for, or is pursuing, courses which lead to a standard college degree, at an approved institution. During, or after, such counseling, the parent or guardian shall prepare for the eligible person an educational plan which shall set forth the selected objective, the proposed program of education, a list of the educational institutions at which such program would be pursued, an estimate of the sum which would be required for tuition and fees in completion of such program, and such other information as the Administrator shall require. This educational plan shall be signed by the parent or guardian and shall become an integral part of the application for educational assistance under this chapter. (Amended P.L. 90-631, §2(g) (2) ; P.L. 92–540, § 310; P.L. 94-502, § 310(10).)

(b) The Administrator may, on request, arrange for educational counseling for persons eligible for educational assistance under section 1701 (a) (1) (B), (C), or (D) of this chapter. (Added P.L. 90– 631, § 2(g) (3); amended P.L. 91–584, § 4.)

§ 1721. Final approval of application

The Administrator shall finally approve an application if the Administrator finds (1) that section 1720 of this title has been complied with, (2) that the proposed program of education constitutes a "program of education" as that term is defined in this chapter, (3) that the eligible person is not already qualified, by reason of previous education or training, for the educational, professional, or vocational objective for which the courses of the program of education are offered, and (4) that it does not appear that the pursuit of such program would violate any provision of this chapter. (Amended P.L. 94-502, § 310 (11).) § 1723. Disapproval of enrollment in certain courses

(a) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible person in

(1) any bartending course or personality development course; (2) any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training within a specific vocational field, or in any other course with a vocational objective, unless the eligible person or the institution offering such course submits justification showing that at least one-half of the persons who completed such course over the preceding two-year period, and who are not unavailable for employment, have been employed in the occupational category for which the course was designed to provide training (but in computing the number of persons who completed such course over any such two-year period, there shall not be included the number of persons who completed such course with assistance under this title while serving on active duty);

(3) any type of course which the Administrator finds to be avocational or recreational in character (or the advertising for which the Administrator finds contains significant avocational or recreational themes) unless the eligible person submits justification showing that the course will be of bona fide use in the pursuit of the person's present or contemplated business or occupation; or (4) any independent study program except one leading to a standard college degree. (Amended P.L. 91-219, § 209; P.L. 93– 508, § 207(1), (2) ; P.L. 94–502, §§ 306, 310 (12).)

(b) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible person in any course of flight training other than one given by an educational institution of higher learning for credit toward a standard college degree the eligible person is seeking.

(c) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible person in any course to be pursued by correspondence (except as provided in section 1786 of this title), open circuit television (except as herein provided), or a radio, or any course to be pursued at an educational institution not located in a State or in the Republic of the Philippines (except as herein provided). The Administrator may approve the enrollment of an eligible person in a course, to be pursued in residence, leading to a standard college degree which includes, as an integral part thereof, subjects offered through the medium of open circuit televised instruction, if the major portion of the course requires conventional classroom or laboratory attendance. The Adminmínistrator finds that such enrollment is not in the best interest of the which is not located in a State or in the Republic of the Philippines if such program is pursued at an approved educational institution of higher learning. The Administrator in the Administrator's discretion may deny or discontinue the educational assistance under this chapter of any eligible person in a foreign educational institution if the Administrator finds that such enrollment is not in the best interest of the eligible person or the Government. (Amended P.L. 86-785, § 4; P.L. 87-546; P.L. 92-540, § 311(1); P.L. 93-508, § 207(3); P.L. 94-502, § 310 (13).)

(d) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible person in any course which is to be pursued as a part of such person's regular secondary school education (except as provided in section 1733 of this title), but this subsection shall not prevent the enrollment of an eligible person in a course not leading to a standard college degree if the Administrator finds that such person has ended such person's secondary school education (by completion or otherwise) and that such course is a specialized vocational course pursued for the purpose of qualifying in a bona fide vocational objective. (Amended P.L. 92-540, § 311(2); P.L. 93-508, § 207 (4); P.L. 94-502, § 310 (14).)

81724. Discontinuance for unsatisfactory progress

The Administrator shall discontinue the educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligible person if, at any time, the Administrator finds that according to the regularly prescribed standards and practices of the educational institution such person is attending, the person's conduct or progress is unsatisfactory. Unless the Adininistrator finds there are mitigating circumstances, progress will be considered unsatisfactory at any time an eligible person is not progressing at a rate that will permit such person to graduate within the approved length of the course based on the training time as certified to the Veterans' Administration or within such other length of time (exceeding such approved length) as the Administrator determines to be reasonable in accordance with regulations. The Administrator may renew the payment of the educational assistance allowance only if the Administrator finds that

(1) the cause of the unsatisfactory conduct or progress of the eligible person has been removed; and

(2) the program which the eligible person now proposes to pursue (whether the same or revised) is suitable to the person's aptitudes, interests, and abilities. (Amended P.L. 94-502, §§ 307, 310 (15); P.L. 95–202, § 305 (b) (1).)

Subchapter IV-Payments to Eligible Persons

$1731. Educational assistance allowance

(a) The Administrator shall, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 36 of this title, pay to the parent or guardian of each eligible person who is pursuing a program of education under this chapter, and who applies therefor on behalf of such eligible person, an educational assistance allowance to meet, in part, the expenses of the eligible person's subsistence, tuition, fees, supplies, books, equipment, and other educational costs. (Amended P.L. 92-540, § 312(1); P.L. 94-502, § 309 (c).)

(b) No educational assistance allowance shall be paid on behalf of an eligible person enrolled in a course in an educational institution which does not lead to a standard college degree for any period until the Administrator shall have received

(1) from the eligible person a certification as to the person's actual attendance during such period; and

(2) from the educational institution, a certification, or an endorsement on the eligible person's certificate, that the person was enrolled in and pursuing a course of education during such period. (Added P.L. 89-358, § 4(1); amended P.L. 94-502, § 310 (16).)

§ 1732. Computation of educational assistance allowance

(a) (1) The educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligible person who is pursuing a program of education consisting of institutional courses shall be computed at the rate prescribed in section 1682 (a)(1) of this title for full-time, three-quarter-time, or half-time pursuit, as appropriate, of an institutional program by an eligible veteran with no dependents.

(2) The educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligible person pursuing a program of education on less than a half-time basis shall be computed at the rate prescribed in section 1682 (b) (2) of this title for less-than-half-time pursuit of an institutional program by an eligible veteran. (Amended P.L. 89-222, § 1(a); P.L. 91-219, § 104 (a); P.L. 92-540, § 103 (1), (2); P.L. 93-508, § 103 (1), (2).)

(b) The educational assistance allowance to be paid on behalf of an eligible person who is pursuing a full-time program of education which consists of institutional courses and alternate phases of training in a business or industrial establishment with the training in the business or industrial establishment being strictly supplemental to the institutional portion, shall be computed at the rate of $251 per month. (Amended P.L. 89-222, § 1(b); P.L. 91-219, § 104 (b); P.L. 92-540, § 103(3); P.L. 93-508, § 103(3); P.L. 93-602, § 204(a); P.L. 94-502, § 301 (1); P.L. 95-202, § 103 (1).)

(c) (1) An eligible person who is enrolled in an educational institution for a "farm cooperative" program consisting of institutional agricultural courses prescheduled to fall within forty-four weeks of any period of twelve consecutive months and who pursues such program

on

(A) a full-time basis (a minimum of ten clock hours per week or four hundred and forty clock hours in such year prescheduled to provide not less than eighty clock hours in any three-month period),

(B) a three-quarter-time basis (a minimum of seven clock hours per week), or

(C) a half-time basis (a minimum of five clock hours per week), shall be eligible to receive an educational assistance allowance at the appropriate rate provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if such eligible person is concurrently engaged in agricultural employment which is relevant to such institutional agricultural courses as determined under standards prescribed by the Administrator. In computing the foregoing clock hour requirements there shall be included the time involved in field trips and individual and group instruction sponsored and conducted by the educational institution through a duly authorized instructor of such institution in which the person is enrolled. (2) The monthly educational assistance allowance to be paid on behalf of an eligible person pursuing a farm cooperative program under this chapter shall be computed at the rate prescribed in section 1682 (c) (2) of this title for full-time, three-quarter-time, or half-time pursuit, as appropriate, of a farm cooperative program by an eligible veteran with no dependents.

(3) The monthly educational assistance allowance to be paid on behalf of an eligible person pursuing an independent study program which leads to a standard college degree shall be computed at the rate prescribed in section 1682 (e) of this title. (Added P.L. 93-508, § 208; amended P.L. 94-502, § 308.)

(d) If a program of education is pursued by an eligible person at an institution located in the Republic of the Philippines, the educational assistance allowance computed for such person under this section shall be paid at a rate in Philippine pesos equivalent to $0.50 for each dollar. (Amended P.L. 91-219, § 210.)

§1733. Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged (a) Any eligible spouse or surviving spouse shall, without charge to any entitlement such spouse may have under section 1711 of this title, be entitled to the benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 1691 (if pursued in a State) of this title and be paid an educational assistance allowance under the provisions of section 1732 (a) of this title. (Amended P.L. 91-219, § 206(b); P.L. 91-584, § 12; P.L. 92-540, §313; P.L. 94-502, § 310 (17).)

(b) Any eligible person shall, without charge to any entitlement such person may have under section 1711 of this title, be entitled to the benefits provided an eligible veteran under section 1692 of this title. (Amended P.L. 92-540, § 313; P.L. 94-502, § 310 (18).)

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§ 1734. Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence

courses

(a) Any eligible person shall be entitled to pursue, in a State, a program of apprenticeship or other on-job training and be paid a training assistance allowance as provided in section 1787 of this title. (Amended P.L. 89-358, § 4 (m); P.L. 92-540, § 313.)

(b) Any eligible spouse or surviving spouse shall be entitled to pursue a program of education exclusively by correspondence and be paid an educational assistance allowance as provided in section 1786 of this title. (Amended P.L. 89-358, § 4(m); P.L. 92-540, § 313; P.L. 94-502, § 310(19).)

§ 1735. Approval of courses

An eligible person shall receive the benefits of this chapter while enrolled in a course of education offered by an educational institution only if such course (1) is approved in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 36 of this title, or (2) is approved for the enrollment of the particular individual under the provisions of section 1736 of this title. (Amended P.L. 88-126, § 2; P.L. 89-358, § 4(n); P.L. 92-540, § 402 (4).)

§ 1736. Specialized vocational training courses

The Administrator may approve a specialized course of vocational training leading to a predetermined vocational objective for the enrollment of an eligible person under this subchapter if the Administrator finds that such course, either alone or when combined with other courses, constitutes a program of education which is suitable for that person and is required because of a mental or physical handicap. (Amended P.L. 88-126, § 4; P.L. 94-502, § 310 (20).)

§ 1737. Education loans

Any eligible person shall be entitled to an education loan (if the program of education is pursued in a State) in such amount and on such terms and conditions as provided in sections 1798 and 1799 of this title. (Added P.L. 93-508, § 303.)

§ 1738. Accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances An eligible person shall be entitled to an accelerated payment of educational assistance allowances pursuant to the provisions of section 1682A of this title. (Added P.L. 95-202, § 201 (b).)

Subchapter V-Special Restorative Training

§ 1740. Purpose

The purpose of special restorative training is to overcome, or lessen, the effects of a manifest physical or mental disability which would handicap an eligible person in the pursuit of a program of education. § 1741. Entitlement to special restorative training

(a) The Administrator at the request of the parent or guardian of an eligible person is authorized

(1) to determine whether such person is in need of special restorative training; and