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PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-358-MAR. 3, 1966

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"(c) As used in this section the term 'change of program of education' shall not be deemed to include a change from the pursuit of one program to pursuit of another where the first program is prerequisite to, or generally required for, entrance into pursuit of the second. "§ 1673. Disapproval of enrollment in certain courses " (a) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran in any type of course which the Administrator finds to be avocational or recreational in character unless the eligible veteran submits justification showing that the course will be of bona fide use in the pursuit of his present or contemplated business or occupation. " (b) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran 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 veteran is seeking. "(c) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran in any course of apprentice or other training on the job, any course of institutional on-farm training, or any course to be pursued by open circuit television (except as herein provided) or radio. The Administrator may approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran 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 television, if the major portion of the course requires conventional classroom or laboratory attendance. " (d) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of any eligible veteran, not already enrolled, in any nonaccredited course below the college level offered by a proprietary profit or proprietary nonprofit educational institution for any period during which the Administrator finds that more than 85 per centum of the students enrolled in the course are having all or part of their tuition, fees, or other charges paid to or for them by the educational institution or the Veterans' Administration under this chapter or chapter 31 or 35 of this title. "§1674. Discontinuance for unsatisfactory conduct or progress "The Administrator shall discontinue the educational assistance allowance of an eligible veteran if, at any time, the Administrator finds that according to the regularly prescribed standards and practices of the educational institution, his conduct or progress is unsatisfactory. The Administrator may renew the payment of the educational assistance allowance only if he finds that— "(1) the cause of the unsatisfactory conduct or progress of the eligible veteran has been removed; and "(2) the program which the eligible veteran now proposes to pursue (whether the same or revised) is suitable to his aptitudes, interests, and abilities. "§1675. Period of operation for approval " (a) The Administrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran in any course offered by an educational institution when such course has been in operation for less than two years. " (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to— " (1) any course to be jjursued in a public or other tax-supported educational institution; "(2) any course which is offered by an educational institution which has been in operation for more than two years, if such course is similar in character to the instruction previously given by such institution;