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PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1457 "(2) In any month in which any person pursuing a program of education consisting of a prc^ram of apprenticeship or other on-the- job training fails to complete 120 hours of training, the amount of the monthly educational assistance allowsuice payable under this chapter to the person shall be limited to the same proportion of the applicable full-time rate as the number of hours worked during such month, rounded to the nearest 8 hours, bears to 120 hours. "(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for each month that such person is paid a monthly educational assistance allowance under this chapter, the person's entitlement under this chapter shall be charged at the rate of— "(i) 75 percent of a month in the case of payments made in accordance with paragraph (I)(A); "(ii) 55 percent of a month in the case of payments made in accordance with paragraph (I)(B); and "(iii) 35 percent of a month in the case of payments made in accordance with paragraph (I)(C). "(B) Any such charge to the entitlement shall be reduced propor- tionately in accordance with the reduction in payment under para- graph (2). "(e)(1) The amount of the monthly educational assistance allow- ance payable to a person pursuing a cooperative program under this chapter shall be 80 percent of the monthly allowance otherwise pavable to such person under this chapter. (2) For each month that a person is paid a monthly educational assistance alloweince for pursuit of a cooperative program under this chapter, the person's entitlement under this chapter shall be charged at the rate of 80 percent of a month. "(^IXA) The amount of the educational assistance allowance payable under this chapter to a person who enters into an agree- ment to pursue, and is pursuing, a program of education exclusively by correspondence is an amount equal to 55 percent of the estab- lished charge which the institution requires nonveterans to pay for the course or courses pursued by such person. "(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 'established charge' means the lesser of— "(i) the charge for the course or courses determined on the basis of the lowest extended time payment plan offered by the institution and approved by the appropriate State approving agency; or "(ii) the actual charge to the person for such course or courses. "(C) Such allowance shall be paid quarterly on a pro rata basis for the lessons completed by the person and serviced by the institution. "(2) In each case in which the amount of educational assistance is determined under paragraph (1), the period of entitlement of the person concerned shall be charged with one month for each $140 which is paid to the individued as an educational assistance allow- ance. ". (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2136(b) of such title is amended— (1) by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of sections 14340>), 1663, 1670, 1671, 1673, 1674, 1676, 1682(g), and 1683 of title 38 and the provisions of subchapters I and U of chapter 36 of such title (with the exception of sections 1780(c), 1780(g), 1786(a), 1787, and 1792)