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PUBLIC LAW 550-JULY 16, 1952
[66 STAT.
requirements for the attainment of a predetermined and identified educational, professional, or vocational objective; (4) the term "course" means an organized unit of subject matter in which instruction is offered within a given period of time or which covers a specific amount of related subject matter for which credit toward graduation or certification is usually given; (5) the term "dependent" means— (A) a child (as defined in paragraph VI of Veterans Regulach^*i2f^"*'**^**"* ^^^^ Numbered 10, as amended) of an eligible veteran, (B) a parent (as defined in paragraph VII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 10, as amended) of an eligible veteran, if the parent is in fact dependent upon the veteran, and (C) the wife of an eligible veteran, or, in the case of an eligible veteran who is a woman, her husband if he is in fact dependent upon the veteran; (6) the term "educational institution" means any public or private elementary school, secondary school, vocational school, correspondence school, business school, junior college, teachers college, college, normal school, professional school, university, scientific or technical institution, or other institution furnishing education for adults; (7) the term "training establishment" means any business or other establishment providing apprentice or other training on the job, including those under the supervision of a college or university or any State department of education, or any State apprenticeship agency, or any State board of vocational education, or any joint apprentice committee, or the Bureau of Apprenticeship established in accordance with 29 u*sc sc^-'sbb Public Law 308, Seventy-fifth Congress, or any agency of the Federal Government authorized to supervise such training; (8) the term "Armed Forces" means the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard of the United States; (9) the term "State" means the several States, the Territories and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia; (10) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs; (11) the term "Commissioner" means the United States Commissioner of Education. PART II—ELioiBiLrrY gti-
ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATION OR T R A I N I N G GENERALLY
SEC. 211. Each eligible veteran shall, subject to the provisions of this title, be entitled to the education or training provided under this title. COMMENCEMENT; TIME LIMITATIONS
SEC. 212. (a) No eligible veteran shall be entitled to initiate a program of education or training under this title after August 20, 1954^ or after two years after his discharge or release from active service, whichever is later. (b) The program of education and training of an eligible veteran under this title shall, on and after the delimiting date for the veteran to initiate his program, be pursued continuously until completion except that an eligible veteran may suspend the pursuit of his program for periods of not more than 12 consecutive months, and may suspend the pursuit of such program for longer periods if the Administrator finds that the suspension for each such period was due to conditions beyond the control of the eligible veteran.
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