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PUBLIC LAW 550-JULY 16, 1952 is• 'i'-"' *

PART IV—PAYMENTS TO VETERANS EDUCATION A N D TRAINING

Requirements.

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ALLOWANCE

SEC. 231. (a) The Administrator shall pay to each eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education or training under this title, and who applies therefor, an education and training allowance to meet in part the expenses of his subsistence, tuition, fees, supplies, books, and equipment. (b) The education and training allowance for an eligible veteran shall be paid, as provided in section 232, only for the period of the veteran's enrollment as approved by the Administrator, but no allowance shall be paid— / (1) to any veteran enrolled in a course approved under section 253 or a course of institutional on-farm traming for any period when the veteran is not pursuing his course in accordance with the regularly established policies and regulations of the institution and the requirements of this title, (2) to any veteran enrolled in a course approved under section 254 or in a course of apprentice or other training on the job for any day of absence in excess of thirty days in a twelve-month period, not counting as absences weekends or legal holidays established by Federal or State law during which the institution or establishment is not regularly in session or operation, or (3) to any veteran pursuing his program of education exclusively by correspondence for any period during which no lessons were serviced by the institution. (c) No education and training allowance shall be paid to an eligible veteran for any period until the Administrator shall have received—• (1) from the eligible veteran (A) in the case of an eligible veteran enrolled in a course approved under section 253 or a course of institutional on-farm training, a certification that he was actually enrolled in and pursuing the course as approved by the Administrator, or (B) in the case of an eligible veteran enrolled in a course approved under section 254 or a course of apprentice or other training on the job, a certification as to actual attendance during such period, or (C) in the case of an eligible veteran enrolled in a program of education or training by correspondence, a certification as to the number of lessons actually completed by the veteran and serviced by the institution, and (2) from the educational institution or training establishment, a certification, or an endorsement on the veteran's certificate, that such veteran was enrolled in and pursuing a course of education or training during such period, and, in the case of an institution furnishing education or training to a veteran exclusively by correspondence, a certification, or an endorsement on the veteran's certificate, as to the number of lessons completed by the veteran and serviced by the institution. Education and training allowances shall, insofar as practicable, be paid within twenty days after receipt by the Administrator of the certifications required by this subsection. COMPUTATION OF EDUCATION A N D TRAINING ALLOWANCES

Allowanc e s.

SEC. 232. (a) The education and training allowance of an eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education or training in an educational institution and is not entitled to receive an education and training allowance under subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) shall be computed as follows: (1) If such program is pi^rsued on a full-time basis, such allowance shall be computed at the rate of $110 per month, if the veteran has no dependent, or at the rate of $135 per month, if he has