GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and Readjustment of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session on S. 457 and Related Bills, June 24 and 29, 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 1273 pages |
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2-year rule 95TH CONGRESS abuses academic accelerated payment accrediting Alan Cranston amended Appendix approving agency California campus Center certification Chairman CRANSTON chapter 34 Committee on Veterans Community College Congress cost counseling delimiting date delimiting period disabled DVB Circular Eagle Grove educa educational assistance allowance educational benefits educational institutions educational programs effective eligible person eligible veteran enactment entitlement Federal fiscal full-time G.I. Bill GI Bill Golden Gate University grade graduation higher education hire increase institutions of higher junior colleges legislation loan Max Cleland ment months National overpayments percent postsecondary problems program of education Public Law readjustment receive regulations reporting fee semester Senator DURKIN South Carolina standards of progress student veterans subsection Technical THORNTON tion tional title 38 tuition U.S. SENATE United States Code University veteran students Veterans Administration veterans enrolled Vietnam era veterans Vietnam veterans waiver World War II Yes Yes
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Page 7 - reads: Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed. The educational program is our primary form of meeting the Nation's readjustment obligation toward veterans.
Page 1163 - Mr. Cranston. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The Acting. President pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: "On page 6, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following: "veteran-student services "Sec 105. Subsection (a) of section 1685 of title 38,
Page 1179 - The motion was agreed to. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time. The Acting President pro tempore. The hill having been read the third time, the question is. Shall it pass? On this question the yeas and nays
Page 213 - or discontinuance or interruption of a course by an eligible person or veteran, the amount of such overpayment shall constitute a liability of such institution and may be recovered in the same manner as any other debt due the United States. How does the VA find willful or negligent
Page 1148 - (b) The educational assistance allowance of an individual pursuing a program of education— (2) on less than a half-time basis, shall be computed at the rate of (A) the established charges for tuition and fees which the institution requires similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same program to pay, or (B) [$292]
Page 291 - shall not approve the enrollment of any eligible veteran, not already enrolled, In any course 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
Page 1120 - 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, by the Veterans' Administration under this title, or by
Page 545 - No department, agency, or officer of the United States, in carrying out this chapter, shall exercise any supervision or control, whatsoever, over any State approving agency, or State educational agency, or any educational institution... WHEREAS, the intent of the GI Bill Is to provide opportunities for
Page 1159 - providing vocational readjustment and restoring lost educational opportunities to those service men and women whose careers have been interrupted or impeded by reason of active duty after January 31, 1955; and fourth, aiding such persons in attaining the vocational and educational status which they might normally
Page 1082 - (b) The subsistence allowance of a veteran-trainee is to be determined in accordance with the following table, and shall be the monthly amount shown in column II, III, IV, or V (whichever is applicable as determined by the veteran's dependency status) opposite the appropriate type of training as specified in column I: