A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide counseling for certain veterans; to permit acceleration of monthly educational assistance payments to veterans; to revise the criteria for approval of nonaccredited courses.

Summary

Provides that counseling offered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to veterans eligible for educational assistance may include assisting any veteran: (1) to select the occupation or training objective suitable to him in terms of his personal circumstances, characteristics, financial resources, dependent responsibilities and other relevant factors; (2) to select the occupation or training objective which will provide him, after he has developed the required job skills, with reasonable opportunities for employment and with job satisfaction; (3) to select the educational institution that will effectively assist him in attaining his educational or vocational objective; and (4) to develop a program of education that will lead to a recognized and predetermined educational, vocational, technical or professional objective within the veteran's period of entitlement. Authorizes specified veterans pursuing full-time programs of institutional training to apply to have their monthly educational assistance allowance accelerated.

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Timeline

1. 15 December 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 15 December 1975

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 15 December 1975

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Taft, Robert, Jr. [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Eastland, James O. [D-MS] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

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