38 USC 3315B – Preparatory courses for licensure, certification, or national tests
(a)
Terms Used In 38 USC 3315B
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
(b)
(1) the fee charged for the covered preparatory course; or
(2) the amount of entitlement available to the individual under this chapter at the time of payment for the covered preparatory course under this section.
(c)
(1) for the academic year beginning on August 1, 2020, $2,042; or
(2) for an academic year beginning on any subsequent August 1, the amount for the previous academic year beginning on August 1 under this subsection, as increased by the percentage increase equal to the most recent percentage increase determined under section 3015(h).
(d)
(1) for a licensing or certification test that is required or used to enter into, maintain, or advance in employment in a predetermined and identified vocation or profession; and
(2) that has been approved by the State approving agency concerned.