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[CITE: 10USC2143]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER 107--EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS ENLISTING FOR ACTIVE 
                                  DUTY
 
Sec. 2143. Educational assistance: amount

    (a) Subject to subsection (b), an educational assistance program 
established under section 2141 of this title shall provide for payment 
by the Secretary concerned of educational expenses incurred for 
instruction at an accredited institution by a person entitled to such 
assistance under this chapter. Expenses for which payment may be made 
under this section include tuition, fees, books, laboratory fees, and 
shop fees for consumable materials used as part of classroom or 
laboratory instruction. Payments under this section shall be limited to 
those educational expenses normally incurred by students at the 
institution involved.
    (b)(1) The Secretary concerned shall establish the amount of 
educational assistance for a standard academic year (or the equivalent) 
to which a person becomes entitled under this chapter at the time of an 
enlistment described in section 2142 of this title. Depending on the 
needs of the service, different amounts may be established for different 
categories of persons or enlistments. The amount of educational 
assistance to which any person is entitled shall be adjusted in 
accordance with section 2145 of this title.
    (2) The amount of educational assistance which may be provided to 
any person for a standard academic year (or the equivalent) may not 
exceed $1,200, adjusted in accordance with section 2145 of this title.
    (c) In this section, the term ``accredited institution'' means a 
civilian college or university or a trade, technical, or vocational 
school in the United States (including the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) that provides 
education at the postsecondary level and that is accredited by a 
nationally recognized accrediting agency or association or by an 
accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of 
Education.

(Added Pub. L. 96-342, title IX, Sec. 901(a), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 
1112; amended Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1231(18)(A), Dec. 
4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1161.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-180 inserted ``the term'' after ``In 
this section,''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2142, 2145, 2146 of this 
title.
