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[CITE: 10USC9315]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
                     CHAPTER 901--TRAINING GENERALLY
 
Sec. 9315. Community College of the Air Force: associate degrees

    (a) Establishment and Mission.--There is in the Air Force a 
Community College of the Air Force. Such college, in cooperation with 
civilian colleges and universities, shall--
        (1) prescribe programs of higher education for enlisted members 
    described in subsection (b) designed to improve the technical, 
    managerial, and related skills of such members and to prepare such 
    members for military jobs which require the utilization of such 
    skills; and
        (2) monitor on a continuing basis the progress of members 
    pursuing such programs.

    (b) Members Eligible for Programs.--Subject to such other 
eligibility requirements as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, the 
following members of the armed forces are eligible to participate in 
programs of higher education under subsection (a)(1):
        (1) Enlisted members of the Air Force.
        (2) Enlisted members of the armed forces other than the Air 
    Force who are serving as instructors at Air Force training schools.

    (c) Conferral of Degrees.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the 
commander of the Air Education and Training Command of the Air Force may 
confer an academic degree at the level of associate upon any enlisted 
member who has completed the program prescribed by the Community College 
of the Air Force.
    (2) No degree may be conferred upon any enlisted member under this 
section unless (A) the Community College of the Air Force certifies to 
the commander of the Air Education and Training Command of the Air Force 
that such member has satisfied all the requirements prescribed for such 
degree, and (B) the Secretary of Education determines that the standards 
for the award of academic degrees in agencies of the United States have 
been met.

(Added Pub. L. 94-361, title VI, Sec. 602, July 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 928; 
amended Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 514(9), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 
2935; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1182(a)(12), Nov. 30, 
1993, 107 Stat. 1772; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title X, Sec. 1078(a), 
Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 451; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title V, 
Sec. 552(a), (b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1748.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 552(b)(1), inserted heading.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 552(a)(1), substituted 
``enlisted members described in subsection (b)'' for ``enlisted members 
of the Air Force''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 552(a)(4), added subsec. (b). 
Former subsec. (b) redesignated subsec. (c)(1).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 552(a)(2), (3), (b)(2), 
redesignated subsec. (b) as subsec. (c)(1), inserted subsec. heading, 
substituted ``Subject to paragraph (2),'' for ``Subject to subsection 
(c),'', and redesignated former subsec. (c) as subsec. (c)(2) and pars. 
(1) and (2) of former subsec. (c) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, 
of subsec. (c)(2).
    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``Air Force'' for 
``armed forces''.
    1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 1182(a)(12)(A), substituted 
``Air Education and Training Command'' for ``Air Training Command''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 1182(a)(12)(B), substituted ``Air 
Education and Training Command of the Air Force'' for ``Air Force 
Training Command''.
    1980--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``Secretary of 
Education'' for ``Commissioner of Education of the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare''.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Section 552(c) of Pub. L. 105-85 provided that: ``Subsection (b) of 
section 9315 of such title, as added by subsection (a)(4), applies with 
respect to enrollments in the Community College of the Air Force after 
March 31, 1996.''


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 1078(b) of Pub. L. 104-106 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect 
to enrollments in the Community College of the Air Force after March 31, 
1996.''


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.
