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[CITE: 38USC3490]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
              CHAPTER 34--VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
  SUBCHAPTER V--SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED
 
Sec. 3490. Purpose

    It is the purpose of this subchapter (1) to encourage and assist 
veterans who have academic deficiencies to attain a high school 
education or its equivalent and to qualify for and pursue courses of 
higher education, (2) to assist eligible veterans to pursue 
postsecondary education through tutorial assistance where required, and 
(3) to encourage educational institutions to develop programs which 
provide special tutorial, remedial, preparatory, or other educational or 
supplementary assistance to such veterans.

(Added Pub. L. 91-219, title II, Sec. 204(a)(4), Mar. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 
79, Sec. 1690; renumbered Sec. 3490, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 
1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1690 of this title as this 
section.
