This Act changes parts of title 38 and title 10 of the United States Code so veterans, service members, and selected reservists who choose apprenticeship or other on-the-job training instead of a four‑year college degree are not disadvantaged in educational assistance. Key changes in the text provided: it sets the monthly housing stipend for full-time apprenticeships to the amount of the basic allowance for housing for an E-5 with dependents in the military housing area that covers the employer's ZIP code; it makes full-time apprenticeship or on-job training count as 100 percent of a month of educational assistance in certain programs; and it creates an exception to minimum attendance rules for apprenticeships or on-job training in occupations classified in Sector 23 of the North American Industry Classification System (construction).
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The text states the purpose is to “eliminate those provisions… that disadvantage eligible individuals who choose to pursue programs of apprenticeship or other on-job training instead of a four-year college degree.” The changes aim to remove deterrents to apprenticeships by increasing housing stipend parity, ensuring full-month credit for full-time apprenticeships, and waiving minimum attendance rules for construction apprentices.
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