Duration of basic educational assistance

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Title 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS > PART III—READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS > CHAPTER 30—ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER II—BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE

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Subject to section 3695 of this title and except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each individual entitled to basic educational assistance under section 3011 of this title is entitled to 36 months of educational assistance benefits under this chapter (or the equivalent thereof in part-time educational assistance).

(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title VII, § 702(a)(1) , Oct. 19, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2557 , § 1413; amended Pub. L. 99–576, title III, § 321(3) , Oct. 28, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3277 ; Pub. L. 100–689, title I , §§ 102(b)(2), 103(b)(2), 111(a)(4), Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4163 , 4165, 4171; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(a)(2) , Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2091 ; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 561(b)(1) , Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1573 ; renumbered § 3013 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 102–127, § 2(a) , Oct. 10, 1991 , 105 Stat. 619 ; Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLIV, § 4404(b)(2) , Oct. 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 2706 ; Pub. L. 104–275, title I, § 106(b)(2) , Oct. 9, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3329 ; Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 103(c) , Nov. 1, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1826 ; Pub. L. 107–103, title I, § 103(a) , (d), Dec. 27, 2001 , 115 Stat. 979 .)

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