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PUBLIC LAW 89-358-MAR. 3, 1966
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"Savings Clause "(c) I n the case of any eligible veteran v;ho was discharged or released from active duty before the date for which an educational assistance allowance is first payable under this chapter, the 8-year delimiting period shall run from such date, if it is later than the date which otherwise would be applicable. "§1663. Educational and vocational counseling "The Administrator may arrange for educational and vocational counseling for veterans eligible for educational assistance under this chapter. At such intervals as he deems necessary, he shall make available information respecting the need for general education and for trained personnel in the various crafts, trades, and professions. Facilities of other Federal agencies collecting such information shall be utilized to the extent he deems practicable. "Subchapter III—Enrollment "§1670. Selection of program "Subject to the provisions of this chapter, each eligible veteran may select a program of education to assist him in attaining an educational, professional, or vocational objective at any educational institution (approved in accordance with chapter 36 of this title) selected by him, which will accept and retain him as a student or trainee in any field or branch of knowledge which such institution finds him qualified to undertake or pursue. "§ 1671. Applications; approval "Any eligible veteran who desires to initiate a program of education under this chapter shall submit an application to the Administrator which shall be in such form, and contain such information, as the Administrator shall prescribe. The Administrator shall approve such application unless he finds that such veteran is not eligible for or entitled to the educational assistance applied for, or that his program of education fails to meet any of the requirements of this chapter, or that he is already qualified. The Administrator shall notify the eligible veteran of the approval or disapproval of his application. "§ 1672. Change of program " (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), each eligible veteran (except an eligible veteran whose program has been interrupted or discontinued due to his own misconduct, his own neglect, or his own lack of application) may make not more than one change of program of education. " (b) The Administrator may approve one additional change (or an initial change in the case of a veteran not eligible to make a change under subsection (a)) in program if he finds that— "(1) the program of education which the eligible veteran proposes to pursue is suitable to his aptitudes, interests, and abilities; and " (2) in any instance where the eligible veteran has interrupted, or failed to progress in, his program due to his own misconduct, his own neglect, or his own lack of application, there exists a reasonable likelihood with respect to the program which the eligible veteran proposes to pursue that there will not be a recurrence of such an interruption or failure to progress.
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