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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2810 (EAS) — 115 HR 2810 EAS: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 · Sec. 549

Sec. 549. Use of assistance under Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Program for non-traditional education to develop cybersecurity and computer coding skills

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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the feasability and advisability of the enactment into law of the authority described in subsection (b). The authority described in this subsection is authority for a member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for tuition assistance under the Department of Defense Tuition Assistance
(TA)Program to use such assistance at or with an educational institution described in subsection
(c)for courses or programs of education of such educational institution in connection with the following: Cybersecurity skills or related skills. Computer coding skills or related skills. An educational institution described in this subsection is an educational institution not otherwise approved for participation in the Department of Defense Tuition Assistance Program that receives approval from the Department of Defense for participation in the program for courses or programs of education described in subsection (b). Any approval of the participation of an educational institution in the Program under this subsection would be granted by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in accordance with such guidance as the Under Secretary would issue for purposes of this section. The Under Secretary would enter into a memorandum of understanding with each educational institution approved for participation in the Program pursuant to this subsection regarding the participation of such educational institution in the Program. Each memorandum of understanding would set forth such terms and conditions regarding the participation of the educational institution concerned in the Program, including terms and conditions applicable to the courses or programs for which tuition assistance under the Program could be used, as the Under Secretary would consider appropriate for purposes of this section. The courses and programs of education for which tuition assistance could be used pursuant to the authority in subsection
(b)would include the following: Massive online open courses (MOOCs). Short-term certification courses, including so-called computer coding boot camps . Such other non-traditional courses and programs of education leading to skills specified in subsection
(b)as the Under Secretary would consider appropriate for purposes of this section.
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