Sec. 8006. Covid–19 veteran rapid retraining assistance program
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall provide up to 12 months of retraining assistance to an eligible veteran for the pursuit of a covered program of education. Such retraining assistance shall be in addition to any other entitlement to educational assistance or benefits for which a veteran is, or has been, eligible. In this section, the term eligible veteran means a veteran who— as of the date of the receipt by the Department of Veterans Affairs of an application for assistance under this section, is at least 22 years of age but not more than 66 years of age; as of such date, is unemployed by reason of the covered public health emergency, as certified by the veteran; as of such date, is not eligible to receive educational assistance under chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code; is not enrolled in any Federal or State jobs program; is not in receipt of compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling by reason of unemployability; and will not be in receipt of unemployment compensation (as defined in section 85(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), including any cash benefit received pursuant to subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ), as of the first day on which the veteran would receive a housing stipend payment under this section.
For purposes of paragraph (1)(C), a veteran who has transferred all of the veteran’s entitlement to educational assistance under section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, shall be considered to be a veteran who is not eligible to receive educational assistance under chapter 33 of such title. A veteran who receives retraining assistance under this section to pursue a program of education and who fails to complete the program of education shall not be eligible to receive additional assistance under this section.
For purposes of this section, a covered program of education is a program of education (as such term is defined in section 3452(b) of title 38, United States Code) for training, pursued on a full-time or part-time basis— that— is approved under chapter 36 of such title; does not lead to a bachelors or graduate degree; and is designed to provide training for a high-demand occupation, as determined under paragraph (3); or that is a high technology program of education offered by a qualified provider, under the meaning given such terms in section 116 of the Harry W.
Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–48 ; 38 U.S.C. 3001 note). In the case of an accredited program of education, the program of education shall not be considered a covered program of education under this section if the program has received a show cause order from the accreditor of the program during the five-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall use the list of high-demand occupations compiled by the Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
For purposes of this subsection, the term full-time has the meaning given such term under section 3688 of title 38, United States Code. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide to an eligible veteran pursuing a covered program of education under the retraining assistance program under this section an amount equal to the amount of educational assistance payable under section 3313(c)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, for each month the veteran pursues the covered program of education.
Such amount shall be payable directly to the educational institution offering the covered program of education pursued by the veteran as follows: 50 percent of the total amount payable shall be paid when the eligible veteran begins the program of education. 25 percent of the total amount payable shall be paid when the eligible veteran completes the program of education. 25 percent of the total amount payable shall be paid when the eligible veteran finds employment in a field related to the program of education.
In the case of a veteran who pursues a covered program of education under the retraining assistance program under this section, but who does not complete the program of education, the Secretary shall pay to the educational institution offering such program of education a pro-rated amount based on the number of months the veteran pursued the program of education in accordance with this paragraph. The Secretary shall pay to the educational institution a pro-rated amount under paragraph (1)(B) when the veteran provides notice to the educational institution that the veteran no longer intends to pursue the program of education.
In the case of a veteran referred to in subparagraph (A), the educational institution may not seek payment from the veteran for any amount that would have been payable under paragraph (1)(B) had the veteran completed the program of education. In the case of a veteran referred to in subparagraph
(A)who finds employment in a field related to the program of education during the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the veteran withdraws from the program of education, the Secretary shall pay to the educational institution a pro-rated amount under paragraph (1)(C) when the veteran finds such employment. In the case of a veteran referred to in subparagraph
(A)who does not find employment in a field related to the program of education during the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the veteran withdraws from the program of education— the Secretary shall not make a payment to the educational institution under paragraph (1)(C); and the educational institution may not seek payment from the veteran for any amount that would have been payable under paragraph (1)(C) had the veteran found employment during such 180-day period. For each month that an eligible veteran pursues a covered program of education under the retraining assistance program under this section, the Secretary shall pay to the veteran a monthly housing stipend in an amount equal to— in the case of a covered program of education leading to a degree, or a covered program of education not leading to a degree, at an institution of higher learning (as that term is defined in section 3452(f) of title 38, United States Code) pursued on more than a half-time basis, the amount specified under subsection (c)(1)(B) of section 3313 of title 38, United States Code; in the case of a covered program of education other than a program of education leading to a degree at an institution other than an institution of higher learning pursued on more than a half-time basis, the amount specified under subsection (g)(3)(A)(ii) of such section; or in the case of a covered program of education pursued on less than a half-time basis, or a covered program of education pursued solely through distance learning on more than a half-time basis, the amount specified under subsection (c)(1)(B)(iii) of such section. The Secretary shall not make a payment under paragraph (1)(C) with respect to an eligible veteran who completes or fails to complete a program of education under the retraining assistance program under this section if the veteran fails to find employment in a field related to the program of education within the 180-period beginning on the date on which the veteran withdraws from or completes the program. Retraining assistance provided under this section may not be transferred to another individual. Not more than 17,250 eligible veterans may receive retraining assistance under this section. No retraining assistance may be paid under this section after the date that is 21 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. In addition to amounts otherwise available there is appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $386,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out this section.
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