educational assistance allowance

educational assistance allowance Sec. 308. (a) The Administrator shall pay to the parent or guardian of each eligible person who is pursuing a program of education under this Act, and who applies therefor on behalf of such eligible person, an educational assistance allowance to meet, in part, the expenses of the eligible person’s subsistence, tuition, fees, supplies, books, equipment, and other educational costs. (b) The educational assistance allowance on behalf of an eligible person shall be paid, as provided in section 349, only for the period of his enrollment as approved by the Administrator, but no allowance shall be paid— (1) on behalf of any person enrolled in a course which leads to a standard college degree for any period when such person is not pursuing his course in accordance with the regularly established policies and regulations of the educational institution and the requirements of this Act, or (2) on behalf of any person enrolled in a course which does not lead to a standard college degree for any day of absence in excess of thirty days in a twelve-month period, not counting as absences weekends or legal holidays established by Federal or State law during which the institution is not regularly in session. (c) No educational assistance allowance shall be paid on behalf of an eligible person for any period until the Administrator shall have received— (1) from the eligible person (A) in the case of an eligible person enrolled in a course which leads to a standard college degree, a certification that he was actually enrolled in and pursuing the course as approved by the Administrators or (B) in the case of an eligible person enrolled in a course which does not lead to a standard college degree, a certification as to actual attendance during such period, and (2) from the educational institution a certification, or an endorsement on the eligible person’s certificate, that he was enrolled in and pursuing a course of education during such period. 70 Stat. 417 Educational assistance allowances shall, insofar as practicable, be paid within twenty days after receipt by the Administrator of the certifications required by this subsection.