Pub. L. 93-508, tit. II, sec. 211

Sec. 211. Section 1788(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) by striking out in clause (1) “below the college level” and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and “not leading to a standard college degree,”; (2) by striking out in clause (2) “below the college level” and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and “not leading to a standard college degree,”; (3) by striking out in clause (6) “below the college level” and inserting in lieu thereof “not leading to a standard college degree”; and (4) by adding at the end of such subsection the following: “Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (1) or (2) of this subsection, an educational institution offering courses not leading to a standard college degree may measure such courses on a quarter- or semester-hour basis (with full time measured on the same basis as provided by clause (4) of this subsection); but (A) the academic portions of such courses must require outside preparation and be measured on not less than one quarter or one semester hour for each fifty minutes net of instruction per week or quarter or semester; (B) the laboratory portions of such courses must be measured on not less than one quarter or one semester hour for each two hours of attendance per week per quarter or semester; and (C) the shop portions of such courses must be measured on not less than one quarter or one semester hour for each three hours of attendance per week per quarter or semester. In no event shall such course be considered a lull-tune course when less than twenty-two hours per week of attendance is required.”.