CLARIFICATION OF PERMITTED CHANGES IN PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION.

SEC. 317. CLARIFICATION OF PERMITTED CHANGES IN PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION. Subsection (d) of section 3691 is amended to read as follows: “(d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘change of program of education’ shall not be deemed to include a change by a veteran or eligible person from the pursuit of one program to the pursuit of another program if— “(1) the veteran or eligible person has successfully completed the former program; “(2) the program leads to a vocational, educational, or professional objective in the same general field as the former program; “(3) the former program is a prerequisite to, or generally required for, pursuit of the subsequent program; or “(4) in the case of a change from the pursuit of a subsequent program to the pursuit of a former program, the veteran or eligible person resumes pursuit of the former program without loss of credit or standing in the former program.”.