AUTHORITY OF MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVE TO RECEIVE TUTORIAL ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 318. AUTHORITY OF MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVE TO RECEIVE TUTORIAL ASSISTANCE. Section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(h) (1) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall approve individualized tutorial assistance for any person entitled to educational assistance under this chapter who— “(i) is enrolled in and pursuing a postsecondary course of education on a half-time or more basis at an educational institution; and “(ii) has a deficiency in a subject required as a part of, or which is prerequisite to, or which is indispensable to the satisfactory pursuit of, the program of education. 106 STAT. 4335 “(B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not approve individualized tutorial assistance for a person pursuing a program of education under this paragraph unless such assistance is necessary for the person to successfully complete the program of education. “(2) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary concerned, through the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall pay to a person receiving individualized tutorial assistance pursuant to paragraph (1) a tutorial assistance allowance. The amount of the allowance payable under this paragraph may not exceed $100 for any month, nor aggregate more than $1,200. The amount of the allowance paid under this paragraph shall be in addition to the amount of educational assistance allowance payable to a person under this chapter. “(B) A tutorial assistance allowance may not be paid to a person under this paragraph until the educational institution at which the person is enrolled certifies that— “(i) the individualized tutorial assistance is essential to correct a deficiency of the person in a subject required as a part of, or which is prerequisite to, or which is indispensable to the satisfactory pursuit of, an approved program of education; “(ii) the tutor chosen to perform such assistance is qualified to provide such assistance and is not the person’s parent, spouse, child (whether or not married or over eighteen years of age), brother, or sister; and “(iii) the charges for such assistance do not exceed the customary charges for such tutorial assistance. “(3) (A) A person’s period of entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall be charged only with respect to the amount of tutorial assistance paid to the person under this subsection in excess of $600. “(B) A person’s period of entitlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall be charged at the rate of one month for each amount of assistance paid to the individual under this section in excess of $600 that is equal to the amount of the monthly educational assistance allowance which the person is otherwise eligible to receive for full-time pursuit of an institutional course under this chapter.”.