AVAILABILITY UNDER SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE OF PREPARATORY COURSES FORCOLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMS.

SEC. 114. AVAILABILITY UNDER SURVIVORS’ AND DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE OF PREPARATORY COURSES FORCOLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMS. (a) In General.—Section 3501(a)(5) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Such term also includes any preparatory course described in section 3002(3)(B) of this title.”. (b) Scope of Availability.—Section 3512(a) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of clause (5); (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (6) and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(7) if the person is pursuing a preparatory course described in section 3002(3)(B) of this title, such period may begin on the date that is the first day of such course pursuit, notwithstanding that such date may be before the person’s eighteenth birthday, except that in no case may such person be afforded educational assistance under this chapter for pursuit of secondary schooling unless such course pursuit would otherwise be authorized under this subsection.”.