# § 3534. Apprenticeship or other on-job training; correspondence courses
**(a)** Any eligible person shall be entitled to pursue, in a State, a program of apprenticeship or other on-job training and be paid a training assistance allowance as provided in section 3687 of this title.
**(b)** Any eligible spouse or surviving spouse shall be entitled to pursue a program of education exclusively by correspondence and be paid an educational assistance allowance as provided in section 3686 (other than subsection (a)(2)) of this title and the period of such spouse’s entitlement shall be charged with one month for each $788 which is paid to the spouse as an educational assistance allowance for such course.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 92–540, title III, § 313, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1084, § 1734; amended Pub. L. 94–502, title III, § 310(19), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2392; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 403(a)(9), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2079; renumbered § 3534 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 105–178, title VIII, § 8210(b), as added Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(b), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 866; Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(b), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1830; Pub. L. 107–103, title I, § 102(b), Dec. 27, 2001, 115 Stat. 978; Pub. L. 108–183, title III, § 302(b), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2659.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2003—Subsec. (b). substituted “$788” for “$670”.
2001—Subsec. (b). substituted “$670” for “$588”.
2000—Subsec. (b). substituted “$588” for “$485”.
1998—Subsec. (b). , as added by , substituted “$485” for “$404”.
1991—, renumbered as this section.
Subsec. (a). , substituted “3687” for “1787”.
Subsec. (b). , substituted “3686” for “1786”.
1989—Subsec. (b). substituted “1786 (other than subsection (a)(2)) of this title and the period of such spouse’s entitlement shall be charged with one month for each $404 which is paid to the spouse as an educational assistance allowance for such course” for “1786 of this title”.
1976—Subsec. (b). substituted “spouse or surviving spouse” for “wife or widow”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2003 Amendment
Amendment by effective , and applicable with respect to educational assistance allowances payable under this chapter and for months beginning on or after that date, see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 2001 Amendment
Amendment by effective , and applicable with respect to educational assistance allowances payable under this chapter and for months beginning on or after that date, see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by effective , and applicable with respect to educational assistance allowances paid under this chapter for months after October 2000, see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1998 Amendments
Title IX of effective simultaneously with enactment of and to be treated as included in at time of enactment, see , set out as a note under , Highways.
Amendment by effective , and applicable with respect to educational assistance allowances paid for months after Sept. 1998, see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1989 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .