# § 3542. Special training allowance
**(a)** While the eligible person is enrolled in and pursuing a full-time course of special restorative training, the eligible person shall be entitled to receive a special training allowance computed at the basic rate of $788 per month. If the charges for tuition and fees applicable to any such course are more than $247 per calendar month, the basic monthly allowance may be increased by the amount that such charges exceed $247 a month, upon election by the eligible person to have such person’s period of entitlement reduced by one day for each such increased amount of allowance that is equal to one-thirtieth of the full-time basic monthly rate of special training allowance.
**(b)** No payments of a special training allowance shall be made for the same period for which the payment of an educational assistance allowance is made or for any period during which the training is pursued on less than a full-time basis.
**(c)** Full-time training for the purpose of this section shall be determined by the Secretary with respect to the capacities of the individual trainee.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1200, § 1742; Pub. L. 89–222, § 2, Sept. 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 896; Pub. L. 91–219, title I, § 104(c), Mar. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 78; Pub. L. 92–540, title I, § 103(4), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1076; Pub. L. 93–508, title I, § 103(4), Dec. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1580; Pub. L. 93–602, title II, § 204(b), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1958; Pub. L. 94–502, title III, § 301(2), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2389; Pub. L. 95–202, title I, § 103(2), Nov. 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 1435; Pub. L. 96–466, title II, §§ 202(2), 212(2), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2188, 2190; Pub. L. 98–543, title II, § 203(2), Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2742; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, §§ 403(a)(10), 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2080, 2092; renumbered § 3542, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 105–178, title VIII, § 8210(c), as added Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(b), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 866; Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(c), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1830; Pub. L. 107–103, title I, §§ 102(c), 109(b)(2), Dec. 27, 2001, 115 Stat. 978, 986; Pub. L. 108–183, title III, § 302(c), Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2659.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2003—Subsec. (a). substituted “$788” for “$670” and substituted “$247” for “$210” in two places.
2001—Subsec. (a). , substituted “the eligible person shall be entitled to receive” for “the parent or guardian shall be entitled to receive on behalf of such person” and “upon election by the eligible person” for “upon election by the parent or guardian of the eligible person”.
, substituted “$670” for “$588” and substituted “$210” for “$184” in two places.
2000—Subsec. (a). substituted “$588” for “$485”, “$184” for “$152” in two places, and “such increased amount of allowance that is equal to one-thirtieth of the full-time basic monthly rate of special training allowance” for “$16.16 that the special training allowance paid exceeds the basic monthly allowance”.
1998—Subsec. (a). , as added by , substituted “$485” for “$404” and “$16.16” for “$13.46” and substituted “$152” for “$127” in two places.
1991— renumbered as this section.
1989—Subsec. (a). , substituted “$404” for “$376”, “$127” for “$119” in two places, and “$13.46” for “$12.58”.
Subsec. (c). , substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”.
1984—Subsec. (a). substituted “$376” for “$342”, “$119” for “$108” in two places, and “$12.58” for “$11.44”.
1980—Subsec. (a). , substituted “$342” for “$327”, “$108” for “$103” in two places, and “$11.44” for “$10.92”.
, substituted “$327” for “$311”, “$103” for “$98” in two places, and “$10.92” for “$10.40”.
1977—Subsec. (a). substituted “$311” for “$292”, “$98” for “$92” in two places, and “$10.40” for “$9.76”.
1976—Subsec. (a). substituted “$292” for “$270”, “$92” for “$85” in two places, and “$9.76” for “$9.02”.
1975—Subsec. (a). substituted “$270”, “$85”, “$85”, and “$9.02” for “$260”, “$82”, “$82”, and “$8.69”, respectively.
1974—Subsec. (a). substituted “behalf of such person”, “$260”, “$82”, “$82”, and “$8.69” for “his behalf a”, “$220”, “$69”, “$69”, and “$7.35”, respectively.
1972—Subsec. (a). substituted “$220” for “$175”, “$69” for “$55”, and “$7.35” for “$6.80”, respectively.
1970—Subsec. (a). substituted “$175” for “$130”, “$55” for “$41”, and “$6.80” for “$4.25”, respectively.
1965—Subsec. (a). substituted “$130”, “$41”, “$41” and “$4.25” for “$110”, “$35”, “$35” and “$3.60”, respectively.
## 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 September 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 1984 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by sections 202(2) and 212(c) of effective , and , respectively, see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Amendment by effective retroactively to , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
### Effective Date of 1975 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1972 Amendment
Amendment by effective , except for those veterans and eligible persons in training on , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1965 Amendment
Amendment by effective first day of second calendar month following , see , set out as a note under .