Post-9/11 GI Education Fairness Act of 2009

Post-9/11 GI Educational Fairness Act of 2009 -Amends the veterans' post-9/11 educational assistance program to remove the requirement that a program of education must be offered by an institution of higher learning in ordered to be approved.

States that the purpose of this Act is to allow activities such as apprenticeship or other on-job training, entrepreneurship training, correspondence training, and flight training.

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to approve for such program the pursuit of flight training if: (1) such training is generally accepted as necessary for the attainment of a vocational objective in aviation; (2) the individual possesses a valid private pilot certificate and meets medical requirements necessary for a commercial pilot certificate; and (3) the flight school course meets Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4320 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4320

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the types of approved 
programs of education for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
             Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2009

    Mr. Murphy of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the types of approved 
programs of education for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
             Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Post-9/11 GI Education Fairness Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to expand the Post-9/11 Educational 
Assistance Program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
cover the following types of programs of education:
            (1) National tests for admission to or course credit at 
        institutions of higher learning.
            (2) Programs of apprenticeship or other on-job training for 
        individuals who are not on active duty.
            (3) Cooperative programs.
            (4) Training at non-college-degree institutions.
            (5) Correspondence training.
            (6) Entrepreneurship training.
            (7) Courses required to receive financial assistance from 
        the Small Business Administration.
            (8) Flight training offered by entities other than 
        institutions of higher learning.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF APPROVED PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION FOR PURPOSES OF 
              POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Inclusion of Programs Offered at All Educational 
Institutions.--Subsection (b) of section 3313 is amended by striking 
``is offered by an institution of higher learning (as that term is 
defined in section 3452(f)) and''.
    (b) Flight Training.--Such section is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Flight Training.--The Secretary may approve the pursuit of 
flight training (in addition to a course of flight training that may be 
approved under section 3680A(b) of this title) by an individual 
entitled to basic educational assistance under this chapter if--
            ``(1) such training is generally accepted as necessary for 
        the attainment of a recognized vocational objective in the 
        field of aviation;
            ``(2) the individual possesses a valid private pilot 
        certificate and meets, on the day the individual begins a 
        course of flight training, the medical requirements necessary 
        for a commercial pilot certificate; and
            ``(3) the flight school courses meet Federal Aviation 
        Administration standards for such courses and are approved by 
        the Federal Aviation Administration and the State approving 
        agency.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to educational assistance provided for months beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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