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38 U.S.C. § 3451

Purpose

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The Congress of the United States hereby declares that the education program created by this chapter is for the purpose of (1) enhancing and making more attractive service in the Armed Forces of the United States, (2) extending the benefits of a higher education to qualified and deserving young persons who might not otherwise be able to afford such an education, (3) providing vocational readjustment and restoring lost educational opportunities to those service men and women whose careers have been interrupted or impeded by reason of active duty after January 31, 1955, and (4) aiding such persons in attaining the vocational and educational status which they might normally have aspired to and obtained had they not served their country.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1994–2019 · leading case: Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
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Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002) scotus · cites it 2× “Bill of Rights, 38 U. S. C. §§ 3451 , 3698; and *667 through childcare programs such as the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (CCDBG), 42 U.”
Mogretta McGee v. Pete Funderburg, as Trustee for Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 665 Health and Welfare Fund (1994) ca8 · cites it 2× “, 38 U.S.C. § 3451 (educational assistance).”
Tallman v. Brown (1995) cavc “12, § 1651 (1966) (codified at 38 U.S.C. § 3451 ). Under chapter 34, each eligible veteran was entitled to educational assistance from VA for a specified period based upon the veteran’s period of service on active duty, with a maximum entitlement of 45 months.”
Davenport v. Brown (1995) cavc “Following active duty, the appellant received educational assistance under chapter 34 of title 38 of the United States Code, see 38 U.S.C. § 3451 , et seq., to attend St.”
Davenport v. Principi (2002) cavc “After his discharge, he received VA education benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 3451 , et seq., to attend law school from January 1977 to June 1979, to take a bar-examination review course from June through July 1979, and to attend business school from September 1982 to May 1984.”
Samantha E. Carr v. Robert L. Wilkie (2019) cavc “§ 3001 (4), (5), (6) (emphasis added); see also 38 U.S.C. § 3451 . With these purposes in mind, I cannot imagine that Congress would wish for veterans who earned more educational assistance benefits not to enjoy the same end-of-semester benefit as those who earned less.”
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