,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #idd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,sanders 7for himself and ,mr4 ,burr7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require courses of    
education provided by public            
institutions of higher education that   
are approved for purposes of the        
,all-,volunteer ,force ,educational     
,assistance ,program and ,post-#i_/aa   
,educational ,assistance to charge      
veterans tuition and fees at the        
in-,state tuition rate1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veterans'          
,educational ,transition ,act of #bjac4 
#b4 ,approval of courses of education   
provided by public institutions of      
higher education for purposes of        
,all-,volunteer ,force ,educational     
,assistance ,program and ,post-#i_/aa   

,educational ,assistance conditional on 
in-,state tuition rate for veterans  7a7
 ,in general ,section #cfgi of title    
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7c7 7#a7 ,notwithstanding  
any other provision of this chapter and 
subject to paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#e71
 the ,secretary shall disapprove a      
course of education provided by a public
 institution of higher education to a   
covered individual pursuing a course of 
education with educational assistance   
under chapter #cj or #cc of this title  
while living in the ,state in which the 
public institution of higher education  
is located if the institution charges   
tuition and fees for that course for the
 covered individual at a rate that is   
higher than the rate the institution    
charges for tuition and fees for that   
course for residents of the ,state in   
which the institution is located1       
regardless of the covered individual's  
,state of residence4  7#b7 ,for purposes

 of this subsection1 a covered          
individual is any individual as follows3
  7,a7 ,a veteran who was discharged or 
released from a period of not fewer than
 #ahj days of service in the active     
military1 naval1 or air service less    
than two years before the date of       
enrollment in the course concerned4     
7,b7 ,an individual who is entitled to  
assistance under section #ccaa7;b77#i7  
or #ccai of this title by virtue of such
 individual's relationship to a veteran 
described in subparagraph 7,a74  7#c7   
,it shall not be grounds to disapprove a
 course of education under paragraph    
7#a7 if a public institution of higher  
education requires a covered individual 
pursuing a course of education at the   
institution to demonstrate an intent to 
establish residency in the ,state in    
which the institution is located in     
order to be charged tuition and fees for
 that course at a rate that is equal to 
or less than the rate the institution   
charges for tuition and fees for that   

course for residents of the ,state4     
7#d7 ,the ,secretary may waive such     
requirements of paragraph 7#a7 as the   
,secretary considers appropriate4  7#e7 
,disapproval under paragraph 7#a7 shall 
apply only with respect to educational  
assistance under chapters #cj and #cc of
 this title4  4  7b7 ,effective date    
,subsection 7c7 of section #cfgi of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code 7as    
added by subsection 7a7 of this section7
 shall apply with respect to educational
 assistance provided for pursuit of     
programs of education during academic   
terms that begin after ,july #a1 #bjae4