,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbhd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself and ,ms4  
,rosen7 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 increase the amount of
 monthly housing stipend received by    
parents pursuing a program of education 
through distance learning using         
,post-#i_/aa ,educational ,assistance1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,education ,flexibility for ,veteran    
,parents ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,increase  
in monthly housing stipend for parents  
pursuing a program of education through 
distance learning using ,post-#i_/aa    
,educational ,assistance  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #ccac7;c77#a77;,b77iii7
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended-- 7#a7 by striking case of an  
individual and inserting the following3 

8case of--  7,i7 an individual not      
described in subclause 7,,ii7  2  7#b7  
in subclause 7,i71 as designated by     
paragraph 7#a71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following 
new subclause3  7,,ii7 an individual who
 is the parent of a dependent child     
pursuing a program of education solely  
through distance learning on more than a
 half-time basis1 a monthly housing     
stipend equal to the amount of monthly  
housing stipend the individual would    
receive under clause 7i7 if the         
individual was physically participating 
in a majority of classes in a campus of 
the institution of higher learning in   
the ,,zip ,code area in which the       
individual resides4  4  7b7             
,applicability ,the amendments made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to the first academic year beginning    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act and each academic year thereafter4