Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Education Flexibility for Veteran Parents Act of 2024.
(a) In general
Section 3313(c)(1)(B)(iii) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking case of an individual and inserting the following: “case of—
(I) an individual not described in subclause (II)
(2) in subclause (I), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
(II) 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 basis, a monthly housing stipend equal to the amount of monthly housing stipend the individual would receive under clause (i) 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 resides.
(b) Applicability
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the first academic year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and each academic year thereafter.