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> **GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS**

Custom Federal Regulations Service™

**Supplemental Materials for *Book G***

**Code of Federal Regulations**

**Title 38, Part 21**

***Vocational Rehabilitation and Education***

**Veterans Benefits Administration**

**Supplement No. 74**

5 June 2007

Covering the period of Federal Register issues

through June 3, 2007

When **Book G** was originally prepared, it was current through final
regulations published in the *Federal Register* of 25 February 1992.
These supple­mental materials are designed to keep your regulations up to
date. You should file the attached pages immediately, and record the
fact that you did so on the *Supplement Filing Record* which is at page
G-8 of Book G, *Vocational Rehabilitation and Education*.

> **To ensure accuracy and timeliness of your materials,**
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> **FILING INSTRUCTIONS**

**Book G, Supplement No. 74**

**June 5, 2007**

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**Do not file this supplement until you confirm that all prior
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**21.4001-3 to 21.4001-4 21.4001-3 to 21.4001-4 Contents for**

#  Subpart D

21.4265-4 to 21.4267-1 21.4265-4 to 21.4267-1 §21.4266

**Be sure to complete the**

***Supplement Filing Record* (page G-8)**

**when you have finished filing this material.**

> **HIGHLIGHTS**

**Book G, Supplement No. 74**

**June 5, 2007**

***Supplement* Highlights *references***: Where substantive changes are
made in the text of regulations, the paragraphs of *Highlights* sections
are cited at the end of the relevant section of text. Thus, if you are
reading §3.263, you will see a note at the end of that section which
reads: "Supplement *Highlights* references---6(2)." This means that
paragraph 2 of the *Highlights* section in Supplement No. 6 contains
information about the changes made in §3.263. By keeping and filing the
*Highlights* sections, you will have a reference source explaining all
substantive changes in the text of the regulations.

***Supplement frequency***: This Book G (*Rehabilitation and Education*)
was originally supplemented six times a year, in February, April, June,
August, October, and December. Beginning 1 August 1995, supplements will
be issued *every month* during which a final rule addition or
modification is made to the parts of Title 38 covered by this book.
Supplements will be numbered consecutively as issued.

**Modifications in this supplement include the following:**

1\. On 25 April 2007, the VA published a final rule, effective 25 June
2007, to adopt as final a proposed rule amending VA rules governing
certification of enrollment in approved courses for the training of
veterans and other eligible persons under the education benefit programs
VA administers, under which educational institutions with multi-state
campuses may submit certifications to VA from a centralized location.
Change:

• Revised §21.4266.

\-

**Programs of education**

21.4231 Educational plan---38 U.S.C. Chapter 35---child 21.4231-1

21.4232 Specialized vocational training---38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 21.4232-1

21.4233 Combination 21.4233-1

21.4234 Change of program 21.4234-1

21.4235 Programs of education that include flight training 21.4235-1

21.4236 Tutorial assistance 21.4236-1

**Courses**

21.4250 Course and licensing and certification test approval;

jurisdiction and notices 21.4250-1

21.4251 Period of operation of course 21.4251-1

21.4252 Courses precluded; erroneous, deceptive, or misleading practices
21.4252-1

21.4253 Accredited courses 21.4253-1

21.4254 Nonaccredited courses 21.4254-1

21.4255 Refund policy; nonaccredited courses 21.4255-1

21.4256 Correspondence programs and courses 21.4256-1

21.4257 Cooperative courses 21.4257-1

21.4258 Notice of approval 21.4258-1

21.4259 Suspension or disapproval 21.4259-1

21.4260 Courses in foreign countries 21.4260-1

21.4261 Apprentice courses 21.4261-1

21.4262 Other training on-the-job courses 21.4262-1

21.4263 Approval of flight training courses 21.4263-1

21.4264 Farm cooperative courses 21.4264-1

21.4265 Practical training approved as institutional training

or on-job training 21.4265-1

21.4266 Approval of courses at a branch campus or extension 21.4266-1

21.4267 Approval of independent study 21.4267-1

21.4268 Approval of licensing and certification tests 21.4268-1

**Assessment and pursuit of courses**

21.4270 Measurement of courses 21.4270-1

21.4271 \[Reserved\]

21.4272 Collegiate course measurement 21.4272-1

21.4273 Collegiate graduate 21.4273-1

21.4274 Law courses 21.4274-1

21.4275 Practical training courses; measurement 21.4275-1

21.4277 Discontinuance: unsatisfactory progress, conduct and attendance
21.4277-1

21.4278 Reentrance after discontinuance 21.4278-1

21.4279 Combination correspondence-residence program 21.4279-1

21.4280 \[Reserved\]

**Subpart E---**\[Removed\]

## Subpart F---Education loans

21.4500 Definitions 21.4500-1

21.4501 Eligibility 21.4501-1

21.4502 Applications 21.4502-1

21.4503 Determination of loan amount 21.4503-1

21.4504 Promissory note 21.4504-1

21.4505 Check delivery 21.4505-1

21.4507 Advertising 21.4507-1

**Subpart F-1---**\[Removed\]

**Subpart F-2 ---** \[Removed\]

**Subpart F-3 ---** \[Removed\]

**Subpart G---Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance**

**Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 32**

**Administrative**

21.5001 Administration of benefits: 38 U.S.C. Chapter 32 21.5001-1

**General**

21.5020 Post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance 21.5020-1

21.5021 Definitions 21.5021-1

21.5022 Eligibility under more than one program 21.5022-1

21.5023 Nonduplication; Federal programs 21.5023-1

**Claims and applications**

21.5030 Applications, claims, and time limits 21.5030-1

**Eligibility**

21.5040 Basic eligibility 21.5040-1

21.5041 Periods of entitlement 21.5041-1

21.5042 Extended period of eligibility 21.5042-1

**Participation**

21.5050 Application requirements for participation 21.5050-1

21.5052 Contribution requirements 21.5052-1

Delegation of authority 21.3001-1

Discontinuance dates 21.3332-1

"Discontinued" status 21.3307-1

Educational assistance 21.3020-1, 21.3130-1

Eligibility; child 21.3040-1

Entitlement 21.3044-1

Entitlement charges 21.3045-1

Extended period of eligibility due to physical or mental disability
21.3047-1

Extent of training 21.3303-1

Failure to cooperate 21.3103-1

"Interrupted" status 21.3305-1

Need 21.3301-1

Nonduplication; Federal Employees' Compensation Act 21.3024-1

Nonduplication; Federal programs 21.3025-1

Nonduplication; pension, compensation, and dependency

and indemnity compensation 21.3023-1

Nonduplication---programs administered by VA 21.3022-1

Payment procedures 21.3133-1

Payments 21.3330-1

Periods of eligibility; child 21.3041-1

Periods of eligibility; spouses and surviving spouses 21.3046-1

Rates 21.3333-1

Rates--educational assistance allowance--38 U.S.C. chapter 35 21.3131-1

Reduction or discontinuance dates for awards of educational

assistance allowance 21.3135-1

Reductions in Survivors' and Dependents' educational assistance
21.3132-1

Reentrance after interruption 21.3306-1

Required counseling 21.3102-1

Service with Armed Forces 21.3042-1

Special assistance for the educationally disadvantaged 21.3344-1

Special restorative training 21.3300-1

Special training 21.3104-1

Suspension of program; child 21.3043-1

Travel expenses 21.3105-1

Work-study allowance 21.3145-1

**Subpart D---Administration of Educational Assistance Programs**

Accredited courses 21.4253-1

Apprentice courses 21.4261-1

Approval of courses at a branch campus or extension 21.4266-1

Approval of licensing and certification tests 21.4268-1

Assignments of benefits prohibited 21.4146-1

Central Office Education and Training Review Panel 21.4208-1

Certifications and release of payments 21.4138-1

Change of program 21.4234-1

Collegiate course measurement 21.4272-1

Collegiate graduate 21.4273-1

Combination 21.4233-1

Combination correspondence-residence program 21.4279-1

Commencing dates 21.4131-1

Composition, jurisdiction, and duties of Committee on Educational
Allowances 21.4211-1

Conflicting interests 21.4005-1

Control by agencies of the United States 21.4152-1

Cooperation 21.4151-1

Cooperative courses 21.4257-1

Correspondence programs and courses 21.4256-1

Course and licensing and certification test approval; jurisdiction and
notices 21.4250-1

Courses in foreign countries 21.4260-1

Courses precluded; erroneous, deceptive, or misleading practices
21.4252-1

Decision of Director of VA Regional Processing Office of jurisdiction
21.4215-1

Definitions 21.4200-1

Delegations of authority 21.4001-1

Designation 21.4150-1

Discontinuance dates 21.4135-1

Discontinuance: unsatisfactory progress, conduct and attendance
21.4277-1

Educational plan---38 U.S.C. Chapter 35---child 21.4231-1

Evaluations of State approving agency performance 21.4155-1

Examination of records 21.4209-1

Failure of school to meet requirements 21.4207-1

False or misleading statements 21.4006-1

Farm cooperative courses 21.4264-1

Finality of decisions 21.4002-1

Flight training---38 U.S.C. ch. 30 and 10 U.S.C. ch 1606 21.4263-1

Forfeiture 21.4007-1

Independent study, approval of 21.4267-1

Law courses 21.4274-1

Measurement of courses 21.4270-1

Minimum period of operation requirement for educational institutions
21.4251-1

Nonaccredited courses 21.4254-1

Nonduplication---programs administered by VA 21.4022-1

Notice of approval 21.4258-1

Notification of suspension or discontinuance 21.4133-1

Other training on-the-job courses 21.4262-1

Overcharges; restrictions on enrollments 21.4202-1

Periodic certifications 21.4204-1

Practical training approved as institutional training or on-job training
21.4265-1

Practical training courses; measurement 21.4275-1

Prevention of overpayments 21.4008-1

Reentrance after discontinuance 21.4278-1

Refund policy; nonaccredited courses 21.4255-1

Reimbursement of expenses 21.4153-1

Report of activities 21.4154-1

21.4261 Apprentice courses 21.4261-1

21.4262 Other training on-the-job courses 21.4262-1

21.4263 Approval of flight training courses 21.4263-1

21.4264 Farm cooperative courses 21.4264-1

21.4265 Practical training approved as institutional training

or on-job training 21.4265-1

21.4266 Approval of courses at a branch campus or extension 21.4266-1

21.4267 Approval of independent study 21.4267-1

21.4268 Approval of licensing and certification tests 21.4268-1

**Assessment and pursuit of courses**

21.4270 Measurement of courses 21.4270-1

21.4271 \[Removed\]

21.4272 Collegiate course measurement 21.4272-1

21.4273 Collegiate graduate 21.4273-1

21.4274 Law courses 21.4274-1

21.4275 Practical training courses; measurement 21.4275-1

21.4277 Discontinuance: unsatisfactory progress, conduct and attendance
21.4277-1

21.4278 Reentrance after discontinuance 21.4278-1

21.4279 Combination correspondence-residence program 21.4279-1

21.4280 \[Removed\]

**Administrative**

**§21.4001 Delegations of authority.**

\(a\) Except as otherwise provided, authority is delegated to the Under
Secretary for Benefits and to supervisory or adjudicative personnel
within the jurisdiction of the Education Service, designated by him or
her to make findings and decisions under 38 U.S.C. Chapters 34 and 36
and the applicable regulations, precedents and instructions, as to
programs authorized by these paragraphs.

\(b\) Authority is delegated to the Under Secretary for Benefits and the
Director, Education Service, to enter into agreements for the
reimbursement of State approving agencies under §21.4153. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 512(a))

\(c\) Authority is delegated to the Director, Education Service, to
exercise the functions required of the Secretary for:

> \(1\) Waiver of penalties for conflicting interests as provided by
> §21.4005;
>
> \(2\) Actions otherwise required of State approving agencies under
> §21.4150(c);
>
> \(3\) Approval of courses under §21.4250(c)(2). (Authority: 38 U.S.C.
> 512(c))

\(d\) The Under Secretary for Benefits is delegated responsibility for
obtaining evidence of voluntary compliance for vocational
rehabilitation, education and special restorative training to implement
Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964. Authority is delegated to him or her
and his or her designee to take any necessary action as to programs of
vocational rehabilitation, education or special restorative training
under 38 U.S.C. Chapters 31, 34, 35 and 36 for the purpose of securing
evidence of voluntary compliance directly or through the agencies to
whom the Secretary has delegated responsibility for various schools or
training establishments to implement §§18.1 through 18.13 of this
chapter.

\(e\) The Under Secretary for Benefits is delegated responsibility for
obtaining evidence of voluntary compliance from recognized national
organizations whose representatives are afforded space and office
facilities in facilities under his or her jurisdiction.

\(f\) The Under Secretary for Benefits is delegated responsibility to
enter into an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to utilize,
where appropriate, its services and facilities, consistent with its
available resources, to carry out investigations and make determinations
as to enrollment of an eligible veteran or eligible person in any course
offered by an institution which utilizes advertising, sales, or
enrollment practices of any type which are erroneous, deceptive, or
misleading either by actual statement, omission, or intimation.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3696)

\(g\) Authority is delegated to the Director, Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment Service to exercise the functions required of the
Secretary for approval of courses under §21.4250(c)(1). (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 512(a))

\[31 FR 6774, May 6, 1966, as amended at 40 FR 31759, July 29, 1975; 48
FR 37975, Aug. 22, 1983; 50 FR 46764, Nov. 13, 1985; 61 FR 26112, May
24, 1996; 66 FR 44053, Aug. 22, 2001\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 27(1)

\(vi\) Has a planned program of activities described in the school's
official publication which is approved by the State approving agency and
which is institutional in nature as distinguished from training
on-the-job. The description shall include at least:

\(A\) A unit subject description;

\(B\) A provision for an assigned instructor;

\(C\) A statement that the planned program of activities is controlled
by the school, not by the officials of the job establishment;

\(D\) A requirement that class attendance on at least a weekly basis be
regularly scheduled to provide for interaction between instructor and
student;

\(E\) A statement that appropriate assignments are required for
completion of the course;

\(F\) A grading system similar to the system used for other resident
subjects offered by the school; and

\(G\) A schedule of time required for the training which demonstrates
that the student shall spend at least as much time in preparation and
training as is normally required by the school for its other resident
courses.

\(g\) *Nonaccredited courses.* Any nonaccredited internship program not
given in a school will be recognized as other on-the-job training when
it meets the requirements of §21.4262 and when the program is required
for licensure by the State in which it is offered. (See §21.4275 for
measurement.)

\[41 FR 26683, June 29, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 25429, June 13, 1978;
49 FR 39545, Oct. 9, 1984; 54 FR 34984, Aug. 23, 1989; 61 FR 6783, Feb.
22, 1996\]

**Supplement *Highlights* reference**: 23(1)

**§21.4266 Approval of courses at a branch campus or extension.**

\(a\) *Definitions*. The following definitions apply to the terms used
in this section.

\(1\) *Administrative capability* means the ability to maintain all
records and accounts that §21.4209 requires.

\(2\) *Certifying official* means a representative of an educational
institution designated to provide VA with the reports and certifications
that §§21.4203, 21.4204, 21.5810, 21.5812, 21.7152, and 21.7652 require.

\(3\) *Main campus* means the location where the primary teaching
facilities of an educational institution are located. If an educational
institution has only one teaching location, that location is its main
campus. If it is unclear which of the educational institution's teaching
facilities is primary, the main campus is the location of the primary
office of its Chief Executive Officer.

\(4\) *Branch campus* means a location of an educational institution
that:

\(i\) Is geographically apart from and operationally independent of the
main campus of the educational institution;

\(ii\) Has its own faculty, administration and supervisory organization;
and

\(iii\) Offers courses in education programs leading to a degree,
certificate, or other recognized education credential.

\(5\) *Extension* means a location of an educational institution that is
geographically apart from and is operationally dependent on the main
campus or a branch campus of the educational institution. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 3675, 3676, 3684)

\(b\) *State approving agency jurisdiction*.

\(1\) The State approving agency for the State where a residence course
is being taught has jurisdiction over approval of that course for VA
education benefit purposes.

\(2\) The fact that the location where the educational institution is
offering the course may be temporary will not serve to change
jurisdictional authority.

\(3\) The fact that the main campus of the educational institution may
be located in another State from that in which the course is being
taught will not serve to change jurisdictional authority. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 3672)

\(c\) *Approving a course offered by a branch campus or an extension of
an educational institution*. Before approving a course or a program of
education offered at a branch campus or an extension of an educational
institution, the State approving agency must ensure that:

\(1\) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, each location
where the course or program is offered has administrative capability;
and

\(2\) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, each location
where the course or program is offered has a certifying official on
site. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3672)

\(d\) *Exceptions to the requirement that administrative capability
exist at each location*.

\(1\) A State approving agency may approve a course or program offered
by a branch campus that does not have its own administrative capability
if:

\(i\) The main campus of the educational institution within the same
State maintains a centralized recordkeeping system that includes all
records and accounts that §21.4209 requires for each student attending
the branch campus without administrative capability. These records may
be originals, certified copies, or in an electronically formatted record
keeping system; and

\(ii\) The main campus can identify the records of students at the
branch campus for which it maintains centralized records.

\(2\) The State approving agency may approve a course or program offered
by an extension that does not have its own administrative capability if:

\(i\) The extension and the main campus or branch campus it is dependent
on are located within the same State;

\(ii\) The main campus or branch campus the extension is dependent on
has administrative capability for the extension; and

\(iii\) The State approving agency combines the approval of the
course(s) offered by the extension with the approval of the courses
offered by the main campus or branch campus the extension is dependent
on.

\(e\) *Combined approval*. The State approving agency may combine the
approval of courses offered by an extension of an educational
institution with the approval of the main campus or the branch campus
that the extension is dependent on, if the extension is within the same
State as the campus it is dependent on. Combining the approval of
courses offered by an extension, with the approval of courses offered by
the main campus or branch campus the extension is dependent on, does not
negate the minimum period of operation requirements in §21.4251 for
courses that do not lead to a standard college degree offered by an
extension of a proprietary educational institution. The State approving
agency will list the extension and courses approved on the notice of
approval sent to the educational institution pursuant to §21.4258 of
this part.

\(f\) *Exceptions to the requirement that each location where the course
or program is offered must have a certifying official on site*.
Exceptions to the requirement in paragraph (c) of this section, that
each location with an approved course or program of education must have
a certifying official on site, will be permitted for:

\(1\) Extensions of an educational institution when the State approving
agency combines the approval of the courses offered by the extension
with a branch campus or main campus. (See paragraph (e) of this
section.)

\(2\) Educational institutions with more than one campus within the same
State if the main campus:

> \(i\) Maintains a centralized recordkeeping system. (See paragraph
> (d)(1) of this section.);
>
> \(ii\) Has administrative capability for the branch campus (or branch
> campuses) within the same State; and
>
> \(iii\) Centralizes its certifying official function at the main
> campus.

\(3\) Educational institutions with multi-state campuses when an
educational institution wants to centralize its certifying official
function into one or more locations if:

\(i\) The educational institution submits all required reports and
certifications that §§21.4203, 21.4204, 21.5810, 21.5812, 21.7152, and
21.7652 require via electronic submission through VA's Internet-based
education certification application;

\(ii\) The educational institution designates an employee, at each
teaching location of the educational institution that does not have a
certifying official present, to serve as a point-of-contact for
veterans, servicemembers, reservists, or other eligible persons; the
certifying official(s); the State approving agency of jurisdiction; and
VA. The designated employee must have access (other than to transmit
certifications) to VA's Internet-based education certification
application to provide certification information to veterans,
servicemembers, reservists, or other eligible persons, State approving
agency representatives, and VA representatives;

\(iii\) Each certifying official uses the VA facility code for the
location that has administrative capability for the teaching location
where the student is training when submitting required reports and
certifications to VA; and

\(iv\) Each certifying official has full access to the administrative
records and accounts that §21.4209 requires for each student attending
the teaching location(s) for which the certifying official has been
designated responsibility. These records may be originals, certified
copies, or in an electronically formatted record keeping system.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3672)

(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section under control number 2900-0073)

**Cross Reference**: *Minimum period of operation requirement for
educational institutions*. See §21.4251.

\[43 FR 35303, Aug. 9, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 62503, Oct. 31, 1979;
61 FR 26115, May 24, 1996; 72 FR 16975, Apr. 5, 2007; 72 FR 20427, Apr.
25, 2007\]

**Supplement *Highlights* references**: 27(1), 73(1), 74(1).

**§21.4267 Approval of independent study.**

\(a\) *Overview*. Except as provided in §§21.4252(g), 21.7120(c), and
21.7622(f), VA may not pay educational assistance for a nonaccredited
course which is offered in whole or in part by independent study. Hence,
it is necessary to differentiate independent study from similar courses.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3014, 3523, 3672, 3676(e), 3680A(a))

\(b\) *Definition of independent study*.

\(1\) VA considers a course to be offered entirely by independent study
when:

\(i\) It consists of a prescribed program of study with provision for
interaction between the student and the regularly employed faculty of
the institution of higher learning. The interaction may be personally or
through use of communications technology, including mail, telephone,
videoconferencing, computer technology (to include electronic mail), and
other electronic means;

> \(ii\) It is offered without any regularly scheduled, conventional
> classroom or laboratory sessions; and
>
> \(iii\) It is not a course listed in paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of
> this section.

\(2\) VA considers a course to be offered in part by independent study
when:

> \(i\) It is an undergraduate course;
>
> \(ii\) It is not classified as one of the three types of courses
> listed in paragraph (c) of this section;
>
> \(iii\) It has some weeks when standard class sessions are scheduled;
> and
>
> \(iv\) It consists of independent study as defined in paragraph (b)(1)
> of this section during those weeks when there are no regularly
> scheduled class sessions. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3523, 3676(e),
> 3680A(a))

\(c\) *Scope of independent study*. VA does not consider any of the
following courses to be courses offered by independent study.

\(1\) A cooperative course as defined in §21.4233(a);

\(2\) A farm cooperative course; or

\(3\) A course approved as a correspondence course. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 3676(e), 3680A(a))

\(d\) *Undergraduate resident training*. VA considers the following
undergraduate courses to be resident training.

\(1\) A course which meets the requirements for resident institutional
training found in §21.4265(f);