**§21.4233 Combination.**

An approved program may consist of a combination of courses with
instruction offered by a school alternating with instruction in a
business or industrial establishment (a cooperative course); courses
offered by two schools concurrently; or courses offered through class
attendance and by television concurrently. A farm cooperative program
may be approved which consists of a combination of institutional
agricultural courses and concurrent agricultural employment (see
§21.4264). A school may contract the actual training to another school
or entity, provided the course is approved by the State approving agency
having approval jurisdiction of the school or entity which actually
provides the training.

\(a\) *Cooperative courses.* A full-time program of education consisting
of phases of school instruction alternated with training in a business
or industrial establishment with such training being strictly
supplemental to the school instruction may be approved. Alternating
periods may be a part-day in school and a part-day on job or may be such
periods which alternate on a daily, weekly, monthly or on a term basis.
For purposes of approval the school offering the course must submit to
the State approving agency, with its application, statements of fact
showing at least the following:

\(1\) That the alternate in-school periods of the course are at least as
long as the alternate periods in the business or industrial
establishment; in determining this relationship between the two
components of the course, training received in a business or industrial
establishment during a vacation or officially scheduled school break
period shall be excluded from the calculation; where the course is
approved as continuous part-time work and part-time study in
combination, it shall be measured on the basis of the ratio which each
portion of the training bears to full time as defined in §21.4270(c) of
this part. The institutional portion must be at least equivalent to
one-half time training and must be combined with a job training portion
sufficient for the combined training to equal full time. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 3482(a)(2) and 3532(b))

\(2\) That the course is set up as a cooperative course in the school
catalog or other literature of the school;

\(3\) That the school itself arranges with the employer's establishment
for providing the alternate on-job periods of training on such basis
that the on-job portion of the course will be training in a real and
substantial sense and will supplement the in-school portion of the
course;

\(4\) That the school arranges directly with the employer's
establishment for placing the individual student in that establishment
and exercises supervision and control over the student's activities at
the establishment to an extent that assures training in a true sense to
the student; and

\(5\) That the school grants credit for the on-job portion of the course
for completion of a part of the work required for granting a degree or
diploma. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3482(a)(2) and 3532(b))

\(b\) *Concurrent enrollment.* Where a veteran or eligible person cannot
successfully schedule his or her complete program at one school, a
program of concurrent enrollment may be approved. When requesting such a
program the veteran or eligible person must show that his or her
complete program of education or training is not available at the school
in which he or she will pursue the major portion of his or her program
(the primary school), or that it cannot be scheduled successfully within
the period in which he or she plans to complete his or her program.

\(1\) If VA measures the courses pursued at both institutions on either
a clock-hour basis or a credit-hour basis, VA will measure the veteran's
or eligible person's enrollment by adding together the units of
measurement in the second school to the units of measurement for the
courses in the primary institution. The standard for full time will be
the full-time standard for the courses at the primary institution.

\(2\) Where the standards for measurement of the courses pursued
concurrently in the two schools are different, VA will measure the
veteran's or eligible person's enrollment by converting the units of
measurement for courses in the second school to the equivalent in value
expressed in units of measurement required for the courses in the
program of education which the veteran or eligible person is pursuing at
the primary institution. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3688)

\(3\) If the provisions of paragraph (b)(2) of this section require VA
to convert clock hours to credit hours, it will do so by:

\(i\) Dividing the number of credit hours which VA considers to be
fulltime at the educational institution whose courses are measured on a
credit-hour basis by the number of clock hours which are full-time at
the educational institution whose courses are measured on a clock-hour
basis; and

\(ii\) Multiplying each clock hour of attendance by the decimal
determined in paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this section. VA will drop all
fractional hours.

\(4\) If the provisions of paragraph (b)(2) of this section require VA
to convert credit hours to clock hours, it will do so by:

\(i\) Dividing the number of clock hours which VA considers to be
fulltime at the educational institution whose courses are measured on a
clock-hour basis by the number of credit hours which are full-time at
the educational institution whose courses are measured on a credit-hour
basis; and

\(ii\) Multiplying each credit hour by the number determined in
paragraph (b)(4)(i) of this section. VA will drop all fractional hours.

\(5\) Periodic certifications of training will be required from the
veteran and each of the schools where concurrent enrollment is approved
in a course which does not lead to a standard college degree and to
which the measurement provisions of §21.4270(b) of this part do not
apply. (See §§21.4203 and 21.4204.) (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3688)

\(c\) *Television*:

\(1\) A course offered by open-circuit television is an independent
study course. In order for an eligible person to receive educational
assistance while pursuing such a course, the course must meet all the
requirements for independent study found in §21.4267. (Authority: 38
U.S.C. 3523, 3680A)

\(2\) *Closed circuit telecast.* Instruction offered through closed
circuit telecast which requires regular classroom attendance is to be
recognized to the same extent as regular classroom and/or laboratory
instruction.

\(d\) *Farm cooperative course.* A program of education consisting of
institutional agricultural courses pursued by an eligible person who is
concurrently engaged in agricultural employment which is relevant to
such institutional course may be approved if the course meets the
requirements of §21.4264.

\(e\) *Contract*. All or part of the program of education of a school
may be provided by another school or entity under contract. Such school
or entity actually providing the training must obtain approval of the
course from the State approving agency in the State having jurisdiction
of that school or entity. If the course is a course of flight training,
the school or entity actually providing the training must also obtain
approval of the course from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Measurement of the course and payment of an allowance will be
appropriate for the course as offered by the school or entity actually
providing the training. (Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16136(c); 38 U.S.C.
3002(8), 3034(d), 3202(4), 3241(b), 3452(c), 3501(a)(6), 3675, 3676)

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49454, Sept. 27, 1977; 43 FR 35301, Aug. 9, 1976; 45 FR 67093, Oct. 9,
1980; 48 FR 37989, Aug. 22, 1983; 54 FR 33890, Aug. 17, 1989; 61 FR
6782, Feb. 22, 1996; 61 FR 20728, May 8, 1996; 62 FR 40280, July 28,
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**Supplement *Highlights* references**: 23(1), 33(1), 39(2).

Reserved