Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-15
VAS New Training
Curbs And How
They Affect You

lney AFFECT ! Ou
Here's what the new curbs on
CT Bill education and training
mean to you as veteran.
From now on, when you apply to
the Veterans Administration for
a certificate of eligibility and en-
titlement, you must inform VA ex-
actly what school you want to at
tend, and exactly what course you
want to take. When and if the GER
tificate is issued to you, it will
name the school and course, and
the certificate will be good for use
only in that school and course.
RE-ENTRY: If you have already
completed a course of education or
training under the CT Bill-or if
you started a course and discon-
tinued it for one reason or another
you will not be given another
certificate (called a supplemental
certificate) unless you satisfy the
VA officials that the course you
want to take is ESSENTIAL to
your employment.
This applies to all types of train
ing and education, including grad
uate work in college, or under
graduate work if you have prev
iously started a college course and
dropped it, either of your own
volition or because your progress
has been unsatisfactory, or voca-
tional course if you have already
completed anot her vocational
course or have gone to college un-
der the CT Bill.
Summer vacations, or other
normal Interruptions Of trainirC
are not considered to be "discon-
tinuence," and the veterans may
resume his training after such
periods without meeting the red
tape provisions.
CHANGES IN COURSES: If
you want to change schools from
now on, you may do so, without
providing justification, only if your
change is to another school to take
the same course and without loss
of credit.
If you want to change course,
VA Registration Officer will look
over your request, and decide whe-
ther the change is within the regu-
lations. His decision, if favorable
to you, may be appealed by request
ing advisement and guidance (see
section of JUSTIFICATION.
VOCATIONAL T R MING:
There are many restrictions on vo-
cational training under the new
regulations. First of all, you are
barred from attending at govern
ment expense any private voca-
tional school which was less than
a year old on August "a of this
year, unless and until that school
complies with rigid VA qualifica-
tions to permit it to accept CT
Bill students.
Secondly, you are barred from
taking any course in any private
ly-owned school, whether the school
is new" or "old," if the course you
want to take has been offered for
less than one year as o. Aug. "a,
unless and until that course meets
VAS requirements.
Thirdly, if the school, you want
to attend, public or private, was
established after June %, 1914 (the
date of enactment of the CT Bill
then you will have to satisfy VA
officials that the course you want
in that school will be bona fide use
to you in your present or future
business or occupation.
That, in effect, means that if you
want to attend school to study
certain type of course, you can at
tend school that was established
before the CT Bill without any red
tape providing it is your first
entry into CT training), but if the
school of your choice was establish
ed after the CT Bill was enacted
you'll have to go through lot of
red tape.
CORRESPONDENCE COURS-
Els: In order to be approved for
any type of correspondence course
from now on, you must show that
the course will be of bona fide
use in your present or future bust
ness or employment.
PART-TIME COURSES: To at
tend night school or take any other
part-time or single-subject course,
you will have to provide complete
justification that the course will
be of bona. fide use in your present
or future business Or occupation.