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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Computing the participation period. To compute the number of months and days of an eligible child's participation in a vocational training program:
(1) Count the number of actual months and days of the child's:
(i) Pursuit of vocational education or training;
(ii) Receipt of extended evaluation-type services and training, or services and training to enable the child to prepare for vocational training or employment, if a veteran in a 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 program would have received a subsistence allowance while receiving the same type of services and training; and
(iii) Receipt of employment and post-employment services (any period of employment or post-employment services is considered full-time program pursuit).
(2) Do not count:
(i) The initial evaluation period;
(ii) Any period before the child enters a vocational training program under this subpart;
(iii) Days of authorized leave; and
(iv) Other periods during which the child does not pursue training, such as periods between terms.
(3) Convert part-time training periods to full-time equivalents.
(4) Total the months and days under paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(3) of this section. This sum is the period of the child's participation in the program.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1804(d), 1814)
(b) Consistency with principles for charging entitlement. Computation of the program participation period under this section will be consistent with the principles for charging entitlement under § 21.8020.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1804(d), 1814)
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 38. Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief § 38.21.8074 Computing the period for vocational training program participation - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-38-pensions-bonuses-and-veterans-relief/cfr-sect-38-21-8074/
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