---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.368"
title: "20"
number: "404.368"
heading: "When you are considered a full-time student during a period of nonattendance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.368"
---

# §404.368. When you are considered a full-time student during a period of nonattendance.


If you are a full-time student, your eligibility may continue during a period of nonattendance (including part-time attendance) if all the following conditions are met:

- (a) The period of nonattendance is 4 consecutive months or less;
- (b) You show us that you intend to resume your studies as a full-time student at the end of the period or at the end of the period you are a full-time student; and
- (c) **The period of nonattendance is not due to your expulsion or suspension from the school.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 21929, May 16, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202, 203(a) and (b), 205(a), 216, 223, 225, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402, 403(a) and (b), 405(a), 416, 423, 425, and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 34481, June 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 21929, May 16, 1983]