---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 686.25"
title: "34"
number: "686.25"
heading: "Correspondence study."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/686.25"
---

# §686.25. Correspondence study.

- (a) An institution calculates a TEACH Grant for a payment period for a student in a program of study offered by correspondence courses without terms, but not including any residential component, by—
  - (1) Using the half-time annual award; and
  - (2) **Multiplying the half-time annual award by the lesser of—**
    - (i)
    - (ii)
- (b) **For purposes of paragraph (a) of this section—**
  - (1) The institution must make the first payment to a student for an academic year, as calculated under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, after the student submits 25 percent of the lessons or otherwise completes 25 percent of the work scheduled for the program or the academic year, whichever occurs last; and
  - (2) The institution must make the second payment to a student for an academic year, as calculated under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, after the student submits 75 percent of the lessons or otherwise completes 75 percent of the work scheduled for the program or the academic year, whichever occurs last.
- (c) In a program of correspondence study offered by correspondence courses using terms but not including any residential component—
  - (1) The institution must prepare a written schedule for submission of lessons that reflects a workload of at least 30 hours of preparation per semester hour or 20 hours of preparation per quarter hour during the term;
  - (2)
    - (i) If the student is enrolled in at least six credit hours that commence and are completed in that term, the half-time annual award is used to calculate the payment for the payment period; or
    - (ii) If the student is enrolled in less than six credit hours that commence and are completed in that term the less-than-half-time annual award is used to calculate the payment for the payment period;
  - (3) A payment for a payment period is calculated using the formula in [§ 686.22(d)](/cfr/34/686.22.md?p=d) except that paragraphs [(c)(1)](#c-1) and [(2)](#c-2) of this section are used in lieu of § [686.22(d)(1)](/cfr/34/686.22.md?p=d-1) and [(2)](/cfr/34/686.22.md?p=d-2), respectively; and
  - (4) The institution must make the payment to a student for a payment period after that student completes 50 percent of the lessons or otherwise completes 50 percent of the work scheduled for the term, whichever occurs last.
- (d) Payments for periods of residential training must be calculated under [§ 686.22(d)](/cfr/34/686.22.md?p=d) if the residential training is offered using terms and credit hours or under [§ 686.22(e)](/cfr/34/686.22.md?p=e) if the residential training is offered using credit hours without terms or clock hours.

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 35495, June 23, 2008, as amended at 74 FR 20221, May 1, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070g, et seq. , unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 35495, June 23, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 35495, June 23, 2008, as amended at 74 FR 20221, May 1, 2009]