---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.292"
title: "38"
number: "21.292"
heading: "Course approvals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.292"
---

# §21.292. Course approvals.

- (a) **Courses must be approved.** Only those courses approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be utilized to provide training and rehabilitation services under Chapter 31.
- (b) **General.** VA staff in consultation with the veteran will select courses and services needed to carry out the rehabilitation plan only from those which VA determines are offered by a training or rehabilitation facility which:
  - (1) Meets the requirements of [§§ 21.120 through 21.162](/cfr/38/21.120..21.162.md);
  - (2) Meets the criteria of [§§ 21.290 through 21.299](/cfr/38/21.290..21.299.md); and
  - (3) Is in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, [section 503(a)](/cfr/38/503.md?p=a) Veterans Readjustment Act of 1972, and sections 501 through 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
- (c) **Obtaining information necessary for approval.** In determining whether services and courses may be approved for a veteran's training and rehabilitation under Chapter 31, the Department of Veterans Affairs may use information relevant to the approval or certification of such services and courses for similar purposes developed by:
  - (1) The State approving agencies;
  - (2) The Department of Labor;
  - (3) State vocational rehabilitation agencies;
  - (4) Nationally recognized accrediting associations;
  - (5) The Committee on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; and
  - (6) **Other organizations and agencies.**
- (d) **Course not approved.** If a course or program is not approved by one of the agencies identified in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) staff shall develop necessary information to determine whether criteria given in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section are met.
- (e) **Course disapproved.** The VR&E Officer may approve for 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 use courses that one of the agencies in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section has disapproved.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 62 FR 17709, Apr. 11, 1997; 87 FR 8743, Feb. 16, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 18, 31, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984, as amended at 62 FR 17709, Apr. 11, 1997; 87 FR 8743, Feb. 16, 2022]