---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.3020"
title: "38"
number: "21.3020"
heading: "Educational assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.3020"
---

# §21.3020. Educational assistance.


The program of educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 captioned Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance, may be referred to as Dependents' Educational Assistance.

- (a) **General.** A program of education or special restorative training may be authorized for an eligible person who meets the definition contained in [§ 21.3021](/cfr/38/21.3021.md).
- (b) **45 months limitation.** Educational assistance may not exceed a period of 45 months, or the equivalent in part-time training, unless it is determined that a longer period is required for special restorative training under the circumstances outlined in [§ 21.3300(c)](/cfr/38/21.3300.md?p=c) or except as specified in [§ 21.3044(c)](/cfr/38/21.3044.md?p=c).
- (c) **Courses in foreign countries.** A course to be pursued at a school not located in a State or in the Philippines may not be approved except under the circumstances outlined in [§ 21.4260](/cfr/38/21.4260.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[30 FR 15631, Dec. 18, 1965, as amended at 31 FR 6773, May 6, 1966; 34 FR 841, Jan. 18, 1969; 38 FR 14931, June 7, 1973; 43 FR 35289, Aug. 9, 1978]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 512, 3500-3566, and as noted in specific sections.

### Amendments

[30 FR 15631, Dec. 18, 1965, as amended at 31 FR 6773, May 6, 1966; 34 FR 841, Jan. 18, 1969; 38 FR 14931, June 7, 1973; 43 FR 35289, Aug. 9, 1978]