---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.7110"
title: "38"
number: "21.7110"
heading: "Selection of a program of education."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.7110"
---

# §21.7110. Selection of a program of education.

- (a) **Payments of educational assistance are usually based on pursuit of a program of education.** In order to receive educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30, a veteran or servicemember must—
  - (1) Be pursuing an approved program of education;
  - (2) Be pursuing refresher or deficiency courses;
  - (3) Be pursuing other preparatory or special education or training courses necessary to enable the veteran or servicemember to pursue an approved program of education;
  - (4) Have taken an approved licensing or certification test, for which he or she is requesting reimbursement; or
  - (5) Be an individual who has taken a course for which the individual received tuition assistance provided under a program administered by the Secretary of a military department under 10 U.S.C. [2007(a)](/usc/10/2007.md?p=a) or [(c)](/usc/10/2007.md?p=c), for which the individual is requesting tuition assistance top-up.
- (b) **Approval of a program of education.** VA will approve a program of education under 38 U.S.C. chapter 30 that a veteran or servicemember selects if:
  - (1) It meets the definition of a program of education found in [§ 21.7020(b)(23)](/cfr/38/21.7020.md?p=b-23);
  - (2) Except for a program consisting of a licensing or certification test, has an objective as described in § [21.7020(b)(13)](/cfr/38/21.7020.md?p=b-13) or [(22)](/cfr/38/21.7020.md?p=b-22);
  - (3) The courses, subjects, or licensing or certification tests in the program are approved for VA training; and
  - (4) Except for a program consisting of a licensing or certification test designed to help the veteran or servicemember maintain employment in a vocation or profession, the veteran or servicemember is not already qualified for the objective of the program.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 16980, Apr. 5, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), chs. 30, 36, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 1757, Jan. 22, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 16980, Apr. 5, 2007]