---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.7138"
title: "38"
number: "21.7138"
heading: "Rates of supplemental educational assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.7138"
---

# §21.7138. Rates of supplemental educational assistance.


In addition to basic educational assistance, a veteran or servicemember who is eligible for supplemental educational assistance and entitled to it shall be paid supplemental educational assistance at the rate described in this section unless a lesser rate is required by [§ 21.7139](/cfr/38/21.7139.md) of this part.

- (a) **Rates for veterans.**
  - (1) Except for a veteran pursuing apprenticeship or other on-job training, the rate of supplemental educational assistance payable to a veteran is at least the rate stated in this table.
  - (2) For a veteran pursuing apprenticeship or other on-job training the rate of supplemental educational assistance payable to a veteran is as provided in this table.
- (b) **Increase in supplemental educational assistance rates (“kicker”).** The Secretary concerned may increase the amount of supplemental educational assistance payable to an individual who has a skill or specialty which the Secretary concerned designates as having a critical shortage of personnel or for which it is difficult to recruit. The amount of the increase is set by the Secretary concerned, but—
  - (1) For an individual other than one pursuing an apprenticeship or other on-job training or cooperative training it may not exceed—
    - (i) $300 per month for full-time training.
    - (ii) $225 per month for three-quarter-time training,
    - (iii) $150 per month for one-half-time training and for training which is less than one-half-time, but more than one-quarter-time, or
    - (iv) $75 per month for one-quarter-time training or less.
  - (2) For an individual pursuing an apprenticeship or other on-job training it may not exceed—
    - (i) $225 per month for the first six months of training,
    - (ii) $165 per month for the second six months of training, and
    - (iii) $105 per month for the remaining months of training.
  - (3) For an individual pursuing cooperative training, it may not exceed $240 per month.
- (c) **Rates of supplemental educational assistance for less than one-half-time training and for servicemembers.** The monthly rate of supplemental educational assistance payable to a veteran who is training less than half-time or to a servicemember is determined as follows:
  - (1) The monthly rate of the veteran's or servicemember's basic educational assistance determined as provided in §§ [21.7136(e)](/cfr/38/21.7136.md?p=e) and [21.7137(b)](/cfr/38/21.7137.md?p=b), [(c)](/cfr/38/21.7137.md?p=c) and [(d)](/cfr/38/21.7137.md?p=d) of this part.
  - (2) If the monthly rate of basic educational assistance equals or is greater than the monthly rate of the cost of the course, no supplemental educational assistance is payable.
  - (3) If the monthly rate of basic educational assistance is less than monthly rate of the cost of the course, the monthly rate of supplemental educational assistance is the lesser of—
    - (i) The monthly rate provided in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, plus the monthly rate provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, if appropriate, or
    - (ii) The difference between the monthly rate of the cost of the course and the monthly rate of the veteran's or servicemember's basic educational assistance.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 1757, Jan. 22, 1988, as amended at 55 FR 28388, July 11, 1990; 56 FR 20136, May 2, 1991; 71 FR 75678, Dec. 18, 2006]

### 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

[53 FR 1757, Jan. 22, 1988, as amended at 55 FR 28388, July 11, 1990; 56 FR 20136, May 2, 1991; 71 FR 75678, Dec. 18, 2006]