---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.7610"
title: "38"
number: "21.7610"
heading: "Selection of a program of education."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.7610"
---

# §21.7610. Selection of a program of education.

- (a) **General requirement.** An individual must be pursuing an approved program of education in order to receive educational assistance.
- (b) **Approval of a program of education.** VA will approve a program of education selected by a reservist for payment of educational assistance under 10 U.S.C. chapter 1606 if—
  - (1) The program accords with the definition of a program of education found in [§ 21.7520(b)(17)](/cfr/38/21.7520.md?p=b-17) of this part,
  - (2) It has an educational, professional or vocational objective (as defined in § [21.7520(b)(7)](/cfr/38/21.7520.md?p=b-7) and [(28)](/cfr/38/21.7520.md?p=b-28) of this part), and
  - (3) The courses and subjects in the program are approved for VA purposes as provided in [§ 21.7720](/cfr/38/21.7720.md) of this part.
  - (4) **The reservist is not already qualified for the objective of the program.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 34740, Sept. 8, 1988, as amended at 61 FR 20729, May 8, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. ch. 1606; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 512, ch. 36, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 34740, Sept. 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[53 FR 34740, Sept. 8, 1988, as amended at 61 FR 20729, May 8, 1996]