---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.8074"
title: "38"
number: "21.8074"
heading: "Computing the period for vocational training program participation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.8074"
---

# §21.8074. Computing the period for vocational training program participation.

- (a) **Computing the participation period.** To compute the number of months and days of an eligible child's participation in a vocational training program:
  - (1) **Count the number of actual months and days of the child's—**
    - (i) Pursuit of vocational education or training;
    - (ii) Receipt of extended evaluation-type services and training, or services and training to enable the child to prepare for vocational training or employment, if a veteran in a 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 program would have received a subsistence allowance while receiving the same type of services and training; and
    - (iii) Receipt of employment and post-employment services (any period of employment or post-employment services is considered full-time program pursuit).
  - (2) **Do not count—**
    - (i) The initial evaluation period;
    - (ii) Any period before the child enters a vocational training program under this subpart;
    - (iii) Days of authorized leave; and
    - (iv) **Other periods during which the child does not pursue training, such as periods between terms.**
  - (3) **Convert part-time training periods to full-time equivalents.**
  - (4) **Total the months and days under paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(3) of this section.** This sum is the period of the child's participation in the program.
- (b) **Consistency with principles for charging entitlement.** Computation of the program participation period under this section will be consistent with the principles for charging entitlement under [§ 21.8020](/cfr/38/21.8020.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 512, 1151 note, ch. 18, 5112, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 72565, Dec. 6, 2002, unless otherwise noted.