Veterans Education: Implementation of the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act and the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program
personnel · US Department of Defense · Rule · Published 1996-01-22 · Effective 1996-01-22 · 61 FR 1525
Document
Document number
96-664
Federal Register citation
61 FR 1525
CFR reference
38 CFR 21
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
personnel
Sub-agency
US Department of Defense
Publication date
1996-01-22
Effective date
1996-01-22
Abstract
This document amends regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) concerning the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (VEAP). It restates statutory requirements and sets forth VA statutory interpretations regarding provisions of the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 1994. More specifically, the regulations are amended by making flight training a permanent part of VEAP; by providing for approval of courses leading to alternative teacher certification; by defining ``alternative teacher certification''; by reflecting that VA is prohibited from functionally supervising State approving agencies that approve courses for VA training; and by providing that, in order to be approved for VA training, a correspondence course must be accredited and at least 50% of the students completing the course must take at least six months to complete it.