[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR21.120]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 21--VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Vocational Rehabilitation Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 31
 
Sec. 21.120  Educational and vocational training services.

    (a) Purposes. The purposes of providing educational and vocational 
training services are to enable a veteran eligible for, and entitled to, 
services and assistance under Chapter 31 to:
    (1) Meet the requirements for employment in the occupational 
objective established in the IWRP (Individualized Written Rehabilitation 
Plan);
    (2) Provide incidental training which is necessary to achieve the 
employment objective in the IEAP (Individualized Employment Assistance 
Plan);
    (3) Provide incidental training needed to achieve the goals of an 
IILP (Individualized Independent Living Plan); or
    (4) Provide training services necessary to implement an IEEP 
(Individualized Extended Evaluation Plan).
    (b) Selection of courses. VA will generally select courses of study 
and training, completion of which usually results in a diploma, 
certificate, degree, qualification for licensure, or employment. If such 
courses are not available in the area in which the veteran resides, or 
if they are available but not accessible to the veteran, other 
arrangements may be made. Such arrangements may include, but are not 
limited to:
    (1) Relocation of the veteran to another area in which necessary 
services are available, or
    (2) Use of an individual instructor to provide necessary training.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3107)

    (c) Charges for education and training services. The cost of 
education and training services will be one of the factors considered in 
selecting a facility when:
    (1) There is more than one facility in the area in which the veteran 
resides which:
    (i) Meets requirements for approval under Secs. 21.292 through 
21.298;
    (ii) Can provide the education and training services, and other 
supportive services specified in the veteran's plan; and
    (iii) Is within reasonable commuting distance; or
    (2) The veteran wishes to train at a suitable facility in another 
area, even though training can be provided at a suitable facility in the 
area in which the veteran resides.


(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(7), 3115(a))

[49 FR 40814, Oct. 18, 1984; 50 FR 9622, Mar. 11, 1985]