Section 21.5800 - Courses(a)Courses permitted. An individual may receive educational assistance and subsistence allowance only while receiving instruction in a postsecondary course offered at any institution in the United States (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association or by an accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of Education. (Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2142 )
(b)Courses precluded. An individual shall receive neither educational assistance nor subsistence allowance while pursuing any of the following courses: (1) A course offered at the secondary level or below;(2) A course offered by an institution located outside the United States (except in Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands);(3) A course offered by a nonaccredited institution; and(4) Courses which do not require the student to receive instruction at the institution. These include-(i) Correspondence courses,(ii) Combination correspondence-residence courses, and(iii) Courses offered through independent study.(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2143 )