PART IV CHAPTER 10 EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 410.1 Education, GI Bill.-(a) Under the GI Bill of Rights, broad educational opportunities are available to qualified veterans for completing their education or for obtaining refresher courses at Government expense. These courses are divided on the basis of entitlement: 1 year, open to an eligible veteran regardless of age; 1 to 4 years, dependent on age or interruption of schooling, with total period dependent on length of service. (b) Veterans eligible for 1 year's training: (1) Must have served in the active military or naval service on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the present war, and shall have served 90 days or more, exclusive of any period spent in completing a course in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, or theology in the ASTP or NCTP which was the continuation of a civilian course and pursued to completion, or as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies, or, if active service is less than 90 days, shall have been discharged or released from active service by reason of an actual service-incurred injury or disability; (2) The veteran must have been released from service under conditions other than dishonorable; (3) The veteran must start his course not later than 2 years after either the date of his discharge or the termination of the war, whichever is later. (c) Veterans eligible for a period or periods additional to 1 year's training: (1) Must qualify under provisions set forth above; (2) If over 25 years of age when entering service, education must have been impeded, delayed, interrupted, or interfered with by reason of entrance into service; (3) If not over 25 years of age when entering service, need not prove that education was impeded, etc. (d) Those qualifying for 1 year refresher or retraining courses are entitled to 1 full year or its equivalent in continuous part-time study, if required to complete the course. Those qualifying for 1 or more years of education or training are allowed an initial 1 year of education or its equivalent in continuous part-time study. If work performed during the year of such study is satisfactory, further education may be obtained for additional periods up to 3 years (or a total of 4 years) in direct proportion to the time spent in service, exclusive of time spent in ASTP or Navy college training program in completing a course in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, or theology, which was the continuation of a civilian course and pursued to completion, or of time spent as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies. (e) Time spent in Army schools or private schools under auspices of the Army or Navy education program, prior to demobilization, otherwise than as stated above, will be considered as inservice training and will not be subtracted from the time to which a veteran is entitled under the GI Bill. (f) The veteran, if found eligible, will be notified of the exact period of full-time training to which he is entitled and will be informed that he may use the certificate as evidence of his eligibility for education or training in contacting the institution he has selected. (g) A veteran is entitled to choose any approved educational or training institution, whether or not it is located in the State in which he resides. The Veterans' Administration maintains a list of approved institutions in its regional offices. A veteran may elect to pursue any course of instruction he may choose, provided the institution will accept him for such cour (h) A veteran will receive tring allowance if without dependents while in-the educational institution, or $75 if he has dents, except that veterans employed in full-time work not a part of the course of education or training will not be entitled to any subsistence. Periods of leave or vacation can not exceed 30 days each year for continuous payment. (i) Payment of tuition and school fees will be made to the institution not to exceed a total of $500 for each school year, for tuition, laboratory, library, health, infirmary, and similar fees, as well as for supplies, books, and equipment. (j) Application for educational benefits may be made to any field office of the Veterans' Administration or through the pi versity, school, or college where the veteran desires to enroll. 410.2 Educational Opportunities in the Service.—A number of educational opportunities have been made available to service personnel as follows: (1) Correspondence courses available from: The United States Armed Forces Institute. A large number of colleges and universities through the The Marine Corps Institute. (2) Group classes are available under the following: Army off-duty program. Army education program. Navy educational services program. Marine Corps educational services program. Coast Guard educational services program. (3) Self-study opportunities through the use of education manuals obtainable through: The United States Armed Forces Institute. The Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard educational services program. Army information and educational programs. 410.3 Accreditation.-(a) While the courses taken in these educational programs do not automatically carry school or college credit, all major associations of high schools and colleges in the United States, and hundreds of individual institutions, have made special arrangements for granting academic credit to returning service personnel. The services do not grant high school or college credit for courses offered to military personnel. The granting of school or college credit is the responsibility of the educational institution in which credit is to be used. (b) Personnel on active duty who want their military training and experience or any education courses taken while in service evaluated for academic credi this training or experience No. 47 (Revised Septembg Educational Achievement of World War II no longer or college credit by submittin, choice the Army Separation I submit a detailed record of Alian school on USAFI Form 44), "Application for Credit for month Military Service." Veterans ctive duty may apply for school the school or college of their lification Record (WD AGO Form 100), Navy Notice of Separation (NavPers 553), U. S. M. C. Report of Separation (NMC 78PD) or Coast Guard Notice of Separation (NCG 553). (c) To evaluate the training and educational experiences of rary personnel in terms of high school, junior college, and university credits, committees have been appointed by the American Council on Education, a civilian organization representing y educational institutions and accrediting organizations. The committees' objective is to establish a sound and fair basis for granting scholastic credit for wartime experience, training, correspondence courses, and other voluntary off-duty studies completed by service personnel. To this end a handbook entitled, "A Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services," has been prepared in cooperation with the armed forces and published by the American Council on Education, 363 Administration Building (W), Urbana, Ill. This handbook describes the training and educational programs of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and makes recommendations regarding credit. Colleges, universities, and schools have been requested to use the handbook in granting credits to veterans. 410.4 Educational and Vocational Guidance.-(a) Veterans' Administration guidance centers have been established in a number of educational institutions throughout the country to give advice and guidance to veterans. (b) Disabled veterans eligible to receive vocational rehabilitation training under Public Law 16 should be referred to the Veterans' Administration for advice in selecting courses they will undertake in the hope of achieving complete rehabilitation. While there, vocational experts, psychologists, and doctors interview the veterans and give tests to determine types of activity they should pursue. Veterans who undertake educational courses under the GI Bill may elect to call on the services of these experts for guidance or direction in selecting their courses. This opportunity assures them of getting the greatest benefit from their education. (c) Application may be made at the nearest office of the Veterans' Administration. Transportation of disabled veterans found to be entitled to a pension, to determine the need for vocational rehabilitation training, will be paid by the Veterans' Administration. 410.5 Vocational Rehabilitation, Public Law 16.-(a) The purpose of vocational rehabilitation is to restore the employability which has been lost by virtue of a handicap due to a disability incurred in or aggravated by service. (b) Basic provisions of the vocational rehabilitation program, authorized under Public Law 16, Seventy-eighth Congress, require veterans eligible for vocational training to meet the four following standards: (1) The veteran must have been in active military service after September 15, 1940, and during World War II; (2) The veteran must have been discharged or separated from active service under conditions other than dishonorable; (3) The veteran must have a disability incurred in or ag gravated by such service for which pension is payable under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration or would be but for the receipt of retirement pay; (4) The veteran must be in need of vocational rehabilitation to overcome the handicap of such disability. (c) Any person eligible for the benefits under Public Law 16, or having been discharged or released from active service by reason of an actual service-incurred injury or disability of less than 10 percent, may also be eligible for the educational benefits of the GI Bill even though his service may have been less than 90 days. The veteran, if found to be eligible under both acts, may elect the benefit which he desires. However, if he elects to pursue his course under the GI Bill and is eligible under Public Law 16, the sub |