Standard college degree
(33) Standard college degree. The term standard college degree has the same meaning as provided in 21.4200(e) of this part. (34) Supplemental educational assistance. The term supplemental educational assistance means a benefit payable to a veteran or servicemember as a supplement to his or her basic educational assistance for pursuit of a program of education under 38 U.S.C. ch. 30. (35) Established charge. The term established charge means the lesser of (i) The charge for the correspondence course or courses determined on the basis of the lowest extended time payment plan offered by the educational institution and approved by the appropriate State approving agency, or (ii) The actual cost to the servicemember or veteran. (36) Date of affirmance. The term date of affirmance means the date (after the expiration of ten days after a veteran or servicemember signs an enrollment agreement for a correspondence course), on which the veteran or servicemember signs and submits to VA a written agreement affirming the enrollment agreement. (37) Training establishment. The term training establishment means any establishment providing apprentice or other training on-the-job, including those under the supervision of a college, university, any State department of education, any State apprenticeship agency, any State board of vocational education, any joint apprenticeship committee, the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training established in accordance with 29 U.S.C. chapter 4C, or any agency of the Federal government authorized to supervise such training. (38) Disabling effects of chronic alcoholism. (i) The term disabling effects of chronic alcoholism means alcohol-induced physical or mental disorders or both, such as habitual intoxication, withdrawal, delirium, amnesia, dementia, and other like manifestations of chronic alcoholism which, in the particular case (A) Have been medically diagnosed as manifestations of alcohol dependency or chronic alcohol abuse, and (B) Are determined to have prevented commencement or completion of the affected individual's chosen program of education. (ii) A diagnosis of alcoholism, chronic alcoholism, alcohol-dependency, chronic alcohol abuse, etc., in and of itself, does not satisfy the definition of this term. (iii) Injury sustained by a veteran as a proximate and immediate result of activity undertaken by the veteran while physically or mentally unqualified to do so due to alcoholic intoxication is not considered a disabling effect of chronic alcoholism. (39) Cooperative course. The term cooperative course means a full-time program of education which consists of institutional courses and alternate phases of training in a business or industrial establishment with the training in the business of industrial establishment being strictly supplemental to the institutional portion. (40) Open period. The term open period means a period of time beginning on December 1, 1988, and ending on June 30, 1989. (41) Persian Gulf War. The term Persian Gulf War means the period beginning on August 2, 1990, and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law. (42) Continuously enrolled. The term continuously enrolled means being in an enrolled status at an educational institution for each day during the school year, and for consecutive school years. Continuity of enrollment is not broken by holiday vacations; vacation periods; periods during the school year between terms, quarters, or semesters; or by nonenrollment during periods of enrollment outside the school year (e.g., summer sessions). (43) Alternative teacher certification program. The term alternative teacher certification program, for the purposes of determining whether an entity offering such a program is a school, educational institution or institution as defined in paragraph (b)(29)(iii) of this section, means a program leading to a teacher's certificate that allows individuals with a bachelor's degree or graduate degree to obtain teacher certification without enrolling in an institution of higher learning. (44) Date of election. The term date of election means: (i) For an election that must be made in the form and manner determined by the Secretary of Defense, the date determined by the Secretary of Defense; and (ii) For an election that must be submitted to VA, the date VA receives the written election. (45) Institution of higher education. The term institution of higher education means either: (i) An educational institution, located in a State, that (A) Admits as regular students only persons who have a high school diploma, or its recognized equivalent, or persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the educational institution is located; (B) Offers postsecondary level academic instruction that leads to an associate or baccalaureate degree; and (C) Is empowered by the appropriate State education authority under State law to grant an associate or baccalaureate degree, or where there is no State law to authorize the granting of a degree, is accredited for associate or baccalaureate degree programs by a recognized accrediting agency; or (ii) An educational institution, not located in a State, that (A) Offers a course leading to an undergraduate standard college degree or the equivalent; and (B) Is recognized as an institution of higher education by the secretary of education (or comparable official) of the country or other jurisdiction in which the educational institution is located. (46) Graduate school. The term graduate school means either: (i) An educational institution, located in a State, that (A) Admits as regular students only persons who have a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent in work experience; (B) Offers postsecondary level academic instruction that leads to a master's degree, doctorate, or professional degree; and (C) Is empowered by the appropriate State education authority under State law to grant a master's degree, doctorate, or professional degree, or, where there is no State law to authorize the granting of a degree, is accredited for master's degree, doctorate, or professional degree programs by a recognized accrediting agency; or (ii) An educational institution, not located in a State, that (A) Offers a course leading to a master's degree, doctorate, or professional degree; and (B) Is recognized as an institution of higher education by the secretary of education (or comparable official) of the country or other jurisdiction in which the educational institution is located. (47) High technology industry. The term high technology industry has the same meaning as provided in 21.4200(aa). (48) Employment in a high technology industry. Employment in a high technology industry has the same meaning as provided in 21.4200(bb). (49) High technology occupation. The term high technology occupation has the same meaning as provided in 21.4200(cc). (50) Computer specialist. The term computer specialist has the same meaning as provided in 21.4200(dd). (51) Accelerated payment. An accelerated payment is a lump sum payment of a maximum of 60 percent of the charged tuition and fees for an individual's enrollment for a term, quarter, or semester in an approved program of education leading to employment in a high technology industry. In the case of a program of education not offered on a term, quarter, or semester basis, the accelerated payment is a lump sum payment of a maximum of 60 percent of the charged tuition and fees for the entire such program. (52) Certification test. The term certification test means a test that an individual must pass in order to receive a certificate that provides an affirmation of an individual's qualifications in a specified occupation. (53) Licensing test. The term licensing test means a test offered by a State, local, or Federal agency, the passing of which is a means, or part of a means, to obtain a license. That license must be required by law in order for the individual to practice an occupation in the political jurisdiction of the agency offering the test. (54) Organization or entity offering a licensing or certification test. (i) The term organization or entity offering a licensing or certification test means: (A) An organization or entity that causes a licensing test to be given and that will issue a license to an individual who passes the test; (B) An organization or entity that causes a certification test to be given and that will issue a certificate to an individual who passes the test; or (C) An organization or entity that administers a certification test for the organization or entity that will issue a certificate to an individual who passes the test, provided that the administering organization or entity can provide all required information and certifications under 21.4268 to the State approving agency and to VA. (ii) This term does not include: (A) An organization or entity that develops and/or proctors a licensing or certification test, but does not issue the license or certificate; or (B) An organization or entity that administers a test but does not issue the license or certificate, if that administering organization or entity cannot provide all required information and certifications under 21.4268 to the State approving agency and to VA. (55) Tuition assistance top-up. The term tuition assistance top-up means a payment of basic educational assistance to meet all or a portion of the charges of an educational institution for the education or training of a servicemember that are not met by the Secretary of the military department concerned under 10 U.S.C. 2007(a) or (c). (56) Fugitive felon. The term fugitive felon has the same meaning as provided in 21.4200(kk). (57) Felony. The term felony has the same meaning as provided in 21.4200(ll). (58) Transferor. The term transferor means an individual, who is (i) Entitled to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI BillActive Duty program based on his or her own active duty service; and (ii) Approved by the service department to transfer a portion of his or her entitlement to his or her dependent or dependents. (59) Transferee. The term transferee means an individual to whom entitlement has been transferred.