{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-21.124","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 21.124","heading":"Combination course.","body":"(a) General. A combination course is a course which combines training on the job with training in school. For the purpose of VA vocational rehabilitation, a course will be considered to be a combination course, if the student spends full-time on the job and one or more times a week also attends school on a part-time basis. A veteran may pursue the components of a combination course in the following manner:\n(1) Concurrent school and on-job training;\n(2) Primarily on-job with some related instruction in school;\n(3) In a school as a preparatory course to entering on-job training; or\n(4) First training on-job followed by the school portion.\n(b) Cooperative course. A cooperative course is a special type of combination course which usually:\n(1) Has an objective which the student attains primarily through school instruction with the on-job portion being supplemental to the school course;\n(2) Is at the college or junior college level although some cooperative courses are offered at post-secondary schools which do not offer a college degree or at secondary schools;\n(3) Requires the student to devote at least one-half of the total training period to the school portion of the course; and\n(4) Includes relatively long periods each of training on the job and in school such as a full term in school followed by a full term on the job.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 21—VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION","Subpart A—Veteran Readiness and Employment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"9394be032b30e2b128dc1dda0cab4858dd76c3014aeb1eac83a3749158487aec","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-21.123","next":"us/38-cfr-21.126"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}