{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-21.4236","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 21.4236","heading":"Tutorial assistance.","body":"(a) Enrollment. A veteran or eligible person may receive supplemental monetary assistance to provide tutorial services if he or she:\n(1) Is pursuing a post-secondary educational program on a half-time or more basis at an educational institution, and\n(2) Has a deficiency in a subject which is indispensable to the satisfactory pursuit of an approved program of education.\n(b) Approval. The Department of Veterans Affairs will grant approval when:\n(1) The educational institution certifies that:\n(i) Individualized tutorial assistance is essential to correct a deficiency in a specified subject or subjects required as a part of, or which is prerequisite to, or which is indispensable to the satisfactory pursuit of an approved program of education;\n(ii) The tutor selected:\n(A) Is qualified, and\n(B) Is not the parent, spouse, child, brother or sister of the veteran or eligible person; and\n(iii) The charges for this assistance do not exceed the customary charges for such tutorial assistance; and\n(2) The assistance is furnished on an individual basis.\n(c) Limits on tutorial assistance. (1) VA will authorize the cost of tutorial assistance in an amount not to exceed $100 per month.\n(2) The total amount of all tutorial assistance provided under this section will not exceed $1200.\n(d) Entitlement charge. VA will make no charge against the veteran's or eligible person's entitlement to educational assistance for any amount of tutorial assistance authorized.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 21—VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION","Subpart D—Administration of Educational Assistance Programs"],"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":"8d2967c840c6b254e2aa665b2f69d4548cd618df16424d062fb72182566a339c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-21.4235","next":"us/38-cfr-21.4250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}