B-105303, MAY 6, 1957
Highlights
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 17. THE PROPOSED CHANGES WILL PROVIDE: (1) THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE ONE PERMISSIBLE CHANGE OF PROGRAM SPECIFIED IN SECTION 223/A) OF THE ACT WILL BE REGARDED AS HAVING BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN THE CASE OF (A) A VETERAN WHO REQUESTS A CHANGE OF PROGRAM AND ALSO RESUMES TRAINING IN THE NEW PROGRAM PRIOR TO HIS DELIMITING DATE. (B) A VETERAN WHO HAS REQUESTED A CHANGE OF PROGRAM PRIOR TO HIS DELIMITING DATE BUT IS UNABLE TO RESUME TRAINING IN THE NEW PROGRAM UNTIL AFTER THAT DATE. (2) AN EXPANSION OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER THE REQUIREMENT OF "NORMAL PROGRESSION" SPECIFIED IN SECTION 223 (B) (2) OF THE ACT TO INCLUDE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE FIRST COURSE OR PROGRAM IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL PURSUIT OF THE COURSE OR PROGRAM TO WHICH A CHANGE IS REQUESTED AND PROVISION IS MADE FOR ALLOWANCE OF A SPECIFIED MINIMUM OF CREDIT TOWARD COMPLETION OF THE SECOND COURSE OR PROGRAM SO THAT IT IS SHORTENED ACCORDINGLY.
B-105303, MAY 6, 1957
TO ADMINISTRATOR, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 17, 1957, RELATIVE TO PROPOSED CHANGES IN SECTIONS 12032 (A) (1) (2) AND (C) OF VETERANS ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS ISSUED PURSUANT TO TITLE II OF THE VETERANS READJUSTMENT ACT OF 1952, PUBLIC LAW 550, 82D CONGRESS, 66 STAT. 663, AUTHORIZING EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES WILL PROVIDE: (1) THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE ONE PERMISSIBLE CHANGE OF PROGRAM SPECIFIED IN SECTION 223/A) OF THE ACT WILL BE REGARDED AS HAVING BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN THE CASE OF (A) A VETERAN WHO REQUESTS A CHANGE OF PROGRAM AND ALSO RESUMES TRAINING IN THE NEW PROGRAM PRIOR TO HIS DELIMITING DATE, AND (B) A VETERAN WHO HAS REQUESTED A CHANGE OF PROGRAM PRIOR TO HIS DELIMITING DATE BUT IS UNABLE TO RESUME TRAINING IN THE NEW PROGRAM UNTIL AFTER THAT DATE; (2) AN EXPANSION OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER THE REQUIREMENT OF "NORMAL PROGRESSION" SPECIFIED IN SECTION 223 (B) (2) OF THE ACT TO INCLUDE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE FIRST COURSE OR PROGRAM IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL PURSUIT OF THE COURSE OR PROGRAM TO WHICH A CHANGE IS REQUESTED AND PROVISION IS MADE FOR ALLOWANCE OF A SPECIFIED MINIMUM OF CREDIT TOWARD COMPLETION OF THE SECOND COURSE OR PROGRAM SO THAT IT IS SHORTENED ACCORDINGLY.
INASMUCH AS IT APPEARS THAT THESE CHANGES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT AND PURPOSES OF THE ACT, WE PERCEIVE NO OBJECTION AT THIS TIME TO THEIR PROMULGATION.