§ 21.7636 - Rates of payment.

§ 21.7636 Rates of payment.

(a) Monthly rate of educational assistance. VA will publish the monthly rates of basic educational assistance payable under this section on the GI Bill education and training website each time there is an increase in the rates.

(1) Institutional training. Except as otherwise provided in this section or in § 21.7639, the monthly rate of basic educational assistance is payable at the following monthly rates.

(i) For training that occurs after September 30, 2004, and before October 1, 2005:

Training	Monthly rate
Full time	$288.00
3⁄4 time	216.00
1⁄2 time	143.00
1⁄4 time	72.00

(ii) For training that occurs after September 30, 2005:

Training	Monthly rate
Full time	$297.00
3⁄4 time	222.00
1⁄2 time	147.00
1⁄4 time	74.25

(2)

payable to a reservist pursuing institutional training will be the applicable rate provided in 10 U.S.C. 16131(b)(1), as increased each fiscal year in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 16131(b)(2). The rate of pursuit will be determined in accordance with § 21.4270.

(2) Apprenticeship and other on-the-job training.

(i) The monthly rate of basic educational assistance payable to a reservist for pursuing apprenticeship or other on-the-job training will be a percentage of the full time is payable at the following rates.

(A) For training which occurs after September 30, 2004, and before October 1, 2005:

Training	Monthly rate
First 6 months of pursuit of training	$216.00
Second 6 months of pursuit of training	158.40
Remaining pursuit of training	100.80

(B) For training which occurs after September 30, 2005:

Training	Monthly rate
First 6 months of pursuit of training	$252.45
Second 6 months of pursuit of training	193.05
Remaining pursuit of training	133.65

-time rate determined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 16131(d)(1), VA will determine the monthly rate payable by multiplying the full-time monthly rate payable to the reservist by the applicable percentage based on the reservist's training period as follows:

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)(2)(i)

Training	Percentage of monthly rate payable
First six months of training	75
Second six months of training	55
Remaining pursuit of training	35

(ii) Full-time training will consist of the number of hours which constitute the standard workweek of the training establishment, but not less than 30 hours unless a lesser number of hours is established as the standard workweek for the particular establishment through bona fide collective bargaining between employers and employees.

(3) Cooperative training. The monthly rate of basic educational assistance payable to a reservist for pursuit of a cooperative course is as follows:

(i) For full-time training that occurs after September 30, 2004, and before October 1, 2005, the rate payable is the rate stated in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section.

(ii) For full-time training that occurs after September 30, 2005, the rate payable is the rate stated

pursuing cooperative training will be equal to the applicable full-time monthly rate determined in paragraph (a)(1)

(ii)

of this section.

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16131

(b

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c); sec. 8203(

b)

, Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 493-494)

(b) Increase (“kicker”) in educational assistance rates.

(1) The Secretary of the military department concerned may increase the amount of educational assistance stated in paragraph (a) of this section that is payable to a reservist who has a skill or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel or for which it is difficult to recruit, or, in the case of critical units, retain personnel.

(2) The Secretary of the military department concerned -

(i) Will set the amount of the increase (“kicker”) for full-time training, but the increase (“kicker”) may not exceed $350 per month; and

(ii) May set the amount of the increase (“kicker”) payable, for a reservist pursuing a program of education less than full time or pursuing an apprenticeship or other on-job training, at an amount less than the amount described in paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section.

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16131(i)(1))

(c) Limitations on payments. VA may withhold final payment until VA receives proof of the reservist's enrollment and adjusts the reservist's account.

(Authority: 10 U.S.C. 16136(b); 38 U.S.C. 3680(g))

[61 FR 29305, June 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 27964, May 22, 1997; 62 FR 55520, Oct. 27, 1997; 62 FR 66278, Dec. 18, 1997; 64 FR 26297, May 14, 1999; 65 FR 59127, Oct. 4, 2000; 65 FR 60499, Oct. 11, 2000; 66 FR 38937, July 26, 2001; 67 FR 6655, Feb. 13, 2002; 68 FR 42978, July 21, 2003; 69 FR 62205, Oct. 25, 2004; 72 FR 39563, July 19, 2007; 84 FR 22373, May 17, 2019]