§ 21.4236 Tutorial assistance.

(a) Enrollment. A veteran or eligible person may receive supplemental monetary assistance to provide tutorial services if he or she: (1) Is pursuing a post-secondary educational program on a half-time or more basis at an educational institution, and (2) Has a deficiency in a subject which is indispensable to the satisfactory pursuit of an approved program of education. (b) Approval. The Department of Veterans Affairs will grant approval when: (1) The educational institution certifies that: (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; (ii) The tutor selected: (A) Is qualified, and (B) Is not the parent, spouse, child, brother or sister of the veteran or eligible person; and (iii) The charges for this assistance do not exceed the customary charges for such tutorial assistance; and (2) The assistance is furnished on an individual basis. (c) Limits on tutorial assistance. (1) VA will authorize the cost of tutorial assistance in an amount not to exceed $100 per month. (2) The total amount of all tutorial assistance provided under this section will not exceed $1200. (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.