Department of Veterans Service

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS SERVICE Floyd Veterans Memorial Bldg., Suite E-970 Atlanta, Georgia 30334

CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CFR 21.4267 INDEPENDENT STUDY

I. Independent Study/Directed Study courses may be approved by the State Approving Agency (SAA) for VA education benefits when the institution certifies to the criteria in paragraphs II and III below for Chapters 30, 32 and 33, under Title 38, and Chapters 1606 and 1607 under Title 10. For Chapter 35 students it must be part of a standard college degree.

II. CERTIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT STUDY: The undersigned certifies that all Independent Study courses offered by this institution and certified to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for educational benefits will meet the following criteria:

(A) School must be accredited at the college level by a nationally recognized accrediting agency.

(B) Consists of a prescribed program of study with provision for interaction either by mail, telephone or personally between the student and the regularly employed faculty of the university or college.

(C) Is offered without any regular scheduled, conventional classroom or laboratory sessions.

(D) Is not a cooperative course, a farm cooperative course, a correspondence course, or a graduate course consisting of research necessary for the preparation of the student’s Masters thesis, Doctoral dissertation or similar treatise.

III. CERTIFICATION BY INSTITUTION FOR REPORTING STUDENT STATUS. The institution certifies that it has established policies/procedures that will insure any change in enrollment by a student in an Independent Study/Directed Study course will be reported to the VA on a VA Form 22-1999b within 30 days of the date on which the change occurs.

______Signature of Certifying Official Name of Institution

______Name and Title of Certifying Official Date

VSO Form 70-2 (Revised 8-1-09) Previous editions may not be used.