We will determine that an individual is participating in a VR or similar program during
interruptions of participation if the interruption is temporary. An interruption is
temporary only if the individual resumes taking part in the activities and services
outlined in his or her plan no more than three full calendar months after the last
day of the month the interruption began.
Example of Interruption of Participation in an Appropriate Program:
Ms. Smith stopped taking part in the activities and services in her plan on January
13, 2006, and resumed taking part in such activities and services on April 27, 2006.
We determine that she is participating during the interruption in the program because
she resumed taking part in the activities and services less than three months after
the last day of the month the interruption began. If Ms. Smith resumed taking part
in the activities and services on May 1, 2006, we would determine that her participation
in the program stopped when the interruption occurred (January 13, 2006) because she
resumed taking part in the activities and services more than three full calendar months
after the last day of the month the interruption began.
We determine a student age 18 through 21 who is participating in an IEP, leaves high
school, and transitions to a VR or similar program no more than three full calendar
months of the last day of the month he or she left school to be in one continuous
period of participation.