20 CFR § 216.75 - When a child is a full-time student during a period of non-attendance.

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title: "20 CFR § 216.75 - When a child is a full-time student during a period of non-attendance."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "216.75"
section_name: "When a child is a full-time student during a period of non-attendance."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
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subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "216"
part_name: "ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ANNUITY"
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authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 28692, June 24, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 216.75 When a child is a full-time student during a period of non-attendance.

A student who has been in full-time attendance at an elementary or secondary school is considered a full-time student during a period of non-attendance (include part-time attendance) if:

(a) The period of non-attendance is 4 consecutive months or less;

(b) The student shows to the satisfaction of the Board that he or she intends to return, or the student does return, to full-time attendance at the end of the period; and

(c) The student has not been expelled or suspended from the school.