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20 CFR §404.368

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If you are a full-time student, your eligibility may continue during a period of nonattendance (including part-time attendance) if all the following conditions are met:
  1. (a)The period of nonattendance is 4 consecutive months or less;
  2. (b)You show us that you intend to resume your studies as a full-time student at the end of the period or at the end of the period you are a full-time student; and
  3. (c)The period of nonattendance is not due to your expulsion or suspension from the school.