What is break pay?
Break pay is pay for school breaks. In order to receive break pay, you need to file two consecutive semester enrollment forms with the certifying official. Your education entitlement is charged for break periods. You can elect not to be paid break pay by notifying Muskogee or the UNLV certifying official. There are several rules that apply to breaks during summer. Contact Muskogee or the UNLV certifying official about break pay during summer. Active duty service members are not eligible for break pay.
Break pay is pay that is received during breaks between semester and terms when you are not attending classes. The break cannot exceed 8 weeks or 56 days or exceed the length of the term or semester. If the break is 57 days or more you do not receive break pay. For example the break between Fall and Spring semesters would be a payable period if the break did not exceed 56 days. If eligible for break pay the VA pays the break at the rate of pay for the semester you have just finished, so if you were in full time attendance for Fall your break pay would be at the full time rate.
Break pay is pay for school breaks. In order to receive break pay, you need to file two consecutive semester enrollment forms with the certifying official. Your education entitlement is charged for break periods. You can elect not to be paid break pay by notifying Muskogee or the UNLV certifying official. There are several rules that apply to breaks during summer. Contact Muskogee or the UNLV certifying official about break pay during summer. Active-duty service members are not eligible for break pay.
