Interval Pay
This is payment in-between semesters when school is not in session. There are certain guidelines that must be followed to receive payment:
| Break doesn't exceed 8 weeks AND the terms before and after the break are not shorter than the break. | PAYS, unless summer term rules apply. | |
| Break more than 8 weeks (56 days) | Doesn't Pay | |
| Spring-Summer or Summer-Fall break doesn't exceed 8 week AND the terms before and after the break are not shorter than the break. | PAYS | |
| Interval between two summer sessions is more than 30 days. | Combined days of the summer session is less than 8 weeks | Doesn't Pay. |
| Combined days of the summer session is 8 weeks or more. | PAYS | |
| Same program | Break 30 days or less. | PAYS |
| Break more than 30 days | Doesn't Pay | |
| Change of program | Doesn't Pay | |
Interval Pay cannot be received if:
- The break is MORE than 56 days.
- Student is on active duty.
- Student requests no pay for a break before payment for the break is authorized.
- Student withdrew from all courses during the proceeding term.
- Training time the last day of the proceeding term was less than one-half time.
- The term before or after the break is shorter than the break.
- The student will exhaust his or her entitlement and not paying the break is to the student's advantage.
- Subject to change by Regional VA at anytime.
- The terms either BEFORE or AFTER are shorter than the break
- Student changes schools and the break is MORE than 30 days
- Student changes schools and programs
- Training time prior to the break is less than 1/2 time (rate of pursuit is less than 50%)
- The student is on active duty
- The school does not operate on term, quarter, or semester basis
- Enrollment in non-standard terms is not consecutive.
VA also doesn't pay break pay if:
- You specifically state that you don't want payment for the break. You must make the request BEFORE VA actually authorizes payment for the break.
- Your entitlement will run out during the break.
- You withdraw from all courses or discontinue training during the term preceding the break.
