Priority for Veterans and Eligible Spouses to Nursing Program

Admission Priority for Veterans and Eligible Spouses:
This may pertain to students who applied to the Fall 2010 Nursing Program and are veterans or eligible spouses. Read this PDF document in its entirety for criteria! Do not call our office regarding your eligibility. Call the Veterans office at 484-8135 if you have any questions.

GI Bill Break Pay Regs

I looked on the VA's FAQ page for more details about the break pay and ended up having to call them to get all of my questions answered. I wanted to share my findings:

VA does NOT pay over the break in the following situations:
-The break is MORE than 56 days
-The terms either BEFORE or AFTER are shorter than the break
-The student changes schools and the break is MORE than 30 days
-The 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.

Additionally, I called to ask how the rate of the break pay is determined: it is based on the preceding term.