5 CFR § 316.908 - Breaks in program.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s316.908"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 316.908 - Breaks in program."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "316.908"
section_name: "Breaks in program."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "316"
part_name: "TEMPORARY AND TERM EMPLOYMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729; 5 CFR 2.2(c)."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "316"
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# 316.908 Breaks in program.

A break in program is defined as a period of time when a student is working for the agency but is unable to go to school, or is neither attending classes nor working for the agency. An agency may use its discretion in either approving or denying a request for a break in program.