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HB 712 Higher edu. inst.; policies for required reinstatement of enrollment for certain military students.

Introduced by: G. Glenn Oder | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Policies for required reinstatement of certain military students. Directs the State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) to include in its guidelines for tuition relief, refunds, and reinstatement for military students who withdrew from enrollment in a public institution of higher education due to service in a "defense crisis" provisions addressing (i) procedures for the required reenrollment of students whose call to active duty military service precluded their completion of a semester or equivalent term and (ii) policies providing for the required reenrollment of such military students.

The current SCHEV guidelines direct the institutions to "detail the circumstances under which a student shall be allowed to re-enroll" and state that "[g]enerally, a student who is called to active duty or is mobilized should be assured a reasonable opportunity to re-enroll ... without having to re-apply for admission if the student returns to the same institution within one year ...."


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