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   Â鶹AV Bylaws, Policies and Procedures of the Board of Regents
                                
  V-7.00 - POLICY ON STUDENTS WHO ARE CALLED TO ACTIVE MILITARY
   DUTY DURING A NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL CRISIS OR CONFLICT
                                
      (Approved by the Board of Regents on October 5, 2001)
                                
1.   Purpose and Applicability.

     This policy governs students who are called to active
     military duty during a national or international crisis or
     conflict.  It applies to full-time and part-time students
     enrolled at institutions in the University System of
     Â鶹AV.

2.   Policy

     A.   Â鶹AV students may be called to active military duty during
          national or international crises.  These students may be required
          to interrupt their academic careers after they and their families
          have invested considerable resources in the payment of tuition,
          mandatory and auxiliary fees, and room and board.  Each President
          shall develop and administer policies and procedures consistent
          with this policy that will assist such students in fulfilling
          their active military duty obligations by minimizing the negative
          effects of institutional policies otherwise applicable to
          students who withdraw from or interrupt their course of study.

     B.   Upon application by a student, who has been called to active
          military duty, to withdraw from an institution or a particular
          course, and presentation of appropriate military orders, the
          President or appropriate designee, in accordance with the
          institution's exemption procedures, shall grant exemptions to
          otherwise applicable refund policies, and allow full or partial
          refund of tuition and fees (mandatory and auxiliary) and pro rata
          refund of room and board fees based on the actual days of
          occupancy.  At the student's option, a notation of "AD" (active
          duty) will appear on the student's transcript.

     C.   As an alternative to the refund of tuition, the President or
          appropriate designee may allow a student, who has been called to
          active military duty, to receive an incomplete grade for a
          course, and may extend the time permitted to complete the course
          for any reasonable period.

     D.   The President or appropriate designee, in accordance with
          institution procedure, may allow other exceptions to otherwise
          applicable policies in order to assist students, who have been
          called to active military duty, and shall allow such exceptions
          if necessary to ensure that a student, who withdraws from a
          course or the institution because he or she has been called to
          active military duty, does not suffer institutional penalties,
          academic or otherwise (i.e. housing).


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     E.   In order to facilitate the reintegration of a student called
          to military duty, the President or appropriate designee, will
          minimize the process required to return to the institution.