Financial Aid for Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve

Personnel covered under this policy are uniformed members of the U.S. Armed Forces who are registered or enrolled in a class at Embry‑Riddle and who must drop a class due to military deployment or official military travel. A “late drop” will be considered for military personnel who receive a “short” notice of military deployment or “short” notice of official military travel, preventing continued enrollment in a class. Eligible students may request a “late drop” if all of the following criteria have been met:

• The military student is notified of travel after the end date of the scheduled drop/add period for a given class.
• The student is unable to complete the class due to the deployment/travel.
• The military student submits signed and official deployment or travel orders dated after the drop/add period end date for a given class. The student also may submit a letter from the student’s military command stating that the student received notification of deployment or military travel with the date that the student was notified of the deployment/travel after the scheduled drop/add period.
• The student submits the request for a late drop within 30 days of receiving notification of the deployment/travel.

Readmission of Service Members: Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008

In accordance with the HEO Act of 2008, service members will be readmitted to the institution, without penalty for having left because of military service, in order to minimize disruption to the lives of those persons serving in the uniformed services.

In reference to the Department of Education: Statutes and regulations require institutions of higher education that participate in the Federal student financial aid programs to promptly readmit with the same academic status a qualifying service member who was previously admitted to the institution but who did not attend, or did not continue to attend, because of service in the uniformed services. The readmission requirements apply to service members who perform service in the uniformed services, whether voluntary or involuntary, in the Armed Forces, including service as a member of the National Guard or Reserve, on active duty, active duty for training or full-time National Guard duty under Federal authority (but not State authority), for a period of more than 30 consecutive days under a call or order to active duty of more than 30 consecutive days. The protections of the readmission requirements do not apply to how an institution handles a service member’s absence from class to attend training for periods of 30 days or less.