QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRAR PROGRAM
Q:
What are the requirements to be appointed as a Selective Service
Registrar?
A: To qualify for appointment as a Selective Service Registrar,
volunteers must be at least 18 years of age, be citizens of
the United States, and must be registered with Selective Service,
if required to do so. The Registrar may be a guidance counselor,
teacher, or member of the schools administrative staff.
Q:
Where can I get an application for an Uncompensated Registrar
Appointment?
A: You may complete the High School
Registrar on-line application or if you have not received
an application form in the Teachers Kit packet sent
to your school, you may request an Uncompensated Registrar
Appointment Form (SSS Form 402) by contacting Selective Service
at:
Selective Service System Registrar Program
P.O. Box 94737 Palatine, IL 60094-4737
Phone: Toll-Free 1-(888) 655-1825 (press 00 for
an operator).
Q:
What do I have to do as a Selective Service Registrar and
is there any training available?
A: After completing the Uncompensated Selective Service
Registrar Appointment Form (SSS Form 402) and receiving the
basic registration supplies, the Registrars duties are
minimal and as easy as facilitating on-line registration (www.sss.gov)
by male students on school computers connected to the Internet;
or, making registration forms available to students, and sending
completed registration forms to Selective Service in the preaddressed,
pre-paid envelopes we provide. There is no record keeping
involved. The registration verification notice and other information
will be mailed directly to the students home address.
A Registrar handbook, entitled: Information for Registrars
for the Selective Service System will be provided to Registrars
upon appointment. This brochure includes detailed information
for administering the program. It also lists pertinent Selective
Service telephone numbers and addresses if Registrars require
assistance.
Q:
What registration supplies are provided to the Registrar?
A: Upon appointment, Registrars will receive the following
items: (1) Selective Service Registration Forms (SSS Form
1), (2) postage-paid envelopes for returning completed registration
forms to Selective Service, (3) registration information brochures
for students: Selective Service and You -Time to Register,
(4) a display poster, (5) a Registrar handbook: Information
for Registrars for the Selective Service System, and (6) a
supply order form for requesting additional supplies.
Q:
Most of the students get a reminder registration card
in the mail, why do they need Registrars?
A: Not all young men receive reminder registration cards
in the mail. Also, even those who receive a card in the mail
often procrastinate completing their registration. Timely
registration reduces the delay and disqualification many students
could experience if their registration obligation were not
fulfilled at the time they turn 18 years of age. Therefore,
it is important that all young men are made aware of the requirement
to register, and register on time.
Q:
The Federal Student Financial Aid form has a block for the
student to register. Should they check the box even though
the Registrar at school just sent in the students registration
form a couple of weeks ago?
A: It is not necessary. But if they do, the information
will be used to update an existing registration record, if
necessary.
Q:
Does a students disability preclude the requirement
to register?
A: Men with disabilities that would disqualify them from
military service still must register with Selective Service.
Selective Service does not presently have authority to classify
men, so even men with obvious handicaps must register now.
Classifications would only be established if a draft were
reinstated.
Q:
Will a registrant be drafted?
A: Even though a young man registers, he will not automatically
be inducted into the military. In a crisis requiring a draft,
men would be called in a sequence determined by random lottery
number and year of birth. Then, they would be examined for
mental, physical, and moral fitness by the military before
being inducted, deferred, or exempted.
Q:Why
dont women have to register?
A: When President Carter resumed registration in 1980,
he asked Congress to change the law and include women. However,
Congress did not act on his request. For women to be included
in the registration requirement, Congress would have to change
the wording of the law.
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