NOTE:
Men born from March 29, 1957, through December 31,
1959, were not required to register with Selective
Service because the registration program was suspended when
they would have reached age 18. The requirement to register
with Selective Service was reinstated in 1980, but only for
men born January 1, 1960, or later.
Men
born between these dates will not have a Selective Service
number; however these men are still eligible for all the benefits
and programs linked to the registration requirement.
Status
Information Letters Not Required
Status
Information Letters are not required of men born before
1960 who are applying for federal student loans or grant
programs (includes Pell Grants, College Work Study, Guaranteed
Student/Plus Loans, and National Direct Student Loans),
federal job training, and federal jobs, including the U.S.
Postal Service.
NOTE:
Immigrants born before 1960 who are seeking U.S. citizenship
may be asked by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
to provide a status information letter from Selective Service.
Message
for Financial Aid Officers and Registrars
FAFSA
applicants born before 1960: Students applying for financial
aid who were born before 1960 are NOT required to obtain a
Status Information Letter from the Selective Service System.
Under federal law [34 CFR 668.37(a)(2)(i)], a male student
does not have to register with Selective Service to be eligible
to receive title IV, HEA program funds if he was born before
January 1, 1960. Therefore, a letter from Selective Service
is not required for students born before 1960 because federal
law clearly exempts them from the registration requirement.
In
addition, note that the Student Financial Aid Handbook, Chapter
5, p. 1-68, states, “Unless you can document that the
student meets one of the allowable exemptions regarding registration
…, the student must write Selective Service to get a
Status Information Letter addressing his failure to register.”
For the student born before 1960, the required documentation
is provided in 34 CFR 668.37(a)(2)(i), and in the Financial
Aid Handbook. Both the Code of Federal Regulations and the
handbook document the fact that students born before 1960
are exempted from the registration requirement. Hence, no
additional documentation from Selective Service is needed.
The
handbook also states, “If the student isn’t clearly
exempt from the requirement to register you should ask the
student to document the exemption by providing the school
with a Status Information Letter from Selective Service (p.1-66).
Since students born before 1960 are clearly exempted by federal
law, and the Financial Aid Handbook clearly provides for the
exemption, there is no requirement to ask a student to document
the exemption with a letter from Selective Service. Moreover,
students born before 1960 cannot be required to provide a
Status Information Letter to be eligible for financial aid
because 34 CFR 668.37(a) states they do not have to be registered
to be eligible to receive financial aid.
Refer
to your Student Financial Aid Handbook, Chapter 5, on Selective
Service: http://ifap.ed.gov/sfahandbooks/attachments/0304Vol1Ch5.pdf
FEDERAL
JOB TRAINING
The
Workforce Investment Act (WIA), formerly called the Job Training
Partnership Act – JTPA, offers programs that can train
young men for jobs in auto mechanics and other skills. This
program is only open to those men who register with Selective
Service. Only men born after December 31, 1959, are required
to show proof of registration.
FEDERAL
JOBS
A
man must be registered to be eligible for jobs in the Executive
Branch of the Federal government and the U.S. Postal Service.
Proof of registration is required only for men born after
December 31, 1959.
KEEP
YOUR ORIGINAL STATUS INFORMATION LETTER IN A SAFE PLACE FOR
FUTURE USE - Once a man receives a Status Information
Letter, it is good for life. There are no regulations requiring
an institution, WIA program, or federal employment to re-evaluate
waivers every year. Men should keep their original Status
Information Letter in a safe place for future reference and
supply a copy of this letter when applying for student loans,
job training, or a federal job.
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