Military Selective Service Requirement:
Effective July 1, 1983, an amendment to the Military Service Act (Public Law 97- 951) stipulates that any student who fails to register with the Selective Service is ineligible to receive federal student aid. Specifically, this includes the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant, Federal College Work Study, National Direct Student Loan, Guaranteed Student/Plus Loan, and State Student Incentive Grant funds.
Among federal Financial Aid applicants, men (citizens and eligible non-citizens except permanent residents of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands) who are at least 18 years old, who were born after December 31, 1959, and who are not currently on active duty with the armed forces must be registered.