20-1-225. Compliance with Military Selective Service Act for postsecondary financial assistance -- rulemaking -- definitions. (1) A postsecondary educational institution may not provide student financial assistance to or enroll as a student an individual who is receiving or will receive student financial assistance unless the individual has complied with the registration requirements of the federal Military Selective Service Act, 50 App. U.S.C. 451, et seq. However, this prohibition does not apply to an individual who:
     (a) by a preponderance of the evidence shows that the failure to register was not done knowingly or willfully; or
     (b) is exempt from registration under the provisions of the Military Selective Service Act.
     (2) The board of regents shall adopt rules to implement this section.
     (3) The following definitions apply to this section:
     (a) "Postsecondary educational institution" means:
     (i) the Montana university system; or
     (ii) any other postsecondary school:
     (A) accepting as a student an individual receiving student financial assistance; or
     (B) accepting state funds.
     (b) "Student financial assistance":
     (i) means a grant, loan, or insurance on a loan, all or a part of which is provided by the state; and
     (ii) includes money given or to be given pursuant to:
     (A) the financial assistance for resident nonbeneficiary students provision in 20-25-428;
     (B) the work-study program provided for in Title 20, chapter 25, part 7;
     (C) the Montana resident student financial assistance program provided for in Title 20, chapter 26, parts 1 and 2; or
     (D) the guaranteed student loan program provided for in Title 20, chapter 26, part 11.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 320, L. 2001.