39.48 Armed forces.
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39.48 Armed forces. If a student who is a member of a national guard or a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces withdraws from a private nonprofit college or university located in this state, or from a school approved by the department of safety and professional services under s. 440.52 or the educational approval board under s. 38.50 , 2015 stats., or authorized by the distance learning authorization board under s. 39.86 , after September 11, 2001, because he or she is called into state active duty or into active service with the U.S. armed forces, the college, university, or school shall do all of the following:
(1)Reenroll the student beginning in the semester in which he or she is discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from active duty or the next succeeding semester, whichever the student prefers.
(1m)Give the student the same priority in registering for courses that the student would have had if he or she had registered for courses at the beginning of the registration period.
(2m)At the student’s request, do one of the following for all courses from which the student had to withdraw:
(a)Reimburse the student all tuition and fees paid for all the courses and a prorated portion of room and board payments.
(b)Grant the student an incomplete in all of the courses from which the student had to withdraw and permit the student to complete the courses, within 6 months after leaving state service or active service, without paying additional tuition or fees.
(3)Ensure that the student is provided a reasonable opportunity to complete final projects and final examinations for all courses in which the scheduled end date of the course is not more than 30 days after the date of the order calling the student into active duty or service unless such an accommodation cannot be reasonably made.