15-1841

15-1841. Selective service registration; applicability

A. Except as provided in subsection B, a person is not eligible for any financial aid by the state from the expenditure of public funds for grants, loans or scholarships at a university or community college in this state unless the person has registered with the selective service system if required by the federal military selective service act (62 Stat. 604; 50 United States Code App. section 453).

B. A person may not be denied a right, privilege or benefit by reason of subsection A if either of the following applies:

1. The requirement for the person to so register has terminated or become inapplicable to the person.

2. The person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure of the person to register with the selective service system was not a knowing and willful failure to register.