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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Reservist Opportunities and
Protection of Education Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. REFUNDS AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MILITARY SERVICE.

(a) Leave of Absence for Military Service.--Part G of title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after section
484B (20 U.S.C. 1094) the following new section:

''SEC. 484C. REFUNDS AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MILITARY SERVICE.

''(a) Leave of Absence Required.--Whenever a student who is an
affected individual is unable to complete a period of instruction or to
receive academic credit because he or she was called up for active duty
or active service, the institution of higher education in which the
student is enrolled shall--
''(1) grant the student a military leave of absence from
the institution while such student is serving on active duty or
active service, and for one year after the conclusion of such
duty or service, in accordance with subsection (b); and
''(2) provide the student with a refund or credit in
accordance with subsection (c).
''(b) Consequences of Military Leave of Absence.--A student who is
an affected individual and who is on a military leave of absence from
an institution of higher education shall be entitled, upon release from
serving on active duty or active service, to be restored to the
educational status such student had attained prior to being ordered to
such duty without loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or
grants awarded by the institution, or, subject to subsection (c),
tuition and other fees paid prior to the commencement of the active
duty or active service.
''(c) Refunds.--An institution of higher education shall refund
tuition or fees paid prior to the commencement of the active duty or
active service of an affected individual. If a student taking a
military leave of absence for active duty or active service requests a
refund during a period of enrollment, the percentage of the tuition and
fees that shall be refunded shall be equal 100 percent minus the
percentage of the period of enrollment (for which the tuition and fees
were paid) that was completed (as determined in accordance with section
484B(d)) as of the day the student withdrew.
''(d) Leave of Absence Not Treated as Withdrawal.--Notwithstanding
the 180-day limitation in section 484B(a)(2), a student on a military
leave of absence under this section shall not be treated as having
withdrawn for purposes of section 484B unless the student fails to
return at the end of the military leave of absence (as determined under
subsection (a) of this section).
''(e) Definitions.--As used in this section:
''(1) Active duty.--The term 'active duty' has the meaning
given such term in section 101(d)(1) of title 10, United States
Code, except that such term does not include active duty for
training or attendance at a service school.
''(2) Affected individual.--The term 'affected individual'
means an individual who--
''(A) is serving on active duty during a war or
other military operation or national emergency; or
''(B) is performing qualifying National Guard duty
during a war or other military operation or national
emergency.
''(3) Military operation.--The term 'military operation'
means a contingency operation as such term is defined in
section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code.
''(4) National emergency.--The term 'national emergency'
means a national emergency declared by the President of the
United States.
''(5) Serving on active duty.--The term 'serving on active
duty during a war or other military operation or national
emergency' means service by an individual who is--
''(A) a Reserve of an Armed Force ordered to active
duty under section 12301(a), 12301(g), 12302, 12304, or
12306 of title 10, United States Code, or any retired
member of an Armed Force ordered to active duty under
section 688 of such title, for service in connection
with a war or other military operation or national
emergency, regardless of the location at which such
active duty service is performed; and
''(B) any other member of an Armed Force on active
duty in connection with such war, operation, or
emergency or subsequent actions or conditions who has
been assigned to a duty station at a location other
than the location at which such member is normally
assigned.
''(6) Qualifying national guard duty.--The term 'qualifying
National Guard duty during a war or other military operation or
national emergency' means service as a member of the National
Guard on full-time National Guard duty (as defined in section
101(d)(5) of title 10, United States Code) under a call to
active service authorized by the President or the Secretary of
Defense for a period of more than 30 consecutive days under
section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connection
with a war, another military operation, or a national emergency
declared by the President and supported by Federal funds.''.
(b) Obligation as Part of Program Participation Requirements.--
Section 487(a)(22) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1094(a)(22)) is amended by inserting ''and with the policy on leave of
absence for military service established pursuant to section 484C''
after ''section 484B''.
A:
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to require institutions of higher education that participate in HEA title IV student assistance programs to grant military leaves of absence, and provide refunds of or credits for tuition and fees paid, to individuals who are unable to complete a period of instruction or receive academic credit because they were called to serve on active duty in the Armed Forces, or to perform qualifying National Guard duty, during a war or other military operation or national emergency.Requires the leave of absence to be for the period of active duty or service and for one year after completion of such duty or service. Requires the refund or credit to be prorated to cover the period when the student had to leave. Provides that such leave of absence shall not be treated as a withdrawal for certain student assistance purposes.