Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 352 § 352.296 — Credit

Credit for room, board, tuition and fees for student ordered to active duty; standards. (1)(a) The amount of the credit specified in ORS 352.293 (1)(b) shall be based on: (A) The amount of room and board paid by the student for a term that the student does not complete because the student is ordered to active duty; and (B) The amount of tuition and fees paid by the student for a course from which the student withdraws. (b) The amount of the credit shall be prorated based on the number of weeks remaining in the term or course when the student withdraws. (c) At the time a student withdraws from a course at a public university listed in ORS 352.002 or from the public university, the student must elect to claim the credit: (A) As a credit toward tuition and fees or room and board if the student reenrolls at the public university under ORS 352.293 (1)(c); or (B) As a monetary payment. (2) A student who elects to claim the credit by the method described in subsection (1)(c)(A) of this section may change the method of claiming the credit to the method described in subsection (1)(c)(B) of this section by giving notice to the public university from which the student withdraws. (3) A student who elects to claim the credit by the method described in subsection (1)(c)(A) of this section must use the credit or change the method of claiming the credit under subsection (2) of this section within one year after release from active duty. (4) A personal representative of a student who elected to claim the credit by the method described in subsection (1)(c)(A) of this section may claim a monetary payment upon presenting evidence to the public university that the student died while serving on active duty. (5) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 shall adopt standards for the administration of this section, including standards setting the amount of credit and the method by which the credit is prorated. [Formerly 351.644]