Selective Service: Ohio’s outdated barrier to student aid

By: Richard J. Smith, Ed.D.

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 699

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Despite bipartisan efforts to expand federal student aid eligibility, Ohio imposes further restrictions on state-based funds. Male students must register for Selective Service to be eligible.

The requirement that men ages 18-25 to register for the draft during peacetime goes back to the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Although suspended in the mid-1970s, the law was reinstated under the Carter administration in 1980, linking it to eligibility for federal student aid. …

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