{"data":{"id":"us-il/110-ilcs-153-5-20","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"110 ILCS 153/5-20","heading":"Five-year limit.","body":"(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)\n(a) Five-year limit. In computing the 5-year limit, the academic military leave shall not include any of the following military service:\n(1) service that is required, beyond 5 years, to complete an initial period of obligated military service;\n(2) periods in which the service member student was unable to obtain orders releasing the service member student from military service before the expiration of the 5-year period and such inability was through no fault of the service member student; or\n(3) performed by a service member student who is:\n(A) ordered to or retained on active duty under Section 688, 12301(a), 12301(g), 12302, 12304, or 12305 of Title 10 of the United States Code or under Section 2127, 2128, 2308, 2309, 2314, or 712 of Title 14 of the United States Code;\n(B) ordered to or retained on active duty, other than for training, under any provision of law because of war or emergency declared by the President, Congress, the Secretary of a military department, or the Governor of the State;\n(C) ordered to active duty, other than for training, in support, as determined by the Secretary of a military department, of an operational mission for which personnel have been ordered to active duty under Section 12304 of Title 10 of the United States Code;\n(D) ordered to active duty in support, as determined by the Secretary of a military department, of a critical mission or requirement of military service;\n(E) called into federal service as a member of the National Guard under Chapter 15 of Title 10 or under Section 12406 of Title 10 of the United States Code; or\n(F) called into State Active Duty.\n(b) Documentation. It is the responsibility of the institution to determine the applicability of the 5-year limit by maintaining records of periods of academic military leave; however, institutions may request documentation necessary to determine if the 5-year rule has been exceeded. Upon request, a service member student shall provide the documentation as soon as practicable. The institution cannot request specific documentation. The documentation provided shall be from an appropriate military authority. The institution's requests for documentation are subject to the following:\n(1) The request must be reasonable.\n(2) A service member student must be permitted to continue course work unless and until the documentation, once provided, demonstrates the 5-year limit has been exceeded.\n(c) Exceeding the 5-year limit. Exceeding the 5-year limit does not obligate an institution to deny readmission. Readmission and conditions thereof are at the sole discretion of the institution.\n(d) The institution may notify the Attorney General's ISERRA Advocate when the documentation is not provided timely. The Attorney General shall take steps necessary to ensure the appropriate documentation is provided.","path":["CHAPTER 110 HIGHER EDUCATION","Service Member Education Rights Veneration Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4692\u0026ChapterID=18\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:27Z","sha256":"fcd00b545d87d5c9fb2bd9cc9060ee9b98a2a7e0a07438c08d4bf7695ccf925e","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/110-ilcs-153-5-15","next":"us-il/110-ilcs-153-5-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}