Name of Institution, Military Branch or National Guard Component:
City
State
ZIP
Name & Title of Authorized Official (please print):
Telephone
Date
n For the In-School suspension only (Section 2, Item A):
• A TEACH Grant eligible program is a program of study that is designed to prepare an individual to teach as a highly-qualified teacher in a high-
need field and leads to a baccalaureate or master's degree, or is a post-baccalaureate program of study. A two-year program of study that is
acceptable for full credit toward a baccalaureate degree is considered to be a program of study that leads to a baccalaureate degree.
n For the FMLA suspension only (Section 2, Item B):
• Conditions that are qualifying reasons for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) are defined in 29 CFR 825.112 and
include: (1) Birth of a son or daughter, and caring for the newborn child; (2) Placement with you of a son or daughter for adoption or foster care; (3)
Caring for your spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a serious health condition; (4) A serious health condition that makes you unable to perform the
functions of your job; (5) Caring for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness if you are the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of
kin of the servicemember; and (6) Qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that your spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member
on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty) in support of a contingency operation. For more detailed information
about these qualifying reasons for leave under the FMLA, go to
http://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/.
n For the Military Service suspension only (Section 2, Item C):
• An authorized official who may complete Section 4 is your Commanding or Personnel Officer.
• The Armed Forces of the United States means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard.
• An authorized official who may complete Section 4 is your Commanding or Personnel Officer.
• Full-time National Guard duty means training or other duty, other than inactive duty, performed by a member of the National Guard of the United States
or the Air National Guard of the United States in the member's status as a member of the National Guard of a State or territory, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia under section 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505 of title 32 for which the member is entitled to pay from the United States
or for which the member has waived pay from the United States.
Address
n In-school Suspension (Section 2, Item A)
• You must be enrolled in a TEACH grant eligible program of study or in a program of study that has been determined by a state to satisfy
the requirements for certification or licensure to teach in the state's elementary or secondary schools.
• You must have an authorized official complete Section 4 of this form.
• The maximum amount of time you are eligible for this suspension is 3 years. (This is a combined limit with the FMLA suspension)
SECTION 5: INSTRUCTIONS
Type or print using dark ink. Enter dates as month-day-year (mm-dd-yyyy). Use only numbers. Example: January 31, 2013 = 01-31-2013. Include your name and
account number on any documentation that you are required to submit with this form. If you need help completing this form, contact your TEACH Grant servicer.
Return the completed form and any required documentation to the address shown in Section 8.
SECTION 6: DEFINITIONS
• A high need field includes: billingual education and English language acquisition; foreign language; mathematics; reading specialist; science;
specila education; and any other field documented as high need by the Federal Government, a State government or an LEA, and approved by the
Department and listed in the Department's annual Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing.
• An authorized official who may complete section 4 is an official of the school where you are/were enrolled as a student in a TEACH Grant-eligible
or in a program of study that has been determined by a state to satisfy the requirements for the certification of licensure to teach in the state's
elementary or secondary schools.
• The reserve components of the Armed Forces are the following: the Army national Guard of the United States, the Army reserve, the Navy Reserve,
the Marine Corps reserve, the Air National Guard of the United States, the Air Force Reserve, and the Coast Guard reserve.
n For the Military Service discharge only (Section 2, Item D):
SECTION 7: ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SUSPENSION OR MILITARY SERVICE DISCHARGE
Authorized Official's Signature