13.1.1.3.2.1 Exception -- Official Church Religious Mission. An institution shall not contact a student-athlete who has begun service on an official church religious mission without obtaining permission from the institution from which the student-athlete withdrew prior to beginning his or her mission if the student-athlete signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) and attended the institution (with which he or she signed the NLI) as a full-time student.  If such a student-athlete has completed his or her official church religious mission and does not enroll full time in a collegiate institution within one calendar year of completion of the mission, an institution may contact the student-athlete without obtaining permission from the first institution. 

14.02.2 Church Religious Mission, Official. An official church religious mission is one that is established by the church religious organization of which the individual is a member and that results in the individual being unable to attend a collegiate institution during the period of the mission.

14.2.1 Five-Year Rule. A student-athlete shall complete his or her seasons of participation within five calendar years from the beginning of the semester or quarter in which the student-athlete first registered for a minimum full-time program of studies in a collegiate institution, with time spent in the armed services, on official church religious missions or with recognized foreign aid services of the U.S. government being excepted.  For international students, service in the armed forces or on an official church religious mission of the student’s home country is considered equivalent to such service in the United States.

[14.2.1.1 unchanged.]

14.2.1.2 Service Exceptions to the Five-Year Rule. Time spent in the armed services, on official church religious missions or with recognized foreign aid services of the U.S. government is excepted from the application of the five-year rule. Among such services that qualify a student-athlete for an extension of the five-year rule are:

[14.2.1.2-(a) through 14.2.1.2-(c) unchanged.]

14.2.1.2.1 Elapsed Time/Service to Enrollment.  If a student-athlete enrolls in a regular term of a collegiate institution at the first opportunity following completion of any one of the commitments described in the exceptions to this bylaw, the elapsed time (the exact number of calendar days) between completion of the commitment and the first opportunity for enrollment may be added to the exact number of days served on active duty in the armed services, with foreign aid services or on official church religious missions and will not count toward the student-athlete's five years of eligibility. It is not permissible to extend the five-year period by any additional time beyond the first opportunity to enroll (the opening day of classes of the first regular term at the institution in which the student-athlete enrolls as a regular student immediately following the termination of the active-duty commitment).

14.2.1.2.2 Collegiate Enrollment Concurrent with Service Assignment.  Any time in which a student athlete is enrolled for a minimum full-time load as a regular student in a collegiate institution while simultaneously on active duty in the U.S. military, on an official church religious mission or with a recognized foreign aid service of the U.S. government shall count against the five calendar years in which the four seasons of eligibility must be completed.

15.5.6.3.5 Midyear Replacement. A counter who graduates at midyear or who graduates during the previous academic year (including summer) may be replaced by an initial counter, who shall be counted against the initial limit for the following academic year, or by a student-athlete who was an initial counter in a previous academic year and is returning to the institution after time spent on active duty in the armed services or on an official church religious mission.  In bowl subdivision football, an institution may use the midyear replacement exception only if it previously has provided financial aid during that academic year to the maximum number of overall counters (85 total counters).  In championship subdivision football, an institution may use the midyear replacement exception only if it previously has provided financial aid during that academic year that equals the maximum number of overall equivalencies or overall counters. 

16.10.1.3 FCA/AIA Service or Religious Organization Encampments. Nationally recognized service organizations and church religious groups (including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action) may underwrite the actual and necessary expenses of student-athletes attending Fellowship of Christian Athletes or Athletes in Action such encampments. Neither the institution nor an athletically related organization may underwrite such expenses.

16.10.2 Nonpermissible.

[16.10.2.1 through 16.10.2.5 unchanged.]

16.10.2.6 FCA Encampments.  A student-athlete may not accept expenses from any athletically related organization to attend Fellowship of Christian Athletes encampments.  Nationally recognized service organizations and church groups (including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes) may underwrite the actual and necessary expenses for such attendance.