AFROTC Scholarship not funding last semester

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My DS is an AFROTC HSSP (HS class of 2020) recipient. He will be graduating in Dec 2024 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. When he graduated from high school he had 30 college credit hours because his high school had an early college program so he could have feasibly graduated in 3 years. When he started his freshman year of college, his cadre informed him (along with two other HSSP recipients) that because they were tech majors they had to be on a 5 year program or at a minimum not commission until FY25. Because of this my son has built his undergrad schedule to take 12-15 credit hours per semester to stretch it out. My son and the other two HSSP recipients are graduating in 4.5 years which aligns with FY25. He is now learning (today!) that AFROTC will not be covering his last semester of school and he may not even get his stipend for the last semester. We have known others that graduated before him that were on a full five year program that I believe was fully funded. I’m wondering if any upcoming or past grads are or have experienced a similar situation.
 
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My DS is an AFROTC HSSP (HS class of 2020) recipient. He will be graduating in Dec 2024 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. When he graduated from high school he had 30 college credit hours because his high school had an early college program so he could have feasibly graduated in 3 years. When he started his freshman year of college, his cadre informed him (along with two other HSSP recipients) that because they were tech majors they had to be on a 5 year program or at a minimum not commission until FY25. Because of this, my son has built his undergrad schedule to take 12-15 credit hours per semester to stretch it out. My son and the other two HSSP recipients are graduating in 4.5 years which aligns with FY25. He is now learning (today!) that AFROTC will not be covering his last semester of school and he may not even get his stipend for the last semester. We have known others that graduated before him that were on a full five year program that I believe was fully funded. I’m wondering if any upcoming or past grads have experienced a similar situation.
 
This issue sounds like it’s best addressed face-to-face (or via video conference call equivalent) with you, your son, and his chain-of-command.
 
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