42 U.S.C. § 12593 — Terms of service
submitted 33 years ago by Pub. L. 101-610 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 599 words · no verdicts yet
To receive a national-service education award, a participant must complete a full- or part-time service term. The section sets hours, disaster extensions, and the consequences of release for personal circumstances or cause.
(a) Generally. An approved-position participant* seeking a division D award must perform at least one full- or part-time term in (b). (b) Terms. (1) Full-time service requires at least 1,700 hours within no more than 1 year. (2) Part-time service requires at least 900 hours within no more than 2 years. (3) The Corporation* may reduce part-time hours, but must reduce the related award correspondingly. (4) Disaster service. (A) A person doing disaster-relief service may continue up to 90 days beyond the otherwise applicable period. (B) The original and extended service count as one term for section 12602(b)(1) and (c). (C) The person may keep the living allowance and other section 12594 benefits but receives no additional award. (c) Release. (1) The assistance recipient or sponsoring program may release a participant for compelling personal circumstances, if service has otherwise been satisfactory and at least 15 percent is complete, or for cause. (2) For compelling circumstances, it may either certify an award for the completed portion or suspend service for up to 2 years, plus any Corporation-approved extenuating period, so the participant can finish the remainder and receive the full award. (3) A person released for cause receives no part of the award.
As a condition of receiving a national service education award under division D, a participant* in an approved national service position* shall be required to perform full- or part-time national service for at least one term of service specified in subsection (b).
An individual performing full-time national service in an approved national service position shall agree to participate in the program sponsoring the position for not less than 1,700 hours during a period of not more than 1 year.
Except as provided in paragraph (3), an individual performing part-time national service in an approved national service position shall agree to participate in the program sponsoring the position for not less than 900 hours during a period of not more than 2 years.
The Corporation* may reduce the number of hours required to be served to successfully complete part-time national service to a level determined by the Corporation, except that any reduction in the required term of service shall include a corresponding reduction in the amount of any national service educational award that may be available under division D with regard to that service.
An individual in an approved national service position performing service directly related to disaster relief efforts may continue in a term of service for a period of 90 days beyond the period otherwise specified in, as appropriate, this subsection or section 12613(d) of this title or in section 4954 of this title.
A period of service performed by an individual in an originally-agreed to 1 term of service and service performed under this paragraph shall constitute a single term of service for purposes of subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 12602 of this title.
An individual performing service under this paragraph may continue to receive a living allowance and other benefits under section 12594 of this title but may not receive an additional national service educational award under section 12595 of this title.
A recipient of assistance under section 12571 of this title or a program sponsoring an approved national service position may release a participant from completing a term of service in the position—
for compelling personal circumstances as determined by the organization responsible for granting the release, if the participant has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has completed at least 15 percent of the term of service; or
for cause.
If a participant eligible for release under paragraph (1)(A) is serving in an approved national service position, the recipient of assistance under section 12571 of this title or a program sponsoring an approved national service position may elect—
to grant such release and certify the participant’s eligibility for that portion of the national service educational award corresponding to the portion of the term of service actually completed, as provided in section 12603(c) of this title; or
to permit the participant to temporarily suspend performance of the term of service for a period of up to 2 years (and such additional period as the Corporation may allow for extenuating circumstances) and, upon completion of such period, to complete the remainder of the term of service and obtain the entire national service educational award.
A participant released for cause may not receive any portion of the national service educational award.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 139, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 810; amended Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1314, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1510.)
- 1993Enacted · Pub. L. 101-610 · 107 Stat. 810
- 2009Amended · Pub. L. 111-13 · 123 Stat. 1510
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-610 on 1993-09-21.
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