Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§2008 Scholarship conditions
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 42— - HARRY S TRUMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS › § 2008
Summary
A student who gets a scholarship must keep making satisfactory progress and study full time for a career in public service to keep getting the payments. The student cannot do other paid work unless the Foundation approves it under its rules. The Foundation can ask for reports in the form and at the times it decides. Each report must include a signed statement from a school official the Foundation approves saying the student is doing well and studying full time, except as allowed above.
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Title 20, §2008
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(a)A student awarded a scholarship under the provisions of this chapter shall continue to receive the payments provided in this chapter only during such periods as the Foundation finds that he or she is maintaining satisfactory proficiency and devoting full time to study or research designed to prepare him or her for a career in public service and is not otherwise engaging in gainful employment other than employment approved by the Foundation pursuant to regulation.
(b)The Foundation is authorized to require reports containing such information in such form and to be filed at such times as the Foundation determines to be necessary from any student awarded a scholarship under the provisions of this chapter. Such reports shall be accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate official at the institution of higher education, approved by the Foundation, stating that such student is making satisfactory progress in, and is devoting essentially full time to, study or research, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a).
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20 U.S.C. § 2008
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73