§12593 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

To get a national service education award, a person must do at least one full- or part-time term of service. Full-time means 1,700 hours in no more than 1 year. Part-time means 900 hours in no more than 2 years. The Corporation that runs the program may cut the number of part‑time hours required, but any cut must lower the education award by the same amount. People doing disaster relief can serve up to 90 extra days past the normal end date. That extra time counts as the same term. They can keep getting living allowances and other benefits, but they cannot get an extra education award for the extra days. The group running the position or the program funder can release a participant early for serious personal reasons or for cause. A person released for serious personal reasons must have done at least 15 percent of the term and been doing acceptable work. If released for serious personal reasons, the program can either give the part of the award that matches the time served or let the person pause service for up to 2 years (longer only if the Corporation allows) and finish later to earn the full award. A person released for cause gets no part of the award.

Title 42, §12593

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(a)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).

(b)(1)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.

(2)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.

(3)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.

(4)(A)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.

(B)A period of service performed by an individual in an originally-agreed to 11 So in original. Probably should be “originally-agreed-to”. 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.

(C)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.

(c)(1)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—

(A)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

(B)for cause.

(2)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—

(A)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

(B)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.

(3)A participant released for cause may not receive any portion of the national service educational award.

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Amendments

2009—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1314(1)(A), struck out “not less than 9 months and” before “not more than 1 year”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1314(1)(B), substituted “during a period of not more than 2 years.” for “during a period of— “(A) not more than 2 years; or “(B) not more than 3 years if the individual is enrolled in an institute of higher education while preforming all or a portion of the service.” Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1314(1)(C), added par. (4). Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1314(2)(A), substituted “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” for “as demonstrated by the participant”. Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1314(2)(B)(i), substituted “certify the participant’s eligibility for that portion of the national service educational award” for “provide to the participant that portion of the national service educational award”. Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1314(2)(B)(ii), struck out “to allow return to the program with which the individual was serving in order” before “to complete the remainder”.

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of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

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Section effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an

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of 1993 Amendment note under section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.

§12593 Terms of service

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