Title 17, Education

The Board shall develop appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Article.

Community College. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Merit Award recipients are permitted to use their Merit Award benefits for attendance at the Guam Community College for their freshman and sophomore years. The University of Guam shall collaborate with the Guam Commun…

There is established the Jesus U. Torres Professional and Technical Awards for graduate studies. To qualify for these awards, applicants must meet the following criteria: (a) The applicant must be a bona fide resident of Guam for a period of not less than ten (10) years prior to …

Students entitled to awards pursuant to this Article shall receive the following benefits: (a) payment of tuition and fees up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) per year, to be determined by the Board of Regents. (b) an annual grant loan of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,…

The financial assistance granted under this Article shall be repaid on a two-to-one (2:1) basis for each year that assistance was provided through employment on Guam. In the event that any portion of the assistance is not repaid through service credit, FOR HIGHER EDUCATION the am…

Expulsion from a school or institution attended, or suspension for a period of the same or greater than one (1) academic semester, or its equivalent, in such school or institution, or failure to complete the program for which the award was granted, or failure to comply with the r…

The Board shall develop rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law for the administration of the program enacted by this Article. In addition to the administration of the program, such rules and regulations shall include provisions for: (a) conditions f…

There is hereby established the Access to Higher Education Financial Assistance Program. The award shall be made available to any student meeting the qualification herein, for the purpose of supplementing the cost of attending the University of Guam. To qualify for these awards, …

Students entitled to grants pursuant to this Article shall receive the following benefits: (a) A grant amount between Five Hundred Dollars ($500) to Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) per year based on financial need. “Financial need” means the difference between the student’s cost …

FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The financial assistance granted under this Article shall be repaid on a one-to-one (1:1) basis for each year that assistance was provided through employment on Guam. In the event that any portion of the assistance is not repaid through service credit, the am…

Specialized Awards. The Board shall continue to award programs identified in 17 GCA Chapter 15, specifically, Article 9 (Doc Sanchez Scholarships), Article 10 (Nursing Training), Article 13 (the Doctor Antonio C. Yamashita Teacher Corps), and Article 14 (the Every Child is Entitl…

The Board shall promulgate rules and regulations prior to the granting of any award under this Chapter. Notwithstanding 5 GCA § 9303 (c), said rules and regulations shall be effective upon filing with the Legislative Secretary in accordance with 5 GCA § 9303 (a) and (b). --------…

(a) The Organic Act of Guam and local law provides that the government of Guam shall establish a career service based on merit and adopt measures to promote morale, efficiency and integrity in the government service. The development and retention of a competent workforce in the s…

The Pedro “Doc” Sanchez Professional Scholarship for Career Employees of the Government of Guam shall be available to all classified government employees who belong to the career service of the Government of Guam, including the Judiciary, who desire undergraduate studies in publi…

FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Each department, agency, office and autonomous or semi- autonomous instrumentality of the Government of Guam and the Judicial Branch may be granted one scholarship for every fifteen career employees in the agency at one time for each academic year at the Univ…

(a) The Chair and faculty of the Department of Public Administration and Legal Studies shall conduct interviews each semester (Fall, Spring, Summer) for the purpose of selecting scholarships recipients under this program. The passing of such interviews and a careful evaluation of…

Employees enrolled in this program shall be allowed administrative leave with pay to attend classes during working FOR HIGHER EDUCATION hours. In the case of graduate M.P.A. and M.B.A. students, the agency shall allow full-time administrative leave with pay during the last semest…

(a) The scholarship grantee shall enroll for an undergraduate degree in Public Administration or in any other undergraduate degree program offered at the College of Business and Public Administration, University of Guam, or shall enroll in the graduate M.P.A. degree or M.B.A. deg…

(a) The University of Guam shall extend full support and complete assistance for the Pedro ‘Doc’ Sanchez Professional Scholarship for Career Employees of the government of Guam as mandated by this Act by budgeting for scholarship funds to support scholarship grantees. (b) Beginni…

(a) The Chair of the Department of Public Administration and Legal Studies of the College of Business and Public Administration of the University of Guam, shall be responsible for disseminating scholarship information on a regular basis throughout the government of Guam. (b)(1) T…

The Program shall be administered by the Chair of the Department of Public Administration and Legal Studies to include program budgeting, compensation, staffing implementation of policies and procedures and other duties and responsibilities of program management. FOR HIGHER EDUCA…

(a) (1) The College of Business and Public Administration, University of Guam, shall provide the logistics, office space and other needed support to assist the Chair of the Department of Public Administration and Legal Studies in the administration of the Pedro “Doc” Sanchez Scho…

(a) The Director of the agency or department whose employee has been awarded a scholarship under this law shall balance the need to support the scholarship recipients in the minimum number of six (6) credit hours as required by the program per semester to enable the recipient to …

Separation. (a) The heads of all government of Guam agencies and instrumentalities shall require that all employees of their respective agencies who have received scholarship assistance pursuant to this Article obtain a clearance from the University of Guam prior to the employee’…

The Legislature finds, that there is a critical need for employment of additional nurses each year resulting in an ever- increasing financial burden upon the government of Guam in meeting its obligation to maintain a modern system of health care, that the problem is made more acu…

There are hereby established the following stipends for nursing students at the University of Guam: (a) A monthly allowance shall be paid to a nursing student recipient at the following rates: Freshmen, Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per month; Sophomore, Three Hundred Seven…

The program shall be open to any student who has completed high school, or is otherwise declared by the University of Guam as eligible for admission to the program; who is a United States citizen or permanent resident alien; and who has been a resident of Guam for at least one (1…

(a) As a condition of selection and enrollment in the programs of Chapters 15 and 15A of Title 17, Guam Code Annotated, each trainee shall agree to accept employment as a nurse, either professional or practical, in the public health system of Guam, including the Guam Memorial Hos…

(a) Any non-contract professional or practical nurse employed by the government of Guam in a permanent position, who is a U.S. citizen and a bona fide resident of Guam, who lacks not more than two (2) years or their equivalent in requirements for a degree in nursing shall be enti…

2019 NOTE: Past publications of the GCA erroneously stated § 19106 as the source of this provision; however, § 19106 did not exist in any prior code. This provision has always been designated as “vacant.” FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

The University of Guam shall develop and establish a Graduate Nurses Corps that would meet academic and accreditation standards for a Masters in Nursing Degree. The Graduate Nurses Corps shall be established after the School of Nursing at the University of Guam has achieved accre…

The University shall submit to the Governor and the Speaker of the Legislature an annual report and budgetary request to fund the programs established in this Chapter. SOURCE: Added as 17 GCA § 19108 by P.L. 22-161:4(c) (Dec. 30, 1994). Recodified to Chapter 15 by P.L. 28-149:II:…

For students entering the Nursing Training Program after the enactment of this Section, the minimum cumulative grade- point-average to remain in the program in good standing is ‘2.5.’ In the event such a student participating in the Nursing Training Program drops below the minimu…

Default. FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The University of Guam may, subject to the terms and conditions of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Revenue and Taxation, garnish the tax refunds due to any recipient of assistance pursuant to this Article and/or the recipient’s c…

Creation. There is hereby created The Dr. Antonio C. Yamashita Teacher Corps (Teacher Corps). Awards granted under this Article shall be granted for AY2010-2011 and thereafter.

The University of Guam Board of Regents shall administer this program pursuant to § 28102 of this Chapter.

All rules and regulations adopted by the Educator Corps Council prior to the enactment of this Article shall remain effective unless they are amended or repealed by the Board in a manner consistent with § 28105 of this Chapter.

(a) There shall be annually established a Yamashita Teacher Corps Evaluation and Selection Committee (the Committee) composed of the following: (1) the Executive Director of the Guam Commission for Educator Certification; (2) the Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and Instructi…

Each Yamashita Teacher Corps program scholarship recipient shall have an academic advisor who, with the student, shall develop a complete academic plan that would result in the granting of the applicable degree within the prescribed period of time. This plan shall be examined by …

The Yamashita Teacher Corps shall consist of students who have declared their intention to become educators and who are enrolled in the teacher educational programs at the University of Guam and who have been duly accepted into the Yamashita Teacher Corps Scholarship Program. Sch…

(a) Students entitled to scholarships pursuant to § 26706 of this Article shall receive the following benefits: (1) Payment of tuition and fees. (2) An allowance of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per regular semester, and up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per summer semes…

The Board may award Teacher Corps scholarships to individuals possessing a baccalaureate degree in a course of study other than education for the purpose of meeting teacher certification requirements. Recipients granted awards under this provision shall not receive funding toward…

The Educator Corps Council may award Teacher Corps scholarships beyond the four (4) year limitation of § 26707 for individuals to seek graduate training, that may include a masters degree, for teaching specialties that require training beyond a baccalaureate degree. This Section …

The Board may award Teacher Corps Scholarships to individuals majoring in a course of study other than education; provided, that such course of study meets the requirements for concentration and certification in a subject related to secondary education and that such individuals, …

Teaching Needs. (a) The Board shall prioritize the granting of Teacher Corps Scholarships according to the teaching needs (subject area) as identified by the Guam Department of Education and the Guam Community College. (b) Notwithstanding those subject areas deemed to be a teachi…

Language and Culture Teachers. (a) The Board may award Teacher Corps Scholarships to one (1) individual from every public secondary school seeking to major in Chamorro Language and Culture studies at the University of Guam; provided, that such course of study meets the requiremen…