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§12573 Establishment of Program

Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 121 — VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › SUBCHAPTER VII — POLICE CORPS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION › Part B — Law Enforcement Scholarship Program › § 12573

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

States that get money under section 12572 must use it to pay the federal portion of costs for two things: scholarships for current law enforcement staff to get more education, and student jobs that are either full-time in the summer or part-time up to 20 hours per week for no more than 1 year. Student jobs must be provided by state or local law enforcement agencies to high school juniors or seniors or college students who want a law enforcement career. Those jobs cannot be actual law enforcement duties but must teach students about agency work. The Director, working with the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, runs the program and makes rules. Payments depend on available funding and the federal share cannot be more than 60 percent. States must provide the rest from nonfederal sources. A state can keep up to 8 percent of its allotment for admin costs. Scholarship recipients must receive the same pay, benefits, and labor rights as other employees of the same rank and tenure in their office. Funds must only add to existing recruitment and education efforts, not replace them.

Title 34, §12573

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(a)Use of allotment

(1)In general

A State that receives an allotment pursuant to section 12572 of this title shall use the allotment to pay the Federal share of the costs of— (A)

(B)providing—

(i)full-time employment in summer; or

(ii)part-time (not to exceed 20 hours per week) employment for a period not to exceed 1 year.

(2)Employment

The employment described in paragraph (1)(B)—

(A)shall be provided by State and local law enforcement agencies for students who are juniors or seniors in high school or are enrolled in an institution of higher education and who demonstrate an interest in undertaking a career in law enforcement;

(B)shall not be in a law enforcement position; and

(C)shall consist of performing meaningful tasks that inform students of the nature of the tasks performed by law enforcement agencies.

(b)Payments; Federal share; non-Federal share

(1)Payments

Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director shall pay to each State that receives an allotment under section 12572 of this title the Federal share of the cost of the activities described in the application submitted pursuant to section 12576 of this title.

(2)Federal share

The Federal share shall not exceed 60 percent.

(3)Non-Federal share

The non-Federal share of the cost of scholarships and student employment provided under this part shall be supplied from sources other than the Federal Government.

(c)Responsibilities of Director (d) Administrative expenses

The Director shall be responsible for the administration of the programs conducted pursuant to this part and shall, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, issue rules to implement this part.

(e)Special rule

A State that receives an allotment under section 12572 of this title shall ensure that each scholarship recipient under this part be compensated at the same rate of pay and benefits and enjoy the same rights under applicable agreements with labor organizations and under State and local law as other law enforcement personnel of the same rank and tenure in the office of which the scholarship recipient is a member.

(f)Supplementation of funding

Funds received under this part shall only be used to supplement, and not to supplant, Federal, State, or local efforts for recruitment and education of law enforcement personnel.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 12576 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was in the original “section 200203”, and was translated as reading “section 200207”, meaning section 200207 of Pub. L. 103–322, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, because section 200203 of Pub. L. 103–322, which is classified to section 12572 of this title, does not provide for submission of applications, and section 12576 does so provide. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14113 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.