34 U.S.C. § 12576: State application

§12576 State Application

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 › § 12576

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

States that want funding must apply to the Director when, how, and with the information the Director reasonably requires. The application must describe the scholarship and student-employment programs and promise to work with local law-enforcement liaisons, police groups, and other agencies to make agreements between agencies. It must promise to advertise the programs and use them for recruitment; to screen and pick law-enforcement personnel for scholarships and students who want law-enforcement careers for student jobs; and to pay scholarships to colleges for recipients. For student jobs, it must list the tasks, pay, and training. It must also name example course plans and existing training programs and promise to promote school–law-enforcement partnerships to boost recruiting.

Title 34, §12576

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(a)In general

Each State desiring an allotment under section 12572 of this title shall submit an application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Director may reasonably require.

(b)Contents

An application under subsection (a) shall—

(1)describe the scholarship program and the student employment program for which assistance under this part is sought;

(2)contain assurances that the lead agency will work in cooperation with the local law enforcement liaisons, representatives of police labor organizations and police management organizations, and other appropriate State and local agencies to develop and implement interagency agreements designed to carry out this part;

(3)contain assurances that the State will advertise the scholarship assistance and student employment it will provide under this part and that the State will use such programs to enhance recruitment efforts;

(4)contain assurances that the State will screen and select law enforcement personnel for participation in the scholarship program under this part;

(5)contain assurances that under such student employment program the State will screen and select, for participation in such program, students who have an interest in undertaking a career in law enforcement;

(6)contain assurances that under such scholarship program the State will make scholarship payments to institutions of higher education on behalf of persons who receive scholarships under this part;

(7)with respect to such student employment program, identify—

(A)the employment tasks that students will be assigned to perform;

(B)the compensation that students will be paid to perform such tasks; and

(C)the training that students will receive as part of their participation in the program;

(8)identify model curriculum and existing programs designed to meet the educational and professional needs of law enforcement personnel; and

(9)contain assurances that the State will promote cooperative agreements with educational and law enforcement agencies to enhance law enforcement personnel recruitment efforts in institutions of higher education.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14116 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§12576 State Application

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Title 34, §12576

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