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42 U.S. Code § 12602. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust
(a) Eligible individualsAn individual shall receive a national service educational award, summer of service educational award, or silver scholar educational award from the National Service Trust if the organization responsible for the individual’s supervision in a national service program certifies that the individual—
(1)
met the applicable eligibility requirements for the approved national service position, approved silver scholar position, or approved summer of service position, as appropriate, in which the individual served;
(2)
(A)
for a full-time or part-time national service educational award, successfully completed the required term of service described in subsection (b)(1) in the approved national service position;
(B) for a partial educational award in accordance with section 12593(c) of this title—
(i)
satisfactorily performed prior to being granted a release for compelling personal circumstances under such section; and
(ii)
completed at least 15 percent of the required term of service described in subsection (b) for the approved national service position;
(C)
for a summer of service educational award, successfully completed the required term of service described in subsection (b)(2) in an approved summer of service position, as certified through a process determined by the Corporation through regulations consistent with section 12592(f) of this title; or
(D)
for a silver scholar educational award, successfully completed the required term of service described in subsection (b)(3) in an approved silver scholar position, as certified through a process determined by the Corporation through regulations consistent with section 12592(f) of this title; and