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[CITE: 42USC12593]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 129--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM
 
               Division C--National Service Trust Program
 
                 Part III--National Service Participants
 
Sec. 12593. Terms of service


(a) In general

    As a condition of receiving a national service education award under 
division D of this subchapter, 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) of this section.

(b) Term of service

                        (1) Full-time service

        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 less than 9 months and not more than 1 year.

                        (2) Part-time service

        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--
            (A) not more than 2 years; or
            (B) not more than 3 years if the individual is enrolled in 
        an institute \1\ of higher education while preforming \2\ all or 
        a portion of the service.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``institution''.
    \2\ So in original. Probably should be ``performing''.
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             (3) Reduction in hours of part-time service

        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 of this subchapter with regard to that 
    service.

(c) Release from completing term of service

                       (1) Release authorized

        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 demonstrated by 
        the participant; or
            (B) for cause.

         (2) Effect of release for compelling circumstances

        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 provide to the participant 
        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 allow return to the program with which the individual was 
        serving in order to complete the remainder of the term of 
        service and obtain the entire national service educational 
        award.

                   (3) Effect of release for cause

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

(Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 139, as added Pub. L. 103-82, title I, 
Sec. 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 810.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12591, 12592, 12594, 12602, 
12603, 12631, 12656 of this title.
