Sec. 543. Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper Leadership Scholarship Program
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The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a program to be known as the Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper Leadership Scholarship Program under which the Secretary may provide financial assistance, in accordance with this section, to a person— who is pursuing a recognized postsecondary credential at a minority-serving institution; and who enters into an agreement with the Secretary as described in subsection (b). To receive financial assistance under this section— a member of the Army shall enter into an agreement to serve on active duty in the Army for the period of obligated service determined under paragraph (2); and a person who is not a member of the Army shall enter into an agreement to enlist or accept a commission in the Army and to serve on active duty in Army for the period of obligated service determined under paragraph (2).
The period of obligated service for a recipient of financial assistance under this section shall be the period determined by the Secretary of Army as being appropriate to obtain adequate service in exchange for the financial assistance. The period of service required of a recipient shall be not less than the period equal to three-fourths of the total period of pursuit of a credential for which the Secretary agrees to provide the recipient with financial assistance under this section.
The period of obligated service is in addition to any other period for which the recipient is obligated to serve on active duty. An agreement entered into under this section by a person pursuing a recognized postsecondary credential shall include the following terms: The period of obligated service will begin on a date after the award of the credential, as determined by the Secretary of the Army. The person will maintain satisfactory academic progress, as determined by the Secretary, and that failure to maintain such progress constitutes grounds for termination of the financial assistance for the person under this section.
Any other terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be appropriate for carrying out this section. The amount of the financial assistance provided for a person under this section shall be the amount determined by the Secretary of the Army as being necessary to pay the person’s cost of attendance at the minority-serving institution. The financial assistance for a person under this section may also be provided to support internship activities of the person at the Department of Defense in periods between the academic years leading to the credential for which assistance is provided the person under this section.
A member of the Army who does not complete the period of active duty specified in the service agreement under subsection
(b)shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— an assessment of the progress of the Secretary in carrying out the scholarship program under this section; the number of scholarships that the Secretary intends to award in the academic year beginning after the date of the submission of the report; and a description of the Secretary’s efforts to promote the scholarship program at minority-serving institutions. In this Act: The term cost of attendance has the meaning given the term in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087ll ). The term minority-serving institution means an institution of higher education described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(a) ). The term recognized postsecondary credential has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ).
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Sec. 543
Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper Leadership Scholarship Program
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