Sec. 6. National service college agreement pilot program
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The Corporation for National and Community Service shall establish a national service college agreement— with not fewer than 2 States, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act; and with not fewer than 5 States, not later than 5 years after such date of enactment. A national service agreement is an agreement between the Corporation and a State under which— eligible individuals who desire to attend a public institution of higher education in the State will be able to use an educational award under subsection
(d)to attend a 2- or 4-year program of instruction, or a career or technical education program, at such a public institution of higher education, at no additional charge to the individuals; and the Corporation and the State determine the timeframe by which eligible individuals shall successfully complete the activities under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection
(c)in order to qualify to use an educational award in accordance with paragraph
(1)of this subsection, and avoid repayment of such educational award or other penalties. For purposes of this section, the term eligible individual means an individual described in section 146(a) of the National and Community Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12602(a) ) who, as a condition of receiving an educational award under subsection (d)— successfully completes, or agrees to complete, two required terms of full-time national service in an approved national service position for purposes of eligibility for 2 educational awards under section 147(a) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12603(a) ); and successfully completes, or agrees to complete, not less than one calendar year of employment with a Federal, State, or local government entity, or a nonprofit organization. To receive an educational award under this section, an eligible individual shall be selected by the Corporation and a State with which the Corporation has a national service agreement under this section to receive such award for the purpose of attending a public institution of higher education in the State in accordance with the terms of the agreement. An eligible individual selected under paragraph
(1)shall receive an educational award under this section that is equal to the total value of the educational service awards under section 147(a) of the National and Community Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12603(a) ) that the individual is eligible to receive for the two successfully completed (or agreed to be completed) terms of full-time national service, as described in subsection (c)(1) of this section, except that in calculating the value of each such award, such section 147(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 12603(a) ) shall be applied by inserting twice before the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant . Not more than a total of 250,000 individuals may receive an educational award under this section. In this section: The term career and technical education has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ). The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ). The term State has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12511 ).
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