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 PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 2055 the participant shall complete 16 weeks of training at times determined by the Director. (c) FURTHER TRAiNiNG.The 16 weeks of Police Corps training authorized in this section is intended to serve as basic law enforcement training but not to exclude further training of participants by the State and local authorities to which they will be assigned. Each State plan approved by the Director under section 10 shall include assurances that following completion of a participant's course of education each participant shall receive appropriate additional training by the State or local authority to which the participant is assigned. The time spent by a participant in such additional training, but not the time spent in Police Corps training, shall be counted toward fulfillment of the participant's 4-year service obligation. (d) COURSE OF TRAINING. — The training sessions at training centers established under this section shall be designed to provide basic law enforcement training, including vigorous physical and mental training to teach participants self-discipline and organizational loyalty and to impart knowledge and understanding of legal processes and law enforcement. (e) EVALUATION OF PARTICIPANTS. — A participant shall be evaluated during training for mental, physical, and emotional fitness, and shall be required to meet performance standards prescribed by the Director at the conclusion of each training session in order to remain in the Police Corps program. (f) STIPEND. —The Director shall pay participants in training sessions a stipend of $250 a week during training. SEC. 200109. SERVICE OBLIGATION. 42 USC 14098. (a) SWEARING IN. —Upon satisfactory completion of the participant's course of education and training program established in section 200108 and meeting the requirements of the police force to which the participant is assigned, a participant shall be sworn in as a member of the police force to which the participant is assigned pursuant to the State Police Corps plan, and shall serve for 4 years as a member of that police force. (b) RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. —A participant shall have all of the rights and responsibilities of and shall be subject to all rules and regulations applicable to other members of the police force of which the participant is a member, including those contained in applicable agreements with labor organizations and those provided by State and local law. (c) DISCIPLINE. —If the police force of which the participant is a member subjects the participant to discipline such as would preclude the participant's completing 4 years of service, and result in denial of educational assistance under section 200106, the Director may, upon a showing of good cause, permit the participant to complete the service obligation in an equivalent alternative law enforcement service and, if such service is satisfactorily completed, section 200106(d)(l)(B)(iii) shall not apply. (d) LAYOFFS.—I f the police force of which the participant is a member lays off the participant such as would preclude the participant's completing 4 years of service, and result in denial of educational assistance under section 200106, the Director may permit the participant to complete the service obligation in an equivalent alternative law enforcement service and, if such service

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