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 93 STAT. 1200 Criminal justice education loans.

Contract authority.

Full-time teachers, assistance eligibility.

Grant and contract authority.

Full-time internships in criminal justice agencies, grants.

PUBLIC LAW 96-157—DEC. 27, 1979

Loans to persons assisted under this subsection shall be made on such terms and conditions as the Administration and the institution offering such programs may determine, except that the total amount of any such loan, plus interest, shall be canceled for service as a fulltime officer or employee of a criminal justice agency at the rate of 25 per centum of the total amount of such loan plus interest for each complete year of such service or its equivalent of such service, as determined under regulations of the Administration. "(c) The Administration is authorized to enter into contracts to make and to make payments to institutions of higher education for tuition, books, and fees, not exceeding $250 per academic quarter or $400 per semester for any person, for officers of any publicly funded criminal justice agency enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in courses included in an undergraduate or graduate program which is approved by the Administration and which leads to a degree or certificate in an area related to criminal justice or an area suitable for persons employed in criminal justice. Assistance under this subsection may be granted only on behalf of an applicant who enters into an agreement to remain in the service of a criminal justice agency employing such applicant for a period of two years following completion of any course for which payments are provided under this subsection, and in the event such service is not completed, to repay the full amount of such pa3niients on such terms and in such manner as the Administration may prescribe. "(d) Full-time teachers or persons preparing for careers as full-time teachers of courses related to criminal justice or suitable for persons employed in criminal justice, in institutions of higher education which are eligible to receive funds under this section, shall be eligible to receive assistance under subsections (b) and (c) as determined under regulations of the Administration. "(e) The Administration is authorized to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education, or combinations of such institutions, to assist them in planning, developing, strengthening, improving, or carrying out programs or projects for the development or demonstration of improved methods of criminal justice education, including— "(1) planning for the development or expansion of undergraduate or graduate programs in law enforcement and criminal justice, and for law enforcement related courses in public schools; "(2) education and training of faculty members; "(3) strengthening the criminal justice aspects of courses leading to an undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree; and "(4) research into, and development of, methods of educating students or faculty, including the preparation of teaching materials and the planning of curriculums. The amount of a grant or contract may be up to 75 per centum of the total cost of programs and projects for which a grant or contract is made. "(f) The Administration is authorized to enter into contracts to make and to make payments to institutions of higher education for grants not exceeding $65 per week to persons enrolled on a fulltime basis in undergraduate or graduate degree programs who are accepted for and serve in full-time internships in criminal justice agencies for not less than eight weeks during any summer recess or for any entire quarter or semester on leave from the degree program.

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