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type: "LegalText"
title: "34 U.S.C. § 12575"
description: "Eligibility"
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title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
chapter_number: "121"
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section: "12575"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 12575"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 34 U.S.C. § 12575 - Eligibility

## Text

(a) Scholarships A person shall be eligible to receive a scholarship under this part if the person has been employed in law enforcement for the 2-year period immediately preceding the date on which assistance is sought.

(b) Ineligibility for student employment A person who has been employed as a law enforcement officer is ineligible to participate in a student employment program carried out under this part.

(Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200206, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2059.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14115 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.