[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR386.33]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 386--REHABILITATION TRAINING: REHABILITATION LONG-TERM TRAINING--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart D--What Conditions Must Be Met After an Award?
 
Sec.  386.33  What are the requirements for grantees in disbursing scholarships?

    (a) Before disbursement of scholarship assistance to an individual, 
a grantee--
    (1)(i) Shall obtain documentation that the individual is--
    (A) A U.S. citizen or national; or
    (B) A permanent resident of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, or the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands; or
    (ii) Shall confirm from documentation issued to the individual by 
the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service that he or she--
    (A) Is a lawful permanent resident of the United States; or
    (B) Is in the United States for other than a temporary purpose with 
the intention of becoming a citizen or permanent resident; and
    (2) Shall confirm that the applicant has expressed interest in a 
career in clinical practice, administration, supervision, teaching, or 
research in the vocational rehabilitation, supported

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employment, or independent living rehabilitation of individuals with 
disabilities, especially individuals with severe disabilities;
    (3) Shall have documentation that the individual expects to maintain 
or seek employment in a designated State rehabilitation agency or in a 
nonprofit rehabilitation, professional corporation, professional 
practice group, or related agency providing services to individuals with 
disabilities or individuals with severe disabilities under an agreement 
with a designated State agency;
    (4) Shall reduce the scholarship by the amount in which the combined 
awards would be in excess of the cost of attendance, if a scholarship, 
when added to the amount the scholar is to receive for the same academic 
year under title IV of the Higher Education Act, would otherwise exceed 
the scholar's cost of attendance;
    (5) Shall limit scholarship assistance to the individual's cost of 
attendance at the institution for no more than four academic years 
except that the grantee may provide an extension consistent with the 
institution's accommodations under section 504 of the Act if the grantee 
determines that an individual has a disability that seriously affects 
the completion of the course of study; and
    (6) Shall obtain a Certification of Eligibility for Federal 
Assistance from each scholar as prescribed in 34 CFR 75.60, 75.61, and 
75.62.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1820-0018)

(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 711(c) and 771a(b))