[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR92.5]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 92--OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES (COPS)--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart A--Police Corps Eligibility and Selection Criteria
 
Sec. 92.5  What educational expenses does the Police Corps cover, and how will they be paid?

    (a) Educational expenses are paid either in the form of a 
scholarship or a reimbursement. Scholarships will be paid where Police 
Corps participants are currently enrolled in an approved course of study 
in an institution of higher education. Reimbursements will be paid to 
participants for educational expenses incurred prior to admission to the 
Police Corps. In certain circumstances, a Police Corps participant may 
receive a reimbursement for past expenses and a scholarship for current 
expenses.
    (b) Requests for payment of educational expenses by a Police Corps 
participant should be submitted to the Director through the State Police 
Corps agency.
    (1) Educational expenses are expenses that are directly attributable 
to a course of education leading to the award of either a baccalaureate 
or graduate degree, and may include:
    (i) Tuition, in an amount billed by the institution of higher 
education;

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    (ii) Fees, in an amount billed by the institution of higher 
education;
    (iii) Cost of books required to be purchased pursuant to the 
curriculum in which the candidate is enrolled;
    (iv) Cost of transportation from the candidate's home to school, 
calculated at actual cost or the current prevailing rate for mileage 
reimbursement for federal travel;
    (v) Cost of room and board;
    (vi) Miscellaneous expenses not to exceed $250 per academic 
semester.
    (2) A participant receiving a scholarship may submit payment 
requests prior to the commencement of each subsequent academic year in 
which he/she is enrolled in an institution of higher education.
    (3) For participants currently enrolled in an institution of higher 
education, each payment request must be accompanied by:
    (i) A certification from the institution that the participant is 
maintaining satisfactory academic progress;
    (ii) A certification by or on behalf of the State or local police 
force to which the participant will be assigned that the participant's 
course of study includes appropriate preparation for police service.
    (4) The maximum Police Corps payment per participant per academic 
year, whether in the form of scholarship or reimbursement, is $7,500. In 
the case of a participant who is pursuing a course of educational study 
during substantially an entire calendar year, the maximum payment will 
be $10,000 per such calendar year.
    (5) The total of all Police Corps scholarship or reimbursement 
payments to any one participant shall not exceed $30,000.
    (6) Police Corps scholarship payments will be made directly to the 
institution of higher education that the student is attending. Each 
institution of higher education receiving a Police Corps scholarship 
payment shall remit to such student any funds in excess of the costs of 
tuition, fees, and room and board payable to the institution.
    (7) Reimbursements for past expenses will be made directly to the 
Police Corps participant. One half of the reimbursement will be paid 
after the participant is sworn in and starts the first year of required 
service. The remainder will be paid upon successful completion of the 
first year of required service. The Director may, upon a showing of good 
cause, advance the date of the first reimbursement payment to an 
individual participant.

[61 FR 49972, Sept. 24, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 33018, June 21, 1999]