PUBLIC LAW 105-368 —NOV. 11, 1998 112 STAT. 3353 pursues a course of education or training described in subsection (c) that meets the requirements set forth in section 7602(a) of this title. "(B) The participant's agreement to serve as a full-time employee in the Veterans Health Administration for a period of time (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the 'period of obligated service') determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of up to three calendar years for each school year or part thereof for which the participant was provided a scholarship under the Program, but for not less than 3 years. "(C) The participant's agreement to serve under subparagraph (B) in a Department facility selected by the Secretary. "(2) In a case in which an extension is granted under section 7673(c)(2) of this title, the number of years for which a scholarship may be provided under the Program shall be the number of school years provided for as a result of the extension. "(3) In the case of a participant who is a part-time student, the period of obligated service shall be reduced in accordance with the proportion that the number of credit hours carried by such participant in any such school year bears to the number of credit hours required to be carried by a full-time student in the course of training being pursued by the participant, but in no event to less than 1 year. "§7673. Scholarship "(a) SCHOLARSHIP.—^A scholarship provided to a participant in the Program for a school year shall consist of payment of the tuition (or such portion of the tuition as may be provided under subsection (b)) of the participant for that school year and payment of other reasonable educational expenses (including fees, books, and laboratory expenses) for that school year. "(b) AMOUNTS. — The total amount of the scholarship payable under subsection (a)— "(1) in the case of a participant in the Program who is a full-time student, may not exceed $10,000 for any 1 year; and "(2) in the case of a participant in the Program who is a part-time student, shall be the amount specified in paragraph (1) reduced in accordance with the proportion that the number of credit hours carried by the participant in that school year bears to the number of credit hours required to be carried by a full-time student in the course of education or training being pursued by the participant. "(c) LIMITATION ON YEARS OF PAYMENT. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a participant in the Program may not receive a scholarship under subsection (a) for more than three school years. "(2) The Secretary may extend the number of school years for which a scholarship may be awarded to a participant in the Program who is a part-time student to a maximum of six school years if the Secretary determines that the extension would be in the best interest of the United States. "(d) PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. —The Secretary may arrange with an educational institution in which a participant in the Program is enrolled for the payment of the educational expenses described in subsection
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