113 STAT. 820 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 Deadline. Deadline. (b) TIMELY APPLICATIONS. —An application shall be considered to be submitted on a timely basis if the application is submitted as follows: (1) In the case of a member of the Armed Forces who is eligible under section 1703(a)(1) or 1703(a)(2), not later than September 30, 2003. (2) In the case of a member who is eligible under section 1703(a)(3), not later than four years after the date on which the member first receives retired or retainer pay under title 10 or title 14, United States Code. (c) SELECTION PRIORITIES.— In selecting eligible members of the Armed Forces to receive assistance for placement as elementary or secondary school teachers or vocational or technical teachers, the administering Secretary shall give priority to members who— (1) have educational or military experience in science, mathematics, special education, or vocational or technical subjects and agree to seek employment as science, mathematics, or special education teachers in elementary or secondary schools or in other schools under the jurisdiction of a local educational agency; or (2) have educational or military experience in another subject area identified by the administering Secretary, in consultation with the National Governors Association, as important for national educational objectives and agree to seek employ- ment in that subject area in elementary or secondary schools. (d) SELECTION SUBJECT TO FUNDING.— The administering Secretary may not select a member of the Armed Forces to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program unless the administering Secretary has sufficient appropriations for the program available at the time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be incurred by the United States under section 1705 with respect to that member. (e) PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.—A member of the Armed Forces selected to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program shall be required to enter into an agreement with the administering Secretary in which the member agrees— (1) to obtain, within such time as the administering Secretary may require, certification or licensure as an elementary or secondary school teacher or vocational or technical teacher; and (2) to accept an offer of full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher or vocational or technical teacher for not less than four school years with a local educational agency identified under section 1702, to begin the school year after obtaining that certification or licensure. (f) EXCEPTIONS TO VIOLATION DETERMINATION. —^A participant in the Troops-to-Teachers Program shall not be considered to be in violation of an agreement entered into under subsection (e) during any period in which the participant— (1) is pursuing a full-time course of study related to the field of teaching at an eligible institution; (2) is serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces; (3) is temporarily totally disabled for a period of time not to exceed three years as established by sworn affidavit of a qualified physician;
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