{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s12552","title":34,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12552.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f12552.\nDefinitions\nIn this part\u2014\n\u201cacademic year\u201d means a traditional academic year beginning in August or September and ending in the following May or June.\n\u201cdependent child\u201d means a natural or adopted child or stepchild of a law enforcement officer who at the time of the officer\u2019s death\u2014\n(A) was no more than 21 years old; or\n(B) if older than 21 years, was in fact dependent on the child\u2019s parents for at least one-half of the child\u2019s support (excluding educational expenses), as determined by the Director.\n\u201cDirector\u201d means the Director of the Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education appointed under section 12553\n1\n1 So in original.\nSection 12553 of this title\ndoes not provide for the appointment of a Director.\n\u201ceducational expenses\u201d means expenses that are directly attributable to a course of education leading to the award of either a baccalaureate or graduate degree in a course of study which, in the judgment of the State or local police force to which the participant will be assigned, includes appropriate preparation for police service including the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, transportation, room and board and miscellaneous expenses.\n\u201cinstitution of higher education\u201d has the meaning stated in the first sentence of\nsection 1001 of title 20\n\u201cparticipant\u201d means a participant in the Police Corps program selected pursuant to section 12555\n2\n2 So in original. Probably should be section \u201c12556\u201d.\n\u201cState\u201d means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.\n\u201cState Police Corps program\u201d means a State police corps program that meets the requirements of\nsection 12559 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t34/s12552.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12552","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12552."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In this part\u2014","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cacademic year\u201d means a traditional academic year beginning in August or September and ending in the following May or June.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cdependent child\u201d means a natural or adopted child or stepchild of a law enforcement officer who at the time of the officer\u2019s death\u2014","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"(A) was no more than 21 years old; or","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"(B) if older than 21 years, was in fact dependent on the child\u2019s parents for at least one-half of the child\u2019s support (excluding educational expenses), as determined by the Director.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cDirector\u201d means the Director of the Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education appointed under section 12553\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. 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"},{"t":"ref","text":"Section 12553 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t34/s12553","tail":" does not provide for the appointment of a Director."},{"t":"text","text":" does not provide for the appointment of a Director.","tail":" of this title."}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201ceducational expenses\u201d means expenses that are directly attributable to a course of education leading to the award of either a baccalaureate or graduate degree in a course of study which, in the judgment of the State or local police force to which the participant will be assigned, includes appropriate preparation for police service including the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, transportation, room and board and miscellaneous expenses.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cinstitution of higher education\u201d has the meaning stated in the first sentence of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1001 of title 20","href":"/us/usc/t20/s1001","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cparticipant\u201d means a participant in the Police Corps program selected pursuant to section 12555\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"2"},{"t":"num","text":"2","tail":"\u202fSo in original. 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