Guam § 18401 - Composition of Guam Principal Corps.

§ 18401. Composition of Guam Principal Corps.

(a) The Guam Principal Corps shall consist of students who have

declared their intention to become school Principals or Assistant Principals

and who are enrolled in the Education Administration and Supervision

program at the University of Guam, or if such program is not available at the

University of Guam, at other accredited institutions which have been

approved by the School of Education and who have been duly accepted into

the Guam Principal Corps Scholarship Program.

(b) Scholarship and financial assistance may be awarded to eligible

students who meet the following criteria:

(1) are bona fide residents of Guam;

(2) are citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States;

(3) are graduates of baccalaureate degree program through an

accredited college or university with an overall grade point average of

not less than 2.5 on a 4.0 scale;

(4) have been admitted to the Graduate School of the University of

Guam in accordance with its admissions policies;

(5) maintain an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better during

the term of assistance under this program;

(6) agree to assume a position as a school principal or school

assistant principal in a public school funded by the government of

Guam in areas of need upon graduation and certification to practice on

Guam.

(A) If no vacant principal or assistant principal positions exist

in such public schools, a Principal Corps graduate may work in a

private school on Guam towards meeting their Principal Corps

scholarship repayment obligations. The Department of Education

shall certify that no vacancies exist prior to allowing private

school employment.

(B) The length of commitment of service to Guam shall be

one (1) year of service or pro-rated fraction thereof for every

eighteen (18) semester hours of classes that the student has

received the scholarship and financial assistance.

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(C) Only work as a school principal or assistant principal in

public schools funded by the government of Guam and/or Guam

private schools licensed by the government of Guam shall be

credited for repayment of the Principal Corps scholarship.

(D) (i) Those Principal Corps graduates who were allowed to

work in licensed private schools on Guam shall accept

employment with the Department of Education should a

position become available at the start of each semester until

such time that their scholarship is repaid.

(ii) The student further agrees that, in the event of

refusal to fulfill this obligation, the student shall repay the

government of Guam an amount equal to the balance of the

total monthly allowances paid to the student which have not

already been satisfied through service or payment, including

tuition, stipends and the actual cost to the government of

textbooks and supplies.

(iii) Any deferment of repayment through services shall

conform to rules adopted by the School of Education under

the provisions of § 18103(f) of this Chapter;

(7) have been employed as a certified teacher for period of not less

than two (2) years;

(8) have received a recommendation from the Director of

Education or a District Superintendent; and

(9) must have paid off, through teaching service credit, at least two

(2) years of all Teacher Corps scholarship obligations and any unpaid

obligations from the Teacher Corps shall be added to the Principal

Corps obligations.

2015 NOTE: Subsection/subitem designations were added/altered to adhere to the

Compiler’s codification scheme in accordance with the authority granted by 1 GCA §

1606.