Guam § 28508 - Availability of Scholarship Program.

§ 28508. Availability of Scholarship Program.

(a) The Chair of the Department of Public Administration

and Legal Studies of the College of Business and Public

Administration of the University of Guam, shall be responsible

for disseminating scholarship information on a regular basis

throughout the government of Guam.

(b)(1) The Chair of the Department of Public

Administration and Legal Studies of the College of

Business and Public Administration, at the University of

Guam, and his or her co-faculty members shall conduct

interviews prior to the start of each Fall, Spring and

Summer semesters for the purpose of selecting scholarship

recipients under this program. The Chair shall invite

representatives from each of the academic departments of

the College of Business and Public Administration,

University of Guam, to serve as a member of the interview

board. The passing of the oral interviews, the meeting of

established University of Guam entrance and academic

requirements, and a demonstrated long-term commitment to

excellence in the public service of the government of Guam

shall constitute the primary criteria for selection of

scholarship recipients. The Chair and faculty of the

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Department of Public Administration and Legal Studies

shall prescribe qualifications for the admission and

continuation of recipients in the scholarship program based

upon the academic standards of the University of Guam as

specified in policies published in the official Undergraduate

and Graduate Bulletins (Catalogues) of the University of

Guam.

(2) Applicants from the departments, agencies, offices,

or units of the Executive and Judicial branches of the

government of Guam shall meet University of Guam

academic requirements and shall be interviewed at a time

and place designated by the Chair and faculty of the

Department of Public Administration and Legal Studies.

(c) All funds appropriated by the Legislature for the Pedro

“Doc” Sanchez Professional Scholarship for Career Employees

of the Government of Guam, previously allocated to fund the

scholarship program for the current fiscal year shall be

immediately transferred by the Department of Administration

and the Bureau of Budget and Management Research to the

University of Guam within (15) days of the effective date of this

Section. The University of Guam shall henceforth keep all

financial records and all official administrative and academic

records dealing with the current and former participants of the

scholarship program through the Department of Public

Administration and Legal Studies at the College of Business and

Public Administration, University of Guam (for program and

academic administration of the scholarship program) and

through the Office of Financial Affairs (for the business

activities of the scholarship program).

2019 NOTE: Subsection and subitem designations added/altered

pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606.