§ 4507. — Selection of fellowship recipients.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC4507]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 57--JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Sec. 4507. Selection of fellowship recipients
(a) Criteria for selection
Madison Fellows shall be selected for their academic achievements
and their potential to become secondary school teachers of social
studies and American history.
(b) Competition for selection; application
(1) The Foundation is authorized, either directly or by contract, to
provide for the conduct of a nationwide competition for the selection of
fellowship recipients. Each applicant must have a demonstrated interest
in pursuing a course of study which emphasizes the Constitution, its
principles, and its history, and have a demonstrated record of
willingness to devote themselves to civil responsibility.
(2) Each application shall be accompanied by an essay explaining the
importance of the study of the Constitution both to the applicant's
career aspirations and contributions to public service, and to
citizenship generally in a constitutional regime.
(3)(A) Each application shall include a description of a program of
study for the graduate program, designating the courses to be taken, and
the proposed Master's thesis, where appropriate.
(B) For the purpose of this paragraph, the Board of Trustees of the
Foundation shall establish general criteria for programs in
constitutional studies.
(c) Regional selection of recipients
The Foundation shall adopt selection procedures which shall assure
that at least one Madison Fellow shall be selected each year from each
State, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
and considered as a single entity, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas in which there are at least two
resident applicants who meet the minimum criteria established by the
Foundation; and, if sufficient funding is available, to invite
applications from scholars overseas for study in the United States.
(Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(b) [title VIII, Sec. 808], Oct. 18, 1986, 100
Stat. 1783-39, 1783-78, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(b) [title VIII,
Sec. 808], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-39, 3341-78.)
Codification
Pub. L. 99-591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99-500.
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular
Possessions.
