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106 STAT. 692 PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 such school within the State or in another State upon approval of the State educational agency; "(5) in carrying out the obligation described in paragraph (4), shall meet the performance requirements of—

    • (A) the school in which such individucd teaches; and

"(B) the local educational agency exercising administrative control or direction of, or performing a service function for such school; "(6) shall repay all or part of a Teacher Corps scholarship received under section 545(b) plus interest and, if applicable, reasonable collection fees, in compliance with regulations issued by the Secretary under subsection (b), in the event that the conditions of this subsection are not complied with, except as provided for in subsection (c); "(7) at least during the first year of employment, shall participate in an induction program which includes working with a mentor teacher selected by the local educational agency in which the Teacher Corps member is employed and who, to the extent practicable, is teaching in the same subject as the Teacher Corps member; and "(8) who is not enrolled in a program of study as set forth in section 545(a)(1)(C) shall obtain State teacher certification during the period of employment or as soon as possible as State law requires. " (b) SCHOLARSHIP REPAYMENT. — " (1) IN GENERAL. —Individuals found by the State educational agency to be in noncompliance with the agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall be required to repay to the Secretary a pro rata amount of the scholarship awards received, plus interest at the highest rate applicable to loans under part B of title IV and, where applicable, reasonable collection fees, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3). "(2) EXCEPTIONS TO REPAYMENT.—An individual shall not be considered to be in violation of the agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) during any period in which such individual meets the exceptions to repayment provisions set forth in section 528(a)(2), 528(a)(3) or 528(b), or if the individual dies. "(3) REPAYMENT PERCENTAGES. —Each individual found by the Secretary to be in noncompliance with the agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall be required to repay— "(A) 100 percent of the total amount of scholarships awarded under this subpart if such individual does not teach pursueint to the agreement described in subsection (a) or teaches pursuant to such agreement for less than lyear; "(B) 67 percent of such emiount if such individual teaches pursuant to such agreement for at least 1 year but less than 2 years; and "(C) 34 percent of such amount if such individual teaches pursuant to such agreement for at least 2 years but less than 3 years. "(4) INTEREST.— If a portion of scholarship is repaid under this subsection in any year, the entire amount of interest on such portion of such scholarship which accrues for such year shall be repaid.