# 2525.100 What is the amount of an education award?
(a) *Full-time term of service.* Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, the education award for a full-time term of service in an approved national service position of at least 1,700 hours will be equal to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) that a student eligible for that grant may receive in the aggregate for the award year in which the term of service is approved by AmeriCorps.
(b) *Less than full-time term of service.* Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, the amount of an education award for an approved national service position for less than full-time term of service (*i.e.,* partial award) is determined in accordance with the following table:
Table 1 to Paragraph (**b**)
| For: | In an approved
position of at least:
(hours) | Is equal to the following percentage of the amount of an education award for a full-time term of service described in paragraph (a) of this section: |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Three quarters time term of service (TQT) | 1,200 | 70 percent. |
| Half-time term of service (HT) | 900 | 50 percent. |
| Reduced half-time term of service (RHT) | 675 | Approximately 39 percent. |
| Quarter-time term of service (QT) | 450 | Approximately 26 percent. |
| Minimal time and summer associate (MT & SA) | 300 | Approximately 21 percent. |
| Abbreviated time (AT) | 100 | 5.6 percent. |
(c) *Calculating a pro-rated award following release for compelling personal circumstances.* The education award for an Eligible Individual who is released from completing an approved term of service for compelling personal circumstances is equal to the product of:
(1) The number of hours completed divided by the number of hours in the approved term of service; and
(2) The amount of the education award for the approved term of service.
(d) *Calculating a discounted education award amount.* To ensure that an Eligible Individual receives no more than the aggregate value of two awards, pursuant to § 2525.50, if the sum of the education award value offered for a term of service and the aggregate value of previously-received education awards exceeds the value of two awards, then the individual may receive only a portion of that offered education award, such that the aggregate value of the education awards is not greater than the value of two awards.