The contract shall have a clause under which the holder may be relieved of his obligation to serve the Commonwealth as a soil scientist at any time the holder fails to maintain a scholastic standard at least equal to the standard required of the general student body in such school, or if the holder, at any time, becomes permanently disabled so as not to be able to engage in the profession of soil scientist. In such case, the contract shall provide that upon certificate of a faculty committee, the holder shall be relieved of his obligation to serve the Commonwealth as a soil scientist for a period equal to that during which he has been a beneficiary of such scholarship. Any applicant, upon being so relieved from the obligations imposed by such contract, shall arrange to reimburse the Commonwealth for the amount he has received on account of such scholarship plus interest on such amount computed at the prevailing rate charged on student loans at the school attended by the applicant. Provided, however, if such applicant, or any applicant who for any reason repays all or any part of the amount received of such scholarships, after reimbursing such amount plus interest to the Commonwealth, later fulfills the terms of his contract by completing his studies and serving the Commonwealth as a soil scientist for a period equal to that during which he received such scholarship, such applicant shall have reimbursed to him, from the general fund of the state treasury, the amount of the scholarship and interest previously repaid to the Commonwealth. This reimbursement shall be made on any contract made under the provisions of this section.

History

1970, c. 620.