; (B) submit an application to participate in the rural educator scholarship program at such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall determine; and (C) sign and submit to the Secretary, at the time that such application is submitted, a written contract as described in section 259A(b), which shall include a commitment to serve through full-time employment at an eligible school for the period of obligated service. (c) Eligible schools An individual shall be considered to be serving, through full-time employment at an eligible school, as required under section 259A(b)(1)(B)(iv), if the individual is employed full-time in a public elementary school or secondary school that is served by a local educational agency that is eligible to receive assistance under part B of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (d) Placement assistance The Secretary shall assist the recipient of a rural educator scholarship in learning about placement opportunities in eligible schools by transmitting the name and educational credentials of such recipient to— (1) State educational agency clearinghouses for recruitment and placement of kindergarten, elementary school, and secondary school teachers and administrators in States receiving assistance under title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) elementary schools and secondary schools that are Bureau-funded schools