; or (ii) whose position has been suspended or placed on hold due to COVID–19. (2) Provisions in case of early exit In any case where an individual serving in a position eligible for an educational award under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) was required to exit the position early at the direction of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service may— (A) deem such individual as having met the requirements of the position; and (B) award the individual the full value of the educational award under such subtitle for which the individual would otherwise have been eligible. (b) No Required Return of Grant Funds Notwithstanding section 129(l)(3)(A)(i) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12581(l)(3)(A)(i) ), the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service may permit fixed-amount grant recipients under such section 129(l) to maintain a pro rata amount of grant funds, at the discretion of the Corporation for National and Community Service, for participants who exited, were suspended, or are serving in a limited capacity due to COVID–19, to enable the grant recipients to maintain operations and to accept participants. (c) Extension of Terms and Age Limits Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Corporation for National and Community Service may extend the term of service (for a period not to exceed the 1-year period immediately following the end of the national emergency) or waive any upper age limit (except in no case shall the maximum age exceed 26 years of age) for national service programs carried out by the National Civilian Community Corps under subtitle E of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), and the participants in such programs, for the purposes of— (1) addressing disruptions due to COVID–19