109 HR 2949 IH: College Opportunity for All Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-06-16
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the College Opportunity for All Act
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(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
Sec. 2. References
Sec. 3. Findings
Title I—Boosting college opportunities
Sec. 101. Pell grants
Sec. 102. College affordability and accountability
Sec. 132. State commitment to affordable college education
Sec. 133. Cost containment strategies
Sec. 401A. Incentives and rewards: Pell Plus
Sec. 486A. Articulation agreement demonstration program
Sec. 103. Elimination of loan fees to borrowers
Sec. 104. Authority to refinance consolidation loans
Sec. 105. Providing low cost loans
Sec. 106. Recapture of excess interest
Sec. 107. Termination of excessive allowances
Sec. 108. Public service scholarships
Sec. 428K. Loan forgiveness for public service employees
Sec. 109. Significantly simplifying the student aid application process
Sec. 110. Authorizations of appropriations for campus-based aid
Sec. 404H. Authorization of appropriations
Sec. 111. Special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farm work
Sec. 112. Initiative to enhance college graduation rates and to accelerate time to degree
Subpart 8—Initiative to Enhance College Graduation Rates and to Accelerate Time to Degree
Sec. 419P. Program authorized
Sec. 113. Consolidation loan lender of choice
Sec. 114. Establishing additional safeguards on schools acting as lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan Program
Sec. 115. Boosting opportunities for low-income parents to pursue college degrees
Sec. 116. Support for community service in college work-study program
Sec. 117. B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships
Title II—Teacher Quality
Sec. 201. Teacher Recruiting and Preparation
Part C—TEACH Grants
Sec. 231. Purposes
Sec. 232. Program established
Sec. 233. Eligibility and applications for Grants
Part D—Recruiting Teachers With Math, Science, or Language Majors
Sec. 241. Program authorized
Sec. 242. Authorization of appropriations
Sec. 202. Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants
Sec. 206. Accountability and evaluation
Sec. 207. Accountability for programs that prepare teachers
Sec. 208. State functions
Sec. 209. General provisions
Title III—Enhancing college outreach
Sec. 301. Federal TRIO Program
Sec. 302. GEARUP
Sec. 303. Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership
Title IV—Opportunities at Hispanic-serving colleges and universities
Sec. 401. Postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans
Part B—Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans
Sec. 511. Findings and purposes
Sec. 512. Program authority and eligibility
Sec. 513. Authorized activities
Sec. 514. Application and duration
Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations for Hispanic Serving Institutions
Title V—Historically Black colleges and universities
Sec. 501. Centers of excellence
Part E—Centers of Excellence
Sec. 251. Purposes; definitions
Sec. 252. Centers of excellence
Sec. 253. Authorization of appropriations
Sec. 502. Authorization of appropriations
2.Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
3.The Congress finds the following:
(1)A college education is more important than ever, and the Federal Government should significantly increase its investment to make college more affordable and accessible to all students because—
(A)recent shifts in the economy have increased the demand for college-educated workers and increased the wage gap between college-educated workers and those without a degree;
(B)jobs requiring some postsecondary education are expected to account for about 42 percent of total job growth from 2000 through 2010; and
(C)closing the college participation gap between White and minority students would result in $85 billion in increased tax revenue.
(2)Increased access to college and better retention rates are necessary because—
(A)seven times as many students from high-income families graduate from college by age 24 as students from low-income families;
(B)forty percent of all white students ages 18 through 24 are enrolled in institutions of higher education, whereas only 30 percent of all African-Americans and only 16 percent of all Hispanics are enrolled in institutions of higher education;
(C)nearly 4 out of every 10 Hispanics enrolled full time in 4-year colleges drop out within 3 years of their initial enrollment;
(D)African-Americans are half as likely as white students to complete a Bachelor's degree in 4 years; and
(E)low-income students are half as likely as upper-income students to complete a Bachelor's degree in 4 years.
(3)High loan debt and long work hours threaten college access:
(A)Seventy percent of such Federal student aid was in the form of loans and less than 20 percent was in the form of grants—while in 1975 grants accounted for 75 percent of Federal student aid funding.
(B)The maximum Pell grant scholarship is worth nearly $800 less, in real terms, than the maximum award in 1975–1976.
(C)The typical student now graduates with $19,000 in debt.
(D)Forty-six percent of all students who work in addition to being full-time students report 25 hours or more a week of employment.
(E)Half of those employed more than 25 hours a week report that working hurts their grades and retention in college, and students who work more than 35 hours a week are considerably less likely to complete a year of college than those who work less than 15 hours a week.
(F)Low-income, college-qualified high school graduates have an annual unmet need
of $3,800 in college expenses, expenses not covered by grants, loans, work, or family savings.
(4)There is a severe shortage of qualified teachers, especially in high-need fields and low-income areas because—
(A)approximately one-third of America's teachers leave teaching sometime during their first 3 years of teaching and almost half leave during the first 5 years;
(B)overall turnover rate for teachers in high-poverty areas is almost 33 percent higher than it is for teachers in all schools; and
(C)in low-poverty secondary schools, approximately one-third of students are taught by a teacher who lacks either a college degree in the subject area in which the teacher teaches or certification in such subject area, while in high-poverty secondary schools, approximately one-half of students are taught by such a teacher.
<enum>I</enum><header>Boosting college opportunities</header>
<section id="HB3DFC2676D834CD3BF003E921179DC09" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Pell grants</header>
<subsection id="H6A0DAE205F7C45668CB9133E01C0210"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maximum grants</header><text>Section 401(b)(2)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking clauses (i) through (v) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="HFD271966B72C4010A301C234B75FA93D" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$7,600 for academic year 2006–2007;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF06041C3780F455BAC877DA344A28400" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$8,600 for academic year 2007–2008;</text></clause>
<clause id="H14FA811CAF0B43D6B95F70AE6DCB5344" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$9,600 for academic year 2008–2009;</text></clause>
<clause id="H716F69D5A4FB469982538BB8301561C4" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>$10,600 for academic year 2009–2010; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBF1D06C7ED354A36A97CE0CDD5230278" indent="up2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$11,600 for academic year 2010–2011,</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HBBDEB22A884540E5BA9DE53B81FC0067"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Year-round Pell grants</header><text>Section 401 is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H38420698746F46BC84D156F32E7B5995"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Year-round Pell grants</header>
<paragraph id="HBC2BDDC6E90143D7B560771CC96E2E46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pilot program established</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in accordance with this subsection a year-round Pell grant pilot program. Any institution of higher education that desires to participate in the program under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and containing or accompanied by such information and assurances as the Secretary may require. The Secretary may select not more than 500 institutions of higher education for participation in the program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7484BE8128F488B80DB35BC987A8D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program elements</header><text>With respect to students who are eligible for a Pell grant under this section and who are enrolled in institutions participating in the program under this subsection, the Secretary is authorized—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE31CAD06D28440259292B3BC00F89BB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to award such students two Pell grants in one calendar year to permit such students to accelerate progress towards their degree or certificate objectives by enrolling in academic programs for 12 rather than 9 months of the year at participating institutions; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAFA3A01E1EFB4E54916F47F7028CEAD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to award such two Pell grants to such students in a total amount up to 133 percent of the maximum Pell under subsection (b)(2)(A) that is applicable for the academic year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDC171B5EEC94F27B100C53CC8C06CDE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall limit the awarding of additional Pell grants under this subsection in a single calendar year to students who attend bachelor’s or associate’s degree-granting institutions with the following characteristics:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9353A5369AF548B8AEDFCE5E261CB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a bachelor’s degree-granting institution, the graduation rate for the institution of higher education reported by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System for the preceding five academic years is at least 50 percent;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA63CC33CC524921BEEE652E009FC379"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an associate’s degree-granting institution, the completion rate for the institution of higher education reported by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System for the preceding three academic years has improved by a total of at least five percent; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01945ACD9E88486D8EF8564D000017AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the average time of enrollment required to complete a degree at the institution—</text>
<clause id="H14ECFC89EDE54B59BDB24ED8A2A16FBD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>among students who enter as freshman and earn bachelor’s degrees is 14 or fewer quarters, or 9 or fewer semesters or the equivalent; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="HF1B0110F6A504B9EBAA976D1F33B8287" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>among students who enter as full-time freshmen and earn associate’s degrees is 8 or fewer quarters, or 7 or fewer semesters equivalent. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF5FFAE98EAF4807BEA67392ADA7C000"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Termination; evaluation</header><text>The authority of the Secretary under this subsection shall cease to be effective on October 1, 2011. Not later than October 1, 2010, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the program under this subsection and submit to the Congress a report on the results of such evaluation.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H14FC37E763964E9595FF306BD491B600"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elimination of tuition sensitivity provision</header><text>Section 401(b) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8D2230B6857B45FB95101C7B1E0988CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7B9C61A296D43A18D54DD6C0393C9EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) though (8) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H931FA687EFD346C99D00AE7C50E3D33C"><enum>102.</enum><header>College affordability and accountability</header>
<subsection id="HA8E1059A74BA42FF92D03BA4A3A33FEB" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State commitment to affordable college education</header><text>Title I is amended by inserting after section 131 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1015">20 U.S.C. 1015</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H1D8AD130AD2C4E3DB900D85F5B2EBC58"><enum>132.</enum><header>State commitment to affordable college education</header>
<subsection id="H3B288048A459462D9147CA298352EE98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maintenance of effort required</header><text>No State shall reduce the total amount provided by the State for public institutions of higher education in such State for any academic year beginning on or after July 1, 2005, to an amount which is less than the average amount provided by such State to such institutions of higher education during the academic years between July 1, 1998, and July 1, 2003.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFF94A7E23D8E49BABF24C9EC765E31ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Withholding of all education administrative funds for violations</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education shall withhold from any State that violates subsection (a) any amount that would otherwise be available to the State for administrative expenses and costs under any Federal education program until such State has corrected such violation.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H721E3D524049480CAEC0EDA9A1B38F7C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost containment strategies</header><text>Title I is further amended by inserting after section 132 (as added by section 4) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H5693735B436E462EA732E900D61673F0"><enum>133.</enum><header>Cost containment strategies</header>
<subsection id="H6EDED5FDF0E64AD0A85440570244A309"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each institution of higher education shall in accordance with the requirements of this section engage in, and report upon, cost containment strategies. Such strategies may include (but are not limited to) the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="HEB5BDD206F3C4E11B890D6876CC18C4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>bulk purchasing;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1B5E86AD081462DA900F9B8E80B365"><enum>(2)</enum><text>joint faculty appointments;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2D69472E71A4F778BE935C8A2D584E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>streamlining administration;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H243AD099EC954B328CE14CD316188471"><enum>(4)</enum><text>energy conservation and savings;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AA5AB98B3A848DB8F08E77F6DBFBBC5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technological innovations; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDEAD3337BE54536AD8CD45620395ED4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>joint degree offerings.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H34C1644943E542938C2E76F7CA2D756"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Five-year plans</header><text>Within 2 years after the enactment of the Act, each institution of higher education shall submit a 5-year plan on their cost containment strategies and any progress made to date to the Secretary of Education.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9A7D3D6DE41E451FB8D9614DADAD8064"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Research into cost containment methods</header>
<paragraph id="HB3988041673D4B7FAA32E918E0914FCD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research authorized</header><text>From the funds appropriated under paragraph (2), the Secretary is authorized—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDC4370896BF249E6B1CEF317400E0CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to conduct or provide for the conduct of research to identify methods of cost containment currently utilized by institutions of higher education and systems of such institutions, and research into other possible methods of cost containment;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1EEF97922CA4073821D9400FB007F98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to disseminate—</text>
<clause id="H1C6628B9A6DE4C8B835CB664F613363D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the information obtained by such research to such institutions and systems; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H551C133E319D4F60ADB206A1AFABD6CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other research that has identified successful methods of cost containment;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEB76B5298A247F5AF60DFA9AE00ADA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to publicly recognize institutions of higher education that are doing an effective job at cost containment; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H402059C70627464F80A2D04BDBA6FAE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to work together with such institutions and systems to implement these methods.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB36F435D44084086B2E240BF3183EC1E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H24EF3F202FD9423A9B6DEC81A0180371"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consumer information</header>
<paragraph id="HAD1F7D792D324A1D9C6412D97BEB89FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual report required</header>
<subparagraph id="HD52FEAF0432D4B210059BE287C148987"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Contents of report</header><text>The Secretary shall annually prepare and publish a report on college affordability in America. The college affordability report shall provide, at a minimum, comprehensive information on—</text>
<clause id="HE6FE3A4DD6A54A92B8FD1797CB9FFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sticker price, total price of attendance, net tuition price, and net access price for every institution of higher education that participates in the Federal student aid programs under title IV of this Act;</text></clause>
<clause id="HAAD9E10F596F43DF8131C1795BAEB568"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the percentage change in the listed sticker price, total price of attendance, net tuition price, and net access price over a 3-, 5-, and 10-year time period for each such institution; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H18365B9C05B54A8396728D16E546B8B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the level of Federal and State support for higher education per capita and per pupil.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD03194B0917A45B1AA00F36ED2C8ED37"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Advisory group</header><text>To ensure that the annual college affordability in America report provides consumer-friendly information, the Secretary shall convene an advisory group of students, parents, and college officials to help determine the information that shall be included in the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4C2DA15BCDA48A3ADD74D94B802CC5D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data dissemination</header><text>The Secretary shall make publicly available the data collected pursuant to this section, including an institution’s net price tuition index as calculated in accordance with subsection (e). Such data shall be made available in a manner that permits the review and comparison of data submissions of individual institutions of higher education. Such data shall be presented in a form that is easily accessible and understandable and allows parents and students to make informed decisions based on the average prices for full-time undergraduate students and the institution’s rate of increase in the sticker price, total price of attendance, net tuition price, and net access price.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6056D67067DB49870026FA4472BAD014"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Website enhancement</header>
<subparagraph id="H3738ABBE4EDB4DCF981C55074354FA84"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Website information</header><text>In order to further enhance public knowledge and understanding of college affordability, the Secretary shall modify the college opportunities on line (COOL) web site. The goal of such changes shall be to make the website the single best source of information about applying to and paying for a postsecondary education. Such changes shall make the website more user friendly and facilitate the comparison of multiple institutions at the same time. Such website shall provide detailed tuition and student aid data for each institution (including data from the annual college affordability in America report). As part of improving the website, the Secretary shall establish an advisory board of students and parents to guide the redesign. The college price calculator required by paragraph (4) shall be included on the COOL website.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5B8B713B34F84C17A3204C00A2D3D0D5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability in other form</header><text>In addition, the Secretary shall publish all of the institutional information found on the COOL website, minus the college price calculator, and instruct all local educational agencies to notify all their secondary schools of the publication of the COOL web site, both on-line and in-print, and of the steps necessary to procure such information both on-line and in-print.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H887B16983C4342E3006EB45D96B224E3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>College price calculator</header>
<subparagraph id="H0094447EB8244657B169849F7CC60631"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a system for reporting to prospective students and families on the net tuition price of institutions of higher education. Using the most recent data available, the Secretary shall make available the amount of aid typically granted for students based on family income and college attended. Such information shall be made available in the form of a web site price calculator that permits students to be able to enter an institution of higher education and their family income and be presented the sticker price, net tuition price, and net access price for students in their income bracket in order to determine the approximate cost of attending such a school. The calculator shall include a clear disclaimer that financial aid decisions are made on a case-by-case basis and that the included calculations are based on previous years’ data and can therefore serve only as general guidelines for the financial aid that a student may expect to receive.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE5DE9F2822D46CBAD902BBD580546AC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information distribution by institutions</header><text>Each institution of higher education shall make available its sticker price, total price of attendance, net tuition price, and net access price and list examples of what families in each of the quartile income brackets might be expected to pay in the net tuition price for the most recent academic year. This information shall be provided in written form and distributed to all students and applicants and made widely available to the public.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA6B8BABA32534D008F250066F240DC00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Net tuition price index</header>
<paragraph id="HDEC25B6065A04A9CB15EA9C61437DDB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, on the basis of the data submitted under subsection (a), calculate a net tuition price index for each institution of higher education submitting such data and shall make the index available in accordance with subsection (b) as soon as operationally possible on the Department’s college opportunity on line (COOL) website.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H008082A4D68C4073A2650037024ED4E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Calculation of index</header><text>The net tuition price index shall be equal to the percentage increase in the net tuition price charged for a first-time, full-time, full-year undergraduate student between a preceding academic year and the most recent academic year for which satisfactory data are available.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H00466E28A470445D990064DACB86476C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For the purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H024A7F2FADC34B89926400623B385C38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Net access price</header><text>The term <term>net access price</term> means the average total price of attendance for full-time undergraduate students, minus the average grants, loans, and work-study provided to such students, for any academic year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47AFE989FD2B476B909F5DE3B85678A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Net tuition price</header><text>The term <term>net tuition price</term> means the average tuition and fees charged to full-time undergraduate students, minus the average grants provided to such students, for any academic year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B01ECCC763B4EF5845C2DD0681D2E34"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sticker price</header><text>The term <term>sticker price</term> means the average tuition and fees charged to full-time undergraduate students by an institution of higher education for any academic year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A8645BFE6614569BFF77F7D833DB646"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Total price of attendance</header><text>The term <term>total price of attendance</term> means the average tuition and fees charged to full-time undergraduate students, as well as the average of the other expenses of such students related to obtaining a higher education, including housing (room and board if the student lives on campus, or rent or related housing costs if the student does not live on campus), books, transportation, for any academic year.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C403F3D5BA34C70A9B2E96BE8755A5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Tuition</header><text>The term <term>tuition</term> means the average price of or payment for actual instruction of full-time undergraduate students at an institution of higher education, for any academic year.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H7EF4CE090FD34C9EA57DF639E7F2658" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pell Plus</header><text>Subpart 1 of part A of title IV is amended by inserting after section 401 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H5229F51460B1486A931413B5403E0205"><enum>401A.</enum><header>Incentives and rewards: Pell Plus</header>
<subsection id="HFE45A9769C314C3B9757B4ABC678001B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rewards for low tuition</header><text>For any institution of higher education that, for academic year 2005–2006 or any succeeding academic year, such institution’s annual net tuition price increase (expressed as a percentage) for the most recent academic year for which satisfactory data is available is equal to or less than the percentage change in the higher education price index for such academic year, the Secretary shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the law, provide such institution an amount sufficient to provide a 25 percent increase under subpart 1 of part A of title IV to each Pell Grant recipient attending such institution for the next award year beginning after the date of such determination. Each such institution shall distribute any amounts received under this subsection among such Pell Grant recipients by increasing the amount of their Pell Grant awards by 25 percent.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBF5666B0D2C240AD94DCCCC087AFBD3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rewards for guaranteed tuition</header>
<paragraph id="H6B9F10969F5D42E188D001BB2FC0CA57"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bonus</header><text>For each institution of higher education that the Secretary of Education determines complies with the requirements of paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Secretary shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the law, provide such institution an amount sufficient to provide a 10 percent increase under subpart 1 of part A of title IV to each Pell Grant recipient attending such institution for the next award year beginning after the date of such determination. Each such institution shall distribute any amounts received under this subsection among such Pell Grant recipients by increasing the amount of their Pell Grant awards by 10 percent.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0F1142AA0224808B56CE5E96528A3EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>4-year institutions</header><text>An institution of higher education that provides a program of instruction for which it awards a bachelor’s degree complies with the requirements of this paragraph if such institution guarantees that for any academic year beginning on or after July 1, 2005, and for each of the 5 succeeding continuous academic years, the net tuition price charged to an undergraduate student will not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4FE743C2BCD44A6AEE1A95C5DDF1BF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount that the student was charged for an academic year at the time he or she first enrolled in the institution of higher education, plus</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF7CD8AD226E4EBBA6D900A95B53448D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the product of the percentage increase in the higher education price index for the prior academic year, or the most recent prior academic year for which data is available, multiplied by the amount determined under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3C78EF2ED9E1481AB14CE4B4BC7EE4D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Less than 4-year institutions</header><text>An institution of higher education that does not provide a program of instruction for which it awards a bachelor’s degree complies with the requirements of this paragraph if such institution guarantees that for any academic year (or the equivalent) beginning on or after July 1, 2005, and for each of the 1.5 succeeding continuous academic years, the net tuition price charged to an undergraduate student will not exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE3FA42F98CE34AF49591FF7E6C71EB13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount that the student was charged for an academic year at the time he or she first enrolled in the institution of higher education, plus</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDAC94C2CC88F4BBB89E0D68C10930803"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the product of the percentage increase in the higher education price index for the prior academic year, or the most recent prior academic year for which data is available, multiplied by the amount determined under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HED9ADBE02D26432C969332E0F757BC13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maintaining affordable tuition</header><text>For any institution of higher education whose increase in the annual net tuition price (expressed as a percentage), for the most recent academic year for which satisfactory data is available, is greater than the percentage increase in the higher education price index for such academic year, the Secretary shall require such institution to submit to the Secretary the following information, within 6 months of such determination:</text>
<paragraph id="H0394A0714A1B4B01A0D5D6AB55670401"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed report on the exact causes for the net tuition price increase that outlines revenues and expenditures; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6E78EDC4CB34EE49B54E2D31E72147C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cost containment strategies to lower net tuition prices.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H65AB2E16165F4261B000E2E86F5018EC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="H9B31D50C6228487E8BA5B96F6DB43349"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Net tuition price</header><text>The term <term>net tuition price</term> has the same meaning as provided in section 133(f).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5923D077FB0B46C18D8B2D6FA732200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Higher education price index</header><text>The term <term>higher education price index</term> means a statistical measure of change over time in the prices of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities through current fund educational and general expenditures (excluding expenditures for research), as developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics pursuant to section 131(c)(4).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H4BD98AC20472468381165EA48BF2EE88" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Articulation agreement demonstration program</header><text>Part G of title IV is amended by inserting after section 486 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1093">20 U.S.C. 1093</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H4A493F46DFF344C4A450585CF63E1287"><enum>486A.</enum><header>Articulation agreement demonstration program</header>
<subsection id="H37CB646042BA4D679CEE06FC12A17DD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose; definition</header>
<paragraph id="H84A8306CECD4452CA2DF8E219E3F59E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It is the purpose of this section to allow demonstration programs that are monitored by the Department of Education to encourage institutions of higher education to enter into articulation agreements or consortia groups, as a means to lower tuition prices to students.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFFF5E65028B0453D8048459D1D84F569"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>articulation agreement</term> means an agreement between institutions of higher education that specifies the acceptability of courses in transfer toward meeting specific degree requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5AF9A41E17CE42C69020AE48AFB600A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Demonstration programs authorized</header>
<paragraph id="HC17322CB0ACF46FEA1FE94E43C316EBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to select institutions of higher education, systems of such institutions, or consortia of such institutions for voluntary participation in an articulation agreement demonstration program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF82A4806B8EA47DD85FB00C11364B271"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible applicants</header>
<subparagraph id="H259657BD771442BA00F2743CEADB33F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible institutions</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), only an institution of higher education that is eligible to participate in programs under this title shall be eligible to participate in the articulation program authorized under this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0315B5960C854384904D46FEE6007071"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>An institution of higher education described in section 102(a)(1)(C) shall not be eligible to participate in the articulation program authorized under this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2AF7509595DD461B0069FE80A491A06"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), an institution of higher education that meets the requirements of subsection (a) of section 102, other than the requirement of paragraph (3)(A) or (3)(B) of such subsection, and that provides a 2-year or 4-year program of instruction for which the institution awards an associate or baccalaureate degree, shall be eligible to participate in the demonstration program authorized under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA4D3AFCCD46E41BBA462E5262340603"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H77498F4BEB664ABC97981F837524053D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each institution, system, or consortium of institutions desiring to participate in a demonstration program under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC4C8F352DAE47A9BFBFAFC0001BEA8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each application shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83590496A0564C69ACB29734D3AA5F00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the institution, system, or consortium’s consultation with a recognized accrediting agency or association with respect to quality assurances for the articulation programs to be offered;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H768C974D7D9943C6B327EDF74B8679B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the articulation program to be offered;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF997A041807C4A92924F9F96C0AA2359"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the students to whom the articulation programs will be offered;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B36DF4E096E47E6AD62B428BA25B9AD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assurance that the institution, system, or consortium will offer full cooperation with the ongoing evaluations of the demonstration program provided for in this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6517D0FAFE8467DBE1D9164CD412521"><enum>(E)</enum><text>such other information as the Secretary may require.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H65B87C2D27604383AF3DADB54649CDD9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection</header>
<paragraph id="H6ABADA11A0494752923206DB8DAE7B8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For the first year of the demonstration program authorized under this section, the Secretary is authorized to select for participation in the program not more than 100 institutions, systems of institutions, or consortia of institutions. For the third year of the demonstration program authorized under this section, the Secretary may select not more than 250 institutions, systems, or consortia, in addition to the institutions, systems, or consortia selected pursuant to the preceding sentence, to participate in the demonstration program if the Secretary determines that such expansion is warranted based on the evaluations conducted in accordance with subsections (f) and (g).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93ECC71E84B545AFA134B5C0F2AFDED8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In selecting institutions to participate in the articulation program in the first or succeeding years of the program, the Secretary shall take into account—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0845BB17183548BCA856C3967B0059D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and quality of applications received;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF48B0485C1F84496BF96F37B913777B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department’s capacity to oversee and monitor each institution’s participation;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8D5853A9B7142778FFACEB0C355523B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an applicant’s—</text>
<clause id="H724B7B37E3854A98B14C1C439DA462BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>financial responsibility;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3FD137E746C94212B9BEBEFEBCA36F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>administrative capability; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC280E50D2545433AAD3E9D621078555F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the need to ensure the participation of a diverse group of institutions with respect to size, mission, and geographic distribution.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B2E8C6DF3CB4BD38C1D5C11E008CFD0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In selecting institutions to participate in the articulation program in the first or succeeding years of the program, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that involve a large number of schools; public and private agreements; innovative technology to help reduce costs; and, multi-state projects.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A10CF60828A4EEF9F48CEA1ABDA1DCA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall make available to the public and to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a list of institutions, systems or consortia selected to participate in the articulation program authorized by this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H13732DEAC77243DD89C2003940EA3679"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluations and reports</header>
<paragraph id="H42D61F3033204FACA013CE1C65C8CDE6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall evaluate the demonstration programs authorized under this section on an annual basis. Such evaluations specifically shall review—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC9CBA0921ECB441E88AAB0750000DF26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to which the institution, system or consortium has met the goals set forth in its application to the Secretary;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22B708AF195C4C6B93ABE95963AFB1C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number and types of institutions participating in the programs offered;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC557AC1379C144C7B5B9C05813192109"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the cost containment strategies pursued and the success of such strategies; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF299298BAC94AFEA6E81DB2B83F67B0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the effective use of technologies to keep college prices low, while maintaining quality.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E5BE3FDDCCD473AA405D3523C6548B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H573407C0204B4A4BB37037123D29065E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within 18 months of the initiation of the demonstration program, the Secretary shall report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives with respect to the evaluations of the demonstration programs authorized under this section.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12C93DF6C6A84F4B84AEB83C321301B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional reports</header><text>The Secretary shall provide additional reports to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives on an annual basis regarding—</text>
<clause id="HFB8223CFCA374A4B9B835283FDA2C03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the demonstration programs authorized under this section; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB93B67C48EB34BF2A8092715D408556E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>best practices to contain college costs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H6015803F61D24AF0A93EC1B6EDBAF905" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance</header><text>Section 491(j) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1098">20 U.S.C. 1098(j)</external-xref>) is amended</text>
<paragraph id="H62F30F9D2EF648728C53EA70594563D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (4);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB17FB7AEB7D4C0CA9C4A3F02D627B52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14F0C22631E747A9842E56AC68A1F772"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H07420ADF1EB649B2BF845EB0FD3285BE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>convene a task force of experts, to be representative of the key constituents in higher education—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A9378FD6F534AC49E1D6247776CAAD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to determine the best methods to finance higher education in the long-term;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8341C5AD758045AEBDDF98C87FA206A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to help public institutions utilize long-term budgeting to plan for the future;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD358E78044DC419396B9D86F6D53BF03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to review the trends of financing of higher education;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6676525B569C4D3F8FA8AD03DB3C2EFD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to define the role played by the States, the Federal Government, families, and outside entities in financing higher education, and determine the best methods to strengthen this partnership.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> </section>
<section id="HEECF46BCFC644C4200F50600C3AE3F17"><enum>103.</enum><header>Elimination of loan fees to borrowers</header>
<subsection id="HB50E909AE0424E4A90BCAD06E66D562D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal family education loan program</header><text>Section 438(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1">20 U.S.C. 1087–1(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H58874B7416AD42CB80B03DE2F7BEB1F"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Origination fees terminated</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, with respect to any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this part on or after the first July 1 after the date of enactment of the <short-title>College Opportunity for All Act</short-title>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53BF2CF8DE4A414CAF6BECB0ADDF027E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no eligible lender may collect directly or indirectly from any borrower any origination fee with respect to such loan, or any other fee relating to the origination of a loan however described; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB26C58C139244CEB2F10DED087C5D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary shall not collect any origination fee from the lender under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HD1DD3C4D6BA045609848F6C5FB548433"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal Direct Loan program</header>
<paragraph id="HA48E107B139B4E9A95775B4BDF1D4BC5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 455(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e">20 U.S.C. 1087e(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HBD29BE61358642C1AB89FAE2CF84E6E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Loan fee</header><text>The Secretary shall not collect directly or indirectly from any borrower any origination fee with respect to such loan, or any other fee relating to the origination of a loan however described.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H32BF7292511E4CF48B737D80BE00B581"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by <internal-xref idref="HA48E107B139B4E9A95775B4BDF1D4BC5" legis-path="103.(b)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> shall apply with respect to any loan made under part D of title IV on an after the first July 1 after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H6C71FD511A9F469F8440E3E8EDE1D58"><enum>104.</enum><header>Authority to refinance consolidation loans</header>
<subsection id="H73DF1E0D476E48819FBCE7F7E679F6FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consolidation loan refinancing</header>
<paragraph id="HD44D8596A9CD482A96B349600E8A7BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>FFEL consolidation loans</header><text>Section 428C(a)(3)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-3">20 U.S.C. 1078–3(a)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H4CF98CBBC54949ABAEDAA04D6DFB904" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding clause (i) of this subparagraph, a borrower of a consolidation loan on which the interest is established at a fixed rate under section 427A, 428C(c), or 455 may obtain a subsequent consolidation loan for the purposes of refinancing such earlier consolidation loan at a fixed or variable rate under section 427A(l)(3) or 455(b)(7)(C) if the interest rate on such earlier consolidation loan exceeds the sum of 3.3 percent and the average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned for the previous calendar quarter.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD98F11B1EF0146F59BC700CE49D16F87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Parallel terms for Federal Direct Consolidation Loans</header><text>Section 455(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e">20 U.S.C. 1087e(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59B18F1BBB284AE390861546A1FEAC69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>428C,</quote> after <quote>428B,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H789016DA4AAE48119900FB5E2019BBCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HE077821994CF48A18C71C23F009863FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text></clause>
<clause id="H602928E14E98415EB7AE4F7DB6C82D18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HE48E03716AF1440C8EC46D0712E30709"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HA6B9F650EF694AB09F023F464C35B9C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 428C shall be know as <quote>Federal Direct Consolidation Loans</quote>.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H582830FD587D46A8B3F16994BE15CACA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consolidation loan interest rates</header>
<paragraph id="H0E95178671794997843BCA2C118C6CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>FFEL loans</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 427A(<italic>l</italic>) (20 U.S.C. 1077a(<italic>l</italic>)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HECE9AE6FBFE24BCB861201742D457F00"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consolidation loans</header>
<subparagraph id="HB0C015F92A5449D694CCFEC6D9442E27"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Borrower election</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any consolidation loan under section 428C for which the application is received by an eligible lender on or after July 1, 2006 (including an application for a subsequent consolidation loan under section 428C(a)(3)(B)(ii)), the applicable rate of interest shall, at the election of the borrower at the time of application for the loan, be either at the rate determined under subparagraph (B) or the rate determined under subparagraph (C).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56073DBC1C15404A8120FB58BF5E7F8F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Variable rate</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (D), the rate determined under this subparagraph shall, during any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, be determined on the preceding June 1 and be equal, for such 12-month period, to—</text>
<clause id="HCB12F4D07A6B44EABD2BA05D9E36C5CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the bond equivalent rate of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1; plus</text></clause>
<clause id="H19E5B801FA4B4E91A858846391855856"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2.3 percent,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">except that such rate shall not exceed 6.8 percent.</continuation-text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01B243A37DE845A3B756129DA820E2C0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Fixed rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (D), the rate determined under this subparagraph shall be determined on the date on which the obligation to repay the loan is signed, and be equal, for the duration of the term of the loan, to the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="HD964239DD1E749BEB800E65F4400E82F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the weighted average of the interest rates on the loans consolidated, rounded to the nearest higher one-eighth of 1 percent; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HDA612A7E194F4CA595617ED6DBDCE83"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>6.8 percent.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H73E38CB4C0144F8E802C8045407B41CF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consolidation of plus loans</header><text>In the case of any such consolidation loan that is used to repay loans each of which was made under section 428B or was a Federal Direct PLUS Loan (or both), the rates determined under subparagraphs (B) and (C) shall be determined—</text>
<clause id="HF67F7AFAC97F4380B3CD98FD03D05E9E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>3.1 percent</quote> for <quote>2.3 percent</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H79975C66AB664F1DBECE7C17E8E8BFC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>7.9 percent</quote> for <quote>6.8 percent</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2ECD0D6840CB4E359B603BF900137277"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Direct loans</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of section 455(b)(7) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e">20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(7)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H879EF26061D1479CBBAA9FAF80E100F1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consolidation loans</header>
<clause id="H5F8E664EC1284E6D9C03A155FB7368CB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Borrower election</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any consolidation loan under section 428C for which the application is received by an eligible lender on or after July 1, 2006 (including an application for a subsequent consolidation loan under section 428C(a)(3)(B)(ii)), the applicable rate of interest shall, at the election of the borrower at the time of application for the loan, be either at the rate determined under clause (ii) or the rate determined under clause (iii).</text></clause>
<clause id="H77F28F00C67C4F4CB12BE7DD46C95FAA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Variable rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (iv), the rate determined under this subparagraph shall, during any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, be determined on the preceding June 1 and be equal, for such 12-month period, to—</text>
<subclause id="HE5648FD31169470B93AB668C89FB9100"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the bond equivalent rate of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1; plus</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD613BA68740F4755AD2C144EAAA07B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>2.3 percent,</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">except that such rate shall not exceed 6.8 percent.</continuation-text></clause>
<clause id="H0873FD35281D4E48B78F116400C2CF43"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Fixed rate</header><text>Except as provided in <internal-xref idref="H21482610833949DAB7473647D7E54193" legis-path="(C)(iv)">clause (iv)</internal-xref>, the rate determined under this subparagraph shall be determined on the date on which the obligation to repay the loan is signed, and be equal, for the duration of the term of the loan, to the lesser of—</text>
<subclause id="H58D1CD3F8E034AD9AE5BEB00E654B93" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the weighted average of the interest rates on the loans consolidated, rounded to the nearest higher one-eighth of 1 percent; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H5546059ABF7942FC9281BC10AB7F8F49" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text>6.8 percent.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H21482610833949DAB7473647D7E54193"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Consolidation of plus loans</header><text>In the case of any such Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that is used to repay loans each of which was made under section 428B or was a Federal Direct PLUS Loan, the rates determined under clauses (ii) and (iii) shall be determined—</text>
<subclause id="H4D189BC54F2D4552950170BBC3B7FD14"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>3.1 percent</quote> for <quote>2.3 percent</quote> in clause (ii)(II); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8DFE56267F774CC7AD2E091FA1DC1D28"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>7.9 percent</quote> for <quote>6.8 percent</quote> each place it appears.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H599DF7D5497B43D3BD50B2C7E4B182AF"><enum>105.</enum><header>Providing low cost loans</header>
<subsection id="H402B8D5E0EED4AE7966700000177A383"><enum>(a)</enum><header>FFEL interest rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 427A(<italic>l</italic>) (20 U.S.C. 1077a(<italic>l</italic>)) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H39D1A2AFDF844290935C52E8C4E9C0CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) (as amended by <internal-xref idref="H0E95178671794997843BCA2C118C6CA" legis-path="104.(b)(1)">section 104(b)(1)</internal-xref>) as paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12E6758A730646DFAD9FB2189069006D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: </text>
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<paragraph id="H9A354DD0BE6A411AA74567865DE9D2E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (h), but subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, with respect to any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this part (other than a loan made pursuant to section 428B or 428C) for which the first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2006, the applicable rate of interest shall, during any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, be determined on the preceding June 1 and be equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEEC2448DC59443D58C1D5C2B677C2E71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the bond equivalent rate of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1; plus</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D1CDDE11D3646C099B6008FC4C9F315"><enum>(B)</enum><text>2.3 percent,</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">except that such rate shall not exceed 6.8 percent.</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57D4E89B200549808BFA07766D39B5BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In school and grace period rules</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (h), with respect to any loan under this part (other than a loan made pursuant to section 428B or 428C) for which the first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2006, the applicable rate of interest for interest which accrues—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B818791FF6145768CDD613990B2B34E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prior to the beginning of the repayment period of the loan; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H78165BD5FA3549EC9C59446316A3D69B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>during the period in which principal need not be paid (whether or not such principal is in fact paid) by reason of a provision described in section 427(a)(2)(C) or 428(b)(1)(M),</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be determined under paragraph (1) by substituting <quote>1.7 percent</quote> for <quote>2.3 percent</quote>.</continuation-text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC717462E5D3D4F98AF6B7800989DD46E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plus loans</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (h), with respect to any loan under section 428B for which the first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2006, the applicable rate of interest shall be determined under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H64711F4809034545880015E316DB6F14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>3.1 percent</quote> for <quote>2.3 percent</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0161CAEB0DA645590000D9CD7B739C76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>7.9 percent</quote> for <quote>6.8 percent</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2973880762D84936A6AC813CD9B30914"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Direct loans</header><text>Section 455(b)(7) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087e">20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(7)</external-xref>) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDD0D35E8F5E04F45A91377F5B6008FFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) (as amended by <internal-xref idref="H2ECD0D6840CB4E359B603BF900137277" legis-path="104.(b)(2)">section 104(b)(2)</internal-xref>) as subparagraph (D); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83A6907366604D9C92CC211FB1B4D22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HA7A8DAA8B6074C9697DBB8305556CE52"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Rates for fdsl and fdusl</header><text>Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, for Federal Direct Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans for which the first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2006, the applicable rate of interest shall, during any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, be determined on the preceding June 1 and be equal to—</text>
<clause id="HD514C74EDA844019AB9212D28CA6829B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the bond equivalent rate of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1; plus</text></clause>
<clause id="H192A0FFCC7374724A8B655B428A0DB7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>2.3 percent,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">except that such rate shall not exceed 6.8 percent.</continuation-text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8BB6103CE6D2466C9341B243C55159B9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>In school and grace period rules</header><text>Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, with respect to any Federal Direct Stafford Loan or Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan for which the first disbursement is made on or after July 1, 2006, the applicable rate of interest for interest which accrues—</text>
<clause id="H33C45E2D5E544E81BE80876768CD401C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prior to the beginning of the repayment period of the loan; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HA2EEE7C7A3304962003167B901097C22"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>during the period in which principal need not be paid (whether or not such principal is in fact paid) by reason of a provision described in section 428(b)(1)(M) or 427(a)(2)(C),</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">shall be determined under subparagraph (A) by substituting <quote>1.7 percent</quote> for <quote>2.3 percent</quote>.</continuation-text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H126D275C875B4F03AE10CF4E4AD0658"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Plus loans</header><text>Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, with respect to Federal Direct PLUS Loan for which the first disbursement is made on or after October 1, 1998, and before July 1, 2006, the applicable rate of interest shall be determined under subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HEE3CF147FD2C42A7808BDF245B000069"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>3.1 percent</quote> for <quote>2.3 percent</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H6687DFE5986E4763B6D5A82FA8A645F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>7.9 percent</quote> for <quote>6.8 percent</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H3816364394EC462B837754FB9EC76066"><enum>106.</enum><header>Recapture of excess interest</header>
<subsection id="H2E41F75FE413493F9496E51DE8355A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Subparagraph (I) of section 438(b)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1">20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after clause (vii) the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H17B26924000041A58900F5635243C724"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Recapture of excess interest</header>
<subclause id="HE932324F02594A5C89FE639F8B95E8B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Excess credited</header><text>With respect to a loan on which the applicable interest rate is determined under subsection (<italic>l</italic>) of section 427A and for which the first disbursement of principal is made on or after July 1, 2006, if the applicable interest rate for any 3-month period exceeds the special allowance rate applicable to such loan under this subparagraph for such period, then an adjustment shall be made by calculating the excess interest in the amount computed under <internal-xref idref="H7D325A3182BB41D18F32441954F6D2DD" legis-path="(v)(II)">subclause (II) of this clause</internal-xref>, and by crediting the excess interest to the Government not less often than annually.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H7D325A3182BB41D18F32441954F6D2DD"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Calculation of excess</header><text>The amount of any adjustment of interest on a loan to be made under this subsection for any quarter shall be equal to—</text>
<item id="H2CB14A0E87E147B482BBA6BA2EDE21E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the applicable interest rate minus the special allowance rate determined under this subparagraph; multiplied by</text></item>
<item id="H304314A209C645F1BC2005CA7C055FD"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the average daily principal balance of the loan (not including unearned interest added to principal) during such calendar quarter; divided by</text></item>
<item id="H45004DB9E1214AEF8C24FCB1234C624E"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>four.</text></item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H971698417BC94F6F9889C7C99926C806"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall not apply with respect to any special allowance payment made under section 438 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1087–1) before July 1, 2006.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA6ACC5172E45453B8169A5E0D8659100" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>107.</enum><header>Termination of excessive allowances</header>
<subsection id="H894C6308AE804DCD891D83A2BA32C558"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 438(b)(2)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1">20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking clause (v) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="H16BF3C3E89D04A578559B9A6764369B6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>This subparagraph shall not apply to—</text>
<subclause id="H8E70C3889BA849FF8DA8DD2A600EAA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any loan made or purchased after the date of enactment of the <short-title>College Opportunity for All Act</short-title>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H49D8698BF0D345BCABAABFB088EBC970"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any loan that had not qualified before such date of enactment for receipt of a special allowance payment determined under this subparagraph; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H9AF72340DE5546FB96895FFE057D09BF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any loan made or purchased before such date of enactment with funds described in the first or second sentence of clause (i) if—</text>
<item id="HFD98AD91E2A94628AADC3B2717C56D1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the obligation described in the first such sentence has, after such date of enactment, matured, or been retired or defeased; or</text></item>
<item id="H3B28D6B946E740E78094033DA474B58"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the maturity date or the date of retirement of the obligation described in the first such sentence has, after such date of enactment, been extended.</text></item></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H07E01AD4F07F45FC98958D34DDAA2704"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Continuing audits of prior claims</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department of Education shall conduct an audit of each holder of student loans who, at any time after September 30, 1993, submitted claims for special allowance payments under subparagraph (B) of section 438(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1">20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>), with respect to the claims made pursuant to such subparagraph. In conducting such audit, the Inspector General shall use the methodology used in preparing the audit report on special allowance payments issued in May 2005 (ED–OIG/A05E0017).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H9A4569A23FC648BAB155EF4D4F460255"><enum>108.</enum><header>Public service scholarships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 428K (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-11">20 U.S.C. 1078–11</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H36C37E2DF0BE423EB8974D47D675A98"><enum>428K.</enum><header>Loan forgiveness for public service employees</header>
<subsection id="HFE9AB7AB9CAA4C8CBAE088B42FBFEF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph id="HAFFF4FBD30A04413873BFE8764CEF981"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reduce the burden of student debt, particularly for Americans who dedicate their careers to meeting certain urgent national needs; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40185D3BCAA94DE290E482956C2EC54F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to attract more excellent individuals into important public service careers.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7E02268833A649F8B3194E60AC5215C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Loan forgiveness</header>
<paragraph id="H832AEDD7EFAB41C0AF00FAB6607E7C93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall assume the obligation to repay, pursuant to subsection (c), a loan made under section 428 or 428H, a Federal Direct Stafford Loan or Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, or a Federal Perkins Loan for any new borrower after the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB1EA703FF53D41F8AB35C2006448E588"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is employed full time in a qualified public service position described in <internal-xref idref="H9B919E9858434E72AF37CCD781854388" legis-path="428K.(b)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA8D231325574799BAE07C3ECBD000B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not in default on a loan for which the borrower seeks forgiveness.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B919E9858434E72AF37CCD781854388"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified public service positions</header><text>For purposes of this section, an individual shall be treated as employed in a qualified public service position if the individual is any of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C92944CA22A4480BAECFC38D584AB1F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Highly qualified teachers in low-income communities and of mathematics, science, and bilingual and special education</header><text>An individual who—</text>
<clause id="H41D2FF9EF24B4F26935815ADBADFFDBE"><enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause id="H0D4A03E1712A4028AF55803182640308" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is a public school teacher who is highly qualified as such term is defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H77E99941E72D42C3989065A92D8229C9" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is a teacher who has obtained employment in a nonprofit private elementary or secondary school who holds at least a bachelors degree and—</text>
<item id="H176FA5DC932849E69B5C982DBCAA44"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>has demonstrated subject knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and other areas of the basic elementary school curriculum if such teacher is an elementary teacher; and</text></item>
<item id="H5B63088D59FD4BB10087B2EAA6DEFB7C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>has demonstrated a high level of competency in each of the academic subjects in which the teacher teaches if such teacher is a secondary school teacher; and</text></item></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H7A227D0FAE71455D928042AAD01F848D"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB7466E35EE5D48CBA2309CC0706614F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has obtained employment as a teacher for service in a public or nonprofit private elementary or secondary school which is in the school district of a local educational agency which is eligible in such year for assistance pursuant to title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>, and which for the purpose of this paragraph and for that year has been determined by the Secretary (pursuant to regulations and after consultation with the State educational agency of the State in which the school is located) to be a school in which the enrollment of children counted under section 1113(a)(5) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> exceeds 40 percent of the total enrollment of that school; or</text></subclause>
<subclause indent="up1" id="H2EC451563B0B4CE8A2F94800303E56AB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has obtained employment as a full-time teacher of mathematics, science, or bilingual or special education.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H51D46C7C44914910B3EDD126BABF85C0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Early childhood educators</header><text>An individual who—</text>
<clause id="H24EB466ADE704E68B313511E26050597"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has received a degree in early childhood education; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBE508785CA9C4D11B0DFEBA3EE228900"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has obtained employment in a child care facility, such as employment as a preschool teacher, in a low-income community.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCE618258517417AB8D4ED9C52FDB1B5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Nurses</header><text>An individual who has obtained employment—</text>
<clause id="H3C11ED6EAA0047E4A507A17D9457193D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in a clinical setting; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H01B18548C6F64C80A5AABA063300B17C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as a member of the nursing faculty at an accredited school of nursing (as those terms are defined in section 801 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/296">42 U.S.C. 296</external-xref>)).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01223A3FA67646E297C10884F642A778"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Child welfare workers</header><text>An individual who—</text>
<clause id="H6D18AF8C4B954179ABA7C86FE1561EB8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has completed a degree in social work or related field with a focus on serving children and families (as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H41BC98561D7448579DB7D855AD355E36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has obtained employment in public or private child welfare services.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA523C5E9DBB64ABD8FC525B100C34E6F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Nutrition professionals</header><text>An individual who—</text>
<clause id="HB0B902D2D520461595D1396E62B7058F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is a certified registered dietician who has completed a degree in a relevant field; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H13C91C4E80D8456FAFE35F62B2D5726D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has obtained employment in a local agency of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children under section 17 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CNA66">Child Nutrition Act of 1966</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1786">42 U.S.C. 1786</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BF405F5770A45AFBE51205EF09C4F41"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Infant and toddler specialists</header><text>An individual who—</text>
<clause id="H6577C9CDF8354B9B968740E63414B67E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has obtained an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in a discipline that would qualify the individual to work in the program under part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in the State in which such individual resides; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HD22CC65944414D0DBCFED0E865190237"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has obtained employment in an occupation that is directly related to such degree and that (I) provides services to infants, toddlers, and their families under an individualized family service plan under section 636 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1436">20 U.S.C. 1436</external-xref>) or an individualized education plan under section 614(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1414">20 U.S.C. 1414(d)</external-xref>); or (II) provides training or technical assistance to providers of such services.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA447A8A1DA3488EBDD1B6330856666D"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Reading specialists</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who is employed as an elementary or secondary school teacher who primarily teaches reading and who—</text>
<clause id="HEFD53AD9FD724494B53D854029D30356"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has obtained a separate reading instruction credential from the State in which the teacher is employed; and </text></clause>
<clause id="H21F93C07979F40A48EE2EEB810DE9893"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who is certified by the chief administrative officer of the public or nonprofit private elementary or secondary school in which the borrower is employed to teach reading—</text>
<subclause id="HC651B7C24022419BBA92C320EB420027"><enum>(I)</enum><text>as being proficient in teaching the essential components of reading instruction as defined in section 1208 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and </text></subclause>
<subclause id="HA903D6B8187B40A880628B8CE0E61325"><enum>(II)</enum><text>as having such credential.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB06BACCE395840789945C76DB28E6754"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Additional public servants</header><text>An individual who, as determined by the Secretary of Education by regulation—</text>
<clause id="HD17BFD1B2C8E4367BBB28E83FE792BB3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>works in a public service profession that suffers from a critical lack of qualified personnel;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB07C838D689541389C23368C292CA23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serves a low-income or needy community; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8933938E18C94675A600634EE2F639BB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is highly qualified.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE0FFB114A2E84D7189FFB9D710E0A542"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Loan repayment</header>
<paragraph id="H35517D6EC57C4D0898C5CBEBDB7348B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall assume the obligation to repay—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29D6AB3492C44C35B04BFA4516E5335"><enum>(A)</enum><text>after each of the first or second years of service by an individual in a qualified public service position, 15 percent of the total amount of principal and interest of the loans described in <internal-xref idref="H832AEDD7EFAB41C0AF00FAB6607E7C93" legis-path="428K.(b)(1)">subsection (b)(1)</internal-xref> to such individual that are outstanding immediately preceding such first year of such service;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H767F4DD0C48443768BBCDFB6D64B42B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after each of the third or fourth years of such service, 20 percent of such total amount; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F6283632FF040A89B85AB9B69A975E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>after the fifth year of such service, 30 percent of such total amount.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF4BD71AD385A4882866BC2BB677E68A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Total obligation</header><text>The Secretary shall repay for an individual under this section not more than $20,000 in the aggregate of the loan obligation on loans described in <internal-xref idref="H832AEDD7EFAB41C0AF00FAB6607E7C93" legis-path="428K.(b)(1)">subsection (b)(1)</internal-xref>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H858086B3B7CF46228F45980089C648B2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of consolidation loans</header><text>A loan amount for a loan made under section 428C or for a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan may be a qualified loan amount for the purposes of this subsection only to the extent that such loan amount was used to repay a loan described in <internal-xref idref="H832AEDD7EFAB41C0AF00FAB6607E7C93" legis-path="428K.(b)(1)">subsection (b)(1)</internal-xref> for a borrower who meets the requirements of <internal-xref idref="H7E02268833A649F8B3194E60AC5215C" legis-path="428K.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73B9C0B4383642E0BF884FB1D78DCC91"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the refunding of any repayment of a loan made under section 428 or 428H, a Federal Direct Stafford Loan or Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Loan, or a Federal Perkins Loan.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE09C809925B34603ADD8BBEF4820CCA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Interest</header><text>If a portion of a loan is repaid by the Secretary under this section for any year, the proportionate amount of interest on such loan that accrues for such year shall be repaid by the Secretary.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E2CEC4A06C24EE884E8B42D7B429BA7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Ineligibility of National service award recipients</header><text>No student borrower may, for the same service, receive a benefit under both this section and subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12601">42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DB1972E9FB146B5A4AC85C67E99BCAB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Ineligibility for double benefits</header><text>No borrower may receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this section and section 428J or 460.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9B4222D4C42472D99FE4F09D5E0897D"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Continued eligibility</header>
<subparagraph id="H4F6A0592C85F4A58B82D18C77D3B4C22"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Teachers</header><text>Any teacher who performs service in a school that—</text>
<clause id="H3CFB802E505043DF8DAB09891B43F071"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the requirements of <internal-xref idref="HB7466E35EE5D48CBA2309CC0706614F" legis-path="428K.(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)">subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)</internal-xref> in any year during such service; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HBC26C43B9CDF42F7B82E91A2F305A23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a subsequent year fails to meet the requirements of such subsection,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">may continue to teach in such school and shall be eligible for loan forgiveness pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H7E02268833A649F8B3194E60AC5215C" legis-path="428K.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>.</continuation-text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H67089E7D636849BDA1D07BB98B8688C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Teachers in low-income communities</header><text>Any early childhood educator who performs service in a community that—</text>
<clause id="HAE51B8B363264EBF916E852D942C139B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the definition of low-income community in any year during such service; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4C1A4EA28E4149938C266CF918602E59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a subsequent year fails to meet such definition,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">may continue to perform service in such community and shall be eligible for loan forgiveness pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H7E02268833A649F8B3194E60AC5215C" legis-path="428K.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBB34B9B3197041009985C3E0020F713"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repayment to eligible lenders and holders</header><text>The Secretary shall pay to each eligible lender or holder for each fiscal year an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the lender’s or holder’s loans that are subject to repayment pursuant to this section for such year.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE7E0D6DF7CB144EF947B5108647188AE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application for repayment</header>
<paragraph id="HA962369B06894C5086FF91B44352769"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each eligible individual desiring loan repayment under this section shall submit a complete and accurate application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H114A9CEE958A45E18FBE306D5F187BA1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>An eligible individual may apply for loan repayment under this section after completing each of the consecutive years of qualifying service described in <internal-xref idref="H35517D6EC57C4D0898C5CBEBDB7348B" legis-path="428K.(c)(1)">subsection (c)(1)</internal-xref>. The borrower may elect to receive forbearance while engaged in qualifying service described in <internal-xref idref="H35517D6EC57C4D0898C5CBEBDB7348B" legis-path="428K.(c)(1)">subsection (c)(1)</internal-xref> unless the borrower is in deferment while so engaged.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39718BC6D84A4337ABDC7E5C98FBEC50"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice concerning eligibility for application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall notify education agencies and other public agencies of the benefits available under this section, and encourage such agencies to notify individuals in eligible public service positions of such benefits.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9A47048D7897467D813749C71555BB12"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall require the Secretary to actively inform individuals eligible for the provisions of this section of the loan forgiveness described under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H10986CE3EEE24FEE9DD4FF2137DDEDE7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HF4D16F558D624B72B111B1D5F8B13D00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Child care facility</header><text>The term <term>child care facility</term> means a facility, including a home, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4ED674FBC14E4CFE002DA07C04647350"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides child care services; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC3A16AC595CD4551B961F922E5829471"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets applicable State or local government licensing, certification, approval, or registration requirements, if any.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4207C4B5FC8345BFA7F9B31BECF28FBB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Child care services</header><text>The term <term>child care services</term> means activities and services provided for the education and care of children from birth through age 5 by an individual who has a degree in early childhood education, including a preschool teacher.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H82F01C2DF8E74370A360CCB17BE240BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Child welfare services</header><text>The term <term>child welfare services</term> has the meaning given the term in section 425 of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83DEF69547B9474CB2B4001E5E6F98A8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Degree</header><text>The term <term>degree</term> means an associate’s or bachelor’s degree awarded by an institution of higher education.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8BF2FE34A214DDC96BB19CDCF6E6852"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Early childhood education</header><text>The term <term>early childhood education</term> means education in the area of early child development and education, child care, or any other educational area related to early child education or child care that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE812951A4AED47D6BAC3123838C65B56"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Eligible nurse</header><text>The term <term>eligible nurse</term> means a nurse who meets all of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H59C38EDCC1AF40638F9303A2B8D814D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The nurse graduated from—</text>
<clause id="H468AEA058A9F402883B612E10005B14"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an accredited school of nursing (as those terms are defined in section 801 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/296">42 U.S.C. 296</external-xref>));</text></clause>
<clause id="H370BE9C135D941D700297001C3C10939"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a nursing center; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HACE982E0E6754E5B977C4B2566CBF800"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an academic health center that provides nurse training.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H449C564823EC468DA75465D033595D08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The nurse holds a valid and unrestricted license to practice nursing in the State in which the nurse practices in a clinical setting.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B041ADD169743BAA9D6CDCE85E2AB54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The nurse holds 1 or more of the following:</text>
<clause id="HF78F889BF04F45D2A653D6D85C3D6716"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A graduate degree in nursing, or an equivalent degree.</text></clause>
<clause id="H040FBE542B094A93BB4976E27BF0CAB5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A nursing degree from a collegiate school of nursing (as defined in section 801 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/296">42 U.S.C. 296</external-xref>)).</text></clause>
<clause id="HC91D9980FCCF44738D39B3FC577F6C5B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A nursing degree from an associate degree school of nursing (as defined in section 801 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/296">42 U.S.C. 296</external-xref>)).</text></clause>
<clause id="H08F45F01FBA64967B801992963A04B9B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A nursing degree from a diploma school of nursing (as defined in section 801 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/296">42 U.S.C. 296</external-xref>)).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2D432B71FFA4023A1F0009B00C451DB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Eligible preschool program provider</header><text>The term <term>eligible preschool program provider</term> means a preschool program provider serving children younger than the age of compulsory school attendance that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC0AA61C4B7484515B26700563FD2BD72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a public or private school;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54BE94C28A404BDF81F4BC89950071E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a provider that is supported, sponsored, supervised, or administered by a local educational agency;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CC8D9AFB66E45D48F23513495ECAC59"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a Head Start agency designated under the <act-name parsable-cite="HSA">Head Start Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0622FA8D1A514A71B038255C744475A3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a nonprofit or community-based organization; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2113C86BE0774EB48736B518F0F2ECC7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a licensed child care center or family child care provider.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H466BCDAF947148FDBCFCD0062517F2B"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Low-income community</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>low-income community</term> means a community in which 70 percent of households earn less than 85 percent of the State median household income.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H461A81CDDB69446D9B43B17B40B5F846"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Preschool teacher</header><text>The term <term>preschool teacher</term> means an individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB7AF2A8B699E46F9BA634169AB108FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who has received at least an associate’s degree in early childhood education and who is working toward or who has already received a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18A9C53FE8EE40AE85E5B0C984F458E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who works for an eligible preschool program provider supporting the children’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development to prepare the children for the transition to kindergarten.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE39264DA6801420390143B3DCCB913B0"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Year</header><text>The term <term>year</term>, where applied to service as a teacher (or service as a member of an accredited school of nursing (as those terms are defined in section 801 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/296">42 U.S.C. 296</external-xref>))), means an academic year as defined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H5B95FA65423442508C1219CB7B8076E8" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>109.</enum><header>Significantly simplifying the student aid application process</header>
<subsection id="H485667A2609D4FACAC479F79E768B10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expanding the auto-zero and further simplifying the simplified needs test</header>
<paragraph id="H97EF88A28DBF480E9D84B1A93D81007E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Simplified needs test</header><text>Section 479 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087ss">20 U.S.C. 1087ss</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDCB196CCCF74E259CD274A9BD453800"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="H9406B54B4E05439B8813599933995249"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subclause id="HBCD2281D2350443EAC98DEE0B7E02DF5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) of subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3C08BB4D4769417082F4BF9CF8A91C00" style="OLC">
<clause id="H351B304A716440D987DEB1F2BB7893D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the student’s parents—</text>
<subclause id="HBEC633DC9652488BA73300C11900A139"><enum>(I)</enum><text>file, or are eligible to file, a form described in paragraph (3); or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H37924B4153D74DBCA73CA1DC5B1596FA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>certify that they are not required to file an income tax return; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFFA4F882659543618757B9EFEDCFE8CB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>or the student received benefits at some time during the previous 12-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program as defined under subsection (d); and</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause>
<subclause id="HF47988FCA49A4CFBA84DB23B8DF99605"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) of subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6AC7BF10B1804A308CB2AB5681D7D4F3" style="OLC">
<clause id="H30A4ACA292DB4EBDBADCA746A4A046AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the student (and the student’s spouse, if any)—</text>
<subclause id="HFAE5936149C143A4B273D1AF27170212"><enum>(I)</enum><text>files, or is eligible to file, a form described in paragraph (3); or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H46C3DC27623B4A4700C143497B937D69"><enum>(II)</enum><text>certifies that the student (and the student’s spouse, if any) is not required to file an income tax return; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD52BCF1DDD2244DF83EA8682BD03446B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>received benefits at some time during the previous 12-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program as defined under subsection (d); and</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HB620B6599B3746AD8C8BD9C711FDB93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>A student or family files a form described in this subsection, or subsection (c), as the case may be, if the student or family, respectively, files</quote> and inserting <quote>In the case of an independent student, the student, or in the case of a dependent student, the parent, files a form described in this subsection, or subsection (c), as the case may be, if the student or parent, as appropriate, files</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56A5B0B50F8C4DAB80A65D00078FB5DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause id="H3FC8458944A14D108EC219142906137"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF1A2EFA9208942A6892574E7FB46E2F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4D4373357E304D13B100A797DBD9A5D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the student’s parents—</text>
<clause id="H4CD40354B25C46C20033E0AEF36EB18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>file, or are eligible to file, a form described in subsection (b)(3); or</text></clause>
<clause id="HEDDC37DDBB9344BE8611D99699E104F6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>certify that they are not required to file an income tax return; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H9FC1CBEDD31E42C0860078148E7430DF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>or the student received benefits at some time during the previous 12-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program as defined under subsection (d); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBDB27A290624151AF28132F39D8F6D8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sum of the adjusted gross income of the parents is less than or equal to $25,000; or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HB7C9ADD21BFE49F5A8C3927100816220"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H362296A7A11A44640086DED7A34DCB09" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCAE34FEB234C4650BFD97DA811AF54AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the student (and the student’s spouse, if any)—</text>
<clause id="HBD0431399AA2404E9FD3DE1BE2DEC44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>files, or is eligible to file, a form described in subsection (b)(3); or</text></clause>
<clause id="H76C6F707F841443D9300F33B75419697"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>certifies that the student (and the student’s spouse, if any) is not required to file an income tax return; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H16041E11DFDE47338E4EAC36AD1C01F4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>received benefits at some time during the previous 12-month period under a means-tested Federal benefit program as defined under subsection (d); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD90D51C4ABD0425E00B060738DDD0425" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sum of the adjusted gross income of the student and spouse (if appropriate) is less than or equal to $25,000.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="H117F79EA3BED42ED9E29207DDBFA3900"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after the last sentence of such subsection the following: <quote>The Secretary shall annually adjust the income level necessary to qualify an applicant for the zero expected family contribution under this subsection. The income level shall be adjusted according to increases in the Consumer Price Index, as specified in section 478(f).</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D16F14DA0164F249BB76AA06D641B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="H242DB713698F4A328DB8CF7462544B84" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2BBC121A3B754440AD41B280A7944644"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Means-tested federal benefit program</header><text>For the purposes of this section, the term <term>means-tested Federal benefit program</term> means a mandatory spending program of the Federal Government in which eligibility for the program’s benefits, or the amount of such benefits, or both, are determined on the basis of income or resources of the individual or family seeking the benefit, and includes the supplemental security income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, the food stamp program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, the free and reduced price school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the temporary assistance to needy families program established under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, and the women, infants and children program established under Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAB2DA89E7937486AB2AD98C396ADFAE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall regularly evaluate the impact of the eligibility guidelines in subsections (b)(1)(A)(i), (b)(1)(B)(i), (c)(1)(A) and (c)(2)(A) of this section. In particular, the Secretary shall evaluate whether the means-tested Federal benefit programs (as defined by <internal-xref idref="H2BBC121A3B754440AD41B280A7944644" legis-path="(d)">subsection (d)</internal-xref>) ensure that the Simplified Needs Test continues to be targeted to the maximum number of low- and moderate-income students.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1B3CCBD0245246AAA3622B6C33022E7B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Improvements to paper and electronic forms</header>
<paragraph id="HD5AC6828156E4C6C93591317EBB5541F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Common financial aid form development and processing</header><text>Section 483 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1090">20 U.S.C. 1090</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A45B715431246149E32F2B8438FCDDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause id="HE06F0FA73EC94ED298CD0013C900BF3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (5);</text></clause>
<clause id="HDA72D85851D9454389FAF556CECC2BBB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (6), and (7), as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (12), respectively;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2099A939AA2E4FFA81135B5073FAC94"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (9), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF1FB21B72FFA4F828EB7FE0000DDABAA" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF3A2155C8A36452A8525CED2FBDF000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in cooperation with representatives of agencies and organizations involved in student financial assistance, shall produce, distribute, and process free of charge common financial reporting forms as described in this subsection to be used for application and reapplication to determine the need and eligibility of a student for financial assistance under parts A through E (other than subpart 4 of part A). These forms shall be made available to applicants in both paper and electronic formats and shall be referred to as the <quote>Free Application for Federal Student Aid</quote> or the <quote>FAFSA</quote> .</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99EA04B5589A4935B8B6C140A17FB6CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Early estimates</header><text>The Secretary shall permit applicants to complete such forms as described in this subsection in the years prior to enrollment in order to obtain an estimate of the family contribution, as defined by section 473. Such applicants shall be permitted to update information submitted on forms described in this subsection using the process required under <internal-xref idref="H9E8633AA93F2463A8217367DDFCE61E6" legis-path="(5)(A)">paragraph (5)(A)</internal-xref>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4901C8C0864B44D4BA076E2013ECFE87"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Paper format</header>
<subparagraph id="H60193359712E4DD896E7CA53E1756244"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall produce, distribute, and process common forms in paper format to meet the requirements of <internal-xref idref="HF3A2155C8A36452A8525CED2FBDF000" legis-path="(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>. The Secretary shall develop a common paper form for applicants who do not meet the requirements of <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">subparagraph (B)</internal-xref>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>EZ fafsa</header>
<clause id="H675E760AD3304CB886B329E8C5EF5BAF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and use a simplified paper application form, to be known as the <quote>EZ FAFSA</quote>, to be used for applicants meeting the requirements of section 479(c).</text></clause>
<clause id="H52224357200849F3BCE1D295C0935E75"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reduced data requirements</header><text>The EZ FAFSA shall permit an applicant to submit for financial assistance purposes, only the data elements required to make a determination of whether the applicant meets the requirements under section 479(c).</text></clause>
<clause id="HDB746336722142CFB3D7B439BA1DED7"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>State data</header><text>The Secretary shall include on the EZ FAFSA such data items as may be necessary to award State financial assistance, as provided under <internal-xref idref="HD5D052E599BD45FC002BAE33AE031EB6" legis-path="(6)">paragraph (6)</internal-xref>, except that the Secretary shall not include a State’s data if that State does not permit its applicants for State assistance to use the EZ FAFSA.</text></clause>
<clause id="H534A0C0C5AEC41FCAB7802488633E7AE"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Free availability and processing</header><text>The provisions of <internal-xref idref="H0A4FEFF92C4A4C5DA7E8E6B589E47681" legis-path="(7)">paragraph (7)</internal-xref> shall apply to the EZ FAFSA, and the data collected by means of the EZ FAFSA shall be available to institutions of higher education, guaranty agencies, and States in accordance with paragraph (9).</text></clause>
<clause id="H8D6E2BDD3A8440F7BDABBA48AFF2A119"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Testing</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct appropriate field testing on the EZ FAFSA.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6011AED180341ECB3E6771824CBC828"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Promoting the use of electronic fafsa</header>
<clause id="H96518A6AD4DD4C7FAA109793E3EFF78"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make all efforts to encourage all applicants to utilize the electronic forms described in <internal-xref idref="H3A7D165FB2154330B4C3DC52EDB5A2E3" legis-path="(4)">paragraph (4)</internal-xref>.</text></clause>
<clause id="H1C2BCECA404848929C44C8E27179825B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Maintenance of the fafsa in a printable electronic file</header><text>The Secretary shall maintain a version of the paper forms described in <internal-xref idref="H60193359712E4DD896E7CA53E1756244" legis-path="(3)(A)">subparagraphs (A)</internal-xref> and <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">(B)</internal-xref> in a printable electronic file that is easily portable. The printable electronic file will be made easily accessible and downloadable to students on the same website used to provide students with the electronic application forms described in <internal-xref idref="H3A7D165FB2154330B4C3DC52EDB5A2E3" legis-path="(4)">paragraph (4) of this subsection</internal-xref>. The Secretary shall enable students to submit a form created under this subparagraph that is downloaded and printed from an electronic file format in order to meet the filing requirements of this section and in order to receive aid from programs under this title.</text></clause>
<clause id="H0F3329F66FC843EBA8C87E349D56AB95"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall report annually to Congress on the impact of the digital divide on students completing applications for title IV aid described under this paragraph and <internal-xref idref="H3A7D165FB2154330B4C3DC52EDB5A2E3" legis-path="(4)">paragraph (4)</internal-xref>. The Secretary will also report on the steps taken to eliminate the digital divide and phase out the paper form described in <internal-xref idref="H60193359712E4DD896E7CA53E1756244" legis-path="(3)(A)">subparagraph (A) of this paragraph</internal-xref>. The Secretary’s report will specifically address the impact of the digital divide on the following student populations: independent students, adults, and dependent students.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A7D165FB2154330B4C3DC52EDB5A2E3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Electronic format</header>
<subparagraph id="HF80770ABDF9D4191B935EA5CC5549C39"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall produce, distribute, and process common forms in electronic format to meet the requirements of <internal-xref idref="HF3A2155C8A36452A8525CED2FBDF000" legis-path="(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>. The Secretary shall develop common electronic forms for applicants who do not meet the requirements of <internal-xref idref="HC413D2E5A36644329B55B86065676654" legis-path="(4)(C)">subparagraph (C) of this paragraph</internal-xref>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2699AB5528064EBDBDF5CF647C6CF63"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State data</header><text>The Secretary shall include on the common electronic forms space for information that needs to be submitted from the applicant to be eligible for State financial assistance, as provided under <internal-xref idref="HD5D052E599BD45FC002BAE33AE031EB6" legis-path="(6)">paragraph (6)</internal-xref>, except the Secretary shall not require applicants to complete data required by any State other than the applicant’s State of residence.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC413D2E5A36644329B55B86065676654"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Simplified Applications: fafsa on the web</header>
<clause id="H8C0AAF0A2D2645539CB69875C60536E2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and use a simplified electronic application form to be used by applicants meeting the requirements under subsection (c) of section 479 and an additional, separate simplified electronic application form to be used by applicants meeting the requirements under subsection (b) of section 479.</text></clause>
<clause id="H095A3D5133C74D8CAF34D6DB743C42C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reduced data requirements</header><text>The simplified electronic application forms shall permit an applicant to submit for financial assistance purposes, only the data elements required to make a determination of whether the applicant meets the requirements under subsection (b) or (c) of section 479.</text></clause>
<clause id="HB0D056EF405645B6812E304138D295B5"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>State data</header><text>The Secretary shall include on the simplified electronic application forms such data items as may be necessary to award state financial assistance, as provided under <internal-xref idref="HD5D052E599BD45FC002BAE33AE031EB6" legis-path="(6)">paragraph (6)</internal-xref>, except that the Secretary shall not require applicants to complete data required by any State other than the applicant’s state of residence.</text></clause>
<clause id="HC54B4A14B42C43DF977B00087DCF54D1"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Availability and processing</header><text>The data collected by means of the simplified electronic application forms shall be available to institutions of higher education, guaranty agencies, and States in accordance with paragraph (9). </text></clause>
<clause id="H7CD8828DDF164D7DA42B0604A99427B"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Testing</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct appropriate field testing on the forms developed under this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF82B39E79F3B44FBA6BED20388987BA0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of forms</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the use of the forms developed by the Secretary pursuant to this paragraph by an eligible institution, eligible lender, guaranty agency, State grant agency, private computer software provider, a consortium thereof, or such other entities as the Secretary may designate.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6DFFDFB2F89F4A2DB7CB09C5246E00E0"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Privacy</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that data collection under this paragraph complies with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552a">section 552a</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and that any entity using the electronic version of the forms developed by the Secretary pursuant to this paragraph shall maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of the information, and to protect against security threats, or unauthorized uses or disclosures of the information provided on the electronic version of the forms. Data collected by such electronic version of the forms shall be used only for the application, award, and administration of aid awarded under this title, State aid awarded under section 415C, or aid awarded by eligible institutions or such entities as the Secretary may designate. No data collected by such electronic version of the forms shall be used for making final aid awards under this title until such data have been processed by the Secretary or a contractor or designee of the Secretary, except as may be permitted under this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD91A88CF933248269724FAA4A933EED"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Signature</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary may permit an electronic form under this paragraph to be submitted without a signature, if a signature is subsequently submitted by the applicant or if the applicant uses a personal identification number provided by the Secretary under <internal-xref idref="HA9262594C24442CBA892242FADF3688B" legis-path="(4)(G)">subparagraph (G) of this paragraph</internal-xref>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA9262594C24442CBA892242FADF3688B"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Personal identification numbers authorized</header><text>The Secretary may assign to applicants personal identification numbers—</text>
<clause id="HD46D6501AEEE4100B721996CE8316905"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to enable the applicants to use such numbers in lieu of a signature for purposes of completing a form under this paragraph;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA1F4FF8B1D4F4F2CB771386DEF56EE89"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to enable the applicants to use such numbers in lieu of a signature for purposes of completing forms required by States under section 415C; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HAE38AAEE9A4E4D67B16F5688ECD17BF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for any purpose determined by the Secretary to enable the Secretary to carry out this title.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0BB406F36A9B485FB5EA0603DF1EE2A9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Streamlining</header>
<subparagraph id="H9E8633AA93F2463A8217367DDFCE61E6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Streamlined reapplication process</header>
<clause id="H912E956BDEBC438C82C8E35E56EE3F00"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall develop streamlined reapplication forms and processes, including both paper and electronic reapplication processes, consistent with the requirements of this subsection, for an applicant who applies for financial assistance under this title in the next succeeding academic year subsequent to the year in which such applicant first applied for financial assistance under this title.</text></clause>
<clause id="H4872C118FB284EED81982675D6AFB000"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Mechanisms for reapplication</header><text>The Secretary shall develop appropriate mechanisms to support reapplication.</text></clause>
<clause id="H1C92DDA1A4BB4C09A8D192B6AF35EABD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Identification of updated data</header><text>The Secretary shall determine, in cooperation with States, institutions of higher education, agencies, and organizations involved in student financial assistance, the data elements that can be updated from the previous academic year’s application.</text></clause>
<clause id="HB58584F464E34FF887455B3347C0495D"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Reduced data authorized</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary to reduce the number of data elements required of reapplicants.</text></clause>
<clause id="H4B9A80AF08A64CD8B4AA64B2499B3126"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Zero family contribution</header><text>Applicants determined to have a zero family contribution pursuant to section 479(c) shall not be required to provide any financial data in a reapplication form, except that which is necessary to determine eligibility under such section.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA95A3F2CBB914C2E99AC79E063413172"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reduction of data elements</header>
<clause id="H06747934B8DF44CEA1746E87BCC700E9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reduction required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the number of data elements on the FAFSA on the date of enactment of the <short-title>College Opportunity for All Act</short-title> (including questions on the FAFSA for the purposes described in <internal-xref idref="HD5D052E599BD45FC002BAE33AE031EB6" legis-path="(6)">paragraph (6)</internal-xref>), the Secretary, in cooperation with representatives of agencies and organizations involved in student financial assistance, shall reduce the number of such data elements by 50 percent within 5 years after such date of enactment. Reductions of data elements under <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">paragraph (3)(B)</internal-xref>, <internal-xref idref="HC413D2E5A36644329B55B86065676654" legis-path="(4)(C)">(4)(C)</internal-xref>, or <internal-xref idref="HB58584F464E34FF887455B3347C0495D" legis-path="(5)(A)(iv)">(5)(A)(iv)</internal-xref> shall not be counted towards such 50 percent reduction unless those data elements are reduced for all applicants.</text></clause>
<clause id="H8973FF790CC64E4B93C1CDE9025B68D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit a report on the process of this reduction to each House of Congress within 2 years after such date of enactment.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5D052E599BD45FC002BAE33AE031EB6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>State requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HC6E1CD725B2F4F69A22BA1C62675D335"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include on the forms developed under this subsection, such State-specific nonfinancial data items as the Secretary determines are necessary to meet State requirements for need-based State aid under section 415C, except as provided in <internal-xref idref="HDB746336722142CFB3D7B439BA1DED7" legis-path="(3)(B)(iii)">paragraphs (3)(B)(iii)</internal-xref> and <internal-xref idref="HB0D056EF405645B6812E304138D295B5" legis-path="(4)(C)(iii)">(4)(C)(iii) of this subsection</internal-xref>. Such items shall be selected in consultation with State agencies that submit applications under section 415C in order to assist in the awarding of State financial assistance in accordance with the terms of this subsection, except as provided in <internal-xref idref="HDB746336722142CFB3D7B439BA1DED7" legis-path="(3)(B)(iii)">paragraphs (3)(B)(iii)</internal-xref> and <internal-xref idref="HB0D056EF405645B6812E304138D295B5" legis-path="(4)(C)(iii)">(4)(C)(iii) of this subsection</internal-xref>. The number of such data items shall not be less than the number included on the form on October 7, 1998, unless a State notifies the Secretary that the State no longer requires those data items for the distribution of State need-based aid.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2AD30D2A1F8D4C0DACA07800FE01C18B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual review</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct an annual review process to determine which forms and nonfinancial data items the States require to award need-based State aid and other application requirements that the States may impose.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF45CC18697D42DA9202EDF00800DEDE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State use of simplified forms</header><text>The Secretary shall encourage states to take such steps as necessary to encourage the use of simplified application forms, including those described in <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">paragraphs (3)(B)</internal-xref> and <internal-xref idref="HC413D2E5A36644329B55B86065676654" legis-path="(4)(C)">(4)(C)</internal-xref>, to meet the requirements under subsection (b) or (c) of section 479.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F7A7D8FCA424AE19764E4645E3B3E8F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Federal register notice</header><text>The Secretary shall publish on an annual basis a notice in the Federal Register requiring State agencies to inform the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="HDD7F061270FE4B83AFFBB1C7C45D1041"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the State agency is unable to permit applicants to utilize the simplified application forms described in <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">paragraphs (3)(B)</internal-xref> and <internal-xref idref="HC413D2E5A36644329B55B86065676654" legis-path="(4)(C)">(4)(C)</internal-xref>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H5C36E57A636E4AF8B3E255B93F41D8BD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>of the State-specific nonfinancial data that the State agency requires for delivery of State need-based financial aid.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HACC939A4391D48339548BA8FD930A99B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>State notification to the secretary</header>
<clause id="H37930B38AB6D497E94EB007802207318"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State agency that submits an application under section 415C shall notify the Secretary—</text>
<subclause id="H95FF3FA8A1B5460A969F38390003D8C4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the State permits an applicant to file a form described in <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">paragraph (3)(B)</internal-xref> or <internal-xref idref="HF80770ABDF9D4191B935EA5CC5549C39" legis-path="(4)(A)">(4)(A) of this subsection</internal-xref> for purposes of determining eligibility for State need-based grant aid; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H18FA97D8A59A4AE7B73CCA3F79FC73CE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the State-specific nonfinancial data that the State agency requires for delivery of State need-based financial aid.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HFCC7BA26FC29436392C1BB00BAC61181"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Acceptance of forms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that a State does not permit an applicant to file a form described in <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">paragraph (3)(B)</internal-xref> or <internal-xref idref="HF80770ABDF9D4191B935EA5CC5549C39" legis-path="(4)(A)">(4)(A) of this subsection</internal-xref> for purposes of determining eligibility for State need-based grant aid—</text>
<subclause id="H17EED46AADC34567B06F94D41973D71"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the State shall notify the Secretary if the State is not permitted to do so because of either State law or because of agency policy; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H2922D6ADE7D448248597776100624696"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the notification under <internal-xref idref="H17EED46AADC34567B06F94D41973D71" legis-path="(6)(E)(ii)(I)">subclause (I)</internal-xref> shall include an estimate of the program cost to permit applicants to complete simplified application forms under <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">paragraphs (3)(B)</internal-xref> and <internal-xref idref="HF80770ABDF9D4191B935EA5CC5549C39" legis-path="(4)(A)">(4)(A) of this subsection</internal-xref>.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H36FBDF86111740BC8CA3E847084220FD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Lack of notification by the state</header><text>If a State does not notify the Secretary pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H37930B38AB6D497E94EB007802207318" legis-path="(6)(E)(i)">clause (i)</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subclause id="H9A78C028960043CD8B8F65324862CCEA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permit residents of that State to complete simplified application forms under <internal-xref idref="HD48805FCAA244F59B63C8B0405A3A0E7" legis-path="(3)(B)">paragraphs (3)(B)</internal-xref> and <internal-xref idref="HF80770ABDF9D4191B935EA5CC5549C39" legis-path="(4)(A)">(4)(A) of this subsection</internal-xref>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF01B70CFABAE43A9B2BFB1AACB761C5F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>not require any resident of that State to complete any nonfinancial data previously required by that State under this section.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A4FEFF92C4A4C5DA7E8E6B589E47681"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Charges to students and parents for use of forms prohibited</header>
<subparagraph id="H3C755F06CA7D4345834BC8AFEF2BE15F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fees prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The FAFSA, in whatever form (including the EZ–FAFSA, paper, electronic, simplified, or reapplication), shall be produced, distributed, and processed by the Secretary and no parent or student shall be charged a fee for the collection, processing, or delivery of financial aid through the use of the FAFSA. The need and eligibility of a student for financial assistance under parts A through E of this title (other than under subpart 4 of part A) may only be determined by using the FAFSA developed by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection. No student may receive assistance under parts A through E of this title (other than under subpart 4 of part A), except by use of the FAFSA developed by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection. No data collected on a form for which a fee is charged shall be used to complete the FAFSA.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC784EA5F06EA45E79478A64505F03DAF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any entity that provides to students and parents, or charges students or parents for, any value-added services with respect to or in connection with the FAFSA, such as completion of the FAFSA, submission of the FAFSA, or tracking of the FAFSA for a student, shall provide to students and parents clear and conspicuous notice that—</text>
<clause id="H4500A0C2BFC54F7C0001BAC941C71EDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text> the FAFSA is a free Federal student aid application;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFEB7E6BA864F4E4989AEC82FF070200"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the FAFSA can be completed without professional assistance; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H7D63AA0464004E56A288FDA101FE0087"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes the current Internet address for the FAFSA on the Department’s web site.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE86C49CCE68480497BFF009940D7C4"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Application processing cycle</header><text>The Secretary shall enable students to submit a form created under this subsection in order to meet the filing requirements of this section and in order to receive aid from programs under this title and shall initiate the processing of applications under this subsection as early as practicable prior to January 1 of the student’s planned year of enrollment.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7675C9D173D548A1ABD442F650A4CB26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF230EF00638F4471BAA5A458F520B236" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H76562C57C9CF453E8FAADD156B564251"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Early application and award demonstration program</header>
<subparagraph id="H5D50F59681204A2992F200B304DA5FCB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Program required</header><text>The Secretary shall, no later than two years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>College Opportunity for All Act</short-title>, implement an early application demonstration program enabling dependent students to complete applications under this subsection in their junior year of high school, or in the academic year that is two years prior to their intended year of enrollment, and to be eligible to receive aid under this title and such aid as may be available from participants, including State financial assistance as provided under section 415C and other aid provided by participating institutions.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA888A551C16447F973ED3076D052849"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purpose and objectives</header><text>The purpose of the demonstration program under this paragraph shall be to measure the benefits, in terms of student aspirations and plans to attend college, and the adverse effects, in terms of program costs, integrity, distribution, and delivery of aid under this title, of implementing an early application system for all dependent students that allows dependent students to apply for financial aid using information from the year prior to the year prior to enrollment. Additional objectives associated with implementation of the demonstration program are the following:</text>
<clause id="H220D6D20A3F74B3EA91FC7981F00944D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Measure the feasibility of enabling dependent students to apply for Federal, State, and institutional financial aid in their junior year of high school, using information from the year prior to the year prior to enrollment, by completing any of the application forms under this subsection.</text></clause>
<clause id="HF5DC8DEA23AB4F948DEB705E12C40704"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Determine the feasibility, benefits, and adverse effects of implementing a data match with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).</text></clause>
<clause id="HDBE228230DD54BCC88FF52CB540BB2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Identify whether receiving final financial aid awards no later than the fall of the senior year provides students with additional time to compete for the limited resources available for State and institutional financial aid and positively impacts the college aspirations and plans of these students.</text></clause>
<clause id="HD4A370DA3B2A46C7A2A3E1ABC0B0B8D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Measure the impact of using income information from the year prior to the year prior to enrollment on—</text>
<subclause id="H5C8F15CB977945F1B4EC8E3D05ED62E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>eligibility for financial aid under this title and for other institutional aid; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFAB6DFD73658402385B2CAFCD19400CC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the cost of financial aid programs under this title.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HBD49447722C44951B71953DB6216F1D2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Effectively evaluate the benefits and adverse effects of the demonstration program on program costs, integrity, distribution, and delivery of aid.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4A9CDFBD9EDC4CD8BC855B40D02CF9F3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Participants</header><text>The Secretary shall select States and institutions within those States to participate in the demonstration program under this paragraph that are participating in the programs under this title and that are willing to make final financial aid awards to students based on their application information from the year prior to the year prior to enrollment. The Secretary shall also select as participants in the demonstration program secondary schools and dependent students that are located in the participating States.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31A7F2FE704945809499DCEC00D2DC8D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application process</header><text>The Secretary shall insure that the following provisions are included in the demonstration program:</text>
<clause id="H15645661473A4C20AF14EDE526EE8603"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Participating States and institutions shall allow participating students to apply for financial aid during their junior year of high school using information from the year prior to the year prior to enrollment and all provisions available under this title and shall award final financial aid awards to participating students based on the applications provided under this demonstration program.</text></clause>
<clause id="H6E2AB0D8719A4B86818D008EDA4BB0BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Participating States and institutions shall not require students participating in this demonstration program to complete an additional application in the year prior to enrollment in order to receive State aid under section 415C and any other institutional aid.</text></clause>
<clause id="HC62C39A7BBD847FC8F93B58B54A5DD9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Financial aid administrators at participating institutions shall be allowed to use their discretion in awarding financial aid to participating students, as outlined under section 479A and section 480(d)(7).</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A706B45499D4F638D6C37C918CDFBB3"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Data match with the Internal Revenue Service</header><text>The Secretary shall include in this demonstration project a data match with the Internal Revenue Service in order to verify data provided by participating students and gauge the feasibility of implementing such a data match for all students applying for aid under this title.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9123DE2943340B1ADAC92D636080B9"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a rigorous evaluation of this demonstration program in order to measure its benefits and adverse effects as indicated under <internal-xref idref="H5D50F59681204A2992F200B304DA5FCB" legis-path="(13)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33C4868530FB44880021E3BD85408BDE"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>The Secretary shall make appropriate efforts in order to notify States of the demonstration program under this paragraph. Upon determination of participating States, the Secretary shall continue to make efforts to notify institutions and dependent students within participating States of the opportunity to participate in the demonstration program and of the participation requirements.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF962CC4AD0114D699DF3931E7BB63FDE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D18B8036A964BE2BEBA7144DE074E3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBCE494963F034054B5EA6186A44AE2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Master calendar</header><text>Section 482(a)(1)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1089">20 U.S.C. 1089</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HEF0094A534414F94B2DBFBC8373656E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by March 1: proposed modifications, updates, and notices pursuant to sections 479(c)(2)(C), 478, and 483(a)(6) published in the Federal Register;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5B8634ADAFCD43ADBE09BF35E1480299"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Increasing access to technology</header><text>Section 483 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087ss">20 U.S.C. 1087ss</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HA7E0B0AC855D4C6CBF54094832003E75"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Addressing the digital divide</header><text>The Secretary shall utilize savings accrued by moving more applicants to the electronic forms described in subsection (a)(4) to improve access to the electronic forms described in subsection (a)(4) for applicants meeting the requirements of section 479(c).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H0C8A16E9492B43AEA589FF2308B1F5A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Simplify the treatment of income: reducing untaxed income and benefits</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 480 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087vv">20 U.S.C. 1087vv(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H2424A70E5E1E4FE8886926462174AD62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Untaxed income and benefits</header>
<paragraph id="H257723D63F714790AFE699565D84B9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>untaxed income and benefits</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF031D525DFB4757B7F8D16907FBD43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>child support received;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F5397DA87584F21A0325FA7A3EE577D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>workman's compensation;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24618CB56AD747CA9814C0B85600202F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>veteran's benefits such as death pension, dependency, and indemnity compensation, but excluding veterans’ education benefits as defined in subsection (c);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5AE842DE4876480A813B719FE0640038"><enum>(D)</enum><text>interest on tax-free bonds;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8A06CF6F8594014AC097EAC6D967BEC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>housing, food, and other allowances (excluding rent subsidies for low-income housing) for military, clergy, and others (including cash payments and cash value of benefits);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7F028B8126844C09C99DA84EDCA009C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>cash support or any money paid on the student<quote>s behalf, except, for dependent students, funds provided by the student</quote>s parents;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D282E68983C442BB0BD390089E3738F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>untaxed portion of pensions;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H459C2D7FC42648F0B79B28FFA03C9960"><enum>(H)</enum><text>payments to individual retirement accounts and Keogh accounts excluded from income for Federal income tax purposes; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC91EBE8840EA4CF187A2CC52FBEE700"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any other untaxed income and benefits, such as Black Lung Benefits, Refugee Assistance, railroad retirement benefits, or Job Training Partnership Act noneducational benefits or benefits received through participation in employment and training activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE04222AB29C14E76BC8E15EE0D4E06F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>untaxed income and benefits</term> shall not include the amount of additional child tax credit claimed for Federal income tax purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HA61797DA42AD45AD91259B57CB4E4C7F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reducing the number of questions</header><text>Section 484 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091">20 U.S.C. 1091</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (r).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0D5891C059F1488F87BBF2EFFBAE458"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allowance for state and other taxes</header>
<paragraph id="H9E76046BEE0A4530BC5263059C008D65"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allowance for state and local taxes</header><text>Section 478 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087rr">20 U.S.C. 1087rr</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H712DF87CE2734E4FB000B688899500FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA7E13C4922A40FB902EEA7EF82595F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89E05E880FBE482890E1E895804B6EEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Holding students harmless</header><text>Section 475(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087oo">20 U.S.C. 1087oo(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA24F397A25B0481EA4EE860188C1EF92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1):</text>
<clause id="HEA72FF8785754E42B267B300B57D781C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H179848E24B7C4F908500A7B71C938BD4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E), respectively;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H14CA3E580FF34C1C83D6798DA9B08E09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H61E20ACA8DB14133AC8CF35F26F5FFAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE207D410B2F44275BAE61EC27523DFC3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Income protection allowance</header><text>The income protection allowance is determined by the following table (or a successor table prescribed by the Secretary under section 478):</text>
<table table-type="7-General" align-to-level="section" frame="topbot" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="hor-ver" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.17" subformat="S6211"><ttitle>Income Protection Allowance</ttitle>
<tgroup cols="7" ttitle-size="10" thead-tbody-ldg-size="9.9.10" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="col1" colwidth="15" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center" coldef="txt-no-ldr" min-data-value="10"/><colspec colname="col2" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col3" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col4" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col5" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col6" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col7" colwidth="68" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="9"/><thead>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="1" align="center">Family Size</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="1" align="center"><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="1" align="center"></entry><entry colname="col4" namest="col4" nameend="col5" rowsep="1" align="center">Number in College</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="1" align="center"><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="1" align="center"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="1" align="center">(including student)</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="1" align="center">1</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="1" align="center">2</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="1" align="center">3</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="1" align="center">4</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="1" align="center">5</entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="1" align="center">For each additional subtract:</entry></row></thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">2</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$15,207</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">$12,599</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$3,641</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">3</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">18,937</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">16,350</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">$13,742</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">4</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">23,388</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">20,779</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">18,193</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">$15,596</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">5</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">27,595</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">24,986</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">22,400</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">19,802</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">$17,216</entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">6</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">32,268</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">29,670</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">27,084</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">24,487</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">21,900</entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">For each additional add:</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H059AED52250A499F8B3D61069FAD09D0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26B7AE492D1441D6ACF5E57ED22D1C54"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dependent student increase in income protection allowance</header><text>Section 475(g) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087oo">20 U.S.C. 1087oo(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H26901B6F45F340129EE202AA3440031"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H99060D46661A4BA1B38CC524C7E099C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B);</text></clause>
<clause id="H84BC973C1CAF436487C0DCB4FA203B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H13EECC3EBE4C43BBB552E66792903ED2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an income protection allowance of $2,589 (or a successor amount prescribed by the Secretary under section 478); and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HD75026E969604320829C3C5F24DBB2ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E), respectively;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79778948F1274DFC9E323ED900E1D73B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29749D076F3C4FDA9E02A3DF416DBCB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0B33028957743158036E8BBFE341649"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Independent student (without dependents) increase in income protection allowance</header><text>Section 476(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087pp">20 U.S.C. 1087pp(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6BB8F163845444B9DFF21CBAFD0DD8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H797176402FE54155B7AFE2AAC6116107"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii);</text></clause>
<clause id="H94E068C8692F4C48A4B57908FE31BFFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subclauses (I), (II) and (III) of clause (iv) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H040904F137294EBCA03E03BC7780DDD4" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H89482704FE2D439DB5C3B2484BFDDD61"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$5,874 for single students;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H10C7E1C1841F4F21B879C49F2DAA39EA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$5,874 for married students who are both enrolled pursuant to subsection (a)(2); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HB0145ACC72174A4596A433D2C43EF31F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>$9,395 for married students where one is enrolled pursuant to subsection (a)(2);</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause>
<clause id="HFD19468EDCFE47CEBB206219E260009E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), as clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), respectively;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF461DA9569D4F3F862C2DE0BB7B6752"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11A883DAD3E44CF28BC6C8962626D976"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF101A60D05464651AB2C54B303E87B1F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Independent student (with dependents) increase in income protection allowance</header><text>Section 477(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087qq">20 U.S.C. 1087qq(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2EF60F734C39449590A526A15913D1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HE4EA40183D3F4F7D8700004BB13D44A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HF21E3133D1C441C482FAE8F07E6F3E12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E), respectively;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H068B832AE6EA4EC7B7109E06CCDA46FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8EDF955FF751464DBC637690CC6E72DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1D567E556D8C4C909C79239145D02797" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC76A1CC217FD41B1980061797500EB79"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Income protection allowance</header><text>The income protection allowance is determined by the following table (or a successor table prescribed by the Secretary under section 478):</text>
<table table-type="7-General" align-to-level="section" frame="topbot" blank-lines-before="1" line-rules="hor-ver" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.17" subformat="S6211"><ttitle>Income Protection Allowance</ttitle>
<tgroup cols="7" ttitle-size="10" thead-tbody-ldg-size="9.9.10" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="col1" colwidth="15" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="center" coldef="txt-no-ldr" min-data-value="10"/><colspec colname="col2" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col3" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col4" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col5" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col6" colwidth="60" colsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="8"/><colspec colname="col7" colwidth="68" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="right" coldef="fig" min-data-value="9"/><thead>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="1" align="center">Family Size</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="1" align="center"><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="1" align="center"></entry><entry colname="col4" namest="col4" nameend="col5" rowsep="1" align="center">Number in College</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="1" align="center"><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="1" align="center"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="1" align="center">(including student)</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="1" align="center">1</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="1" align="center">2</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="1" align="center">3</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="1" align="center">4</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="1" align="center">5</entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="1" align="center">For each additional subtract:</entry></row></thead>
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<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">2</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">$16,935</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$12,599</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$3,641</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">3</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">18,937</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">16,350</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">$13,742</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">4</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">23,384</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">20,779</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">18,193</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">$15,596</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr"></entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">5</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">27,596</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">24,986</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">22,400</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">19,802</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">$17,216</entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">6</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">32,268</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">29,670</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">27,084</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">24,487</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">21,900</entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" rowsep="0" align="center" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr">For each additional add:</entry><entry colname="col2" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col3" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col4" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col5" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col6" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="force-ldr">2,586</entry><entry colname="col7" rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr"></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H461BF566325E4FA9B2E4EFC100128382"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C61047CE9984B408F00941451B0FBC4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Conforming amendment: updates</header><text>Section 478(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087rr">20 U.S.C. 1087rr(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H38559B9A2F924ABA834617D794BA2EA8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H67329157D3B14AF297B0501FBDD81C51"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>1993–1994</quote> and inserting <quote>2005–2006</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H9BFCDD6AC5D04FE4B57837DCD7E6139C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>475(c)(4) and 477(b)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>475(c)(3) and 477(b)(3)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE537F4EA5B7497E8F6BB49B07C411CF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>December 1992</quote> and inserting <quote>December 2004</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA77C194000E478B9E003888B663B006"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HA6CE3842E0DB4C2A8BC4BF452C749480"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2000–2001</quote> and inserting <quote>2005–2006</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC21E5CD9999F4126B863EB077DCC4738"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>475(g)(2)(D) and 476(b)(1)(A)(iv)</quote> and inserting <quote>475(g)(2)(C) and 476(b)(1)(A)(iii)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H87F41BC54F2C482DB1C500EC079B3705"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>December 1999</quote> and inserting <quote>December 2004</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEFE0701123FD4446826CFC3EC37E1646"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Relief for working students</header>
<paragraph id="H648676621670496BBF67F0BBEAB43C59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dependent students</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 475(g) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087oo">20 U.S.C. 1087oo(g)(4)</external-xref>), as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H29749D076F3C4FDA9E02A3DF416DBCB" legis-path="109.(f)(3)(C)">subsection (f)(3)(C)</internal-xref>, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HFAAC1CF7EF9D4A2D001E65F2E2496498"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the student’s available income (determined in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection) is assessed at 40 percent.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB206E97CCBF4FD8B4407E6000969587"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Independent students without dependents other than a spouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (4) of section 476(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087pp">20 U.S.C. 1087pp(b)</external-xref>), as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H29749D076F3C4FDA9E02A3DF416DBCB" legis-path="109.(f)(3)(C)">subsection (f)(3)(C)</internal-xref>, is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE88AC69B14FB4DCAA74B7CCFDFC532F9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Assessment of available income</header><text>The family’s available income (determined in accordance with paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection) is assessed at 40 percent.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB0348C4E5D0A47C18BE504E52EC017A4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Simplifying for students with special circumstances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 480 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087vv">20 U.S.C. 1087vv</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HE8E594B73C3845DA939E15D8E900C479"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Independent student</header>
<paragraph id="H76D0E00289CC47EC894174358D169EAC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>independent</term> when used with respect to a student, means any individual who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E8F955F710B4348ABADB0FC442D348"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is 24 years of age or older by December 31 of the award year; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E6E572FC51A41CAA06085C0A4C784BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is an orphan, in foster care, or a ward of the court, or was in foster care or a ward of the court until the individual reached the age of 18; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48BA57600A3745C884EEC4094CFBCAA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is an emancipated youth as defined by his or her state of legal residence or is in legal guardianship as defined by section 475(7) of the Social Security Act;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD9B0D0B9EA54457BAADEFA1F93E0F376"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States (as defined in subsection (c)(1)); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08617842D6C24E4F84EE481EE269CCFC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is a graduate or professional student; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E2140E57A94443FBB4EA0AAB3C4EF28"><enum>(F)</enum><text>is a married individual; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H050B976BAE2B49398FE27DC017153730"><enum>(G)</enum><text>has legal dependents other than a spouse; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA6E5F37CEDA04C71AED5C19F1BC7A29D"><enum>(H)</enum><text>is a student for whom a financial aid administrator makes a documented determination of independence by reason of unusual circumstances. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC86DDBE27EFE424A900300CB82BD6194"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Simplifying the dependency override process</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a financial aid administrator to make a determination of independence, as defined in <internal-xref idref="HA6E5F37CEDA04C71AED5C19F1BC7A29D" legis-path="(d)(1)(H)">paragraph (1)(H)</internal-xref>, based upon a documented determination of independence, as defined in <internal-xref idref="HA6E5F37CEDA04C71AED5C19F1BC7A29D" legis-path="(d)(1)(H)">paragraph (1)(H)</internal-xref>, previously made by another financial aid administrator in the same application year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H4FA33AB6C04D437BA1F8E1DDAA0136ED"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Tailoring electronic applications for students with special circumstances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 483(a) of the Higher Education Act is further amended by inserting after paragraph (13), as added by <internal-xref idref="H7675C9D173D548A1ABD442F650A4CB26" legis-path="109.(b)(1)(B)">subsection (b)(1)(B) of this section</internal-xref>, the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H38256271CF4A425DA2DEAD012972E8"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Applications for students seeking a documented determination of independence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of dependent students seeking a documented determination of independence by a financial aid administrator (as defined by section 480(d)), nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EF75096D874455F8E65892F40F4858D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>allowing such students to indicate their special circumstance on an electronic form developed pursuant for this section; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5F5491816EC40C394C9B407B0FDA147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>collecting and processing on a preliminary basis data provided by such students using the electronic forms developed pursuant for this section; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF33C96097BA48D0B967A4D60000638E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>distributing such data to institutions of higher education, guaranty agencies, and States for the purposes of processing loan applications and determining need and eligibility for institutional and State financial aid awards on a preliminary basis, pending a documented determination of independence by a financial aid administrator.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HB077A4AF104E47C6A47000F2FB9EEBE1"><enum>110.</enum><header>Authorizations of appropriations for campus-based aid</header>
<subsection id="HE9617E1E89274EA38B9912FBAB6DD337"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal TRIO program authorizations</header><text>Section 402A(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-11">20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H32A8A99688964F2F9E5865EFCF5E4F81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2004</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7355C563B100485594CDDA71DEAB71B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA9E0AE3782744E5A0092609C6700A2B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>GEARUP</header><text>Section 404H (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-28">20 U.S.C. 1070a–28</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H57B2FF73ABF148018F79F26235BC9D6"><enum>404H.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="HABEC7AB7269244E58EDDBADCFAE5787B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4318C28FAC924C41B4B8D9325CE5555F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HB74AB3E3F723461596067D2EF188B2D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants</header>
<paragraph id="HE1B71A581F214CC5AB4E16E537CEB1C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section 413A(b)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070b">20 U.S.C. 1070b(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2735629EE2C9485CBFBA7AAF6BC5BDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$675,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D2296A636284799B38056E3C36022AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F0ADB52AE044E60A56BE22F9CE817B0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum grant</header><text>Section 413B(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070b-1">20 U.S.C. 1070b–1(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$8,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7F64035CAF9E48C7B0DFCD06A300BA02"><enum>(d)</enum><header>College work-Study</header><text>Section 441(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2751">20 U.S.C. 2751(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HA02F051FDD3D4E6A90F842A4E558B169"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part—</text>
<paragraph id="H1112160E63F34CCF95C7CB2E8C77A4E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDC361F19EB4458C9E82616CA02DE1FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HE1D8CB436F4A4B058677EBC025F83200"><enum>111.</enum><header>Special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farm work</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 418A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070d-2">20 U.S.C. 1070d–2</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D64BD78267C414B8D001C7775B2F974"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>or whose spouse</quote> after <quote>themselves</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC38025BD60442228B4363C3212C4F94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3)(B), by inserting <quote>, including preparation for college entrance exams,</quote> after <quote>program</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H20095F81F043432A8E658980FD654145"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(8), by inserting <quote>, including child care and transportation</quote> after <quote>students</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H78775DC44A5748F795A8FA7790588124"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subsection (b)(7), by striking the period at the end of subsection (b)(8) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H4E6C5736436B4B20836F233CD95E6D43"><enum>(9)</enum><text>follow up activity and reporting requirements, except that not more than 2 percent of the funds provided under this section may be used for such purposes.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H587CC9E5F7D54BF19BC0804CBC57D7F2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting <quote>or whose spouse</quote> after <quote>themselves</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDE7C8585DFA48A8A515E1B574576DE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting <quote>(including mentoring and guidance of such students)</quote> after <quote>services</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23D1E79B58894166BAEEC3C8D7804503"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by adding at the end of subsection (c)(2) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H13571F9208CF45E586029F84AC2385FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for students in any program that does not award a bachelor’s degree, encouraging the transfer to, and persistence in, such a program, and monitoring the rate of such transfer, persistence, and completion.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36556111841540678FC795CE5A8A902"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H722B65B696FD496E90DD1687BA26FBD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC60EA6EB10304FEF81500985293218F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$16,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H0467F14D67394C78AAE4C6B76D2160FF"><enum>112.</enum><header>Initiative to enhance college graduation rates and to accelerate time to degree</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title IV is amended by inserting after subpart 7 the following new subpart:</text>
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<subpart id="HE0CAC0741DDF4B08A2BC4E3F23C9BFDF"><enum>8</enum><header>Initiative to Enhance College Graduation Rates and to Accelerate Time to Degree</header>
<section id="HB486AD113AE4427AA2F674CB1F8EB76"><enum>419P.</enum><header>Program authorized</header>
<subsection id="HB7846199B5B5472789736D7B7C204581"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It is the purpose of this subpart to establish a six-year demonstration initiative to test whether Federal financial aid can be leveraged more effectively to reduce postsecondary remediation rates and improve degree attainment rates for low-income students and former high school dropouts by allowing income-eligible high school students to use Federal grants to get a head start on college.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9719BABA9FEF4AAD99CEA5922460027"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of an early college high school</header><text>A secondary school is eligible for purposes of this subpart if such school—</text>
<paragraph id="H4B6B7CDEBA64408B813F55DCB9902FDC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is a secondary school that has an enrollment of high school-aged students—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5204C3FB060544F7002D93F8CEC17E00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all of which are taking at least 50 percent of their courses at the college level over 4 or 5 years; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADFD05F558004EEB8493CD9914547E45"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all of which, upon their graduation from high school, are working towards earning an associates degree or up to 2 years of transferable college credit; or </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9525B19BE67457BB0DA153465F6CAE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is a secondary school that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H264B2067920348429C9F18E703986579"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has a partnership agreement establishing co-governance of the demonstration sites between local educational agencies, secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, or other partnering agencies (or any combination thereof), including through a non-profit intermediary facilitating such partnerships; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27FEE38AC58D44B8A7BE5D06ED549456"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supports cohorts of students in a coherent course of study with strong individualized services supporting students; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA28A850D33864F0C9EC8FD7322EE4B49"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encourages accelerated accumulation of college credits; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H387DCB978C6A45918F1F26F3EECB4EBC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>allows students to earn both a high school diploma and college credit through a coherent course of study enabling the attainment of credit towards a postsecondary degree or credential; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF250B0DBE32C465CA6DCD38DE0982824"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provides services to underrepresented populations such as students eligible for Pell grants, first-generation college students, students from school districts with high concentrations of poverty, English language learners, or former high school dropouts; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53EBEE453F6948BF82CA28003911EBF8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>includes the participation of postsecondary institutions that are in good standing under the Title IV programs. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFF176DAA8EA042AC87EA8DB0F2A9E665"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An early college high school which is a local education agency or a local education agency on behalf of an early college high school which desires to receive a grant under this section may submit an application to the Secretary at such time and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Such application shall require applicants to establish goals for how many students will participate in the program, and goals for the academic progress of participating students toward earning their high school diploma and associate’s degree, or transferable college credit, or both.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H25395E13C7894492B4827674487978AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Selection of grant recipients</header><text>The Secretary shall select grant recipients on a competitive basis. In making grants under this section the Secretary shall award grants in an amount not less than $1,000,000.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF7A5E62530CE49CAA0E572C9DF807000"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="HC28E8DE760D5466D84C3D199F12FC800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual evaluation</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall evaluate the programs under this section on an annual basis. Such evaluations shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FB43123D44E47B1B3555DBFB07B46E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to which the institution, or partnership has met the goals set forth in its application to the Secretary;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA7DD9EBD6B244D8787EF58107B15FD5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of students participating in the program offered, including the progress of participating students towards earning their high school diploma and their associate’s degree, or transferable college credit, or both; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86190E41379049FFA978345CBB3B00F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as consistent with the goals set forth in the application to the Secretary, the number of former high school drop outs participating in the program. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H655AC222EB83485985533300341DB998"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other evaluations</header><text>Within 18 months of the start of the demonstration initiative, the Secretary of Education shall report to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8DB0551851DA466EBD3E646D7370FE00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the evaluation of the demonstration program under this section; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDDA2957E1F0A4CE1A28E935E4387C552"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any proposed statutory changes to enhance the success of the programs under this section. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1E429C19B3EA4E25AA6883DD80077C90"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H40799D95395844D9B302768444BC0500"><enum>113.</enum><header>Consolidation loan lender of choice</header>
<subsection id="H9FE04E0A041941AE985955857BF8456E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Student loan borrower choice of loan consolidator</header><text>Section 428C(b)(1)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-3">20 U.S.C. 1078–3(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and (i) the lender holds</quote> and all that follows through <quote>selected for consolidation)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF2651FF5096444568239008C9E28216F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consolidation loan disclosure by lenders</header><text>Section 428C(b)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-3">20 U.S.C. 1078–3(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB88387FBD7D40D89E2ED70098417C1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEED8F9561A8C43DD908CB4FFB3A9BF6B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA333F96854654D479BBA7CAEA6EFF75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H36D67AB6F06F4AB79C17CB0200C3D8EE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>that each applicant for a consolidation loan will be provided a clear and conspicuous notice, in such form as the Secretary shall prescribe, describing—</text>
<clause id="H44163F2123A94EDCA522C2BDDE3C97E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the effects of a consolidation loan and its available repayment plans on the borrower’s interest rate;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6968F4BE3AC440C9823EDCB79E60E9AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of his or her monthly and total payments, total interest accrued, and the length of the repayment term;</text></clause>
<clause id="H979870C794B248189500E0437E04C56F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the ability of the student borrower to pre-pay loans; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H84B2B7C2A3F7481EAE168DABBE895DDB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the differences between variable and fixed interest rates;</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF14C27D4C58E4E9291C0EAAE34BE1C87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disclosures by institutions during exit counseling</header><text>Section 485(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD7C3A6ED3E45440588D430C4998E2B87" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each eligible institution shall provide to the borrower of a loan made under part B, D, or E, during the exit interview required by this subsection, a clear and conspicuous notice, in such form as the Secretary shall prescribe, describing the effect of using a consolidation loan to discharge the borrower’s student loans, and including, with respect to a series of loan amounts ranges—</text>
<subparagraph id="H981CF290B9B74F789BAF53A8895932BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the differences between fixed and variable interest rates;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF91073FFA4C4347B761FA43141C7DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effects of consolidation loan and its available repayment plans on the borrower’s interest rate, the amount of his or her monthly and total payments, total interest accrued, and the length of repayment term; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B1E8FBCB3974AF8BB20856B6994AA61"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the ability of the student to prepay loans.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="HF479547111C4447DA04789CB4E379008"><enum>114.</enum><header>Establishing additional safeguards on schools acting as lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 435(d)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1085">20 U.S.C. 1085(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H16A1B53136AA425AB0ED619C5B3CA02F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for eligible institutions</header>
<subparagraph id="H6A32243006B3455EABA4371E60BB4C80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be an eligible lender under this part, an eligible institution</text>
<clause id="H000C3BD3C27A413D87AA7BE73398CA00"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall employ at least one person whose full-time responsibilities are limited to the administration of programs of financial aid for students attending such institution;</text></clause>
<clause id="H78C141F82789461DB77C006EA261E46D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not be a home study school;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6D61709FC7D84674B79E74B9EFE210D4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall make loans to not more than 50 percent of the undergraduate students at the institution;</text></clause>
<clause id="H0B5FDA141F334B99A500A2B1AEE888A3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>shall not make a loan, other than a loan to a graduate or professional student, unless the borrower has previously received a loan from the school;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4F4B014DF60D45A0B7F53080B9065FF9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>shall award any contract for financing, servicing, administration, or administration of loans under this title on a competitive basis;</text></clause>
<clause id="H421066D9D9104A9B9355E14FA5C41B65"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>shall offer loans which carry a reduced origination fee, or a lower interest rate, or both, than are authorized under the provisions of this title;</text></clause>
<clause id="H2BDEE359061E4866888CB64E00EBEF00"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>shall not have a cohort default rate (as defined in section 435(m)) greater than 10 percent;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA5D13C53978449D994A42D7300181858"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>shall use any proceeds from special allowance payments and interest payments from borrowers, and any proceeds from the sale or other disposition of loans, for need-based grant programs; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H89BD5A4309B84208A82D3F39F5EE7924"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>shall, for any year for which the institution engages in activities as an eligible lender, provide for a compliance audit conducted in accordance with section 428(b)(1)(U)(iii)(I), and the regulations thereunder, and submit the results of such audit to the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FF9357B6D9749BA896BBA5EE31E42BF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>An eligible lender under <internal-xref idref="H6A32243006B3455EABA4371E60BB4C80" legis-path="(2)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> shall be permitted to use a portion of the proceeds described in <internal-xref idref="HA5D13C53978449D994A42D7300181858" legis-path="(2)(A)(viii)">subparagraph (A)(viii)</internal-xref> for reasonable and direct administrative expenses.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6A1FBEFB31F426891B1051F56441249"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Supplement, not supplant</header><text>An eligible lender under <internal-xref idref="H6A32243006B3455EABA4371E60BB4C80" legis-path="(2)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref> shall ensure that the proceeds described in <internal-xref idref="HA5D13C53978449D994A42D7300181858" legis-path="(2)(A)(viii)">subparagraph (A)(viii)</internal-xref> are used to supplement, and not to supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be used for need-based grant programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HDEAB31743E6343F2857D87EF523C1E1D"><enum>115.</enum><header>Boosting opportunities for low-income parents to pursue college degrees</header>
<subsection id="H71F1A318E4384F539CA21B812CA10077"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimum Grant</header><text>Section 419N(b)(2)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070e">20 U.S.C. 1070e(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$30,000</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2ED7F80D66F14436BDCDE41D13AA65DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible Institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 419N(b)(4) is amended by striking <quote>$350,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$250,000</quote>. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB84891A78E174B97BFED181907DB21FE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Income Eligibility</header><text>Section 419N(b)(7) is amended by striking <quote>who is eligible to receive</quote> and inserting <quote>whose income qualifies for eligibility for</quote>. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA10E586F1D71479984001E36098B0507"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publicity</header><text>Section 419N(b) is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA8AD0D765D9C4719B3858DA6A6C94DCF"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Publicity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publicize the availability of grants under this section in appropriate periodicals, in addition to publication in the Federal Register, and shall inform appropriate educational organizations of such availability.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H13E03F80A07F4B13B3BDC04316B5613B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>Section 419N(g) is amended by striking <quote>$45,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2006</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H5D4A2547FEAE4375B1A0A2707D91333F" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>116.</enum><header>Support for community service in college work-study program</header>
<subsection id="HD200AD9DA07A40DD86FE397D4FD9BBBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H2BF20396E60E4065BAE6E17059BDBC80"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 441(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2751">20 U.S.C. 2751(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H34E1A4EAD4A14B668242E228A674732E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H6104CC51E5B64FD1A52BC5C773002C5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part (other than for community service competitive grants)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC4020D5986BA46AB912F53D5B37F9D19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F54D02FA9B54AB0BC69E2F034126553"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H788ACDD5F1D64665B1415403F0DC5264"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Community service competitive grants</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to make community service competitive grants under section 447(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2AD88DF0D2DB4CE2A102C43363C4673"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA311C1F73A1E48E8AE553D9CBD2F8BF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17BFF01324EA49139FC76247C0624E36"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 442 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2752">42 U.S.C. 2752</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 441(b)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 441(b)(1)</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4F9CFF0556634E7DB2635FC14223CC23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Competitive community service grants</header><text>Section 447 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2756a">42 U.S.C. 2756a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCAD240A65AF34F61AEAA85DDFA110540"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Each institution</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H32DC72E27DF345BB8411458188FE8E03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of administrative funds</header></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H03A904D5E5F148FEBCBF12D0DB176461"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H4C93730DB91B4D22BACE039972DDDCC5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Competitive grants to further enhance community service</header>
<paragraph id="H26D14F869A6E4FB3B03D74E88CC8B69D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>From the amounts appropriated under section 441(b)(2), the Secretary is authorized to award competitive grants to institutions that dedicate a significantly greater proportion of their allocations under section 442 to providing community service opportunities under this part.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC42B2E567AF4344BB00396002ECF68E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum grant; duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The minimum grant the Secretary shall award under this subsection shall be $500,000, except that the Secretary may increase such amount based on the number of participants and the level of community service. A grant awarded under this subsection shall be for a single academic year, but such grants may be continued in subsequent years to successful competitors.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E39C00DA1654D9F9F9847E168C273EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applications; agreements</header><text>Any institution of higher education desiring to obtain a grant under this subsection shall submit an application therefor to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing or accompanied by such information and agreements as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H57278892A4624B828CB9059FA3D76ED"><enum>117.</enum><header>B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1543(d) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C. 1070</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>1999</quote> and inserting <quote>2006</quote>. </text> </section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Teacher Quality</header>
<section id="H542274FEEAFF4A6595FDFB5C64A557E1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>201.</enum><header>Teacher Recruiting and Preparation</header>
<subsection id="HCC869BAACBF54810002B1C4BD003FAB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>TEACH Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1021">20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new part:</text>
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<part id="HA8A7DCEC59254647B3801F66CF3DB7DA"><enum>C</enum><header>TEACH Grants</header>
<section id="H45EF10DF13D64479B96B009D4536B366"><enum>231.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of the part are—</text>
<paragraph id="HA03779696B4441BEBE27C03971ED7351"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve student academic achievement; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68796FFA65754042A0FAF163C029521"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to help recruit and prepare teachers to meet the national demand for a highly qualified teacher in every classroom; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FDBB3426FB7470CA1D61124B9ADE90"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to increase opportunities for Americans of all educational, ethnic, class, and geographic backgrounds to become highly qualified teachers.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9CC63B23648749DC87ED93E0837E4839"><enum>232.</enum><header>Program established</header>
<subsection id="H6410B87B843842E696AAB6C664BFF88"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program Authority</header>
<paragraph id="H5C54A8B8B6F44B53BAF4DEF2A2DF0843"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Payments required</header><text>For each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2013, the Secretary shall pay to each eligible institution such sums as may be necessary to pay to each eligible student (defined in accordance with section 484) who files an application and agreement in accordance with <internal-xref idref="H3740F87FAB234508A2C8B4957D101254" legis-path="233.">section 233</internal-xref>, and qualifies under subsection (a)(2) of such section, a TEACH Grant in the amount of $4,000 for each academic year during which that student is in attendance at an institution of higher education.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35A3DF9339DE4DC600B766FABD5B5710"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reference</header><text>Grants made under this part shall be known as <quote>Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants</quote> or <quote>TEACH Grants</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H492A785472194B5E8D228FF511A27F2B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment methodology</header>
<paragraph id="H0271C393A40542FD9DCF35744D77EB48"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prepayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 85 percent of such sums shall be advanced to eligible institutions prior to the start of each payment period and shall be based upon an amount requested by the institution as needed to pay eligible students until such time as the Secretary determines and publishes in the Federal Register with an opportunity for comment, an alternative payment system that provides payments to institutions in an accurate and timely manner, except that this sentence shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to place an institution on a reimbursement system of payment.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED567557417F4541B09812D07725186E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Direct payment</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the Secretary from paying directly to students, in advance of the beginning of the academic term, an amount for which they are eligible, in cases where the eligible institution elects not to participate in the disbursement system required by <internal-xref idref="H0271C393A40542FD9DCF35744D77EB48" legis-path="420L.(b)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref><internal-xref idref="H0271C393A40542FD9DCF35744D77EB48" legis-path="420K.(a)(2)">.</internal-xref></text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C0BE179512F459DADCA3E68613D06DD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution of Grants to Students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments under this part shall be made, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary for such purpose, in such manner as will best accomplish the purpose of this part. Any disbursement allowed to be made by crediting the student's account shall be limited to tuition and fees and, in the case of institutionally owned housing, room and board. The student may elect to have the institution provide other such goods and services by crediting the student's account.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H25131862BD60430300C9EB65F4294731"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reductions in amount</header>
<paragraph id="H80BC1FD2ADCF44D298E6552E8103BDA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Part time students</header><text>In any case where a student attends an institution of higher education on less than a full-time basis (including a student who attends an institution of higher education on less than a half-time basis) during any academic year, the amount of the TEACH Grant for which that student is eligible shall be reduced in proportion to the degree to which that student is not so attending on a full-time basis, in accordance with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for the purposes of this part, computed in accordance with this part. Such schedule of reductions shall be established by regulation and published in the Federal Register in accordance with section 482 of this Act. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9DA16194D83041B198A6B8FD56F110F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No exceeding cost</header><text>No TEACH Grant under this part shall exceed the the cost of attendance (as defined in section 472) at the institution at which that student is in attendance. If, with respect to any student, it is determined that the amount of a TEACH Grant exceeds the cost of attendance for that year, the amount of the TEACH Grant shall be reduced until the TEACH Grant does not exceed the cost of attendance at such institution.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEB67081499C0464AA0FFF56D1017864D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Period of Eligibility for Grants</header>
<paragraph id="HC386420E7C5D4FCB85B508A119842135"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Undergraduate students</header><text>The period during which an undergraduate student may receive TEACH Grants shall be the period required for the completion of the first undergraduate baccalaureate course of study being pursued by that student at the institution at which the student is in attendance except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C0038D8ADEA4751885CB54FEABCD17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any period during which the student is enrolled in a noncredit or remedial course of study as defined in <internal-xref idref="HB85041E580D1429E9F97EF5B31986EB6" legis-path="232.(d)(3)">paragraph (3)</internal-xref> shall not be counted for the purpose of this paragraph; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H737EFBFC30A14262AA00933683A8A94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total amount that a student may receive under this part for undergraduate study shall not exceed $16,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC4C89E9447B348DEABE3DAD8B9E16CD2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Graduate students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period during which a graduate student may receive TEACH Grants shall be the period required for the completion of a master’s degree course of study being pursued by that student at the institution at which the student is in attendance, except that the total amount that a student may receive under this part for graduate study shall not exceed $8,000.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB85041E580D1429E9F97EF5B31986EB6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Remedial course; study abroad</header><text>Nothing in this section shall exclude from eligibility courses of study which are noncredit or remedial in nature (including courses in English language acquisition) which are determined by the institution to be necessary to help the student be prepared for the pursuit of a first undergraduate baccalaureate degree or certificate or, in the case of courses in English language instruction, to be necessary to enable the student to utilize already existing knowledge, training, or skills. Nothing in this section shall exclude from eligibility programs of study abroad that are approved for credit by the home institution at which the student is enrolled. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H3740F87FAB234508A2C8B4957D101254"><enum>233.</enum><header>Eligibility and applications for Grants</header>
<subsection id="HFD92B8A4DDA54F5E8D72642C0600C371"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applications; demonstration of eligibility</header>
<paragraph id="H9329075C148A460EAAA9F00612055EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Filing required</header><text>The Secretary shall from time to time set dates by which students shall file applications for TEACH Grants under this part. Each student desiring a TEACH Grant for any year shall file an application therefore containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may deem necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out the functions and responsibilities of this part.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D966B0C369D4A65A21F71A74E46EBA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demonstration of eligibility</header><text>Each such application shall contain such information as is necessary to demonstrate that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12FF57C8312B4AD500AFF1253739D86F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if the applicant is an enrolled student—</text>
<clause id="HAADAD698EE9F4E7E82EE35A7CD677DF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the student is an eligible student for purposes of section 484 (other than subsection (r) of such section);</text></clause>
<clause id="HE9F19C75E5F9440BB5821CD1940440C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the student—</text>
<subclause id="H4F0BE92290BA46FDA600E35514A3D664"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has a grade point average that is determined, under standards prescribed by the Secretary, to be comparable to a 3.25 average on a zero to 4.0 scale, except that, if the student is in the first year of a program of undergraduate education, such grade point average shall be determined on the basis of the student’s cumulative high school grade point average; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8D78046CF4064FDB97A2270F2B2B85"><enum>(II)</enum><text>displayed high academic aptitude by receiving a score above the 75th percentile on at least one of the batteries in a undergraduate or graduate school admissions test; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HB500FC35D97442EE8FAF8265478B3DFE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the student is completing coursework and other requirements necessary to begin a career in teaching, or plans to complete such coursework and requirements prior to graduating; or</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H078DB9A033B74597BB57BF0936DE1C00"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the applicant is a current or prospective teacher applying for a grant to obtain a graduate degree—</text>
<clause id="H266775DB68DB4554BAD019231492C5EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the applicant is a teacher or a retiree from another occupation with expertise in a field in which there is a shortage of teachers, such as math, science, special education, English language acquisition, or another high-need subject; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H0E7063C66B1643CF8FBE66B6E786079B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the applicant is or was a teacher who is using high-quality alternative certification routes, such as Teach for America, to get certified.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1FA0854CA82944D2B72647BA07176E4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agreements to serve</header><text>Each application under subsection (a) shall contain or be accompanied by an agreement by the applicant that—</text>
<paragraph id="H66806CD5FB264FBEA885502BF8668D41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicant will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC570B84E287642B3917322946DCFBAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serve as a full-time teacher for a total of not less than 4 academic years within 8 years after completing the course of study for which the applicant received a TEACH Grant under this part;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6ACB0781BA9645E5BBE4BC895702C448"><enum>(B)</enum><text>teach—</text>
<clause id="HBB9F43FBE9DC40908FBBB6518BFF76BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in a school described in section 465(a)(2)(A); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H59F57C6FD623449FA0676BB5D2008106"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in any of the following fields: mathematics, science, a foreign language, bilingual education, or special education, or as a reading specialist, or another field documented as high-need by the Federal Government, State government, or local education agency and submitted to the Secretary;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD703B9EF82514739B6974256DCC7C6B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit evidence of such employment in the form of a certification by the chief administrative officer of the school upon completion of each year of such service; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H14E1FC08ABED401DA457348CBD407C29"><enum>(D)</enum><text>comply with the requirements for being a highly qualified teacher as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED1312309E7B42058535CA4FE7A5C878"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the event that the applicant is determined to have failed or refused to carry out such service obligation, the sum of the amounts of such Grants will be treated as a loan and collected from the applicant in accordance with <internal-xref idref="H37CC326B5646415EB7D6A9F688F52659" legis-path="233.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref> and the regulations thereunder.</text></paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H37CC326B5646415EB7D6A9F688F52659"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repayment for failure to complete service</header><text>In the event that any recipient of an TEACH Grant fails or refuses to comply with the service obligation in the agreement under <internal-xref idref="H1FA0854CA82944D2B72647BA07176E4C" legis-path="233.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>, the sum of the amounts of such Grants provided to such recipient shall be treated as a Direct Loan under part D of title IV, and shall be subject to repayment in accordance with terms and conditions specified by the Secretary in regulations under this part.</text></subsection></section> </part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="HF7C79CCA05354A6191656F14A9F5ACB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recruiting teachers with math, science, or language major</header><text>Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is further amended by adding after part C (as added by <internal-xref idref="HCC869BAACBF54810002B1C4BD003FAB" legis-path="101.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>) the following new part:</text>
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<part id="HE11F44D549C94C4995EC56B54C2E880"><enum>D</enum><header>Recruiting teachers with math, science, or language majors</header>
<section id="H6346185BFE97490B95D6151744119D3C"><enum>241.</enum><header>Program authorized</header>
<subsection id="HEA10A74E9B8D46449687EA244E4CC3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts appropriated under <internal-xref idref="H665FC55DA3274FF5A4526339DCE2538" legis-path="242.">section 242</internal-xref>, the Secretary shall make competitive grants to institutions of higher education to improve the availability and recruitment of teachers from among students majoring in math, science, foreign languages, special education, or teaching the English language to students with limited English proficiency. In making such grants, the Secretary shall give priority to programs that focus on preparing teachers in subjects in which there is a shortage of highly qualified teachers and that prepare students to teach in high-need schools.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBFDBC874330F4951AB04A1378CAA3CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any institution of higher education desiring to obtain a grant under this part shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may require, which shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF5BB9AE59364D66BB41508DB8FCA31C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include reporting on baseline production of teachers with expertise in math, science, a foreign language, or teaching English language learners; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H88226C3140DA4A3D8D56353990A8BBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a goal and timeline for increasing the number of such teachers who are prepared by the institution.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H56411D6950884A9983E6CF707BC6781E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds made available by grant under this part—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8DAF12221C542DB94187767C8831577"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be used to create new recruitment incentives to teaching from other majors, with an emphasis on high-need subjects such as math, science, foreign languages, and teaching the English language to students with limited English proficiency;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDD47897E47847CA88A40016E9CB0636"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may be used to upgrade curriculum in order to provide all students studying to become teachers with high-quality instructional strategies for teaching reading and teaching the English language to students with limited English proficiency, and for modifying instruction to teach students with special needs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D91FDC4BC224D488190D8D8091193F8" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text>may be used to integrate school of education faculty with other arts and science faculty in math, science, foreign languages, and teaching the English language to students with limited English proficiency through steps such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8829C5645BE4C8FBD013DE076A7A7B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>dual appointments for faculty between schools of education and schools of arts and science; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1095C51BFF474CA69C004F2FAB90808C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>integrating coursework with clinical experience; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H744388D92D37492C839BC75600D66E3D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>may be used to develop strategic plans between schools of education and local school districts to better prepare teachers for high-need schools, including the creation of professional development partnerships for training new teachers in state-of-the-art practice.</text></paragraph> </subsection></section>
<section id="H665FC55DA3274FF5A4526339DCE2538"><enum>242.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to make grants under this part $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H0CC75640124C403B80D3E7B2BDC0C1D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Part <enum-in-header>A</enum-in-header> Authorization</header><text>Section 210 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1030">20 U.S.C. 1030</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H896EEDB5D00A4FC4B5A924A749909896"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and inserting <quote>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2006</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21BB28D0D98344EE83098F8915CA1E78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>4 succeeding</quote> and inserting <quote>5 succeeding</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H27A6BD4D2BD84280BDE8BD1D4C07CD3F"><enum>202.</enum><header>Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by striking sections 206 through 209 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1026">20 U.S.C. 1026–1029</external-xref>) and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="HAAC0179434244688849B2FE8FF9BFFDC"> <enum>206.</enum> <header>Accountability and evaluation</header>
<subsection id="HE53004BF8215446C8DEF277E686506E1"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>State grant accountability report</header> <text>An eligible State that receives a grant under section 202 shall submit an annual accountability report to the Secretary, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives. Such report shall include a description of the degree to which the eligible State, in using funds provided under such section, has made substantial progress in meeting the following goals:</text>
<paragraph id="H8FCBBD22EF8841088B1EA8461EE9D180"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Percentage of highly qualified teachers</header> <text>Increasing the percentage of highly qualified teachers in the State as required by section 1119 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6319">20 U.S.C. 6319</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA560E076B474EC4B7C9B14E00966292"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Student academic achievement</header> <text>Increasing student academic achievement for all students, which may be measured through the use of value-added assessments, as defined by the eligible State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08C9F309377146B3002380DC21458457"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Raising standards</header> <text>Raising the State academic standards required to enter the teaching profession as a highly qualified teacher.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64823C5EEE57406FACB8DEF2C058A2F4"> <enum>(4)</enum> <header>Initial certification or licensure</header> <text>Increasing success in the pass rate for initial State teacher certification or licensure, or increasing the numbers of qualified individuals being certified or licensed as teachers through alternative routes to certification and licensure.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEAD55AF01B284195A600E92FFCB05791"> <enum>(5)</enum> <header>Decreasing teacher shortages</header> <text>Decreasing shortages of highly qualified teachers in poor urban and rural areas.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF737258E9F44A16A1C7B055D9454444"> <enum>(6)</enum> <header>Increasing opportunities for research-based professional development</header> <text>Increasing opportunities for enhanced and ongoing professional development that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53AD5E66C40A4BAFB65CD947FB3C16DF"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>improves the academic content knowledge of teachers in the subject areas in which the teachers are certified or licensed to teach or in which the teachers are working toward certification or licensure to teach; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H917E46E4158B4C4497263D9BD1D1B0B7"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>promotes strong teaching skills.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF88C7EDEDC5240C7A652C5189B7DDCE8"> <enum>(7)</enum> <header>Technology integration</header> <text>Increasing the number of teachers prepared effectively to integrate technology into curricula and instruction and who use technology to collect, manage, and analyze data to improve teaching, learning, and parental involvement decisionmaking for the purpose of increasing student academic achievement.</text> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H6DBF334CE88148A2A7612E4E56884700"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Eligible partnership evaluation</header> <text>Each eligible partnership applying for a grant under section 203 shall establish, and include in the application submitted under section 203(c), an evaluation plan that includes strong performance objectives. The plan shall include objectives and measures for—</text>
<paragraph id="HC95B2D03665946E98D541FCCC16F89D0"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>increased student achievement for all students, as measured by the partnership;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD125898BA16D4C5EA9FE3500A72CC500"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>increased teacher retention in the first 3 years of a teacher’s career;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFFB9FBF7C1E4901ABEC518E09267DDF"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>increased success in the pass rate for initial State certification or licensure of teachers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D4C97C9EE584ED395C1F6C0F35D62BC"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>increased percentage of highly qualified teachers; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33A857E1352E4B66AA5879A580EF41D"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text>increasing the number of teachers trained effectively to integrate technology into curricula and instruction and who use technology to collect, manage, and analyze data to improve teaching, learning, and decisionmaking for the purpose of improving student academic achievement.</text> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="HF54438BA6EF144FFAB26A3C38D44FE1"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Revocation of grant</header>
<paragraph id="HB8699E107A554D33926C06056365BD40"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Report</header> <text>Each eligible State or eligible partnership receiving a grant under section 202 or 203 shall report annually on the progress of the eligible State or eligible partnership toward meeting the purposes of this part and the goals, objectives, and measures described in subsections (a) and (b).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2FE1FDB28644BD19CE9C6E2020F887"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Revocation</header>
<subparagraph id="H54CAD26B8CDE4BEA97FF5B6B91585F21"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>Eligible States and eligible applicants</header> <text>If the Secretary determines that an eligible State or eligible applicant is not making substantial progress in meeting the purposes, goals, objectives, and measures, as appropriate, by the end of the second year of a grant under this part, then the grant payment shall not be made for the third year of the grant.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC132570131414A6894030089CCE7D52"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Eligible partnerships</header> <text>If the Secretary determines that an eligible partnership is not making substantial progress in meeting the purposes, goals, objectives, and measures, as appropriate, by the end of the third year of a grant under this part, then the grant payments shall not be made for any succeeding year of the grant.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H0C622922C81D40AFAF7F3C8B44A9940"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Evaluation and dissemination</header> <text>The Secretary shall evaluate the activities funded under this part and report annually the Secretary’s findings regarding the activities to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives. The Secretary shall broadly disseminate successful practices developed by eligible States and eligible partnerships under this part, and shall broadly disseminate information regarding such practices that were found to be ineffective.</text> </subsection> </section>
<section id="H96E157374A5440EAA3869B3413D2C3AE" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>207.</enum> <header>Accountability for programs that prepare teachers</header>
<subsection id="H9C1BA8DE8E7A4092B6991F67B1556674"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>State report card on the quality of teacher and principal preparation</header> <text>Each State that receives funds under this Act shall provide to the Secretary annually, in a uniform and comprehensible manner that conforms with the definitions and methods established by the Secretary, a State report card on the quality of teacher preparation in the State, both for traditional certification or licensure programs and for alternative certification or licensure programs, which shall include at least the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HBB4185EC83844AADB9B9ECD327472D4"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>A description of the teacher and principal certification and licensure assessments, and any other certification and licensure requirements, used by the State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H816B7A6D913D4DD69D6CBBA2591B261"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standards and criteria that prospective teachers and principals must meet in order to attain initial teacher and principal certification or licensure and to be certified or licensed to teach particular subjects or in particular grades within the State.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2ED829B28625483AA213BF0F02C9C41"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>A demonstration of the extent to which the assessments and requirements described in paragraph (1) are aligned with the State’s standards and assessments for students.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADD4A07ADCC841EB88A5522300B68136"> <enum>(4)</enum> <text>The percentage of students who have completed at least 50 percent of the requirements for a teacher preparation program at an institution of higher education or alternative certification program and who have taken and passed each of the assessments used by the State for teacher certification and licensure, and the passing score on each assessment that determines whether a candidate has passed that assessment.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75A732B8D653450FB682CA98566C0061"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text>For students who have completed at least 50 percent of the requirements for a teacher preparation program at an institution of higher education or alternative certification program, and who have taken and passed each of the assessments used by the State for teacher certification and licensure, each such institution’s and each such program’s average raw score, ranked by teacher preparation program, which shall be made available widely and publicly.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C67AA5894064A15980000A2BF3BCEA4"> <enum>(6)</enum> <text>A description of each State’s alternative routes to teacher certification, if any, and the number and percentage of teachers certified through each alternative certification route who pass State teacher certification or licensure assessments.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89DB9A6E35D543BAB606EBEC6E71BF81"> <enum>(7)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each State, a description of proposed criteria for assessing the performance of teacher and principal preparation programs in the State, including indicators of teacher and principal candidate skills, placement and retention rates (to the extent feasible), and academic content knowledge and evidence of gains in student academic achievement.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19783093A32549EB9526CA80563524FF"> <enum>(8)</enum> <text>For each teacher preparation program in the State, the number of students in the program, the number of minority students in the program, the average number of hours of supervised practice teaching required for those in the program, and the number of full-time equivalent faculty, adjunct faculty, and students in supervised practice teaching.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H687BE3A910BE4758A5A1E7D0B28CA6C3"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the State as a whole, and for each teacher preparation program in the State, the number of teachers prepared, in the aggregate and reported separately by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H489048A3741F4767A911C97FEC4E097"><enum>(A)</enum><text>number of minority students;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D10EB7C01794B94A88990E6B2C900FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>level (elementary or secondary);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4CFBDC32007E4E4B89EBD713C91B1888"><enum>(C)</enum><text>academic major;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7AAFCC3F4224028878CF74559A5B9F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>subject or subjects for which the student has been prepared to teach; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCE4DC6CE497F4AF2AEE4FBBB581EC147"><enum>(E)</enum><text>teacher candidates who speak a language other than English and have been trained specifically to teach English-language learners.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BBD830FBF5949EA97B210D7A900736F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The State shall refer to the data generated for paragraph (9) to report on the extent to which teacher preparation programs are helping to address shortages of qualified teachers, by level, subject, and specialty, in the State’s public schools, especially in poor urban and rural areas as required by section 206(a)(5).</text> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="HCE1E82D022E3448092B05C35732188BF"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Report of the Secretary on the quality of teacher preparation</header>
<paragraph id="HC578C5D0D17B47B0B9B7FE29A41D79A4"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Report card</header> <text>The Secretary shall provide to Congress, and publish and make widely available, a report card on teacher qualifications and preparation in the United States, including all the information reported in paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection (a). Such report shall identify States for which eligible States and eligible partnerships received a grant under this part. Such report shall be so provided, published and made available annually.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H011940ED118745F2AFC135D8FC00754E"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Report to Congress</header> <text>The Secretary shall report to Congress—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5682BFAF961450CAFCDF4F662096701"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>a comparison of States efforts to improve teaching quality; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F2F14398397433D9173C5F9025743B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>regarding the national mean and median scores on any standardized test that is used in more than 1 State for teacher certification or licensure.</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FF13796A50A44BCBBE5E424E188E17C"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Special rule</header> <text>In the case of programs with fewer than 10 students who have completed at least 50 percent of the requirements for a teacher preparation program taking any single initial teacher certification or licensure assessment during an academic year, the Secretary shall collect and publish information with respect to an average pass rate on State certification or licensure assessments taken over a 3-year period.</text> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="HAB33753203AA44A4A7DA7D2DDE66218C"> <enum>(c)</enum> <header>Coordination</header> <text>The Secretary, to the extent practicable, shall coordinate the information collected and published under this part among States for individuals who took State teacher certification or licensure assessments in a State other than the State in which the individual received the individual’s most recent degree.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HB512F24EE0CF45B29E13C70008A8293F"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Institution and program report cards on quality of teacher preparation</header>
<paragraph id="HB04180569671470BB1CA21FE11215BA0"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Report card</header> <text>Each institution of higher education or alternative certification program that conducts a teacher preparation program that enrolls students receiving Federal assistance under this Act shall report annually to the State and the general public, in a uniform and comprehensible manner that conforms with the definitions and methods established by the Secretary, both for traditional certification or licensure programs and for alternative certification or licensure programs, the following information, disaggregated by major racial and ethnic groups:</text>
<subparagraph id="H53114A9687694978A7606F317EB3F2D9"> <enum>(A)</enum> <header>Pass rate</header>
<clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H48DF1E6FD7984ADDB5A6952506007CD9"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>For the most recent year for which the information is available, the pass rate of each student who has completed at least 50 percent of the requirements for the teacher preparation program on the teacher certification or licensure assessments of the State in which the institution is located, but only for those students who took those assessments within 3 years of receiving a degree from the institution or completing the program.</text> </clause>
<clause indent="subparagraph" id="HF84B697C28304696A7BFB4E1FF513ED"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>A comparison of the institution or program’s pass rate for students who have completed at least 50 percent of the requirements for the teacher preparation program with the average pass rate for institutions and programs in the State.</text> </clause>
<clause indent="subparagraph" id="H7DF45D22430D475FAE7BDAFCE3B609F8"> <enum>(iii)</enum> <text>A comparison of the institution or program’s average raw score for students who have completed at least 50 percent of the requirements for the teacher preparation program with the average raw scores for institutions and programs in the State.</text> </clause>
<clause indent="subparagraph" id="HC3FBC2785DA3407CB5ACEAA3DD92806D"> <enum>(iv)</enum> <text>In the case of programs with fewer than 10 students who have completed at least 50 percent of the requirements for a teacher preparation program taking any single initial teacher certification or licensure assessment during an academic year, the institution shall collect and publish information with respect to an average pass rate on State certification or licensure assessments taken over a 3-year period.</text></clause>
<clause id="HA9A3792C40EA4A19879E656C10C02520" indent="subparagraph"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A report on the number of times candidates have to take the test before passing.</text> </clause> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1208F6E2EBE0490A996DF67CD5D218B"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>Program information</header> <text>The number of students in the program, the average number of hours of supervised practice teaching required for those in the program, and the number of full-time equivalent faculty and students in supervised practice teaching.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDC8B155975F9430AB36BC55BDC13A479"> <enum>(C)</enum> <header>Statement</header> <text>In States that require approval or accreditation of teacher education programs, a statement of whether the institution’s program is so approved or accredited, and by whom.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3DAC4B6E756B444E81886D1C54AFC3D8"> <enum>(D)</enum> <header>Designation as low-performing</header> <text>Whether the program has been designated as low-performing by the State under section 208(a).</text> </subparagraph> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA841EF4570DC46BBA4FD0085D7C0298E"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Requirement</header> <text>The information described in paragraph (1) shall be reported through publications such as school catalogs and promotional materials sent to potential applicants, secondary school guidance counselors, and prospective employers of the institution’s program graduates, including materials sent by electronic means.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2079EFB0CF6D4976BD3E7CC95DC8D395"> <enum>(3)</enum> <header>Fines</header> <text>In addition to the actions authorized in section 487(c), the Secretary may impose a fine not to exceed $25,000 on an institution of higher education for failure to provide the information described in this subsection in a timely or accurate manner.</text> </paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H78D6E965189548CA976828FABD2B94DD"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Data quality</header> <text>Either—</text>
<paragraph id="H4BC891D795B64D39B8F222D7BA35A166"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>the Governor of the State; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14DC18A3AD9147AEA0D2EBBE8AD91EE"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>in the case of a State for which the constitution or law of such State designates another individual, entity, or agency in the State to be responsible for teacher certification and preparation activity, such individual, entity, or agency;</text> </paragraph> <continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall attest annually, in writing, as to the reliability, validity, integrity, and accuracy of the data submitted pursuant to this section.</continuation-text></subsection></section>
<section id="HD71F0D2EDD624FAEA22DA604C7B2F3F0" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>208.</enum> <header>State functions</header>
<subsection id="H4C6DC9B51F3148699472A2A700D2055D"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>State assessment</header> <text>In order to receive funds under this Act, a State shall have in place a procedure to identify and assist, through the provision of technical assistance, low-performing programs of teacher preparation within institutions of higher education. Such State shall provide the Secretary an annual list of such low-performing institutions that includes an identification of those institutions at risk of being placed on such list. Such levels of performance shall be determined solely by the State and may include criteria based upon information collected pursuant to this part. Such assessment shall be described in the report under section 207(a). A State receiving Federal funds under this title shall develop plans to close or reconstitute underperforming programs of teacher preparation within institutions of higher education.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HFA381A27A94349DCA01021518259A4AC"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>Termination of eligibility</header> <text>Any institution of higher education that offers a program of teacher preparation in which the State has withdrawn the State’s approval or terminated the State’s financial support due to the low performance of the institution’s teacher preparation program based upon the State assessment described in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="HDFD1E67BE228494A9D7161DBE55206D4"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>shall be ineligible for any funding for professional development activities awarded by the Department of Education; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24EB71AB406947E6A5F3FB45D8003E5B"> <enum>(2)</enum> <text>shall not be permitted to accept or enroll any student who receives aid under title IV of this Act in the institution’s teacher preparation program.</text> </paragraph> </subsection> </section>
<section id="H120D009187224F9C9892D2990487E653" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"> <enum>209.</enum> <header>General provisions</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">In complying with sections 207 and 208, the Secretary shall ensure that States and institutions of higher education use fair and equitable methods in reporting and that the reporting methods do not allow identification of individuals.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Enhancing college outreach</header>
<section id="H3789B5D580CF497B821BE3001330895E"><enum>301.</enum><header>Federal TRIO Program</header>
<subsection id="H1C725A734DF842CFA88468DA4B2EEC74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>TRIO duration of grant</header><text>Section 402A(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-11">20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF4C576DAAF014A6191B900FE75FD214F">
<paragraph id="HEFBBBFEB53C9461D89668642E56FF1F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Grants or contracts made under this chapter shall be awarded for a period of 5 years, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B247E37AC894A5BB49CEAF1AE7B16F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grants made under section 402G shall be awarded for a period of 2 years; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA6AFA693AFC49D9911400539E9083CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grants under section 402H shall be awarded for a period determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HB0A093725E6D4A63BE88489007FCF5C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum grants</header><text>Section 402A(b)(3) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9376822768114A31A6B9913BCF064776"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$170,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC5D7CF905D7484DB0AF27CA842C4350"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$180,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$210,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FE9F2CEEE96468A9517E7307C9CCC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$190,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$220,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0B6835C9CDAE49A5BB5CAC1FCD8CF68C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maximum upward bound stipends</header><text>Section 402C(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-13">20 U.S.C. 1070a–13(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E31AA86500247F5B648EF8D75BCD483"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$60</quote> and inserting <quote>$100</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08AA46DCD474488DBBA9C951CA4F6F00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$40</quote> and inserting <quote>$60</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2D59FF2F968B422AB210E671C8282E90"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Maximum mcnair stipends</header><text>Section 402E(e)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-15">20 U.S.C. 1070a–15(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$2,800</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000</quote>.</text></subsection> </section>
<section id="H1A28159C5EF34B389C15CE02C0955998"><enum>302.</enum><header>GEARUP</header>
<subsection id="H269097B1D5404404BF15EE8B81B0E7F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Current grantees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404A(b)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-21">20 U.S.C. 1070a–21(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H91A076F06B024A509FDF00AF00449064"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>6-year</quote> after <quote>shall make</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DC6F30CD5044E0982DEFFBCC2AEE5DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>An eligible entity that has received an award under this section, has performed successfully, and still has a need for an award may apply for an additional award under this section.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD5EB8FAA22A84D5587FE5E0008650296"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entity plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404C(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-23">20 U.S.C. 1070a–23(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC2F283A1905C442FAF3DC8A422E2729"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F3FD7D7988842898C3ECFA3F20845E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H207A4212D8E74668A820C18E1C9E03BF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H73747FF04B574D6480BB749723724408">
<subparagraph id="H0872ACE2D9A54563B15214A86D27B270"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe activities for coordinating, complementing, and enhancing services under this chapter provided by other eligible entities in the State; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H19ED7DA7BCCB4DB1AFF04044A8B6A061" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership</header>
<subsection id="H58FF52366E894BE5B3415D1F524C4700"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 415A(b)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070c">20 U.S.C. 1070c(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE91DE1AAF724672ABF4B7AD82F3F4A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$105,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2004</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F02046E31F4475BB923095176B6AB88"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE1E0FED7CB3341B1A0752516DDFD85EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum grant</header><text>Section 415C(b)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070c-2">20 U.S.C. 1070c–2(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$12,500</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Opportunities at Hispanic-serving colleges and universities</header>
<section id="HABB0DBE0FE51444700D9B04624149DC8"><enum>401.</enum><header>Postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans</header>
<subsection id="H059EEAF045384C69A489222420DFCC17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>Title V of the Higher Education Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6FF483B7B8FA4189A998A9A375006686"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating part B as part C;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09619948E9B74E14A61179555150C400"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating section 511 through 518 as sections 521 through 528, respectively; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2097F17A37542EE86CC59B8D74D4E44"><enum>(3)</enum><text>inserting after section 505 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101d">20 U.S.C. 1101d</external-xref>) the following new part:</text>
<quoted-block id="H674AF98AD5604ACF95BA2B8C4CE18D28">
<part id="H6B955929211743D7BDA6BDDAECCB5617"><enum>B</enum><header>Promoting postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans</header>
<section id="H099826F9785A4B6EA42634EDFE101F12"><enum>511.</enum><header>Findings and purposes</header>
<subsection id="H4BEE425AAE34499494967C416BCF317E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HAF90011D2CDA442C992D00C15CF83C4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>According to the United States Census, by the year 2050 one in four Americans will be of Hispanic origin.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC46083FBD5F940B4A8F28868E0356D17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Despite the dramatic increase in the Hispanic population in the United States, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that in 1999, Hispanics accounted for only 4 percent of the master’s degrees, 3 percent of the doctor’s degrees, and 5 percent of first-professional degrees awarded in the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9ED05E3A1ECE42068FDB5CE174B2DC75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Although Hispanics constitute 10 percent of the college enrollment in the United States, they comprise 3 only percent of instructional faculty in college and universities.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A6D3EFB00294BE8A709503B38BB7B5D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The future capacity for research and advanced study in the United States will require increasing the number of Hispanics pursuing postbaccalaureate studies.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE18286890F1B4CFB9B89A2B1C86FA5BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Hispanic-serving institutions are leading the nation in increasing the number of Hispanics attaining graduate and professional degrees.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC3CAACCDD39C4A229D5EE5C0FD1832AD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Among Hispanics who received master’s degrees in 1999–2000, 25 percent earned them at Hispanic-serving institutions.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00E293F3A8E1467B9300BD3CC92C7652"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Between 1991 and 2000, the number of Hispanic students earning master’s degrees at Hispanic-serving institutions grew 136 percent, the number receiving doctor’s degrees grew by 85 percent, and the number earning first-professional degrees grew by 47 percent.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA3B2554B92924C8AAFE8694FD21FB41D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>It is in the National interest to expand the capacity of Hispanic-serving institutions to offer graduate and professional degree programs.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HED1C418D01AA478FB1CF6F1B66007F2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this part are—</text>
<paragraph id="HF3D78035DE91416E9969F9F62CB1CA15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to expand postbaccalaureate educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H563CBF62B342463DB8BA80DD552E68D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to expand and enhance the postbaccalaureate academic offerings, program quality, that are educating the majority of Hispanic college students and helping large numbers of Hispanic students and other low-income individuals complete postsecondary degrees.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H0510DDE99ED8489B8EB4B491D332FC9"><enum>512.</enum><header>Program authority and eligibility</header>
<subsection id="H504DBC867B3E43E78D4FA701FF6702DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text>Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to carry out this part, the Secretary shall award competitive grants to Hispanic-serving institutions that offer postbaccalaureate certifications or degrees.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H70F1BE18FF1242F7A806734E72BDDE4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>For the purposes of this part, an <quote>eligible institution</quote> means an institution of higher education that—</text>
<paragraph id="H8A592AF5A1984C86941E217FADF5C6B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is an eligible institution under section 502; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F216700751947A082F7B107917FEED8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offers a postbaccalaureate certificate or degree granting program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HC164098147CA47189602DD1FEE16E856"><enum>513.</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants awarded under this part shall be used for one or more of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="H574488C0E0EB4DD600DF91B0A449D69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDED4424AAE8E4B03AB5930CAAB8C6F5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory, and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE174969CC3CC4DBEA352A5D34BA78556"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Purchase of library books, periodicals, technical and other scientific journals, microfilm, microfiche, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program materials.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EE0DE3C27ED4813B0C6BFD3E584C443"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Support for needy postbaccalaureate students including outreach, academic support services, mentoring, scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance to permit the enrollment of such students in postbaccalaureate certificate and degree granting programs.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H961A117FCFCD4B93806C7117DD04442D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, faculty research, curriculum development, and academic instruction.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7BBA5E813A494234946B19AFA5F74581"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Creating or improving facilities for Internet or other distance learning academic instruction capabilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7384D306E13427DADD9D970996EF013"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Collaboration with other institutions of higher education to expand postbaccalaureate certificate and degree offerings.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H88F2D6EEB9F54E9DB12D14094235CD68"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to section 514 that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H75ADD24806204A92AEB77E5B2E9EC5EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contribute to carrying out the purposes of this part; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C538D32EE0C4336A0F3653EEC6FDEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9B5B2E80FDD14BD1BFE7E200CA836FA1"><enum>514.</enum><header>Application and duration</header>
<subsection id="H55808AAAFC9A4CF890F76F99C9C6A44F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any eligible institution may apply for a grant under this part by submitting an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as determined by the Secretary. Such application shall demonstrate how the grant funds will be used to improve postbaccalaureate education opportunities for Hispanic and low-income students and will lead to greater financial independence.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H35ACF499990B4FFC00448280599DE92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Grants under this part shall be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H0E931D6A045F4BBA94C7D1D4F005873"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall not award more than 1 grant under this part in any fiscal year to any Hispanic-serving institution.</text></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H427A733F4EA249259E4E034379B73E25"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperative arrangements</header><text>Section 524 of such Act (as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H09619948E9B74E14A61179555150C400" legis-path="401.(a)(2)">subsection (a)(2)</internal-xref>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1103c">20 U.S.C. 1103c</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and section 513</quote> after <quote>section 503</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H08188A238B1043D39FB515A0096E3E"><enum>402.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for Hispanic Serving Institutions</header>
<subsection id="H67985CFA5F974FCFAB1C66DCA849383F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 528 of such Act (as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H09619948E9B74E14A61179555150C400" legis-path="401.(a)(2)">section 401(a)(2)</internal-xref>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1103g">20 U.S.C. 1103g</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HE6BC91249E7A45618109E5D1EFE5D55B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="H5F66AC799D2D4B908E9BA5F95F7BD5CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Part a</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of this title $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H817052EB740F415293127689EA9EE94E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Part b</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B of this title $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H8FEF8F51BE6244EDBB66394DAAF8147"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 502(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101a">20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H53B78B563257489588A9833C5F62C040"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB4B72D379424F6E961630E24995B177"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0465EE3B9F764FB484B43C4545A7FB74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BECC15706F4481C933197678F0019D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54A802173C3E4E07BB5326155D2FE34B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (7).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H252450F58E9C4E97A1B8BF9993CE5019" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reducing regulatory barriers for Hispanic-serving institutions</header><text>Section 503(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101b">20 U.S.C. 1101b(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher" id="H27FEEA3E2C994E0483289DE61CD66B00">
<paragraph id="H6B0FE6BF028F431294B849C3973C46A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Articulation agreements and student support programs designed to facilitate the transfer from two-year to four-year institutions.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HC52AF1C95CEE40869EFB99767CC7EC00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Elimination of wait-out period</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 504 of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101c">20 U.S.C. 1101c(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" id="H66F7C71FEC1F4454B0F7C8A01B92E08">
<subsection id="H5B921FA826134F0B98E89E0478BA5D6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Award period</header><text>The Secretary may award a grant to a Hispanic-serving institution under this title for 5 years.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H416F8F72A2E049CE8C4D2669E5BFF49E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application priority</header><text>Section 521(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H09619948E9B74E14A61179555150C400" legis-path="401.(a)(2)">section 401(a)(2)</internal-xref>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1103">20 U.S.C. 1103(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(from funds other than funds provided under this title)</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Historically Black colleges and universities</header>
<section id="HFBB602BB3F4E476AA6AF63563719C5D9" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Centers of excellence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title II is amended by inserting after part D as added by section 201 of this Act the following new part:</text>
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<part id="H0989E78AD73B4293BB2446A763E61ECC"><enum>E</enum><header>Centers of excellence</header>
<section id="HECC6A79987DE4801BF45F3A9A4EFFE6"><enum>251.</enum><header>Purposes; definitions</header>
<subsection id="HF5EAF4926A414ABEBE4657366943C38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this part are—</text>
<paragraph id="H0AFC010A95A04122B9FDBECA79478FBD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to help recruit and prepare teachers, including minority teachers, to meet the national demand for a highly qualified teacher in every classroom; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H49C621F27ECF460A88B6FF8118286D2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to increase opportunities for Americans of all educational, ethnic, class, and geographic backgrounds to become highly qualified teachers.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H86E8F5362D4E44B8910052A4F5B1823B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this part:</text>
<paragraph id="H9B99DBEC5287434000D76CC89EA78C03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible institution</header><text>The term <term>eligible institution</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53893D96BC714A8B9D936018089D12F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of higher education that has a teacher preparation program that meets the requirements of section 203(b)(2) and that is—</text>
<clause id="H9906808BF405458CA8441F66DFB7D5C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a part B institution (as defined in section 322);</text></clause>
<clause id="HA1F309B3DEA14E97A15BBFF099F96158"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in section 502);</text></clause>
<clause id="H62F577C565874BAA99A205DC5BF3742"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316);</text></clause>
<clause id="H0AD9F23C23B74A9F90B3EF62F4F31A0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an Alaska Native-serving institution (as defined in section 317(b)); or</text></clause>
<clause id="H252F7DB0F8754C86AD8D5605DAC88717"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined in section 317(b));</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA566FDDFD47545D49551B1629673B0CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a consortium of institutions described in <internal-xref idref="H53893D96BC714A8B9D936018089D12F3" legis-path="231.(b)(1)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9490F11E8CC4C45ACED2E88308D6E45"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an institution described in <internal-xref idref="H53893D96BC714A8B9D936018089D12F3" legis-path="231.(b)(1)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>, or a consortium described in <internal-xref idref="HA566FDDFD47545D49551B1629673B0CA" legis-path="231.(b)(1)(B)">subparagraph (B)</internal-xref>, in partnership with any other institution of higher education, but only if the center of excellence established under section 252 is located at an institution described in <internal-xref idref="H53893D96BC714A8B9D936018089D12F3" legis-path="231.(b)(1)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80EBCD86BCCD4DFAAEBAE4AD90CBF8DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Highly qualified</header><text>The term <term>highly qualified</term> has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1664E2197F547608B5400D7C7EB8F65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scientifically based reading research</header><text>The term <term>scientifically based reading research</term> has the meaning given such term in section 1208 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6368">20 U.S.C. 6368</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87DBABC0856D4AF693C348B0098B6CF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Scientifically based research</header><text>The term <term>scientifically based research</term> has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H3BA84D1B21D8463093EA5CF87EC07F40"><enum>252.</enum><header>Centers of excellence</header>
<subsection id="HD0743C64BA8040E5B26613D87DCADB85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program authorized</header><text>From the amounts appropriated to carry out this part, the Secretary is authorized to award competitive grants to eligible institutions to establish centers of excellence.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H56F12394E75B4B7AA606E531D7E2503B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grants provided by the Secretary under this part shall be used to ensure that current and future teachers are highly qualified, by carrying out one or more of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="HE11F27CBB4E54A6CB5B8A400D81E00AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Implementing reforms within teacher preparation programs to ensure that such programs are preparing teachers who are highly qualified, are able to understand scientifically based research, and are able to use advanced technology effectively in the classroom, including use for instructional techniques to improve student academic achievement, by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB3B3C39AB17D4F998233CF04484971E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>retraining faculty; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB28CFDF60EB4523B163754C7038A8FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>designing (or redesigning) teacher preparation programs that—</text>
<clause id="H13E98A40648245FA9225149039BFE373"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prepare teachers to close student achievement gaps, are based on rigorous academic content, scientifically based research (including scientifically based reading research), and challenging State student academic content standards; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H9CFA9C17C9EC49AAB0EF92FDB8923DD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promote strong teaching skills.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7BF30B8C878E4D14B23D50CB6DA9DD09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Providing sustained and high-quality preservice clinical experience, including the mentoring of prospective teachers by exemplary teachers, substantially increasing interaction between faculty at institutions of higher education and new and experienced teachers, principals, and other administrators at elementary schools or secondary schools, and providing support, including preparation time, for such interaction.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAFC8B35E49534DB3A90131FCA05DF500"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Developing and implementing initiatives to promote retention of highly qualified teachers and principals, including minority teachers and principals, including programs that provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05341753CF27441682D639F78E1926BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>teacher or principal mentoring from exemplary teachers or principals; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B68267F66D24F88A9ADD93CB533EFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>induction and support for teachers and principals during their first 3 years of employment as teachers or principals, respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H225B31500A6943E9A3E139BC6F62E6C7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Awarding scholarships based on financial need to help students pay the costs of tuition, room, board, and other expenses of completing a teacher preparation program.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FE3E70AECED46F48B5B4BFC307F0336"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Disseminating information on effective practices for teacher preparation and successful teacher certification and licensure assessment preparation strategies.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2664FE0F282246D68906359D05EA6244"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Activities authorized under sections 202, 203, and 204.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0144C9466FCB40F18959035000EF8EC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Any eligible institution desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such a time, in such a manner, and accompanied by such information the Secretary may require.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4641EC604E284857963D1FBAA7EDDA71"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum grant amount</header><text>The minimum amount of each grant under this part shall be $1,500,000.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC7B6930FC6104448B4ABDC15DDC953D7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on administrative expenses</header><text>An eligible institution that receives a grant under this part may not use more than 2 percent of the grant funds for purposes of administering the grant.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H299ECA2D0F754E1295E0AA4AAF300F5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this part.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H3FD3A00216B24760B027270879BEBBB4"><enum>253.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HE126D852948649B69EB438C556F1008B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>502.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HC46CB8BF72184276B42FF78C9310C649"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorizations of appropriations</header><text>Section 399(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1068h">20 U.S.C. 1068h(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H35246E97B23A451485B9EA000528EEB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HEB74FFB57D4D49689FED79E09C363177"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Part a</header>
<subparagraph id="H2E93F5FD18984D83AA00F938E4C56413" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A (other than section 316 and 317)—</text>
<clause id="HDE7F2EEE4F2A481F9FAD6881EDF67700" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$170,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HAD73A169A217414390E6CEB0030EF7" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5949300CF6C44760AC906FB97410000" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 316—</text>
<clause id="H1729A15CEE75459ABF1EC4E9F9250013"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$45,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4EB6A8364C994E239E00D3A9E899DF64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB15E3A0A5D2F4F60ABEE4B30C9D3F264" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 317—</text>
<clause id="HE4D36E4424D140969E5ED8834BD69AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H0BB7C87130F24968BFE2741382799C54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E981E7281424AA6AC9BCF08FD7DF1EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Part b</header>
<subparagraph id="H04EB249BD3154C56A9C226A007139D5" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B (other than section 326)—</text>
<clause id="H24964F493A014A7782332F5226611C12" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$270,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H70E238BFED0C45FD88DFBAC51F71BC6" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD545CD5C53B64C62987CFAF3051456BD" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 326—</text>
<clause id="H374792EDF48B46688677B324F927D95F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC877D95361944A9789F53B3667BA4C37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC764F609766E4A6D98AE71CD92DF1EFD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Part c</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part C—</text>
<subparagraph id="H915BE0605C874161913705D28FE5331B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H02C119DCE8B94506B233021FD4005672"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE5E6C55284E94E3EB0DE67A2010823B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H88F9E7319F9743F8A0C62C4100316BB7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Part e</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part E—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFD2706659C7A4CAFB1A47FAF636CBB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBCBC5B573BB412CB52FF8D58CC154C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB41A8208BB29495A9DCEB97628858419"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized uses of funds for title III</header><text>Section 323(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1062">20 U.S.C. 1062(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6ED0982062074B869D15A6BA1845E800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA255E48AB7B47C0BB5D92D5007D741B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (11) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9DDE797342394C6AA4EE614C7DD4098B"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Technical assistance services, including financial management, enrollment management, strategic planning, replication of best practices, and other needed services, except that the amount expended under this paragraph shall not exceed 2 percent of the institution’s annual award under this part.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> </subsection></section>