110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4137
In the Senate of the United
States,
July 29 (legislative day,
July 28), 2008.
Amendment:
That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 4137) entitled An Act to amend and extend the Higher Education Act
of 1965, and for other purposes.
, do pass with the following
Strike out all
after the enacting clause, and insert the
following:
1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Higher Education Amendments of
2007
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. References.
Sec. 3. General effective
date.
TITLE I—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Additional
definitions.
Sec. 102. General definition of
institution of higher education.
Sec. 103. Definition of
institution of higher education for purposes of title
IV programs.
Sec. 104. Protection of student
speech and association rights.
Sec. 105. Accreditation and
Institutional Quality and Integrity Advisory Committee.
Sec. 106. Drug and alcohol
abuse prevention.
Sec. 107. Prior rights and
obligations.
Sec. 108. Transparency in
college tuition for consumers.
Sec. 109. Databases of student
information prohibited.
Sec. 110. Clear and
easy-to-find information on student financial aid.
Sec. 110A. State higher
education information system pilot program.
Sec. 111. Performance-based
organization for the delivery of Federal student financial
assistance.
Sec. 112. Procurement
flexibility.
Sec. 113. Institution and
lender reporting and disclosure requirements.
Sec. 114. Employment of
postsecondary education graduates.
Sec. 115. Foreign medical
schools.
Sec. 116. Demonstration and certification
regarding the use of certain Federal funds.
TITLE II—TEACHER QUALITY
ENHANCEMENT
Sec. 201. Teacher quality
partnership grants.
Sec. 202. General
provisions.
TITLE III—INSTITUTIONAL
AID
Sec. 301. Program
purpose.
Sec. 302. Definitions;
eligibility.
Sec. 303. American Indian
tribally controlled colleges and universities.
Sec. 304. Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian-serving institutions.
Sec. 305. Native
American-serving, nontribal institutions.
Sec. 306. Part
B definitions.
Sec. 307. Grants to
institutions.
Sec. 308. Allotments to
institutions.
Sec. 309. Professional or
graduate institutions.
Sec. 310. Authority of the
Secretary.
Sec. 311. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 312. Technical
corrections.
TITLE IV—Student
Assistance
PART A—Grants to students in
attendance at institutions of higher education
Sec. 401. Federal Pell
Grants.
Sec. 402. Academic
competitiveness grants.
Sec. 403. Federal Trio
Programs.
Sec. 404. Gaining early
awareness and readiness for undergraduate programs.
Sec. 405. Academic achievement
incentive scholarships.
Sec. 406. Federal supplemental
educational opportunity grants.
Sec. 407. Leveraging
Educational Assistance Partnership program.
Sec. 408. Special programs for
students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal
farmwork.
Sec. 409. Robert C. Byrd Honors
Scholarship Program.
Sec. 410. Child care access
means parents in school.
Sec. 411. Learning anytime
anywhere partnerships.
PART B—Federal family education
loan program
Sec. 421. Federal payments to
reduce student interest costs.
Sec. 422. Federal Consolidation
Loans.
Sec. 423. Default reduction
program.
Sec. 424. Reports to consumer
reporting agencies and institutions of higher education.
Sec. 425. Common forms and
formats.
Sec. 426. Student loan
information by eligible lenders.
Sec. 427. Consumer education
information.
Sec. 428. Definition of
eligible lender.
Sec. 429. Discharge and
cancellation rights in cases of disability.
PART C—Federal work-study
programs
Sec. 441. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 442. Allowance for books
and supplies.
Sec. 443. Grants for Federal
work-study programs.
Sec. 444. Job location and
development programs.
Sec. 445. Work
colleges.
PART D—Federal Perkins
Loans
Sec. 451. Program
authority.
Sec. 451A. Allowance for books
and supplies.
Sec. 451B. Perkins loan
forbearance.
Sec. 452. Cancellation of loans
for certain public service.
PART E—Need analysis
Sec. 461. Cost of
attendance.
Sec. 462.
Definitions.
PART F—General provisions relating
to student assistance
Sec. 471.
Definitions.
Sec. 472. Compliance
calendar.
Sec. 473. Forms and
regulations.
Sec. 474. Student
eligibility.
Sec. 475. Statute of
limitations and State court judgments.
Sec. 476. Institutional
refunds.
Sec. 477. Institutional and
financial assistance information for students.
Sec. 478. Entrance counseling
required.
Sec. 479. National Student Loan
Data System.
Sec. 480. Early awareness of
financial aid eligibility.
Sec. 481. Program participation
agreements.
Sec. 482. Regulatory relief and
improvement.
Sec. 483. Transfer of
allotments.
Sec. 484. Purpose of
administrative payments.
Sec. 485. Advisory Committee on
student financial assistance.
Sec. 486. Regional
meetings.
Sec. 487. Year 2000
requirements at the Department.
PART G—Program
integrity
Sec. 491. Recognition of
accrediting agency or association.
Sec. 492. Administrative
capacity standard.
Sec. 493. Program review and
data.
Sec. 494. Timely information
about loans.
Sec. 495. Auction evaluation
and report.
TITLE V—Developing
Institutions
Sec. 501. Authorized
activities.
Sec. 502. Postbaccalaureate
opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
Sec. 503.
Applications.
Sec. 504. Cooperative
arrangements.
Sec. 505. Authorization of
appropriations.
TITLE VI—International education
programs
Sec. 601. Findings.
Sec. 602. Graduate and
undergraduate language and area centers and programs.
Sec. 603. Undergraduate
international studies and foreign language programs.
Sec. 604. Research;
studies.
Sec. 605. Technological
innovation and cooperation for foreign information access.
Sec. 606. Selection of certain
grant recipients.
Sec. 607. American overseas
research centers.
Sec. 608. Authorization of
appropriations for international and foreign language studies.
Sec. 609. Centers for
international business education.
Sec. 610. Education and
training programs.
Sec. 611. Authorization of
appropriations for business and international education programs.
Sec. 612. Minority foreign
service professional development program.
Sec. 613. Institutional
development.
Sec. 614. Study abroad
program.
Sec. 615. Advanced degree in
international relations.
Sec. 616.
Internships.
Sec. 617. Financial
assistance.
Sec. 618. Report.
Sec. 619. Gifts and
donations.
Sec. 620. Authorization of
appropriations for the Institute for International Public Policy.
Sec. 621.
Definitions.
Sec. 622. Assessment and
enforcement.
TITLE VII—GRADUATE AND
POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
Sec. 701. Purpose.
Sec. 702. Allocation of Jacob
K. Javits Fellowships.
Sec. 703. Stipends.
Sec. 704. Authorization of
appropriations for the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program.
Sec. 705. Institutional
eligibility under the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need
Program.
Sec. 706. Awards to graduate
students.
Sec. 707. Additional assistance
for cost of education.
Sec. 708. Authorization of
appropriations for the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need
Program.
Sec. 709. Legal educational
opportunity program.
Sec. 710. Fund for the
improvement of postsecondary education.
Sec. 711. Special
projects.
Sec. 712. Authorization of
appropriations for the fund for the improvement of postsecondary
education.
Sec. 713. Repeal of the urban
community service program.
Sec. 714. Grants for students
with disabilities.
Sec. 715. Applications for
demonstration projects to ensure students with disabilities receive a quality
higher education.
Sec. 716. Authorization of
appropriations for demonstration projects to ensure students with disabilities
receive a quality higher education.
Sec. 717. Research
grants.
TITLE
VIII—Miscellaneous
Sec. 801.
Miscellaneous.
Sec. 802. Additional
programs.
Sec. 803. Student loan
clearinghouse.
Sec. 804. Minority serving
institutions for advanced technology and education.
TITLE IX—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER
LAWS
PART A—EDUCATION OF THE DEAF ACT
OF 1986
Sec. 901. Laurent Clerc
National Deaf Education Center.
Sec. 902. Agreement with
Gallaudet University.
Sec. 903. Agreement for the
National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Sec. 904. Cultural experiences
grants.
Sec. 905. Audit.
Sec. 906. Reports.
Sec. 907. Monitoring,
evaluation, and reporting.
Sec. 908. Liaison for
educational programs.
Sec. 909. Federal endowment
programs for Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the
Deaf.
Sec. 910. Oversight and effect
of agreements.
Sec. 911. International
students.
Sec. 912. Research
priorities.
Sec. 913. Authorization of
appropriations.
PART B—UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF
PEACE ACT
Sec. 921. United States
Institute of Peace Act.
PART C—THE HIGHER EDUCATION
AMENDMENTS OF 1998
Sec. 931. Repeals.
Sec. 932. Grants to States for
workplace and community transition training for incarcerated youth
offenders.
Sec. 933. Underground railroad
educational and cultural program.
Sec. 934. Olympic scholarships
under the Higher Education Amendments of 1992.
PART D—INDIAN
EDUCATION
SUBPART 1—Tribal Colleges and
Universities
Sec. 941. Reauthorization of
the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of
1978.
SUBPART 2—Navajo Higher
Education
Sec. 945. Short
title.
Sec. 946. Reauthorization of
Navajo Community College Act.
PART E—Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968
Sec. 951. Short
title.
Sec. 952. Loan repayment for
prosecutors and defenders.
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.Except as otherwise provided in this Act or
the amendments made by this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GENERAL PROVISIONS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF32D052D9404F36955801A82CB43C9A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional definitions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E0625E01DCE4554A2B70AB0FEB84513"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D70096128D84721923C33E1817049DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (9) through
(16) as paragraphs (13) through (20); respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAD11DDE82F04B68AFFBC70087D1E599"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8)
as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DDBDA13BD4F4B61A998F3372ADC9546"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6302BE0286B4AC3B5C2FD3B63C6DDED"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DD7C633EC1F4E70B229DA1D4112AC13" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF07A27F3ADA4845BD9285AED98DFFCB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizing committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>authorizing
committees</term> means the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1A58DE605B944778F86F8B22379DD24"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by paragraph (3)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E7540F37A0740F1A9450934C52AF28C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55BAA96695B1407084A2F7C1963FCBD7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Critical foreign language</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>critical foreign
language</term> means each of the languages contained in the list of critical
languages designated by the Secretary in the Federal Register on August 2, 1985
(50 Fed. Reg. 149, 31412; promulgated under the authority of section 212(d) of
the Education for Economic Security Act (repealed by section 2303 of the
Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School
Improvement Amendments of 1988)), except that in the implementation of this
definition with respect to a specific title, the Secretary may set priorities
according to the purposes of such title and the national security, economic
competitiveness, and educational needs of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73B7D2F67ABC431694B032C7AD5C0AB6"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (5) (as
redesignated by paragraph (3)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE17770EB097F419883AFDEC7D1340164" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7A5819E9B0D4C8795915719E75B858A"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance education</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE106FA3A41B3471EBC3F39EBC5A027B6"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided, the term
<term>distance education</term> means education that uses 1 or more of the
technologies described in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id416B87E0E2A249D38274DA8E13B84B35"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to deliver instruction to students who are
separated from the instructor; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84235C38474F4B60B958BBE7C94C3AC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support regular and substantive
interaction between the students and the instructor, synchronously or
asynchronously.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCB6793A0147483A87A9569BB29C8CA9"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the
technologies used may include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DBB3D4AB6AF43E59EB87D472F26EE1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Internet;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CF038C7C5E34B3FBAD720114A20E30D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one-way and two-way transmissions through
open broadcast, closed circuit, cable, microwave, broadband lines, fiber
optics, satellite, or wireless communications devices;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04092D0A864641C395DBBD8EB8B9BF9F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">audio conferencing; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0F92325AF584111817697C9419AE87E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">video cassette, DVDs, and CD–ROMs, if the
cassette, DVDs, and CD–ROMs are used in a course in conjunction with the
technologies listed in clauses (i) through
(iii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id586523BB290140C78F1D9820BE3AADB6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (11) (as
redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DE8A2D0574A404B83A09E0A37494EA9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63296E4524DD48CC89457AF730952F2C"><enum>(12)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Poverty line</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>poverty line</term> means
the poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C.
9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size
involved.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id276BDCF727BC4E17B45412EA18B99E92"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE69DC5B29D8E4D5AA106780988F53538"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 131(a)(3)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1015(a)(3)(B)), by striking <quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86CD00A1383C489AADA14C66D3C19504"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 141(d)(4)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1018(d)(4)(B)), by striking <quote>Committee on Education and the Workforce of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03A54F5A3E6140958A8E235BE0D96DBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 401(f)(3) (20 U.S.C.
1070a(f)(3)), by striking <quote>to the Committee on Appropriations</quote> and
all that follows through <quote>House of Representatives</quote> and inserting
<quote>to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C1A51F9FD414C2CA5EB16209B66299B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 428 (20 U.S.C.
1078)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id795C2F7FFAB346EE826D9E2DA857541F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(9)(K), by striking
<quote>House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee
on Labor and Human Resources</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4614BC3746CA48B299161BAC77740C3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter following paragraph (2) of
subsection (g), by striking <quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B0A98A79B9B487E8620D3ED0D70648B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (n)(4), by striking
<quote>Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate</quote> and
inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41F546EC7F4F442ABB31EEFE425C9641"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 428A(c) (20 U.S.C.
1078–1(c))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C2E6D5C4B7E47BEA0B1B558E5CFA0A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Chairperson</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>House of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>members of
the authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id119BAD1E803249A991D9B4497E0F0549"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>Chairperson</quote> and all that follows through <quote>House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>members of the authorizing
committees</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE549FD94FC414535A00E6D6AE67939C3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking
<quote>Chairperson</quote> and all that follows through <quote>House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>members of the authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A542CBF117343CA84D2B7C867680248"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 432 (20 U.S.C.
1082)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4613C3D2D421400AA9F962BF866D2186"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(1)(C), by striking
<quote>the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>either of the authorizing
committees</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD55CED00742447EFBBE4973367BE6E95"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter following subparagraph (D) of
subsection (n)(3), by striking <quote>Committee on Education and the Workforce
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources
of the Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC42145B2EC1D4E8290623FDC561D7B79"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 437(c)(1) (20 U.S.C.
1087(c)(1)), by striking <quote>Committee on Education and the Workforce of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D1A8DA465EE47EBAACEA7F65524E5F9"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 439 (20 U.S.C.
1087–2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD69F0BBA13D4B2BB6D32C73FBFD8C78"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1)(E)(iii), by striking
<quote>advise the Chairman</quote> and all that follows through <quote>House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>advise the members of the
authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F31A677EDEB4795AAE57C234798EEE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (r)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA16A1E5388904146AB063BE9AF727639"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>inform
the Chairman</quote> and all that follows through <quote>House of
Representatives,</quote> and inserting <quote>inform the members of the
authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAA0195D6D6C45B9841D86FE24F0F13A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)(B), by striking
<quote>plan, to the Chairman</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>Education and Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>plan, to the members of
the authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7535DB4ADFF4867AF143B3BC6ACE728"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6)(B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79989682B7BA4471A148407078EFA212"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>plan, to the
Chairman</quote> and all that follows through <quote>House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>plan, to the members of the
authorizing committees</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8DFC45F3C4449B08E6D4EA00B484224"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Chairmen and ranking
minority members of such Committees</quote> and inserting <quote>members of the
authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7C2344CE523415CBD06DB12EA89C827"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8)(C), by striking
<quote>implemented to the Chairman</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>House of Representatives, and</quote> and inserting <quote>implemented
to the members of the authorizing committees, and to</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7942B54140B4400689FA5D90046EA18E"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (10), by striking <quote>days to the Chairman</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>Education and Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>days to
the members of the authorizing committees</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18902E35035143B18BD5F557B87AAF41"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (s)(2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA697F5EAEBC74EBA958DC49EFDEA14B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i) of
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Treasury and to the Chairman</quote> and
all that follows through <quote>House of Representatives</quote> and inserting
<quote>Treasury and to the members of the authorizing committees</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id317D7008EB174EB3A0202EEB3D5FDFE0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>Treasury and to the Chairman</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>House of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>Treasury and to
the members of the authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAEC8671FB574D9D849BCF84B149AA2D"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 455(b)(8)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1087e(b)(8)(B)), by striking <quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2A97160E8324FA1AFF8CD3FFF6D1C46"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in
section 482(d) (20
U.S.C. 1089(d)), by striking <quote>Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the
House of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4848142AF1142C49100A227FD83B100"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in
section 483(c) (20
U.S.C. 1090(c)), by striking <quote>Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce
of the House of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id475F48E685264D8C991FF42A498D1E18"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 485 (20 U.S.C.
1092)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1D1B069C7274C908E1A00559A100159"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(5)(A), by striking
<quote>Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate</quote> and
inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BFEB54AB8DD4C639CA1A0B7A4924129"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(4)(B), by striking
<quote>Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate</quote> and
inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id118C5D4AF24248C0BE40889B1CF5410B"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 486 (20 U.S.C.
1093)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1309F84408D454097830998F3FDEEAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking
<quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives</quote> and
inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32C02344ED4947FFB9FCCB148604C59D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FC520F2E7B14C07BD57DF109CF8BE25"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i) of
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED4B28D621534BDC93D128ADDB5D2D70"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i) of
subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing
committees</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC7DAF9F990F4CF596DDB6A822D2CE73"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 487A(a)(5) (20 U.S.C.
1094a(a)(5)), by striking <quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C0E2DD2B3C04751AD149984D535EC83"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 498B(d) (20 U.S.C.
1099c–2(d))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13157F503F2E44CF82955828A5364F3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives</quote> and
inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF81193A45D784C6EA1CB063EACB4E686"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives</quote> and
inserting <quote>authorizing committees</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66A63D074E854880B6FF435101C8A5A0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General definition of institution of higher
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 (20
U.S.C. 1001) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB044BC409E14F249914411CD1B42D37"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by inserting <quote>,
or awards a degree that is acceptable for admission to a graduate or
professional degree program, subject to the review and approval by the
Secretary</quote> after <quote>such a degree</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58000A6C4A8F41BF9FB8DAFA4939BDB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b)(2) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DE0EA5712414EAD8B7450D233E5803A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE86C2DFCD02B40A0BFF93EFE2B077A91"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a public or nonprofit private educational
institution in any State that, in lieu of the requirement in subsection (a)(1),
admits as regular students persons—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE971A1B03E8C40E5BBF150755156A85A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are beyond the age of compulsory school
attendance in the State in which the institution is located; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A97779B71014D12A25E44A9251F2161"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who will be dually or concurrently enrolled
in the institution and a secondary
school.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0A5B83D19AC472A9D5E40C1EEA36279" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of institution of higher
education for purposes of title <enum-in-header>IV</enum-in-header>
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 (20
U.S.C. 1002) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF0807793864465697EBD058B8337755"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subclause (II) of subsection
(a)(2)(A)(i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC90BCF513ACA453387C7F2237174EA7A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4E514CAB997437EA6610E45A26D65BB"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution has or had a clinical
training program that was approved by a State as of January 1, 1992, and has
continuously operated a clinical training program in not less than 1 State that
is approved by such State;</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5FF67371DB84A94A1055FEA873BF61A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88A2FD203E2A41B893AE812E7B96A953"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE864421DDCFF4E32B384126AE55C506A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C38B370191E4810B20A690BEE91A072"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>;
and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09C9DDAA095B473EB015E0785C81C5DD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (F); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29142853163D4ABBA5A4C6650DE9BF80"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAADE9AEFD9F4F06AA202AC6B5B2645E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A91595780B1477791DF6C53C8027F54"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>proprietary institution of
higher education</quote> also includes a proprietary educational institution in
any State that, in lieu of the requirement in section 101(a)(1), admits as
regular students persons—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50A116877AF14755BF6E6B04BE100D9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are beyond the age of compulsory school
attendance in the State in which the institution is located; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ACE467E1A4743349C26418081865ACC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who will be dually or concurrently enrolled
in the institution and a secondary
school.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7136FDB1831A4013AF9E3B8DABC9F2FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c)(2) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEED045C64FE344A0A2DF643205C3AA9F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46A589B3F057483BBFBE463980392F3A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>postsecondary vocational
institution</quote> also includes an educational institution in any State that,
in lieu of the requirement in section 101(a)(1), admits as regular students
persons—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02444EE4222446318D50528D972CE4DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who are beyond the age of compulsory school
attendance in the State in which the institution is located; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74938BFFC14045E7AE54A7C7F5F85BA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who will be dually or concurrently enrolled
in the institution and a secondary
school.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F26637AA55C4D2D99C14C0C7BE90BB7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protection of student speech and
association rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 112
(20 U.S.C.
1011a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9521D2A9C29E4C74B3768EF56B48FFBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD69F305977894B9FAC23B51B30D371FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before
<quote>It is the sense</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEA1B607CF3949EEBE70D8ACE70137EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDAAB76C0454422C8DBFD712D9B6C231" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E849764B6694A6FAA1CF94ABB23E922" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DF7B417A65348F185C27EBAC1948D31"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the diversity of institutions and
educational missions is one of the key strengths of American higher
education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4751769B6ED431FA9F99CCA2ED2EF44"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individual colleges and universities have
different missions and each institution should design its academic program in
accordance with its educational goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id550477E053E6439A8B598AD3D418BA1D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a college should facilitate the free and
open exchange of ideas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDB36031447C4FF8B5ABBBC9135DD562"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">students should not be intimidated,
harassed, discouraged from speaking out, or discriminated against;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id471AAA6D07A24BE6849FE9B21D94F1CA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">students should be treated equally and
fairly; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03FC09985ABD496694A27A9940D8113F"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to modify, change, or infringe upon any constitutionally protected
religious liberty, freedom, expression, or
association.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F3D2703BE3D4EABB577CF68ADDDBFA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote>,
provided that the imposition of such sanction is done objectively and
fairly</quote> after <quote>higher education</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF904A60F6DDD417D83C92BF09D3783D5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accreditation and Institutional Quality and
Integrity Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20EB0E22273E464A8903AD0042CF858A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 114 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1011c">20 U.S.C. 1011c</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10A8361C01B84253B72B63032A088C13" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A4C5071EFBF437792EEEC6929127E2B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accreditation and institutional quality and
integrity committee</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD73F2A7C9434460D8CF4C0758BC0E16F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Department an
Accreditation and Institutional Quality and Integrity Advisory Committee (in
this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>) to assess the process
of accreditation and the institutional eligibility and certification of such
institutions under title IV.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CCBB19C46CF43E48B49DD6B2CCE428C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id756E3C983FEF4452816C99CE95F136E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall have 15 members, of
which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD071EA14CDA64034BE5DCC73E4ACD024"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 members shall be appointed by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2626932750E144498FCD5C07FB876135"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 members shall be appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives upon the recommendation of the majority leader
and minority leader of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECC3D4E6522A412D8FD11FA8C9C16BDC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">5 members shall be appointed by the
President pro tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the majority
leader and minority leader of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id938AF407A67544E9A1BE718583A905D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals shall be appointed as members
of the Committee on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3BF76B37B03401782CFA5F0CD638381"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the basis of the individuals' experience,
integrity, impartiality, and good judgment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE20E835FDD2E4D6BBAC31EA577F0C777"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from among individuals who are
representatives of, or knowledgeable concerning, education and training beyond
secondary education, representatives of all sectors and types of institutions
of higher education (as defined in section 102); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD328C81E2CBB44889CC3A20F99846418"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the basis of the individuals' technical
qualifications, professional standing, and demonstrated knowledge in the fields
of accreditation and administration in higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD48569BD233944A38EA794E817A55D1C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms of members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term of office of each member of the
Committee shall be for 6 years, except that any member appointed to fill a
vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member’s
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such
term.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5AD72E2D0C454376A793684DED4437B5"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vacancy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vacancy on the Committee shall be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment was made not later than 90 days
after the vacancy occurred. If a vacancy occurs in a position to be filled by
the Secretary, the Secretary shall publish a Federal Register notice soliciting
nominations for the position not later than 30 days after being notified of the
vacancy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7905AA3C2A194F94BB89636642A4C350"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms of office for the initial members
of the Committee shall be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id211383647B08479B8F7838F956167FD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 years for members appointed under
paragraph (1)(A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A444A5161D44DC2980DAE9146C13CE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4 years for members appointed under
paragraph (1)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7909DDEB31314C51BC4B1B17B7D63CB0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">6 years for members appointed under
paragraph (1)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id982E82BAC2074BCFB18F7A47AB568A9E"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The members of the Committee shall select a
chairperson from among the members.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08D4AF25F094437F966ECE3343B669A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73B25200D1184750B62A016E9AF86EFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise the Secretary with respect to
establishment and enforcement of the standards of accrediting agencies or
associations under subpart 2 of part H of title IV;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01E2D1B96DF24533892B2795CE1055C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise the Secretary with respect to the
recognition of a specific accrediting agency or association;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20915EB8846E4190AA07363EC9C04A0C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise the Secretary with respect to the
preparation and publication of the list of nationally recognized accrediting
agencies and associations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC6DE17C1D2040B3851754B46A96EA95"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise the Secretary with respect to the
eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education
under title IV, together with recommendations for improvements in such
process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C9AAD8430214F3EB1CE155714EC0484"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise the Secretary with respect to the
relationship between—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61D860B350094E1E96569D8F45BCD3A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accreditation of institutions of higher
education and the certification and eligibility of such institutions;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0E009AD28514778A60A514B4BA6D99B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State licensing responsibilities with
respect to such institutions; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FFF2CBDBB6E41389EEDC1EEF59744D9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out such other advisory functions
relating to accreditation and institutional eligibility as the Secretary may
prescribe in regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB195E3838E64FFCAD43B9FE4DB0F83C"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meeting procedures</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id099BC9C75FDC426C97FC57141E8ED80E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Schedule</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25181B0D2DC1485995927D295EEB7451"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biannual meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall meet not less often
than twice each year, at the call of the Chairperson.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD29AE8EB1DB14A2493B8BBB78E662AB8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publication of Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall submit the date and
location of each meeting in advance to the Secretary, and the Secretary shall
publish such information in the Federal Register not later than 30 days before
the meeting.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA41EF8E8BD304EBFBFD3DE6ED8DE84D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agenda</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E35D5DA96AA4A76B1F8DE3181058C91"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The agenda for a meeting of the Committee
shall be established by the Chairperson and shall be submitted to the members
of the Committee upon notification of the meeting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF442F1B8C8E4EEFA463F0AF46E323D5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Opportunity for public
comment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The agenda shall
include, at a minimum, opportunity for public comment during the Committee’s
deliberations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBB8674BFDF24ECFAC20A7E84E257956"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary’s designee</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30448A6EA6F64797BCFE81AD1FB3247A"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Attendance at meeting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairperson shall invite the
Secretary’s designee to attend all meetings of the Committee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60A5D502FE764955A652A3707E8E53EB"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Role of designee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary’s designee may be present at
a Committee meeting to facilitate the exchange and free flow of information
between the Secretary and the Committee. The designee shall have no authority
over the agenda of the meeting, the items on that agenda, or on the resolution
of any agenda item.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id891B4B406D304ECFB5A33A607DABD9DC"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal advisory committee
Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Committee,
except that section 14 of such Act shall not apply.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFAA22AB0E9A4858986FE75564A49832"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report and notice</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF57FF9BE0CE44B6FB5ED53BA7E8752F0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually publish in the
Federal Register—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42B2886A0E7F4BE8964F35EAB24D305B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list containing, for each member of the
Committee—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64229FE17C2046B59A2455CA5C1AFBFA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the member's name;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4AE200FA2874E9D83CB410F049609B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date of the expiration of the member's
term of office; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93E532D627A84D2EBFA02E8701F2500B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the individual described in subsection
(b)(1) who appointed the member; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0558ED3F69484FC7BB4F1F364FCE5C47"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a solicitation of nominations for each
expiring term of office on the Committee of a member appointed by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F7E641B8DB243938B0ABA9A4F0E559B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30 of each year,
the Committee shall make an annual report to the Secretary, the authorizing
committees, and the public. The annual report shall contain—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC69E03451ECA434B8F38CBB1126AC1D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed summary of the agenda and
activities of, and the findings and recommendations made by, the Committee
during the preceding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC99163755533478D9A50C05F58D26B30"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of the date and location of each
meeting during the preceding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C829339931E4C50B81CD5383C230A01"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of the members of the Committee and
appropriate contact information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F4C5867B8FA4890A46D882CAD94A221"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of the functions of the Committee,
including any additional functions established by the Secretary through
regulation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DF40D4CB8604A94B7DD34FE0A3F6A90"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall terminate on September
30,
2012.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id038C317816844E02BD506E69B7903B05"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of NACIQI</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Advisory Committee on
Institutional Quality and Integrity, established under section 114 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (as such section was in effect the day before the
date of enactment of this Act) shall terminate 30 days after such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE48B2E567624C82B4842E6357854EDD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drug and alcohol abuse
prevention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 120(a)(2)
(20 U.S.C.
1011i(a)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69336A913C594088B210BDEBC0AA937B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17687EB6C96445D88819DCC31466FDEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8D0B882BF534D34A8CC21D95ED2278D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (A) (as
amended by paragraph (1)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B12735A68B44E5EA77DCF08ED33F3F3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id079F96159FB24CBBA32616B0DD912BBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the number of drug and
alcohol-related incidents and fatalities that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B88E797822C44F29F3FFBA5EE26B940"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">occur on the institution's property or as
part of any of the institution's activities; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id613AC4DFC523460CB4202250783F4037"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are reported to the institution;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12820AA63A90444E9090C4998621E3CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the number and type of sanctions
described in paragraph (1)(E) that are imposed by the institution as a result
of drug and alcohol-related incidents and fatalities on the institution's
property or as part of any of the institution's activities;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id426A88046DAD4DEB9A0211C0A26354CF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior rights and obligations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 121(a) (20 U.S.C.
1011j(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F60987F85F1438C8AFFD18558348EA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>1999
and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>2008
and for each succeeding fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70269A7585DB453F91E1C722EEEA3530"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>1999
and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>2008
and for each succeeding fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEB15393B84E41769C6E17A70C976F0F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency in college tuition for
consumers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title I
(20 U.S.C.
1015) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BFB53CCA9964151924C722B379CBE73" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8940B284CCB04DE0B704CF0C3E701C90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency in college tuition for
consumers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0AD969D26B441B3972F1D794105A9B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Net price</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>net
price</term> means the average yearly tuition and fees paid by a full-time
undergraduate student at an institution of higher education, after discounts
and grants from the institution, Federal Government, or a State have been
applied to the full price of tuition and fees at the institution.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93D79FC7B11842FEB0B3BA645F8BCF32"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Higher education price index</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87080402BD98492A922254DF902C2CC3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Commission of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in
consultation with the Commissioner of Education Statistics and representatives
of institutions of higher education, shall develop higher education price
indices that accurately reflect the annual change in tuition and fees for
undergraduate students in the categories of institutions listed in paragraph
(2). Such indices shall be updated annually.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB848F84DA6B42D781B405BAFD14859B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The higher education price index under
paragraph (1) shall be developed for each of the following categories:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85D82E129F644506B321D9D8D1A3404E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4-year public degree-granting institutions
of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id378A1A981ED94F43B4EF59B77E6F8A02"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4-year private degree-granting institutions
of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AB3B8E03F0945C5A90DD0F3739AFD31"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2-year public degree-granting institutions
of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1B9986B3D8B4B30AB72F70FBE6E164B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2-year private degree-granting institutions
of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CA1017A1E9F4DE5A6B1EA7B45BDF372"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Less than 2-year institutions of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CF0CC43741B4EDDBAD480688B1192D8"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All types of institutions described in
subparagraphs (A) through (E).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2AD381662E549CEA0400FD8A2158704"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums as may be
necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE02218E1C0DD448182F62F2C265E699C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC41717D95E5B499FB2B00E72C3773222"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually report, in a
national list and in a list for each State, a ranking of institutions of higher
education according to such institutions' change in tuition and fees over the
preceding 2 years. The purpose of such lists is to provide consumers with
general information on pricing trends among institutions of higher education
nationally and in each State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD70BFB81EBA34EC6BADA8EE124C91D10"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compilation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BCC11BAE6FD4D34AAF923AF3430C292"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lists described in paragraph (1) shall
be compiled according to the following categories:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EA5D7E06B144C7A86204D8176E6059A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4-year public institutions of higher
education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB41707321F9B49EF8CC243BC0E229102"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4-year private, nonprofit institutions of
higher education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CE295831A5248D1AD91FF34194D8B9C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4-year private, for-profit institutions of
higher education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id784A112468E340B2B3B7EFBE2E51EFF4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2-year public institutions of higher
education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA44BDD68B770409594C1DFECF5DDB1E9"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2-year private, nonprofit institutions of
higher education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7913A4A7AEE4415FA48C7FF2DB0694C3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2-year private, for-profit institutions of
higher education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC785F36E58B8463283F947B09EC71BE5"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Less than 2-year public institutions of
higher education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4258B76897C140229FE7B2B898897D70"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Less than 2-year private, nonprofit
institutions of higher education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAF1E5C4AEF94A7C8DDD88E0662495C5"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Less than 2-year private, for-profit
institutions of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2F38131BB8C4A13A9068631E4206EB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Percentage and dollar change</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lists described in paragraph (1) shall
include 2 lists for each of the categories under subparagraph (A) as
follows:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB440832348A142BC836A22C03555956B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 list in which data is compiled by
percentage change in tuition and fees over the preceding 2 years.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78D24577AC384B4782A16DE5654169D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 list in which data is compiled by dollar
change in tuition and fees over the preceding 2 years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ABE04498E3742F8A7B0A96F41BBE096"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Higher education price increase watch
lists</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of the
development of the higher education price indices described in paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall annually report, in a national list, and in a list for each
State, a ranking of each institution of higher education whose tuition and fees
outpace such institution’s applicable higher education price index described in
subsection (b). Such lists shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id652387B8B17E44498FEDEE26CDA11CF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be known as the <quote>Higher Education
Price Increase Watch Lists</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id172BFF41AA08417B87F8758F04862790"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report the full price of tuition and fees
at the institution and the net price;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DCC2265E7D04AD39F461120469952A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where applicable, report the average price
of room and board for students living on campus at the institution, except that
such price shall not be used in determining whether an institution’s cost
outpaces such institution’s applicable higher education price index; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CB573E1AF3D4E45843253982F9965DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be compiled by the Secretary in a public
document to be widely published and disseminated in paper form and through the
website of the Department.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9C33294C10F4DFE91AE48D23E3376F5"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State higher education appropriations
chart</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
annually report, in charts for each State—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA20B2964513E423380D319CC02CAADA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comparison of the percentage change in
State appropriations per enrolled student in a public institution of higher
education in the State to the percentage change in tuition and fees for each
public institution of higher education in the State for each of the previous 5
years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41F4BE7AB0864EA285ABF22809E21406"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of need-based and
merit-based aid provided by the State to students enrolled in a public
institution of higher education in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD531580DADB4EF89097BA19F2BA35CD"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sharing of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall share the information
under paragraphs (1) through (4) with the public, including with private sector
college guidebook publishers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF40D2C1C6D004CA9B4B7BD7D3917B8BD"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Net price calculator</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75F0831A4B8140E6A641CE8E6453526A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall, in consultation with institutions
of higher education, develop and make several model net price calculators to
help students, families, and consumers determine the net price of an
institution of higher education, which institutions of higher education may, at
their discretion, elect to use pursuant to paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7B00C7AE3974866A5BF3A25A0AD0239"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Categories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The model net price calculators described
in paragraph (1) shall be developed for each of the following
categories:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6382C370279B4376874CFC89F999B86B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4-year public institutions of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id284BB8275E9B4CCAB780EF60FDC7ADDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4-year private, nonprofit institutions of
higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB79E3C510DB143E0AED192CE8A06C4F8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">4-year private, for-profit institutions of
higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AF32BE62A4E491083A08F171CF94659"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2-year public institutions of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8136667F6E134B28B359DE54BFCC6CE9"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2-year private, nonprofit institutions of
higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC78B0A79E7A43799D2B483C36051327"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2-year private, for-profit institutions of
higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07030B5FAC004AE99B575F4C7740D8B9"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Less than 2-year public institutions of
higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AB2674A74D748B6BB03D76BF215CA11"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Less than 2-year private, nonprofit
institutions of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF70F3A7021B4730A72602380EF48D26"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Less than 2-year private, for-profit
institutions of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27E611D02D5C466091868F4A39E2F6E8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of net price calculator by
institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3
years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments of 2007</short-title>, each
institution of higher education that receives Federal funds under this Act
shall adopt and use a net price calculator to help students, families, and
other consumers determine the net price of such institution of higher
education. Such calculator may be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9448965B839D45A180C9EED780C9ADBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on a model calculator developed by
the Department; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C2B369DCE754FFF8E0BB4C65661D7F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developed by the institution of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9FCB46392DB4105BCB5A4EA7938E50C"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums as may be
necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2145329418A4631A9C2A2861B7BD367"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Net price reporting in application
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of
higher education that receives Federal funds under this Act shall include, in
the materials accompanying an application for admission to the institution, the
most recent information regarding the net price of the institution, calculated
for each quartile of students based on the income of either the students’
parents or, in the case of independent students (as such term is described in
section 480), of the students, for each of the 2 academic years preceding the
academic year for which the application is produced.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C7290727EEB43CFAC6CD1EE902BF0EE"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced college information
website</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93ECAFCCA7754987B04DEC636FA0EEC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D6D722F716544DAAEADD8BFA66DEC60"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall contract with an independent
organization with demonstrated experience in the development of
consumer-friendly websites to develop improvements to the website known as the
College Opportunities On-Line (COOL) so that it better meets the needs of
students, families, and consumers for accurate and appropriate information on
institutions of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id245F814C18804B60A8B5568858DC3F15"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall implement the improvements developed
by the independent organization described under subparagraph (A) to the college
information website.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3BF51FD03904A86AF5008130AA4B221"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">University and college accountability
network</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Higher
Education Amendments of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall develop a model
document for annually reporting basic information about an institution of
higher education that chooses to participate, to be posted on the college
information website and made available to institutions of higher education,
students, families, and other consumers. Such document shall be known as the
<quote>University and College Accountability Network</quote> (U–CAN), and shall
include, the following information about the institution of higher education
for the most recent academic year for which the institution has available data,
presented in a consumer-friendly manner:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0A3FEB165954E578EA12AB0B83B27E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of the institution’s mission
and specialties.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id074128382A354701BFBE02143FCADB5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of undergraduate students
who applied, were admitted, and enrolled at the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FF3687433114689A719B6078DF8AD90"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Where applicable, reading, writing,
mathematics, and combined scores on the SAT or ACT for the middle 50 percent
range of the institution’s freshman class.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id688A7A9985204FC2A96B8D474D34BC9A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enrollment of full-time, part-time, and
transfer students at the institution, at the undergraduate and (where
applicable) graduate levels.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21117138D1894B85BECC79AFED675A18"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Percentage of male and female undergraduate
students enrolled at the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id492E5F371BF745499324D0C44FDF057D"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Percentage of enrolled undergraduate
students from the State in which the institution is located, from other States,
and from other countries.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10B1C16E84B44031B53CCB5BBBD42976"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Percentage of enrolled undergraduate
students at the institution by race and ethnic background.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id495343B41AB34621A2D3A458068997B3"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retention rates for full-time and part-time
first-time first-year undergraduate students enrolled at the
institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id802DF20716AD47C199072C6E1120F674"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Average time to degree or certificate
completion for first-time, first-year undergraduate students enrolled at the
institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B980AD30409445D8E4DAB2631FE8D6B"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Percentage of enrolled undergraduate
students who graduate within 2 years (in the case of 2-year institutions), and
4, 5 and 6 years (in the case of 2 and 4-year institutions).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFBBFBFFD5B64F37A30084E78B824D58"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of students who obtained a
certificate or an associate's, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree at the
institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCCD5370DDA7472CB976A9FEE832F8DE"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The undergraduate major areas of study with
the highest number of degrees awarded.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B67C52635CC466694F2642CB5B40A97"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The student-faculty ratio, and number of
full-time, part-time, and adjunct faculty at the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91992C194991403E82236B1894E14F84"><enum>(N)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Percentage of faculty at the institution
with the highest degree in their field.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE70FC32FAA71440E85B462EC7DC892D0"><enum>(O)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage change in total price in
tuition and fees and the net price for an undergraduate at the institution in
each of the preceding 5 academic years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id474F5BA41EDE466D837E815A42710155"><enum>(P)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total average yearly cost of tuition
and fees, room and board, and books and other related costs for an
undergraduate student enrolled at the institution, for—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17695E2091BC4768A7EE2CCEE6A69C7E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">full-time undergraduate students living on
campus;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id948B4F4E93834C8DAC60E27CB2A47CFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">full-time undergraduate students living
off-campus; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7B45B5B8210458698E5EC9A987F7C97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of students attending a public
institution of higher education, such costs for in-State and out-of-State
students living on and off-campus.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC6E6467893E4460853DAB3973EEE285"><enum>(Q)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average yearly grant amount (including
Federal, State, and institutional aid) for a student enrolled at the
institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABBF43212EF144738FC776D04E49F868"><enum>(R)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average yearly amount of Federal
student loans, and other loans provided through the institution, to
undergraduate students enrolled at the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E7935EC13A0455FB0854DFF7E866EB1"><enum>(S)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total yearly grant aid available to
undergraduate students enrolled at the institution, from the Federal
Government, a State, the institution, and other sources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE55CDB8650174A8FB0C512002C677C4C"><enum>(T)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage of undergraduate students
enrolled at the institution receiving Federal, State, and institutional grants,
student loans, and any other type of student financial assistance provided
publicly or through the institution, such as Federal work-study funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4385498C335044AE8C99A8DF8B9F0734"><enum>(U)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The average net price for all undergraduate
students enrolled at the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45BFD1C168F0422FB5205256303CBA2C"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage of first-year undergraduate
students enrolled at the institution who live on campus and off campus.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF06FA6785B5148BB870E319B9993FC19"><enum>(W)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on the policies of the
institution related to transfer of credit from other institutions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60862FC100CD43F7928305CA3E7DDA80"><enum>(X)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on campus safety required to be
collected under section 485(f).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03EABFEC69B141B1945AD86EF4D60F6B"><enum>(Y)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Links to the appropriate sections of the
institution’s website that provide information on student activities offered by
the institution, such as intercollegiate sports, student organizations, study
abroad opportunities, intramural and club sports, specialized housing options,
community service opportunities, cultural and arts opportunities on campus,
religious and spiritual life on campus, and lectures and outside learning
opportunities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4987FF35A2984C158AEFCF49B8437AC7"><enum>(Z)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Links to the appropriate sections of the
institution’s website that provide information on services offered by the
institution to students during and after college, such as internship
opportunities, career and placement services, and preparation for further
education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id344ED6F0A3574D568319F4E8B8D5ABAF"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that current and
prospective college students, family members of such students, and institutions
of higher education are consulted in carrying out paragraphs (1) and
(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2888828D1E7D40D7AC0ADF606B8124CA"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums as may be
necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id755D7172091249D9A0FEE8001462A07E"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United
States shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15CD121D0ABB4214A11539B0FBCFA02A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a study on the time and cost
burdens to institutions of higher education associated with completing the
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), which study
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C43EEB1DA4B4521B6F2654F348E0FBB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report on the time and cost burden of
completing the IPEDS survey for 4-year, 2-year, and less than 2-year
institutions of higher education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id194315C94B7A441CA29E75A32B97F374"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">present recommendations for reducing such
burden;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C990854A50F47648CC9E745235E4BE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, submit to Congress a preliminary report regarding the
findings of the study described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF954E8BB7B4E4B2E9B315BDE33EFDF76"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, submit to Congress a final report regarding such
findings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75C3C85A12D5483ABBF851684CF997BF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Databases of student information
prohibited</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title I
(20 U.S.C.
1015), as amended by section 108, is further amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17BB8EAAF3384FB0B8720750EE48D0DF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB6923D96156471DB105757965A00B83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Database of student information
prohibited</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6A3532FC13B41A987D6FBFC2B85668D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as described in (b), nothing in this
Act shall be construed to authorize the development, implementation, or
maintenance of a Federal database of personally identifiable information on
individuals receiving assistance under this Act, attending institutions
receiving assistance under this Act, or otherwise involved in any studies or
other collections of data under this Act, including a student unit record
system, an education bar code system, or any other system that tracks
individual students over time.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id26832E681184444D99EF9A089D1425F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to a system (or a successor
system) that is necessary for the operation of programs authorized by title II,
IV, or VII that were in use by the Secretary, directly or through a contractor,
as of the day before the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments
of 2007.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDCBBA075CA34E7AB9688ADB8414F2A0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State databases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a State
or a consortium of States from developing, implementing, or maintaining
State-developed databases that track individuals over time, including student
unit record systems that contain information related to enrollment, attendance,
graduation and retention rates, student financial assistance, and graduate
employment
outcomes.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7dc6f36c075e49e0a467d1895c49f956" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clear and easy-to-find information on
student financial aid</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C
of title I (as amended by sections 108 and 109) is further amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54C6F80319A64EBAA052CA919B838789" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5435e85655fc4aa7bfe90c0989aaa8be" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>134.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clear and easy-to-find information on
student financial aid</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2dd79861c43d483fb1f91281ea6e44d4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prominent display</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that a link to
current student financial aid information is displayed prominently on the home
page of the Department website.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2047d1da76db431fb0cbf3099a2e58d6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced student financial aid
information</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc6ffe13765304415b6a5d85b71b2bc49"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 2007, the Secretary shall
contract with an independent organization with demonstrated expertise in the
development of consumer-friendly websites to develop improvements to the
usefulness and accessibility of the information provided by the Department on
college financial planning and student financial aid.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd2bb3400b57942e4a73a0ba523839318"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 2007, the Secretary shall
implement the improvements developed by the independent organization described
under paragraph (1) to the college financial planning and student financial aid
website of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9c2511c11ec4480ab1fdd13a2449c480"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dissemination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make the availability
of the information on the website widely known through a major media campaign
and other forms of
communication.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idE07413C2BC3348D999B832D2DA3C9343"><enum>110A.</enum><header>State higher
education information system pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title I of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (as amended by this title) is further amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9339C17BF8304865A8A8F48AD92FC28A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="IDcff21d346ccf428eb8422cc7342288e7"><enum>135.</enum><header>State higher education
information system pilot program</header>
<subsection id="id246238B8FE3F45C9ADD4A367DB51BE63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this section to carry
out a pilot program to assist not more than 5 States to develop State-level
postsecondary student data systems to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6ceded9153c8454c975a18ee7ad6f1a3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve the capacity of
States and institutions of higher education to generate more comprehensive and
comparable data, in order to develop better-informed educational policy at the
State level and to evaluate the effectiveness of institutional performance
while protecting the confidentiality of students’ personally identifiable
information; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID013c7371f53940cd9a2767276c26429f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify how to best
minimize the data-reporting burden placed on institutions of higher education,
particularly smaller institutions, and to maximize and improve the information
institutions receive from the data systems, in order to assist institutions in
improving educational practice and postsecondary outcomes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID90980e7dd3444dd381c5f1a167664c7f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of eligible
entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term>
means—</text>
<paragraph id="id87C789153E904CCCAD4750F65F0340AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State higher education
system; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id988A420E534745F9AB6AF42B1CDE9447"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a consortium of State
higher education systems, or a consortium of individual institutions of higher
education, that is broadly representative of institutions in different sectors
and geographic locations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc05199bc6b9e4e0893d0903bc6c28bac"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Competitive
grants</header>
<paragraph id="id458C24169EE9460B9D9B5F55AED2C512"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive
basis, to not more than 5 eligible entities to enable the eligible entities
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF0C96BE2D642403D98FB5F3FE8BF8DD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>design, test, and
implement systems of postsecondary student data that provide the maximum
benefits to States, institutions of higher education, and State policymakers;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2357E3437F2D425C8140B6984269FE72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>examine the costs and
burdens involved in implementing a State-level postsecondary student data
system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id068021C5B5E640399B9CAA3ADA1C639C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A
grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of not more than 3
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa202914be85d43959b60f4f6405e90c4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application
requirements</header><text>An eligible entity desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines is
necessary, including a description of—</text>
<paragraph id="idF6987C7A62A3477D93EAA0E6ACDC9323"><enum>(1)</enum><text>how the eligible entity
will ensure that student privacy is protected and that individually
identifiable information about students, the students' achievements, and the
students' families remains confidential in accordance with the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1232g">20 U.S.C. 1232g</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id145225F787E1419FB893825FB35BCAAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how the activities funded
by the grant will be supported after the 3-year grant period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfee2ea6bcf094206bbc0f2052508f32f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be used to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa76a3d23358b4c908f4f9960dccd3329"><enum>(1)</enum><text>design, develop, and
implement the components of a comprehensive postsecondary student data system
with the capacity to transmit student information within States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8a2ac095bc704e8e9a3eabc3d172de96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improve the capacity of
institutions of higher education to analyze and use student data;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID52b56c8ab314460fba2101e75095d868"><enum>(3)</enum><text>select and define common
data elements, data quality, and other elements that will enable the data
system to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDce1a3455992f4aefb8cacbc1e7bcee44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serve the needs of
institutions of higher education for institutional research and
improvement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID777bc46dc0794181a5718de49d7356a2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide students and the
students' families with useful information for decision-making about
postsecondary education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8faae949ab8c4fbb83dcfabf8bf46103"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide State
policymakers with improved information to monitor and guide efforts to improve
student outcomes and success in higher education;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfa8a3204c7b64fd38b3b7ba71c28adf4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>estimate costs and
burdens at the institutional level for the reporting system for different types
of institutions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1282427876f427aa5710e86ac9da1c2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>test the feasibility of
protocols and standards for maintaining data privacy and data access.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID394d5cc5a7bb45f2bbb6374c2b85d00b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Evaluation;
reports</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the end of the projects
funded by grants awarded under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idAB299502EB3B43489558087F3555B400"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a comprehensive
evaluation of the pilot program authorized by this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3C3ECD1857C24580B096FCC806AE474F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>report the Secretary's
findings, as well as recommendations regarding the implementation of
State-level postsecondary student data systems to the authorizing
committees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1e15f9c80f2e42fc8d7ece8feb6c9b19"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of
the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id798175FD83364CB49321AD180C730ED1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance-based organization for the
delivery of Federal student financial assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 141 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1018">20 U.S.C. 1018</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id734AB970A1064FBD8CC2BDF3D3FE2691"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D988F8029584CBB9CD391E434DCB549"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>operational</quote> and inserting <quote>administrative and
oversight</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0583C7BE5CD54850BE68C9F192919846"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(D), by striking <quote>of
the operational functions</quote> and inserting <quote>and
administration</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84AA241A88084D1D9F9B3FB74C4495BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D528B1FFC4C46BDB45CC36F0D245CA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A67CD713B524D24B185B26850E7CBA0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the
information systems administered by the PBO, and other functions performed by
the PBO</quote> and inserting <quote>the Federal student financial assistance
programs authorized under title IV</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD341A70D6CEA4AAB8B11E0FE81AA09C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id945761802819469C858AAB9F32E4C4BA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10B98C74CCEC4481A8E1E06177E8BF4B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist the Chief Operating Officer in
identifying goals for—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25B1F7C1903E4B7EAF345D25E46AA724"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the administration of the systems used to
administer the Federal student financial assistance programs authorized under
title IV; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5848B181877449F0B1455411CBE84F88"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the updating of such systems to current
technology.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23952467FD7649B5BCE819E476EB16A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BCCA975590E4EB48E80D4E57B1E8000"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>administration of the information and financial systems that
support</quote> and inserting <quote>the administration of
Federal</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81CCC01880D24A4A8ADD34B75C31111A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4C110689ED9468C9D02A057A11FFD54"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking <quote>of the delivery system for Federal student assistance</quote>
and inserting <quote>for the Federal student assistance programs authorized
under title IV</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id751DF7EF2C8349078DBE0123E2107575"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2FF98B626DF4EF999D0CB4A5A77D712" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id035CAA905C0042E2B85A56E8F492231B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the collection, processing, and
transmission of data to students, institutions, lenders, State agencies, and
other authorized parties;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD33A4141DB6417FB3EFF7B6C76191C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the design and technical specifications for
software development and procurement for systems supporting the student
financial assistance programs authorized under title
IV;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA16CC9848F3B4E4696D8E517D07FA6FA"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii), by striking
<quote>delivery</quote> and inserting <quote>administration</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE91365837CFF407F871AE4F842180149"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv)—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC06140B5907C4C199F3E7FB00AB9C270"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>the</quote> after
<quote>supporting</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BC70A45FF8445E3B72F80BB95A69368"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A999373AA1F44CA925140E569D9EDAF"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (v), by striking <quote>systems
that support those programs.</quote> and inserting <quote>the administration of
the Federal student assistance programs authorized under title IV; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43654F3E6C8F4FBB9EE86A886B0CCB54"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43205A39CBBE4EDA8ADB84EB200ADC8D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B7FD9BBE1A24F1CAB5D77C43DC63EF1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring the integrity of the student
assistance programs authorized under title
IV.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEAE9884C4F3D43C8B15D95B41F39B227"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>operations and services</quote> and inserting <quote>activities and
functions</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53924E10F87E46E7BB83F49A2B9D41B8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDCA345716CF49CC8A580B6DD64C6F3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Performance Plan and
Report</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Performance Plan, Report, and
Briefing</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD301A4AB7B84EC4B3A30B6E72C8E7D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(C)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DEF19BA680F4CB8B934A86B3D21B8E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii), by striking
<quote>information and delivery</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C3891BED95C42B78BB86853FB97A298"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7D55651A1AA449D8AF9682314E66386"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Developing an</quote>
and inserting <quote>Developing</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCED0F5518730453DBA1C8F540A5D7D47"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>delivery and information
system</quote> and inserting <quote>systems</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26CCE24F94A649FFBB0DC03E911900DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D0D5F5FAF0647089041EFE7659B4598"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting
<quote>the</quote> after <quote>PBO and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FA31A211E8C4F5C9D32157BD4C65FF1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>Officer</quote> and inserting <quote>Officers</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD05AB05504EE4AC09E60CFB10CCCB2CA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting
<quote>students,</quote> after <quote>consult with</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEFE512B986A4360B0B0D3B0DA1FD0AE"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21BDF7D00DA24B509C0EA307C0D5C54B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE717E7BCC2F44B27B7DC5AD1182DD56F"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Briefing on enforcement of student loan
provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief
Operating Officer shall provide an annual briefing to the members of the
authorizing committees on the steps the PBO has taken and is taking to ensure
that lenders are providing the information required under clauses (iii) and
(iv) of section 428(c)(3)(C) and sections 428(b)(1)(Z) and
428C(b)(1)(F).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41E72712620C4ED5B6A0D44BB267A2A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EB02526466C4FFE9D48DCE1AE3D0890"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking the second
sentence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B0C866575EB42C2930B8199C1701FDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3A81879AA3743338762499B9173F910"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (4)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2718560A73A466BA8ABD520E8BCECC6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking
<quote>this</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33010A2BFA5241439DF42049BB34921D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84FB811BA29B417FAA66E16AAE12D2D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>to
borrowers</quote> and inserting <quote>to students, borrowers,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id200B00FD3A274C658D5E0423FA9D3675"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A), by striking
<quote>(1)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A9B382B133D4CADADA0A16AB0455754"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)(3), by striking
<quote>not more than 25</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84F94B20E7FE4833B4DBF7D5BDAAC036"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h), by striking
<quote>organizational effectiveness</quote> and inserting
<quote>effectiveness</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0713B76D58F644DB8710629756791F2D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (i);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD83E24300B264BF2AD336DB5CDADB051"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (j) as
subsection (i); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA856418C6734B9C9BF1110025335837"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i) (as redesignated by
paragraph (9)), by striking <quote>, including transition costs</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id117579D1E1E14EDBAB9A7C1682B47CB4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procurement flexibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 142 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1018a">20 U.S.C. 1018a</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89B7591A66E74D19B7F1D983EF4ECE08"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF912E2741694B7B9084B7F1E670C4C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAE89F808CA947A48A7893039728B0E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>for information systems
supporting the programs authorized under title IV</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB3C022575334E19BEAB50FBF60B2FCC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16DD734A6B62447DBE3D9613A76F3EC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB57CEC0810C4ED9B76D6A346CAB2F69"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A707EDE443B4D738AF5E29A5094E213" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFE4478CD87A41EA8148AE7C033E48F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the Chief Operating Officer—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3376C282D2248AFAC3BE940124B2A66"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the maximum extent practicable, utilize
procurement systems that streamline operations, improve internal controls, and
enhance management; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0BA499D52944C4D84C65478585D03A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the efficiency of such systems and
assess such systems’ ability to meet PBO
requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CD302949694406AA359B1B0D35EC7C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c)(2) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13F4D349FD344E80938EA1363C1D063C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7D3CA81A7A3461B98B65B1281298CF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fee for service arrangements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Operating Officer shall, when
appropriate and consistent with the purposes of the PBO, acquire services
related to the functions set forth in section 141(b)(2) from any entity that
has the capability and capacity to meet the requirements set by the PBO. The
Chief Operating Officer is authorized to pay fees that are equivalent to those
paid by other entities to an organization that provides services that meet the
requirements of the PBO, as determined by the Chief Operating
Officer.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99743C5723974E6DB928ADDD1C3B68C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking
<quote>on Federal Government contracts</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38E3D2FAC6564CA2AA75CE56CBCF2D28"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBACDEFFEFCC944FEA2D48E6753499108"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)(A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2294DF193953483E8BE079C359085E44"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subparagraph heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Sole
source</header-in-text>.—</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Single-source
basis</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id448F4E3CB90F410B90870442CEDE5AE0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>sole-source</quote> and
inserting <quote>single-source</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3712904415D482A9C64F240C5F5F04A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking
<quote>sole-source</quote> and inserting <quote>single-source</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36FA53EDF17147D5802BEB4E24AE1DFB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)(2)(A), by striking
<quote>sole-source</quote> and inserting <quote>single-source</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BE7A2E46D3A4759B2A08139527E9F01"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (l), by striking paragraph
(3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98BEA2FFEEE947EEBA1C3675823674CE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6B4B0F5D9FC4ADB8EAD51E09DEADFFD"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Single-source basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>single-source basis</term>,
with respect to an award of a contract, means that the contract is awarded to a
source after soliciting an offer or offers from, and negotiating with, only
such source (although such source is not the only source in the marketplace
capable of meeting the need) because such source is the most advantageous
source for purposes of the
award.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF251E1A2DB314B4C950AC79B00FD66CB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institution and lender reporting and
disclosure requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title
I (20 U.S.C. 1001 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7617C7CD462C4215B7219278AB47D388" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="idC570D2D5FC264D5AB3EABD460BBB76EA" level-type="subsequent"><enum>E<?LEXA-Enum E?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lender and
institution requirements relating to educational loans</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0668A2BEE1E345238D2D3C83C2E2CE61" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>151.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2162145DB92145758739BBB4827072B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost of attendance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>cost of attendance</term>
has the meaning given the term in section 472.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE448F5BC0D84517BF83C7A8656C2DE2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered
institution</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA025EEF81AC04A8AAF72140A6F3E5404"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means any educational institution that
offers a postsecondary educational degree, certificate, or program of study
(including any institution of higher education, as such term is defined in
section 102) and receives any Federal funding or assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56DD98A5ABEC4F4AB3441B6E75A83958"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes any employee or agent of the
educational institution or any organization or entity affiliated with, or
directly or indirectly controlled by, such institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF8D291BC10E40ADA97E3C1FB717B283"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educational loan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>educational loan</term>
means any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under title IV.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1483D8EF8B7E486F984619FC4517965C"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educational loan arrangement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>educational loan
arrangement</term> means an arrangement or agreement between a lender and a
covered institution—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CD55EC3B631487D9419DDD5528C52CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under which arrangement or agreement a
lender provides or otherwise issues educational loans to the students attending
the covered institution or the parents of such students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE18F5B44B1F7453F8C9EFBDD523F35EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which arrangement or agreement—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id159BB897DE8E4DD98E4159DB52387480"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relates to the covered institution
recommending, promoting, endorsing, or using educational loans of the lender;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AF6ABBD9D324954A3BDE894CD50B088"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involves the payment of any fee or
provision of other material benefit by the lender to the institution or to
groups of students who attend the institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F56807312A041789ABF01566954FF39"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lender</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>lender</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80FD837373C449E5962D3957624C2C96"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id103F1CF26674417DBB0B5FEC938C234C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any lender—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5C061B2DA6D4D67ADE5AFC0A4780BBA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of a loan made, insured, or guaranteed
under part B of title IV; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD40DD795247342819F6B3E1D52B0A46F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is a financial institution, as such
term is defined in section 509 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6809">15 U.S.C. 6809</external-xref>);
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE384CE7CE1FB4F9FBE92E772A81E182F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of any loan issued or provided
to a student under part D of title IV, the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AC9D1B8D0F44ADEBC33D825ED929166"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes any individual, group, or entity
acting on behalf of the lender in connection with an educational loan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA705BFBAC20E4E1697666BBB2B5D671C"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>officer</term> includes a
director or trustee of an institution.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id594BEFF2CD9B4E7EB274826ED49C0F5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>152.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements for lenders and institutions
participating in educational loan arrangements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id133179018584477094767A25E783031D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of lender name</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered institution that enters into an
educational loan arrangement shall disclose the name of the lender in
documentation related to the loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFEE38E1210A49E4900035FDEDA241EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosures</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id340884E64E1D44269E1E25D2A8E1E717"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosures by lenders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before a lender issues or otherwise
provides an educational loan to a student, the lender shall provide the
student, in writing, with the disclosures described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59A50BCE0E7140C3BC6BCFB661F39E1A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The disclosures required by this paragraph
shall include a clear and prominent statement—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0762D8E21A0E46D9A29E60559996950A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the interest rates of the educational
loan being offered;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37070E167E8945C09A657AF27AC2C676"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">showing sample educational loan costs,
disaggregated by type;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41D72F1083C74DDD9857F8088A6B006B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that describes, with respect to each type
of educational loan being offered—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF600C6CB75EA4290947316BC7F6DD884"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the types of repayment plans that are
available;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00B1B13010984FC892829B44C38F5A5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether, and under what conditions, early
repayment may be made without penalty;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF714484979F48789D7427A0B5EF42BE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when and how often interest on the loan
will be capitalized;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7958BC234F541068DE4865115839683"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms and conditions of deferments or
forbearance;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABA972AA36E24A9AB66EF581BFA1382D"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all available repayment benefits, the
percentage of all borrowers who qualify for such benefits, and the percentage
of borrowers who received such benefits in the preceding academic year, for
each type of loan being offered;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2EEDC53A13341BBA5C49BF2159AF50F"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the collection practices in the case of
default; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF0161188D95499EB5B2DA0493A08CFC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all fees that the borrower may be charged,
including late payment penalties and associated fees; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCBFAC486A7E4671B5BC62D635CAF194"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of such other information as the Secretary
may require in regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBFA472946C641F8B82C01D969E7A2DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosures to the secretary by
lender</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id742E98F79CF84A459D6A4E057144D982"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each lender shall, on an annual basis,
report to the Secretary any reasonable expenses paid or given under section
435(d)(5)(D), 487(a)(21)(A)(ii), or 487(a)(21)(A)(iv) to any employee who is
employed in the financial aid office of a covered institution, or who otherwise
has responsibilities with respect to educational loans or other financial aid
of the institution. Such reports shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB867B4F6D3E94B0ABF8DD1D8C4215493"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of each specific instance in
which the lender provided such reimbursement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E4396BB6A16475A86ADD1A213D2916C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name of the financial aid official or
other employee to whom the reimbursement was made;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C9D77054BCD43F09D7DB13825A9746B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the dates of the activity for which the
reimbursement was made; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id296938B882AE4CB4A3CCB0F48E172D55"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a brief description of the activity for
which the reimbursement was made.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6722643FC60A4D6592E9BF76B153941F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall compile the information
in paragraph (1) in a report and transmit such report to the authorizing
committees annually.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4A758D51E624F168440951718BAB806" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>153.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interest rate report for institutions and
lenders participating in educational loan arrangements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id612C6088D6A944AEBE4A93C056C0EFA5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary duties</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id279E86A9D10B44109FADD5A4C25054C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report and model format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE91A503CDD84E94B50251ABB9E0D9DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare a report on the adequacy of the
information provided to students and the parents of such students about
educational loans, after consulting with students, representatives of covered
institutions (including financial aid administrators, registrars, and business
officers), lenders, loan servicers, and guaranty agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E7DE005B1514820A853E2EBCB272CA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include in the report a model format, based
on the report's findings, to be used by lenders and covered institutions in
carrying out subsections (b) and (c)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF798A857500F46DDB8979E2A79D6D9BD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that provides information on the applicable
interest rates and other terms and conditions of the educational loans provided
by a lender to students attending the institution, or the parents of such
students, disaggregated by each type of educational loans provided to such
students or parents by the lender, including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCF0533071B24B32AFDFF1FED3F5CA27"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the interest rate and terms and conditions
of the loans offered by the lender for the upcoming academic year;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3A7B2AB1D9F40C79B63F458077BFD4B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to such loans, any benefits
that are contingent on the repayment behavior of the borrower;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FDEC1DEB7B54904A603B1E131451C52"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average amount borrowed from the lender
by students enrolled in the institution who obtain loans of such type from the
lender for the preceding academic year;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id080EBAB304B0462DB263C948D61646DA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average interest rate on such loans
provided to such students for the preceding academic year; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9DC578BDDCE4B4D951E9999A3979522"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount that the borrower may repay in
interest, based on the standard repayment period of a loan, on the average
amount borrowed from the lender by students enrolled in the institution who
obtain loans of such type from the lender for the preceding academic year;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3451084FE6A1402AAFB04EADAA6488F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which format shall be easily usable by
lenders, institutions, guaranty agencies, loan servicers, parents, and
students; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id492AD35F51A142498873470ED5BF8292"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id00DF9105BCD04024939D06EEF7F2A056"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit the report and model format to the
authorizing committees; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23740DE6DD884E7985846C3C10C4FEDA" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the report and model format available
to covered institutions, lenders, and the public.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0C257FC861B4C758593F363A807A67C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall take such steps as
necessary to make the model format available to covered institutions and to
encourage—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF57401EB84A84E08B7CA17C46236321C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lenders subject to subsection (b) to use
the model format in providing the information required under subsection (b);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BD40F380A6741B2962D23B39389C086"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">covered institutions to use such format in
preparing the information report under subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF0DCA989CE04C5E953C26574A25CF5C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lender duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each lender that has an educational loan
arrangement with a covered institution shall annually, by a date determined by
the Secretary, provide to the covered institution and to the Secretary the
information included on the model format for each type of educational loan
provided by the lender to students attending the covered institution, or the
parents of such students, for the preceding academic year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB053DF418AA3431CB615CF9ECCDE10A0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered institution duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each covered institution shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D277CC5E98D4EE38F88EA66DD5BB1F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare and submit to the Secretary an
annual report, by a date determined by the Secretary, that includes, for each
lender that has an educational loan arrangement with the covered institution
and that has submitted to the institution the information required under
subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBB1812368D045A88F68E56EB377F494"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information included on the model
format for each type of educational loan provided by the lender to students
attending the covered institution, or the parents of such students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB17991DEFADB4519AA5193B99324DC8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed explanation of why the covered
institution believes the terms and conditions of each type of educational loan
provided pursuant to the agreement are beneficial for students attending the
covered institution, or the parents of such students; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8F21673748B4E4A9948420875FE3F7B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the report required under
paragraph (1) is made available to the public and provided to students
attending or planning to attend the covered institution, and the parents of
such students, in time for the student or parent to take such information into
account before applying for or selecting an educational
loan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idDB23F23BA636404BB64F899A3A68E247"><enum>114.</enum><header>Employment of
postsecondary education graduates</header>
<subsection id="ID6efbdbfe71344bf7a10f3cd170a8457b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study, assessments, and
recommendations</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id20203657F4A243779E8BF3DC52CC46FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a study
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID78f223fe60e341c8a19484576ec37b87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the information that
States currently have on the employment of students who have completed
postsecondary education programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0c4c67fd386b47bb85b29bbb8b3f4928"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the feasibility of
collecting information on students who complete all types of postsecondary
education programs (including 2- and 4-year degree, certificate, and
professional and graduate programs) at all types of institutions (including
public, private nonprofit, and for–profit schools), regarding—</text>
<clause id="ID846afee6d6f74d05aa09e0459ad397bb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>employment,
including—</text>
<subclause id="id38170183A23D4037BB4C16F77A78F31F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the type of job obtained
not later than 6 months after the completion of the degree, certificate, or
program;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id890960B1EE3F43EFAD23C4F01AE07DB8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether such job was
related to the course of study;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0B8C926DCCAE4AD0A1FA44226E477522"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the starting salary for
such job; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID9705ae79232c4414a247d490d54e457c"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the student's
satisfaction with the student's preparation for such job and guidance provided
with respect to securing the job; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID411bfc1d08584e75a25c507c7de10ca4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for recipients of
Federal student aid, the type of assistance received, so that the information
can be used to evaluate various education programs;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbcaaf41c184745948e3cfc30c170ce52"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the evaluation systems
used by other industries to identify successful programs and challenges, set
priorities, monitor performance, and make improvements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2f446eb12fce4cf9a9283278094bc1ef"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the best means of
collecting information from or regarding recent postsecondary graduates,
including—</text>
<clause id="IDa433083b2a8444719a96b4b2e645c67f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether a national
website would be the most effective way to collect information;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID543bf22266c14707a8aef0fc4d171ebd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether postsecondary
graduates could be encouraged to submit voluntary information by allowing a
graduate to access aggregated information about other graduates (such as
graduates from the graduate's school, with the graduate's degree, or in the
graduate's area) if the graduate completes an online questionnaire;</text>
</clause><clause id="idCD2A218737A14B088AEEBB0FDB259620"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether employers could
be encouraged to submit information by allowing an employer to access
aggregated information about graduates (such as institutions of higher
education attended, degrees, or starting pay) if the employer completes an
online questionnaire to evaluate the employer's satisfaction with the graduates
the employer hires; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb60beb7291834337897c2e266aee646e"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether postsecondary
institutions that receive Federal funds or whose students have received Federal
student financial aid could be required to submit aggregated information about
the graduates of the institutions; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8acefefd17e34df787b92c4a88a585e8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the best means of
displaying employment information; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e576643ea3e4e5992592a45f2131e2e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide assessments and
recommendations regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID72c8da13d87b4e1faf508daa97601de0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether successful State
cooperative relationships between higher education system offices and State
agencies responsible for employment statistics can be encouraged and replicated
in other States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9dfbcfb2a7da499a850b02963117d85b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether there is value in
collecting additional information from or about the employment experience of
individuals who have recently completed a postsecondary educational
program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID363b473f27bd43b6882f238adcf32942"><enum>(C)</enum><text>what are the most
promising ways of obtaining and displaying or disseminating such
information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID20694ff0dd634fc28448f352b2a70082"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if a website is used for
such information, whether the website should be run by a governmental agency or
contracted out to an independent education or employment organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0e6543749c3e455e87badd62b885167e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>whether a voluntary
information system would work, both from the graduates’ and employers’
perspectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID893653f22a3f499082a9030abad06209"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the value of such
information to future students, institutions, accrediting agencies or
associations, policymakers, and employers, including how the information would
be used and the practical applications of the information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5cf7289dc1654247a33c1b392c16e062"><enum>(G)</enum><text>whether the request for
such information is duplicative of information that is already being collected;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID21e387f8f552402096d7bcd7142ed945"><enum>(H)</enum><text>whether the National
Postsecondary Student Aid Survey conducted by the National Center for Education
Statistics could be amended to collect such information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID12ae1c4501b6474693e333c97290bb40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="id5C730982000047C4A941A03AEEFF32CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preliminary
report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a preliminary report
regarding the study, assessments, and recommendations described in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1b2ef60a906d4018ae09d6bafcc14de8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a final report regarding
such study, assessments, and recommendations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idAD65472DC67E468CB1A43C7E2B7FC70E"><enum>115.</enum><header>Foreign medical
schools</header>
<subsection id="id34D8F23E535941D48B2FFD484C8EEA87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Percentage pass
rate</header>
<paragraph id="id93A84EFDB7F340EC949C6855B514667C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 102(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)(bb) (20 U.S.C.
1002(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)(bb)) is amended by striking <quote>60</quote> and inserting
<quote>75</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB68A51FAFF6F404DA91BEE03AFF48BEB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on
July 1, 2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC94335657A6F4D65BC10FD140AA588C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="id56060BF78D8341E694F98CCEE6F578A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7348EB3037DD4B37B52E0676CFA7B0BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>complete a study that
shall examine American students receiving Federal financial aid to attend
graduate medical schools located outside of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAB1A0DFA0CCA4120AF51CBE5D0567E4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to Congress a
report setting forth the conclusions of the study.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe6044ab117664f8f85f81026adebcdc0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
study conducted under this subsection shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDe2aa1b0b985b46698b84535dc1930ed1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The amount of Federal
student financial aid dollars that are being spent on graduate medical schools
located outside of the United States every year, and the percentage of overall
student aid such amount represents.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8e73946ef5cf46829d7013c27d986478"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The percentage of
students of such medical schools who pass the examinations administered by the
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates the first time.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDabeee9872c6544e6a50f795ce4fd88ff"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The percentage of
students of such medical schools who pass the examinations administered by the
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates after taking such
examinations multiple times, disaggregated by how many times the students had
to take the examinations to pass.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9f93ba34a4b6428cb0b5784b4abb8fe8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The percentage of recent
graduates of such medical schools practicing medicine in the United States, and
a description of where the students are practicing and what types of medicine
the students are practicing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf3cce382c8d64dcf9692b3370524e2d0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The rate of graduates of
such medical schools who lose malpractice lawsuits or have the graduates'
medical licenses revoked, as compared to graduates of graduate medical schools
located in the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7d147bd8ec9844d1828ea596b4af55ec"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Recommendations regarding
the percentage passing rate of the examinations administered by the Educational
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates that the United States should require
of graduate medical schools located outside of the United States for Federal
financial aid purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idAA9F81AA31434511A71F5C79E2C459CB"><enum>116.</enum><header>Demonstration and
certification regarding the use of certain Federal funds</header>
<subsection id="ID992b204521ae4a6f89aa0b8af56417ea"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No
Federal funds received by an institution of higher education or other
postsecondary educational institution may be used to pay any person for
influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a
Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a
Member of Congress in connection with any Federal action described in
subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbc21d384124340e88e1bbc044014d5e0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
prohibition in subsection (a) applies with respect to the following Federal
actions:</text>
<paragraph id="ID5be0767edfe745b8b86d2044143a5ecc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The awarding of any
Federal contract.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa52e5b1e0c6e4a52b4f79e800c969cd5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The making of any Federal
grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID54e28d68332c4015a9bb83afe03795dc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The making of any Federal
loan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf06fe82a56664fd1967002ce4e5728bf"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The entering into of any
Federal cooperative agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID037eb5363e4c41159aa4dd21e0896fdf"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The extension,
continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract,
grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID13e9bd22162a4420b826849995c16e65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lobbying and
earmarks</header><text>No Federal student aid funding may be used to hire a
registered lobbyist or pay any person or entity for securing an earmark.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9a059a356aaf453382b3c50208562b77"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Demonstration and
certification</header><text>Each institution of higher education or other
postsecondary educational institution receiving Federal funding, as a condition
for receiving such funding, shall annually demonstrate and certify to the
Secretary of Education that the requirements of subsections (a) through (c)
have been met.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID31ebac7e2175407ca36d19e68e1645fa"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Actions To implement
and enforce</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall take such actions as
are necessary to ensure that the provisions of this section are vigorously
implemented and enforced.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFC2BFF82A114342B9D78C0C5DE1EB4A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teacher quality partnership
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title II (20
U.S.C. 1021 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BD9BD3D60C04CCF9CB726B14459A246" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="id3752E97A08494965AC657191E03FF096" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teacher quality
partnership grants</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6259D511EF0D4CD3B24AFB2FB96A6CDB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes; definitions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1FFC2D752B64C0D9984DFD0911497E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this part are to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90331FF930C54924B1DCC9F787A6F596"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve student achievement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1456D8CA03604250A18F5D2A399ECF0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the quality of the current and
future teaching force by improving the preparation of prospective teachers and
enhancing professional development activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA18EEA30D1554702B046BF2D97D1DB38"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hold institutions of higher education
accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC807CE025D14AA9973F5AFFF99BC8EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recruit qualified individuals, including
minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching
force.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CC803CB796D489B9ECEA7DEB6D46895"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this part:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12E3C5C1750348B2A907D4D520B82EED"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Arts and sciences</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>arts and sciences</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C028B3E83EA4BAB938E27BAE8D9A141"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when referring to an organizational unit of
an institution of higher education, any academic unit that offers 1 or more
academic majors in disciplines or content areas corresponding to the academic
subject matter areas in which teachers provide instruction; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17E842CD9C9E4F7DB65CA873DE03793A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when referring to a specific academic
subject area, the disciplines or content areas in which academic majors are
offered by the arts and sciences organizational unit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB5112FBC1654DDB99304227372718D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Children from low-income
families</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>children from low-income families</term> means children as described in
section 1124(c)(1)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FB389648F8D4850AEE106F85BAF087E"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Core academic subjects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>core academic
subjects</term> has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45C5B01390BC45A5BD0463A6B37AEE36"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early childhood education
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>early
childhood education program</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB94F361ED7B34987AAAB3BFB837A2D2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Head Start program or an Early Head Start
program carried out under the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59BEA09607BC425C96F133EA3B7744F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State licensed or regulated child care
program or school; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD653919D0A684E91A9C7DF3C922EF340"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State prekindergarten program that serves
children from birth through kindergarten and that addresses the children’s
cognitive (including language, early literacy, and pre-numeracy), social,
emotional, and physical development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7B9C11278D441D4B45BDCBA6DDC1A5B"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early childhood educator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>early childhood
educator</term> means an individual with primary responsibility for the
education of children in an early childhood education program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2CE44AC5B2A4BA3B98231B03D0FE51B"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educational service agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>educational service
agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F01A10627E74862A2A5BF869650E579"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible partnership</term>
means an entity that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C84DD85AC3E43ABA3D6C714A441D591"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B944C4589784A7596BD3FDDD4B96444"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a high-need local educational
agency;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4484FBE6BDC94716BEBF0E7D6F921DF6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a high-need school or a consortium of
high-need schools served by the high-need local educational agency or, as
applicable, a high-need early childhood education program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB90096E048A747949213DF1985AD0963"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a partner institution;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE89393C8A1E0463AA4D72B4229048207"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a school, department, or program of
education within such partner institution; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id694DCDC72DBE434BB4861B9FA9681FFB"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a school or department of arts and sciences
within such partner institution; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA835548E5822490BB7CCD96A90AED1AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include any of the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5079E8E5F73F436280CC975CA9FA7451"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of the State.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12F9EB81D07C4BFA8BD0E3C8DA967BC5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State educational agency.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE95EBA5620A544F0AF0893E4B3628069"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State board of education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB64579C7C79429B819299058F0EE4AD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State agency for higher
education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFD214170959402BABC8C30F31683933"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A business.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3845607B00D94B93A6C406B55C36C02D"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public or private nonprofit educational
organization.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EDFFDF3CDA94F6CA8AFD9A17ED5D6C6"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An educational service agency.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACECFF0A85FB44F086A027CBDE9AE40E"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A teacher organization.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72D6FDE56777463987EF6A276F9473AD"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A high-performing local educational agency,
or a consortium of such local educational agencies, that can serve as a
resource to the partnership.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id953F1DE5FE7D4FD2B89C21E27AC3D833"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A charter school (as defined in section
5210 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60B8487466274713811C27979911E6F1"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A school or department within the partner
institution that focuses on psychology and human development.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9624F932A5954159B00546883A03513B"><enum>(xii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A school or department within the partner
institution with comparable expertise in the disciplines of teaching, learning,
and child and adolescent development.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id071D66ECD105478A81E15E61A5EDEE0C"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Essential components of reading
instruction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>essential components of reading instruction</term> has the meaning given
such term in section 1208 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD47817B7AAC247079A217B23231878DB"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemplary teacher</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>exemplary teacher</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>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC32EC9551A194F1D9C75D2A9E5C9D418"><enum>(10)</enum><header>High-need early
childhood education program</header><text>The term <term>high-need early
childhood education program</term> means an early childhood education program
serving children from low-income families that is located within the geographic
area served by a high-need local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6D8FC5D0D1E4C7E895A4B6BCBC1A224"><enum>(11)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-need local educational
agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>high-need local educational agency</term> means a local educational
agency—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D783BBE93634B6C97DA6D2B26516342"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id970E2EB00CFF428391A595C0E395D980"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which not less than 20 percent of the
children served by the agency are children from low-income families;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id197BAB80B4A541E3B9BF18E9BBA6916C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that serves not fewer than 10,000 children
from low-income families; or</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F057D0E88A340C9853720B5DD5A5DA8" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with a total of less than 600 students in
average daily attendance at the schools that are served by the agency and all
of whose schools are designated with a school locale code of 6, 7, or 8, as
determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32E9704AFC5C4A5084A3C4B3D7155390"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7606B256704D48CAA47F6AB340A283D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which there is a high percentage of
teachers not teaching in the academic subject areas or grade levels in which
the teachers were trained to teach; or</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB964B82C90F84F758A8C9B802394313A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which there is a high teacher turnover
rate or a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary
certification or licensure.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71AEF17200EA46FF9E9F801A980E363E"><enum>(12)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-need school</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>high-need school</term>
means a public elementary school or public secondary school that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13DD5E5F1B5E4A71AFD76553F9C792A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is among the highest 25 percent of schools
served by the local educational agency that serves the school, in terms of the
percentage of students from families with incomes below the poverty line;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8174B55A271415FAAED4DCFC54A299C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designated with a school locale code of
6, 7, or 8, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id290CB1DFCC0947CC9392EF64F6ABF3B8"><enum>(13)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Highly competent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>highly competent</term>,
when used with respect to an early childhood educator, means an
educator—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17AC76EF90C347BF872262A5B576A07B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with specialized education and training in
development and education of young children from birth until entry into
kindergarten;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7432FA07604453F8EC93ECE7B73499D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DCB2188F2154D809635C2BCF4E703BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a baccalaureate degree in an academic major
in the arts and sciences; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id221ADA79A4AC43FBB56DA2B19D13409E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an associate’s degree in a related
educational area; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C42215BCD6940EABF5CE142A4C3024C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who has demonstrated a high level of
knowledge and use of content and pedagogy in the relevant areas associated with
quality early childhood education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A247C4827CD4AAEA34A2F44B75B54E5"><enum>(14)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Highly qualified</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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> and, with respect to special education teachers, in section 602
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00F69CDC56334D66A3A8AEA8183C0512"><enum>(15)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Induction program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>induction program</term>
means a formalized program for new teachers during not less than the teachers'
first 2 years of teaching that is designed to provide support for, and improve
the professional performance and advance the retention in the teaching field
of, beginning teachers. Such program shall promote effective teaching skills
and shall include the following components:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0004931237C341B5AA2DDDF57B7C0D6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">High-quality teacher mentoring.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id289EBFEA815541E3B1B837DBD2E119CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Periodic, structured time for collaboration
with teachers in the same department or field, as well as time for
information-sharing among teachers, principals, administrators, and
participating faculty in the partner institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E259B98A9C64C1B9C68312ECB80C752"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The application of empirically based
practice and scientifically valid research on instructional practices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EBE1875B13F44D58B9ACB37B354EE92"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Opportunities for new teachers to draw
directly upon the expertise of teacher mentors, faculty, and researchers to
support the integration of empirically based practice and scientifically valid
research with practice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id834F2EAE33E647DD855763424CBEA182"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of skills in instructional
and behavioral interventions derived from empirically based practice and, where
applicable, scientifically valid research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CE23C16E475498FACFEE1C007B436C8"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Faculty who—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD60DF55B5CD9479296E8454326B306C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">model the integration of research and
practice in the classroom; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D87A81F6C494D8DA4B7CDC61096A249"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist new teachers with the effective use
and integration of technology in the classroom.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D6963B3489446B3BAE4C209E01CFA25"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interdisciplinary collaboration among
exemplary teachers, faculty, researchers, and other staff who prepare new
teachers on the learning process and the assessment of learning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5828129434CB48808043C886CCF3942B"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance with the understanding of data,
particularly student achievement data, and the data's applicability in
classroom instruction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0047391DCDB4D129D6A17FA17EC76F3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regular evaluation of the new
teacher.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF848E4AE30742A596CAC4515AB6CC49"><enum>(16)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limited english proficient</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>limited English
proficient</term> has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA54D2E1A067E42EF9369653C72C4BA65"><enum>(17)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partner institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>partner institution</term>
means an institution of higher education, which may include a 2-year
institution of higher education offering a dual program with a 4-year
institution of higher education, participating in an eligible partnership that
has a teacher preparation program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84985875A138436D9ABD2F64ADAAD692"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose graduates exhibit strong performance
on State-determined qualifying assessments for new teachers through—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69BB80668C0B42D68ADD265F9C53CF0C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrating that 80 percent or more of
the graduates of the program who intend to enter the field of teaching have
passed all of the applicable State qualification assessments for new teachers,
which shall include an assessment of each prospective teacher’s subject matter
knowledge in the content area in which the teacher intends to teach; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78F302A701EA4890B65E99A2D58FB87B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">being ranked among the highest-performing
teacher preparation programs in the State as determined by the State—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17371EBD4BF2437783711E3382AB3447"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">using criteria consistent with the
requirements for the State report card under section 205(b); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC540E62A0C0426FA12F0159A2387281"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">using the State report card on teacher
preparation required under section 205(b), after the first publication of such
report card and for every year thereafter; or</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CB1F30018BF4AC2B3EA07EE2C0E9806"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that requires—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0315744D83C44EA9F16C944A7F1A71F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each student in the program to meet high
academic standards and participate in intensive clinical experience;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA34E90631695437FAD185306CC61E6A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each student in the program preparing to
become a teacher to become highly qualified; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD5B8C9CBDD54474A277D7A8A30DEC60"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each student in the program preparing to
become an early childhood educator to meet degree requirements, as established
by the State, and become highly competent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C457ED7E3B14D1C985C9D05C9A2C20A"><enum>(18)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Principles of scientific
research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>principles of scientific research</term> means research that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id753367267E7E453CB650413C5756EA2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applies rigorous, systematic, and objective
methodology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to education
activities and programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B6176E9214C4F278131E7D729AA828A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">presents findings and makes claims that are
appropriate to and supported by the methods that have been employed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0BF3A044172438AA3024951ACF04E95"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes, appropriate to the research being
conducted—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18A2C7040DCF4984A37DF38FA04BC86B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use of systematic, empirical methods that
draw on observation or experiment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF2C6071FB2F4664A8D3410650933E69"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use of data analyses that are adequate to
support the general findings;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6070F02109345D2B55FC618E972B1A9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reliance on measurements or observational
methods that provide reliable and generalizable findings;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D58D79D0B6D4EBC9FF7755A44EBB589"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">claims of causal relationships only in
research designs that substantially eliminate plausible competing explanations
for the obtained results, which may include but shall not be limited to
random-assignment experiments;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4CB451C02C541B1B4C60E27EDC60DCE"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">presentation of studies and methods in
sufficient detail and clarity to allow for replication or, at a minimum, to
offer the opportunity to build systematically on the findings of the
research;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85E452D324344B3E8CEFF4B3520C73FC"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acceptance by a peer-reviewed journal or
critique by a panel of independent experts through a comparably rigorous,
objective, and scientific review; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id074C7682F3DE4E59BBEC384015E2D85E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use of research designs and methods
appropriate to the research question posed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E49D7513A5E4A74808A6CD2F8C00344"><enum>(19)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Professional development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>professional
development</term> has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF385D07C6F6C406EB4DBBF0DD5D7A7A7"><enum>(20)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scientifically valid research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>scientifically valid
research</quote> includes applied research, basic research, and field-initiated
research in which the rationale, design, and interpretation are soundly
developed in accordance with accepted principles of scientific research.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A7C3FF04EA44F96AC30F9E54BAC412F"><enum>(21)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teacher mentoring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>teacher mentoring</term>
means the mentoring of new or prospective teachers through a new or established
program that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13475E5991254C7CB9E057570D051D3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes clear criteria for the selection
of teacher mentors who will provide role model relationships for mentees, which
criteria shall be developed by the eligible partnership and based on measures
of teacher effectiveness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D7E4B77E41B4AE289A6CA26CB9E01EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides high-quality training for such
mentors, including instructional strategies for literacy instruction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6E53652FE494572A2F17C87B7DDA7FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides regular and ongoing opportunities
for mentors and mentees to observe each other’s teaching methods in classroom
settings during the day in a high-need school in the high-need local
educational agency in the eligible partnership;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0554469F7094B8B9756B1D08466A383"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides mentoring to each mentee by a
colleague who teaches in the same field, grade, or subject as the
mentee;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE49658945D5D4BF68077E4BD4F6C2A68"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promotes empirically based practice of, and
scientifically valid research on, where applicable—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02FF3FF0E269455481900AB2C8CC5283"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teaching and learning;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FBFFA06EE584A67915880CA696BEFF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessment of student learning;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5819D4A81B542F88F8A7EBC06C66853"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of teaching skills through
the use of instructional and behavioral interventions; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8248B28D3B44445AFA8957555F7423D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the improvement of the mentees' capacity to
measurably advance student learning; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BDDB45BB11E4F2FB2EDC1D85DE7FAEB"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B6A2C964D404E9786BE5E378F693F81"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">common planning time or regularly scheduled
collaboration for the mentor and mentee; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC15EABFFD6D04D8FB433E5674A87A601"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">joint professional development
opportunities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD159BD96CC841F99E1F2AA26CE98E68"><enum>(22)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teaching skills</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>teaching skills</term> means
skills that enable a teacher to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD13424D33EA14849B5CFCAB400BB1697"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase student learning, achievement, and
the ability to apply knowledge;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2310694384F84A5C91D2F4268889CBB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">effectively convey and explain academic
subject matter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA2238FE11844F019AF412FB36E86539"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employ strategies grounded in the
disciplines of teaching and learning that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83537E6E9BE84D5D9E8A1D4ED962D166"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are based on empirically based practice and
scientifically valid research, where applicable, on teaching and
learning;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55E8AF89125E4B0D9C6FD883CBF0E074"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are specific to academic subject matter;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A401D2DCCDF4838AC30D8BD39A7AB01"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">focus on the identification of students'
specific learning needs, particularly students with disabilities, students who
are limited English proficient, students who are gifted and talented, and
students with low literacy levels, and the tailoring of academic instruction to
such needs;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF10B7D2079214E82A80C8D438677682F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct an ongoing assessment of student
learning, which may include the use of formative assessments, performance-based
assessments, project-based assessments, or portfolio assessments, that measure
higher-order thinking skills, including application, analysis, synthesis, and
evaluation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4AF8CC4220E4B1492BF13DDF4646A76"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">effectively manage a classroom;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86F80FCC0B3E4869B423CE99CC9AE440"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">communicate and work with parents and
guardians, and involve parents and guardians in their children's education;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA6053341B1AF4531923233D17D5CF10A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>use, in the case of an
early childhood educator, age- and developmentally-appropriate strategies and
practices for children in early education programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFDD207FF2844860B0E70083FEF9610E"><enum>(23)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teaching residency program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>teaching residency
program</term> means a school-based teacher preparation program in which a
prospective teacher—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4B6545DB12B47D49C088F5DC4D899CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for 1 academic year, teaches alongside a
mentor teacher, who is the teacher of record;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3CA2615CDCC4EA8A7BDD384847BB05A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives concurrent instruction during the
year described in subparagraph (A) from the partner institution, which courses
may be taught by local educational agency personnel or residency program
faculty, in the teaching of the content area in which the teacher will become
certified or licensed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA057625B82DD42799DAF7E7246896D90"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquires effective teaching skills;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE3CF4D550854028B2E1C3D8C4190DFD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prior to completion of the program, earns a
master's degree, attains full State teacher certification or licensure, and
becomes highly qualified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDC788E0047F4868918919B4F14973DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnership grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC30D3638630A428EB302188AAD9D7F97"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts made available under section
208, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to
eligible partnerships, to enable the eligible partnerships to carry out the
activities described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC494E4B3BEF4C078D175908F16240DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible partnership desiring a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may
require. Each such application shall contain—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02942449810C40D2A97F88CE53729F03"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a needs assessment of all the partners in
the eligible partnership with respect to the preparation, ongoing training,
professional development, and retention, of general and special education
teachers, principals, and, as applicable, early childhood educators;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28505CA0A49C4C5E91C9FBFC4AF649C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the extent to which the
program prepares prospective and new teachers with strong teaching
skills;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id629B5724244E428FBA5758D947B5342B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the extent to which the
program will prepare prospective and new teachers to understand research and
data and the applicability of research and data in the classroom;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF1955B5CF554DDD9E64D8FE46C9184D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the partnership will
coordinate strategies and activities assisted under the grant with other
teacher preparation or professional development programs, including those
funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and through the National Science
Foundation, and how the activities of the partnership will be consistent with
State, local, and other education reform activities that promote student
achievement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D20D52E62A24D429DDD463DFD6A8AAB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a resource assessment that describes the
resources available to the partnership, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4AA924278BD40219CFE2BCF0F2C7754"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the integration of funds from other related
sources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC87A1BEB28964FEC872690B050A88954"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the intended use of the grant funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F48FAF5AEC14F89BE5D7B44CED6E1B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the commitment of the resources of the
partnership to the activities assisted under this section, including financial
support, faculty participation, and time commitments, and to the continuation
of the activities when the grant ends;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0915B0A20C349D7BF11F679DA904F03"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82BE32A2D5C54D08B081EBBFEA2D7523"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the partnership will meet the purposes
of this part;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F25F34E09FF426696BED63A2A8F04E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the partnership will carry out the
activities required under subsection (d) or (e) based on the needs identified
in paragraph (1), with the goal of improving student achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A4859ECA3454E2F9FABC616B84A7036"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the partnership's evaluation plan under
section 204(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAA18B2B5D254390A9FC00FD972E7C03"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the partnership will align the teacher
preparation program with the—</text>
<clause id="id1FF62B53E8514ACBAC3306852A72DE80"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State early learning
standards for early childhood education programs, as appropriate, and with the
relevant domains of early childhood development; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BD37C1BC3734FAF9F0F21B635C74E37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the student academic achievement standards
and academic content standards under section 1111(b)(2) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, established by the State in which the
partnership is located;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id323BCC55FA1245B68CC4F514EDDD6289"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how faculty at the partner institution will
work with, during the term of the grant, highly qualified teachers in the
classrooms of schools served by the high-need local educational agency in the
partnership to provide high-quality professional development activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D080E43EF9943A3B3D36EEDC970E1AD"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the partnership will design, implement,
or enhance a year-long, rigorous, and enriching teaching preservice clinical
program component;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78968329EFDA462E8550AC0695C46F20"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the in-service professional development
strategies and activities to be supported; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87FD481B9DE743748EC3FE84C14F5E6B"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the partnership will collect, analyze,
and use data on the retention of all teachers and early childhood educators in
schools and early childhood programs located in the geographic area served by
the partnership to evaluate the effectiveness of the partnership's teacher and
educator support system; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id718C80C83FA84798920E4595F6CC28AD"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the induction program
required as part of the activities carried out under this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E8649B9075241ACB233FE067552BA97"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a demonstration that the schools and
departments within the institution of higher education that are part of the
induction program have relevant and essential roles in the effective
preparation of teachers, including content expertise and expertise in
teaching;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id548D9A6054C34A868EAE013DA0145182"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a demonstration of the partnership's
capability and commitment to the use of empirically based practice and
scientifically valid research on teaching and learning, and the accessibility
to and involvement of faculty;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58D2DEA0DFB5482986BA187EEBB19503"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the teacher
preparation program will design and implement an induction program to support
all new teachers through not less than the first 2 years of teaching in the
further development of the new teachers' teaching skills, including the use of
mentors who are trained and compensated by such program for the mentors' work
with new teachers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3E1CC3D6EC24C2E976063816BAF09CA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how faculty involved in
the induction program will be able to substantially participate in an early
childhood education program or an elementary or secondary school classroom
setting, as applicable, including release time and receiving workload credit
for such participation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB88A7D9BE6D14340AAC4AE63C5970752"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required use of grant funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible partnership that receives a
grant under this part shall use grant funds to carry out a program for the
pre-baccalaureate preparation of teachers under subsection (d), a teaching
residency program under subsection (e), or both such programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA658C5A49D7749A59830C05F643F2880"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnership grants for pre-baccalaureate
preparation of teachers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
eligible partnership that receives a grant to carry out an effective program
for the pre-baccalaureate preparation of teachers shall carry out a program
that includes all of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0361BFB1ACB847539942A004A7E6CF51"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reforms</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07593CD7AD6B44FF8F8A84387ED48F8C"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementing reforms, described in
subparagraph (B), within each teacher preparation program and, as applicable,
each preparation program for early childhood education programs, of the
eligible partnership that is assisted under this section, to hold each program
accountable for—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8F56E48689B4EECB7D31F55E788C6C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preparing—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83F4C0E018BC4B3E97987444F5005342"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">current or prospective teachers to be
highly qualified (including teachers in rural school districts who may teach
multiple subjects, special educators, and teachers of students who are limited
English proficient who may teach multiple subjects);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA870F0C75340470C83A0DA73F87AC307"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such teachers and, as applicable, early
childhood educators, to understand empirically based practice and
scientifically valid research on teaching and learning and its applicability,
and to use technology effectively, including the use of instructional
techniques to improve student achievement; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5238AB7F48D64E56947DFB6B66609B2C"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as applicable, early childhood educators to
be highly competent; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E007E99D0884822B21FF368F261309D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting strong teaching skills and, as
applicable, techniques for early childhood educators to improve children’s
cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F8080411A3C423698ABD6B0CF9533FD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required reforms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The reforms described in subparagraph (A)
shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id777D272BDB4440D597860DD08371588C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementing teacher preparation program
curriculum changes that improve, evaluate, and assess how well all prospective
and new teachers develop teaching skills;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46B0C89530B0429DB2159163F84F4942"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">using empirically based practice and
scientifically valid research, where applicable, about the disciplines of
teaching and learning so that all prospective teachers and, as applicable,
early childhood educators—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C36784E9F18451D86537E3F8D73667E"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">can understand and implement research-based
teaching practices in classroom-based instruction;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE728DCA3BBF0415081C08BFA31E80A49"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have knowledge of student learning
methods;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD093CD0547BE45909B191A100EEE6C7E"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">possess skills to analyze student academic
achievement data and other measures of student learning and use such data and
measures to improve instruction in the classroom;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBBE04CF70EE40E9AA307B440BBCA1BB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">possess teaching skills and an
understanding of effective instructional strategies across all applicable
content areas that enable the teachers and early childhood educators to—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id421592B9DF6D4E058C1804B79FE6F88C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet the specific learning needs of all
students, including students with disabilities, students who are limited
English proficient, students who are gifted and talented, students with low
literacy levels and, as applicable, children in early childhood education
programs; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A8353976C7546CDA1BFCB38308A72F6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">differentiate instruction for such
students; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id899408407D9A4B37BC5651D93A10909C"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">can successfully employ effective
strategies for reading instruction using the essential components of reading
instruction;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF9C0B46932345669F24DE40DB625653"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring collaboration with departments,
programs, or units of a partner institution outside of the teacher preparation
program in all academic content areas to ensure that new teachers receive
training in both teaching and relevant content areas in order to become highly
qualified;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3639A8C67D614B2483BA0410964DC198"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing and implementing an induction
program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC25FBDD019EF44179B6F456C75937310"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing admissions goals and priorities
with the hiring objectives of the high-need local educational agency in the
eligible partnership.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3370A97C593045DFBCE3C3D03209ECD1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clinical experience and
interaction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing and
improving a sustained and high-quality pre-service clinical education program
to further develop the teaching skills of all prospective teachers and, as
applicable, early childhood educators, involved in the program. Such program
shall do the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD8EB5FEB2BA40128819AA1EF3D5E362"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Incorporate year-long opportunities for
enrichment activity or a combination of activities, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BD28ECBB95848548FF386F58C6E6A57"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clinical learning in classrooms in
high-need schools served by the high-need local educational agency in the
eligible partnership and identified by the eligible partnership; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1775331328DF49F8A97212040457C009"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">closely supervised interaction between
faculty and new and experienced teachers, principals, and other administrators
at early childhood education programs (as applicable), elementary schools, or
secondary schools, and providing support for such interaction.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id674F897F716C401CBCD440E8D30FC1E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integrate pedagogy and classroom practice
and promote effective teaching skills in academic content areas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DF89A8F00DB448EB91D7CD93662B327"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provide high-quality teacher
mentoring.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBBA15DEE85E435998826479089D0B98"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4A6CA86C76AA4D209DA55636B33B02E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Be offered over the course of a program of
teacher preparation;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54554BD2EDF845618CE87CFFA4B4179A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be tightly aligned with course work (and
may be developed as a 5th year of a teacher preparation program); and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76D4547705404A11A6E2A70240B41964" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where feasible, allow prospective teachers
to learn to teach in the same school district in which the teachers will work,
learning the instructional initiatives and curriculum of that district.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA9BE4A93F604F03B56379B96C2EAD63"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provide support and training for those
individuals participating in an activity for prospective teachers described in
this paragraph or paragraph (1) or (2), and for those who serve as mentors for
such teachers, based on each individual’s experience. Such support may
include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12262EEBB48D4C729C0059483768E741"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a prospective teacher or a
mentor, release time for such individual’s participation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC11EC8A9B044686B2D3B0CADA724D6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a faculty member, receiving
course workload credit and compensation for time teaching in the eligible
partnership's activities; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7FEFF451775442DB9510EEB3A11BC36"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a mentor, a stipend, which
may include bonus, differential, incentive, or merit or performance-based
pay.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6587CD6A7964070961B26DF24C62E5C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Induction programs for new
teachers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Creating an
induction program for new teachers, or, in the case of an early childhood
education program, providing mentoring or coaching for new early childhood
educators.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA93AEFDA127748EEBFF259982445F102"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support and training for participants in
early childhood education programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an eligible partnership
focusing on early childhood educator preparation, implementing initiatives that
increase compensation for early childhood educators who attain associate or
baccalaureate degrees in early childhood education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD704C2FC81EA4984AA6E6767BE3140CB"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teacher recruitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing and implementing effective
mechanisms to ensure that the eligible partnership is able to recruit qualified
individuals to become highly qualified teachers through the activities of the
eligible partnership.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BAD3123AE754EC4A2FAF46959C452C2"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnership grants for the establishment of
teaching residency programs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D49C8A2643F4D55B5AC46C47C86FE27"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible partnership receiving a grant
to carry out an effective teaching residency program shall carry out a program
that includes all of the following activities:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA28E10A46CC140B7BED801B719B001B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supporting a teaching residency program
described in paragraph (2) for high-need subjects and areas, as determined by
the needs of the high-need local educational agency in the partnership.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB57B82E0FBB944E39B8338AFFB06700E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifying staffing procedures to provide
greater flexibility for local educational agency and school leaders to
establish effective school-level staffing in order to facilitate placement of
graduates of the teaching residency program in cohorts that facilitate
professional collaboration, both among graduates of the teaching residency
program and between such graduates and mentor teachers in the receiving
school.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D9AF6B947AB41B19B74C6EEC0F4F4AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring that teaching residents that
participated in the teaching residency program receive—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01A0C3275C624CEBA62E29B55F054E76"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">effective preservice preparation as
described in paragraph (2);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE82D18E5AB9B4EB5B51CCD1D7C05EE23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teacher mentoring;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id484D23E7242946508863E7EF9A2D79E2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">induction through the induction program as
the teaching residents enter the classroom as new teachers; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08B179D44F6A4D25927BB011F7D6FCCA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the preparation described in subparagraphs
(A), (B), and (C) of subsection (d)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD99A9630627443D7BE42A331EBAE9068"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teaching residency programs</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id675EF37F38FF48B1BF900130E8044567"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment and design</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A teaching residency program under this
paragraph shall be a program based upon models of successful teaching
residencies that serves as a mechanism to prepare teachers for success in the
high-need schools in the eligible partnership, and shall be designed to include
the following characteristics of successful programs:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id298BD6BB028B42B1B60943E748B375F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The integration of pedagogy, classroom
practice, and teacher mentoring.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3514E8647A95428AAAFF39BDD2472A44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Engagement of teaching residents in
rigorous graduate-level coursework to earn a master’s degree while undertaking
a guided teaching apprenticeship.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB78BEF45B4114C76BCAB692710246686"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Experience and learning opportunities
alongside a trained and experienced mentor teacher—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35319136AFF14865B9153750AFB7CE25"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose teaching shall complement the
residency program so that classroom clinical practice is tightly aligned with
coursework;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id077599EA54724AD4830500EFA50E3FDB"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who shall have extra responsibilities as a
teacher leader of the teaching residency program, as a mentor for residents,
and as a teacher coach during the induction program for novice teachers, and
for establishing, within the program, a learning community in which all
individuals are expected to continually improve their capacity to advance
student learning; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB70AB9DB9D6C4E8490469400871A596C"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who may have full relief from teaching
duties as a result of such additional responsibilities.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8E036CC751440ADBF3BC016C4F9BD2E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The establishment of clear criteria for the
selection of mentor teachers based on measures of teacher effectiveness and the
appropriate subject area knowledge. Evaluation of teacher effectiveness shall
be based on observations of such domains of teaching as the following:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FD04F5516C7473B8E2E4787EC0CC1ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Planning and preparation, including
demonstrated knowledge of content, pedagogy, and assessment, including the use
of formative assessments to improve student learning.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE745729CF60E49FFBBCF39BC9ACEBDA2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate instruction that engages
students with different learning styles.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42D7889F11B5433794995D646022B8B8"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaboration with colleagues to improve
instruction.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id925F126B0E164F4CAE5FF70BE9D0E6CC"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Analysis of gains in student learning,
based on multiple measures, that, when feasible, may include valid and reliable
objective measures of the influence of teachers on the rate of student academic
progress.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1700511291F4D4C8CABE41A09A86232"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of mentor candidates who will
be mentoring current or future literacy and mathematics coaches or instructors,
appropriate skills in the essential components of reading instruction, teacher
training in literacy instructional strategies across core subject areas, and
teacher training in mathematics instructional strategies, as
appropriate.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E5933BDBBF94562AA7C5160A8AAC505"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grouping of teaching residents in cohorts
to facilitate professional collaboration among such residents.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FA3A35D85C7449A96AA51B9F5E5A4CF"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of admissions goals and
priorities aligned with the hiring objectives of the local educational agency
partnering with the program, as well as the instructional initiatives and
curriculum of the agency, in exchange for a commitment by the agency to hire
graduates from the teaching residency program.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F57738AA7EC4E71B77367906F0E46D8"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support for residents, once the teaching
residents are hired as teachers of record, through an induction program,
professional development, and networking opportunities to support the residents
through not less than the residents' first 2 years of teaching.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF40F1E50D1164279B2A3D6D492D57D87"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection of individuals as teacher
residents</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0851687F6C8456BB517CEF256218678"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to be eligible to be a teacher
resident in a teaching residency program under this paragraph, an individual
shall—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB909B9A0506F4B36BAD4F730362E3EEA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a recent graduate of a 4-year
institution of higher education or a mid-career professional from outside the
field of education possessing strong content knowledge or a record of
professional accomplishment; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43481F7E8A4A443CB9D34C7A0C610870"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit an application to the teaching
residency program.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CF937599E0B47BD94830C9F7CF28A85"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible partnership carrying out a
teaching residency program under this subparagraph shall establish criteria for
the selection of eligible individuals to participate in the teaching residency
program based on the following characteristics:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id020453081ADF4D309DF5B38976478414"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strong content knowledge or record of
accomplishment in the field or subject area to be taught.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D4942BCCED7428C802FA55CEA8D0763"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strong verbal and written communication
skills, which may be demonstrated by performance on appropriate tests.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85800D7A36A24675A20BCB5F1B75DE37"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other attributes linked to effective
teaching, which may be determined by interviews or performance assessments, as
specified by the eligible partnership.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id659363A0BD104D6BA358592F12632B82"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stipend and service requirement</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95A820C25185462FB1725F3E2FAF1A9B"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stipend</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A teaching residency program under this
paragraph shall provide a 1-year living stipend or salary to teaching residents
during the 1-year teaching residency program.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E2CFF8C0F1340739D6D46F3699D421A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Service requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of receiving a stipend under
this subparagraph, a teaching resident shall agree to teach in a high-need
school served by the high-need local educational agency in the eligible
partnership for a period of 3 or more years after completing the 1-year
teaching residency program.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB497BFAEA5104CD989E25864AB507A7C"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a teaching resident who received a
stipend under this subparagraph does not complete the service requirement
described in clause (ii), such individual shall repay to the high-need local
educational agency a pro rata portion of the stipend amount for the amount of
teaching time that the individual did not complete.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDB2A87ED15CD4AC192D60E1E1264B01E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allowable use of grant
funds</header><text>An eligible partnership that receives a grant under this
part may use grant funds provided to carry out the activities described in
subsections (d) and (e) to partner with a television public broadcast station,
as defined in section 397(6) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/397">47 U.S.C. 397(6)</external-xref>),
for the purpose of improving the quality of pre-baccalaureate teacher
preparation programs. The partnership may use such funds to enhance the quality
of pre-service training for prospective teachers, including through the use of
digital educational content and related services.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B39E5EF6DB347BAA286353FD61D7F2A"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3960436E58C947369CAACB6ABB7E1CEF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of an eligible partnership that
receives a grant under this section shall engage in regular consultation
throughout the development and implementation of programs and activities under
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5123C39C0E7647C99F5AA3A769C324EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regular communication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure timely and meaningful
consultation, regular communication shall occur among all members of the
eligible partnership, including the high-need local educational agency. Such
communication shall continue throughout the implementation of the grant and the
assessment of programs and activities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA686EB6E0D34809AE96DBD9286C6A16"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Written consent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may approve changes in grant
activities of a grant under this section only if a written consent signed by
all members of the eligible partnership is submitted to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83C2615A16864F0CBB199497DCE20957"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to prohibit an eligible partnership from using grant funds to coordinate with
the activities of eligible partnerships in other States or on a regional basis
through Governors, State boards of education, State educational agencies, State
agencies responsible for early childhood education, local educational agencies,
or State agencies for higher education.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07500D05B226498EAD881DDC48C27D67"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplement, Not Supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under this section
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local
funds that would otherwise be expended to carry out activities under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id954F4080837F4D45ACE01BA1B5ADFF32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69F0E894831D4F65985C24FC12C971BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration; Number of Awards;
Payments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id468CC7F6A12E4B379968DE5F9DDA0731"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant awarded under this part shall be
awarded for a period of 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD704196EBE164A04BCEDA57999B19C31"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible partnership may not receive
more than 1 grant during a 5-year period. Nothing in this title shall be
construed to prohibit an individual member, that can demonstrate need, of an
eligible partnership that receives a grant under this title from entering into
another eligible partnership consisting of new members and receiving a grant
with such other eligible partnership before the 5-year period described in the
preceding sentence applicable to the eligible partnership with which the
individual member has first partnered has expired.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C0E488DDB7749AF83C76C12004FE10E"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make annual payments of
grant funds awarded under this part.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A2AFBDFEF154D5F8063815FE31449AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Peer Review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36C5D8BBAD7E46C9B3DBA94C838624C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Panel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide the
applications submitted under this part to a peer review panel for evaluation.
With respect to each application, the peer review panel shall initially
recommend the application for funding or for disapproval.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id760EF5251201434188EDF103C01FFB7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In recommending applications to the
Secretary for funding under this part, the panel shall give priority—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEEBDC7169A04A62AAC3CFF9EA0A2FB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to applications from broad-based eligible
partnerships that involve businesses and community organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D938ACBCCEA4F8587991F9575D82D70"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to eligible partnerships so that the awards
promote an equitable geographic distribution of grants among rural and urban
areas.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D1308EF142B4C018FCA0EB419DBAD79"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretarial selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine, based on the
peer review process, which applications shall receive funding and the amounts
of the grants. In determining the grant amount, the Secretary shall take into
account the total amount of funds available for all grants under this part and
the types of activities proposed to be carried out by the eligible
partnership.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ABF24B24C414DEE8E5F967F0DB5FFE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BA78730BA014568ACC74A732C5D81FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible partnership receiving a grant
under this part shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 100
percent of the amount of the grant, which may be provided in cash or in-kind,
to carry out the activities supported by the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56ACB9F787CD4CD49B5029E74C78790D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive all or part of the
matching requirement described in paragraph (1) for any fiscal year for an
eligible partnership, if the Secretary determines that applying the matching
requirement to the eligible partnership would result in serious hardship or an
inability to carry out the authorized activities described in this part.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB01DF8FEA1064384AA5FBAB98B0CF22D"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Administrative
Expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible
partnership that receives a grant under this part may use not more than 2
percent of the grant funds for purposes of administering the grant.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id442B367EDE874CD59AC92428945497BF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accountability and evaluation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F90B21216A04862ACC4D3DF0A7A45FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible Partnership
Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible
partnership submitting an application for a grant under this part shall
establish and include in such application, an evaluation plan that includes
strong performance objectives. The plan shall include objectives and measures
for increasing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id886F5D7AB8FC4C4EA29742C6D16D155C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">student achievement for all students as
measured by the eligible partnership;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EA6D6B7DF6D4EE8AE392B6C00ED17F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teacher retention in the first 3 years of a
teacher’s career;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB841F744425F4C7CB1BEF6088DCD0FD6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improvement in the pass rates and scaled
scores for initial State certification or licensure of teachers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DC70074F86B4605BF49CC42DEA04087"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA674CDC11A884380A752852B2D56B968"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of highly qualified teachers
hired by the high-need local educational agency participating in the eligible
partnership;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05698AE035484A9A93751777BE4EE462" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of such teachers who are
members of under represented groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F4AACFE9A324E47B8639C5D4BE8BC46" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of such teachers who teach
high-need academic subject areas (such as reading, mathematics, science, and
foreign language, including less commonly taught languages and critical foreign
languages);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6445D7ACF9F446BAF76225236DBCE7E" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of such teachers who teach
in high-need areas (including special education, language instruction
educational programs for limited English proficient students, and early
childhood education);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF21160469C642929301B826D6E3A462" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of such teachers in
high-need schools, disaggregated by the elementary, middle, and high school
levels; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F1AF4A12AE047D292B5019D1FED4061" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as applicable, the percentage of early
childhood education program classes in the geographic area served by the
eligible partnership taught by early childhood educators who are highly
competent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53D6EAC4E49C45288F781D7D560AD1D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible partnership receiving a grant
under this part shall ensure that teachers, principals, school superintendents,
and faculty and leadership at institutions of higher education located in the
geographic areas served by the eligible partnership under this part are
provided information about the activities carried out with funds under this
part, including through electronic means.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56724C02E9BA43CD969461A16A58A553"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation of Grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that an
eligible partnership receiving a grant under this part is not making
substantial progress in meeting the purposes, goals, objectives, and measures,
as appropriate, of the grant by the end of the third year of a grant under this
part, then the Secretary shall require such eligible partnership to submit a
revised application that identifies the steps the partnership will take to make
substantial progress to meet the purposes, goals, objectives, and measures, as
appropriate, of this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94710009F93E46439282479D6A1D2F2B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation and Dissemination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall evaluate the activities
funded under this part and report the Secretary’s findings regarding the
activities to the authorizing committees. The Secretary shall broadly
disseminate—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFC186AD9386430296B5C564E0C82F86"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">successful practices developed by eligible
partnerships under this part; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC76C02C4D6B4EBB8BC0A29EE24DB270"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information regarding such practices that
were found to be ineffective.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4BE6064ECC74F54B6C0D4569CD32016" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accountability for programs that prepare
teachers</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F28A02AD7094C118439550A333F79FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional and Program Report Cards on
the Quality of Teacher Preparation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A2450E4185A4211B6359C5534547B5B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report card</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education that
conducts a traditional teacher preparation program or alternative routes to
State certification or licensure program and 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
teacher preparation programs and alternative routes to State certification or
licensure programs, the following information:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC97DFC7E4B04C2981CC5B2AB394D9C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pass rates and scaled scores</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the most recent year for which the
information is available for those students who took the assessments and are
enrolled in the traditional teacher preparation program or alternative routes
to State certification or licensure program, and for those who have taken the
assessments and have completed the traditional teacher preparation program or
alternative routes to State certification or licensure program during the
2-year period preceding such year, for each of the assessments used for teacher
certification or licensure by the State in which the program is located—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C74A8DFEE3C46D6ACC571BC10E588FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of students who have
completed 100 percent of the nonclinical coursework and taken the assessment
who pass such assessment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB83FED97F8F450E8FC883BB24C84923"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of all such students who
passed each such assessment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88FE2F3639D6479C84A248F5DB063F51"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of students taking an
assessment who completed the teacher preparation program after enrolling in the
program, which shall be made available widely and publicly by the State;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52C0B43E43A94927A82E390D930D43CA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average scaled score for all students
who took each such assessment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65FB22837C4E4693AA6F5377B481C3B0"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comparison of the program’s pass rates
with the average pass rates for programs in the State; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC52153C053B4108B585FBC062AD63B5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comparison of the program’s average
scaled scores with the average scaled scores for programs in the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14555346D79149309347F5E64A34008D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria for admission into the
program, the number of students in the program (disaggregated by race and
gender), the average number of hours of supervised clinical experience required
for those in the program, the number of full-time equivalent faculty and
students in the supervised clinical experience, and the total number of
students who have been certified or licensed as teachers, disaggregated by
subject and area of certification or licensure.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CE4456423914C4091A1EEA09B86FC1A"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In States that require approval or
accreditation of teacher preparation programs, a statement of whether the
institution’s program is so approved or accredited, and by whom.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC18DF97D7E134510A21C9856AA71A50A"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation as low-performing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether the program has been designated as
low-performing by the State under section 207(a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FBE3DE8B5074049AA8E3EAEDD3A3355"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the activities that
prepare teachers to effectively integrate technology into curricula and
instruction and effectively use technology to collect, manage, and analyze data
in order to improve teaching, learning, and decisionmaking for the purpose of
increasing student academic achievement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC381042B18024A62A2567908D8F5753E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible partnership receiving a grant
under section 202 shall report annually on the progress of the eligible
partnership toward meeting the purposes of this part and the objectives and
measures described in section 204(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD048A87B4D0C4180A6D7EA94833A2518"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BCA9F3327C14ECD8968A894A3FBEF52"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an institution of higher
education that conducts a traditional teacher preparation program or
alternative routes to State certification or licensure program and has fewer
than 10 scores reported on any single initial teacher certification or
licensure assessment during an academic year, the institution shall collect and
publish information, as required under paragraph (1)(A), with respect to an
average pass rate and scaled score on each State certification or licensure
assessment taken over a 3-year period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19853AEB0C9E4BBAA4994252287DDDDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State Report Card on the Quality of Teacher
Preparation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4346193B55E4651ACA6F2DE785B675C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 teacher preparation programs and for alternative
routes to State certification or licensure programs, which shall include not
less than the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD13C33BB5734010A4C788641562191D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of reliability and validity
of the teacher certification and licensure assessments, and any other
certification and licensure requirements, used by the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EE25E42183B4AEA85BD52A8AC381DF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standards and criteria that prospective
teachers must meet in order to attain initial teacher certification or
licensure and to be certified or licensed to teach particular academic subject
areas or in particular grades within the State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id593CCA4938D54CAABFB5097EA93F9BDD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of how the assessments and
requirements described in subparagraph (A) are aligned with the State’s
challenging academic content standards required under section 1111(b)(1) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> and State early learning standards for early childhood
education programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15B43C71A11B467ABD20FB19795B5B49"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of the assessments used by the
State for teacher certification or licensure—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4558803C7A864652A7278F5FA4B912EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each institution of higher education
located in the State and each entity located in the State that offers an
alternative route for teacher certification or licensure, the percentage of
students at such institution or entity who have completed 100 percent of the
nonclinical coursework and taken the assessment who pass such
assessment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AE0319525D0491794F66996E88ED30B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of all such students at all
such institutions taking the assessment who pass such assessment; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCC1728A0C274C8F9292BEFB8F2E2637"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of students taking an
assessment who completed the teacher preparation program after enrolling in the
program, which shall be made available widely and publicly by the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC58F9013A24B4C1BB6090A0853F2CF38"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of alternative routes to
State certification or licensure in the State (including any such routes
operated by entities that are not institutions of higher education), if any,
including, for each of the assessments used by the State for teacher
certification or licensure—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id762EEDA53E654019A9C7C36DFAD21F22"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage of individuals participating
in such routes, or who have completed such routes during the 2-year period
preceding the date of the determination, who passed each such assessment;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id097D4A2E784341FCA2297B4AC37E06ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average scaled score of individuals
participating in such routes, or who have completed such routes during the
period preceding the date of the determination, who took each such
assessment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48D1D4F6BE60442AA4CAEB57E84A0FA0"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the State’s criteria for
assessing the performance of teacher preparation programs within institutions
of higher education in the State. Such criteria shall include indicators of the
academic content knowledge and teaching skills of students enrolled in such
programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E7B44A5D2CA474297F8E5784B57501A"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each teacher preparation program in the
State, the criteria for admission into the program, the number of students in
the program, disaggregated by race and gender (except that such disaggregation
shall not be required in a case in which the number of students in a category
is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results
would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student),
the average number of hours of supervised clinical experience required for
those in the program, and the number of full-time equivalent faculty, adjunct
faculty, and students in supervised clinical experience.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF64B8D6AAEFE4C9AA03B524DE9862FE2"><enum>(H)</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>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9794AB7459B44C5489300A5A0090793F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">area of certification or licensure;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA3C235A6C5045EE9AF56D38DBD2460A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic major; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DB0435E9DA0439FB7F7C178411F82C8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject area for which the teacher has been
prepared to teach.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD742D06E0C0843BEB14545C01198911C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using the data generated under
subparagraphs (G) and (H), a description of the extent to which teacher
preparation programs are helping to address shortages of highly qualified
teachers, by area of certification or licensure, subject, and specialty, in the
State’s public schools.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C9C2DDE975D4632B35DFE6DAAF93D6C"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the activities that
prepare teachers to effectively integrate technology into curricula and
instruction and effectively use technology to collect, manage, and analyze data
in order to improve teaching, learning, and decisionmaking for the purpose of
increasing student academic achievement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88FB7A2380F94D8EAC29FEEA40E280D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition against creating a national
list</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not
create a national list or ranking of States, institutions, or schools using the
scaled scores provided under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51B3637891EF4D2CBD55955DF59A7461"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report of the Secretary on the Quality of
Teacher Preparation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id139B037FC53C4751BD700CC6E6457D42"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report card</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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
subparagraphs (A) through (J) of subsection (b)(1). Such report shall identify
States for which eligible partnerships received a grant under this part. Such
report shall be so provided, published, and made available annually.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C16589E9537485FA22E809F066A36B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prepare and submit a
report to Congress that contains the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5BBCA0B982B49D9A841E6DCEABE2B1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A comparison of States’ efforts to improve
the quality of the current and future teaching force.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1C8E5BD1E3E43C9AC59E386F0C9471E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A comparison of eligible partnerships’
efforts to improve the quality of the current and future teaching force.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37CECB36211F4B69B0FE47E82CBC65CC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The national mean and median scaled scores
and pass rate on any standardized test that is used in more than 1 State for
teacher certification or licensure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE15168513604291ACDADCADD4B088B8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a teacher preparation
program with fewer than 10 scores reported on any single initial teacher
certification or licensure assessment during an academic year, the Secretary
shall collect and publish information, and make publicly available, with
respect to an average pass rate and scaled score on each State certification or
licensure assessment taken over a 3-year period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id914EA62BF9784FCAB7D9DAE7320DCBE9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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></section><section id="id6456CAE7643B4164B4EDD6EC9126435E"><enum>205A.</enum><header>Teacher
development</header>
<subsection id="id71709923A2934462BA94B2E4777103F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of
receiving assistance under title IV, each institution of higher education that
conducts a traditional teacher preparation program or alternative routes to
State certification or licensure program and that enrolls students receiving
Federal assistance under this Act shall set annual quantifiable goals
for—</text>
<paragraph id="ID826a96b59a64434099fb7072253bd29f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increasing the number of
prospective teachers trained in teacher shortage areas designated by the
Secretary, including mathematics, science, special education, and instruction
of limited English proficient students; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf596619d9ded41e68ad0c46fc789cc36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>more closely linking the
training provided by the institution with the needs of schools and the
instructional decisions new teachers face in the classroom.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa341b850ad7249bbb8d00eeccd9aaa77"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assurance</header><text>As
a condition of receiving assistance under title IV, each institution described
in subsection (a) shall provide an assurance to the Secretary that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID19282cbe652a47ada8b74e56e3f4a3a3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>training provided to
prospective teachers responds to the identified needs of the local educational
agencies or States where the institution's graduates are likely to teach, based
on past hiring and recruitment trends;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8a928d7d5d0c4f34a4f6c79c34c6ebc8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prospective special
education teachers receive coursework in core academic subjects and receive
training in providing instruction in core academic subjects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3a0b79cd7457481083fcb2d83c918cf2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>regular education
teachers receive training in providing instruction to diverse populations,
including children with disabilities, limited English proficient students, and
children from low-income families; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID77b9e78f257f41a59aa69dd38a522ad5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prospective teachers
receive training on how to effectively teach in urban and rural schools.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5edcc16696194beb9758f9d58172d9fc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public
Reporting</header><text>As part of the annual report card required under
section 205(a)(1), an institution of higher education described in subsection
(a) shall publicly report whether the goals established under such subsection
have been met.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C0D0D5AFE2F4BF48FEEFDA64F482EC9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State functions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9F1D336BE8E4450B0E3CF856BFC2CCC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State Assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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. Such State shall provide the Secretary an annual list of such
low-performing teacher preparation programs that includes an identification of
those programs at risk of being placed on such list. Such levels of performance
shall be determined solely by the State and may include criteria based on
information collected pursuant to this part. Such assessment shall be described
in the report under section 205(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id006AB89E28E34986B5B5C6510376E977"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any program of teacher preparation from
which the State has withdrawn the State’s approval, or terminated the State’s
financial support, due to the low performance of the program based upon the
State assessment described in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D0846D1C65248C4B05AC66155BBCA78"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be ineligible for any funding for
professional development activities awarded by the Department;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB9E837BD73649D9821C8ACD8A807CFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be permitted to accept or enroll
any student that receives aid under title IV in the institution’s teacher
preparation program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD787C09D0C584AF5891C05E49F00DDF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall provide transitional support,
including remedial services if necessary, for students enrolled at the
institution at the time of termination of financial support or withdrawal of
approval.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32411F2A792E4A54B59E7FD6ED73E185"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Negotiated Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary develops any regulations
implementing subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall submit such proposed
regulations to a negotiated rulemaking process, which shall include
representatives of States, institutions of higher education, and educational
and student organizations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA77889B20C6F4813AA412EA8327E4888"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application of the
Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements
of this section shall apply to both traditional teacher preparation programs
and alternative routes to State certification and licensure programs.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5A876600199422BAD585CEC4A33B9A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEC820E8E8A344A9B617EEB543360C67"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Methods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In complying with sections 205 and 206, 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>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C80A9E072104289AFD0024E19CF56E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each State that does not use content
assessments as a means of ensuring that all teachers teaching in core academic
subjects within the State are highly qualified, as required under section 1119
of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 and in accordance with the State plan submitted or revised under section
1111 of such Act</act-name>, and that each person employed as a special
education teacher in the State who teaches elementary school, middle school, or
secondary school is highly qualified by the deadline, as required under section
612(a)(14)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA46941DD4662498CA7828784F7B14C10"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall, to the extent
practicable, collect data comparable to the data required under this part from
States, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or other
entities that administer such assessments to teachers or prospective teachers;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD45D2FFA547441F3B3751CB91726464F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notwithstanding any other provision of this
part, the Secretary shall use such data to carry out requirements of this part
related to assessments, pass rates, and scaled scores.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3519D004C88143EA83D270CEAB84596D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Release of Information to Teacher
Preparation Programs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD89A7302A6EF4EF98008DC7F0A2A49D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of improving teacher
preparation programs, a State educational agency that receives funds under this
Act, or that participates as a member of a partnership, consortium, or other
entity that receives such funds, shall provide to a teacher preparation
program, upon the request of the teacher preparation program, any and all
pertinent education-related information that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B4BAE092A9F4E16BCC7C2D348E4D224"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may enable the teacher preparation program
to evaluate the effectiveness of the program’s graduates or the program itself;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24FD3243CCFE4A56A48BE74403DA0A07"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is possessed, controlled, or accessible by
the State educational agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1283A254A61C457EBF365F9097880DD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information described in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EB8F99097D248B2B5C5CE7A12018357"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall include an identification of specific
individuals who graduated from the teacher preparation program to enable the
teacher preparation program to evaluate the information provided to the program
from the State educational agency with the program’s own data about the
specific courses taken by, and field experiences of, the individual graduates;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5000CA7E28148B2BF85BAFA6EF59655"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEBCBC18B1074BB39F41EE4CCCDB34BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">kindergarten through grade 12 academic
achievement and demographic data, without revealing personally identifiable
information about an individual student, for students who have been taught by
graduates of the teacher preparation program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55BF91D851C84728A1BE65110F1A7353"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teacher effectiveness evaluations for
teachers who graduated from the teacher preparation program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD54481323C454A62AE4992761643B831" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CE5C67A3CC04A1C8D75A6EAB0F9A2B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title II (<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:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5295C9009B464E97915394A1967BA131" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="id0509F7FCC78A4D8C8B85B04CD0510B5B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General
provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF840E00397AA450EB890C3CA035216D2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>231.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE8176D1F8184489A528D65C4DF09F3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal control prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to
permit, allow, encourage, or authorize any Federal control over any aspect of
any private, religious, or home school, whether or not a home school is treated
as a private school or home school under State law. This section shall not be
construed to prohibit private, religious, or home schools from participation in
programs or services under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1AC774903EF04359A966F3217B566618"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No change in state control encouraged or
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
title shall be construed to encourage or require any change in a State’s
treatment of any private, religious, or home school, whether or not a home
school is treated as a private school or home school under State law.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86B582754B404B318D8EF5DE1A86A3D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National system of teacher certification or
licensure prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing
in this title shall be construed to permit, allow, encourage, or authorize the
Secretary to establish or support any national system of teacher certification
or
licensure.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">INSTITUTIONAL AID</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6B3DA33A3CC42C0B0FBC2AD8E529941" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1057">20 U.S.C. 1057</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BE5C7E97D7F403FA32BC4F75107B692"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA234219176D40459E66271B23CB1CE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>351</quote> and inserting <quote>391</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id534E937365364E1BA88DE8070707B163"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(F), by inserting <quote>,
including services that will assist in the education of special
populations</quote> before the period; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF23DC01A1B4C4A6DAB06D3C71E084398"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17EF98653C2043DB859916CF5E5D1370"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by inserting <quote>,
including innovative, customized, remedial education and English language
instruction courses designed to help retain students and move the students
rapidly into core courses and through program completion</quote> before the
period;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB50308A3472491390F2822B5413E856"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (7) through
(12) as paragraphs (8) through (13), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A7993D4A22C4CB6B15A65AB4AEFDA31"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id858A1C4A3E06491599566EE39BFF059D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76964D840B1C4BCEA8993C9890D3A3EE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the
students’
parents.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD763F11CDD48498B947440C17C1DA1D1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>distance learning academic instruction
capabilities</quote> and inserting <quote>distance education
technologies</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE1CD78D82EF4A2A9CD5F118717E95E7"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (13) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)), by striking
<quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b) and section
391</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFC5574B55FD4982BCE452D5B1E018C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions; eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 312 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1058">20 U.S.C. 1058</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id629DEBA1DDCA433CA12F4F3F3787577E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking
<quote>subsection (c) of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(d)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE22F5DCE3A1645F68D1410881E9C32EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2), by striking
<quote>subdivision</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF225A333F2DF4780BAF2C0DB02362CAA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">American Indian tribally controlled
colleges and universities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 316 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C3272E0F6574DDFB16906D554941EBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b)(3) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id659338A5FA614960999FD6EC7885E6B1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD31FFC8FC1114786B07637E13E221134"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal college or university</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Tribal College or
University</term> means an institution that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12E929BF72744D3FA4B358FD9F4EE8D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">qualifies for funding under the Tribally
Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.) or the Navajo Community College Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 640a
note); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4D0166CC336469AB4357D22A33AA31F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is cited in section 532 of the Equity in
Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301
note).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC415CA72B5914AE58D1ED0B91592704B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C1A272D14914D36A8A08186A43AE11B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting before
the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>and the acquisition of real
property adjacent to the campus of the institution</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E725ACB2F7C4CD2A9FBD81D89F8F56D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H),
(I), (J), (K), and (L) as subparagraphs (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), and (N),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC7C25A9B3104102B437006E0F9D2698"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (F) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EEABCA14F134157B95C37B86BE5DB98" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB1093F23A9E4800AA57BD3E0DE3A77B"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the
students'
parents;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97C081FE24344EA6AAB6255D7CBFE6DF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (L) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA20E428BBF2D47EBB25BCC9799DD4CFD"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (L) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (B)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E6269114B9446F4B01D38ABC7EEE019" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA4AAD1B44B0457CA4C6C53F9C33366B"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing or improving facilities for
Internet use or other distance education technologies;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09309A6D0E7647DBAB935F42E1BB503E"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (N) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>subparagraphs (A) through (K)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subparagraphs (A) through (M)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE23BBFC920E4215B897B5AFA02FDD77"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id050299B3892A4B888D9026BE27DFF63B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EA6B9960AC24AEFAFCDEF137DD49C23"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application, Plan, and Allocation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12359CE0DE094FF6A39B98232E047FEB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive assistance under
this section, a Tribal College or University shall be an eligible institution
under section 312(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC03530EC644F47F1A212611C7E9E53BC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB214B6995D148AB90897E37306B2A84"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Tribal College or University desiring to
receive assistance under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, and in such manner, as the Secretary may reasonably
require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4249007CD5644C5E85A3E4DDBF70C998"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Streamlined process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish application
requirements in such a manner as to simplify and streamline the process for
applying for grants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id099CFFBB1A7E4CAE95C6689612C0B1F3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocations to institutions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37F02B0975D04BA1A32EC6CD0B23CAAB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction grants</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BE4D6F06AE2459F940FE6B81C4BF118"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount appropriated to carry out
this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve 30 percent for the
purpose of awarding 1-year grants of not less than $1,000,000 to address
construction, maintenance, and renovation needs at eligible
institutions.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25E0730F031A4402BF9852C5BE766786"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing grants under clause (i), the
Secretary shall give preference to eligible institutions that have not yet
received an award under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07474B2BB71B4AACA23175C67327BC3C"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allotment of remaining funds</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id065B0B0D0EEE4417A7060C3C1951DCFD"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), the
Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds appropriated for any fiscal year
to each eligible institution as follows:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17539243419645A187528AB845722AD1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">60 percent of the remaining appropriated
funds shall be distributed among the eligible Tribal Colleges and Universities
on a pro rata basis, based on the respective Indian student counts (as defined
in section 2(a) of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act
of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
1801(a)) of the Tribal Colleges and Universities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07F228C8711944AEA30F9F6713B26A85"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the remaining 40 percent shall be
distributed in equal shares to the eligible Tribal Colleges and
Universities.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1F5E67F95134924BDA94B6D270C8F31"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount distributed to a Tribal College
or University under clause (i) shall not be less than $500,000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20D1882259524846B93EEBCEF2AAD14E"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rules</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id945810A5EB414697BD6492B813769233"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Concurrent funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this part, no Tribal
College or University that is eligible for and receives funds under this
section shall concurrently receive funds under other provisions of this part or
part B.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37B74711E19E4E2A8A23037E92AEBBF5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(d) shall not apply to
institutions that are eligible to receive funds under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id919C9287FD7A46E0870FB5ACEDE889AD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving
institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 317(c)(2)
(20 U.S.C.
1059d(c)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CC990D9D17A47308F4A93920E65783B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5C5DCFA8D9D4D9288B1AF1F86B646D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE472F67C97F34662BC1A158B913C649E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC07B859363C45A68AFAC8E3796454B6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1B92186F3F247EB8DE8904A713EA687"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the
students’
parents.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5C50C5899F6401DA33BE51D829E5AA0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native American-serving, nontribal
institutions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71FDD7BDB39E4C35BC54577081415DCD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant Program Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A of title III (20 U.S.C. 1057 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF01586A274104A88A5BA7DA44A327E6C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C1EE41918AF482F9CA7DF729EE12E6B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>318.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native American-serving, nontribal
institutions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF9276B6D89A4F6BA970CA856BAEAC77"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide grants and
related assistance to Native American-serving, nontribal institutions to enable
such institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve Native
Americans.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43E77A78E8784181B8F68E53CB673561"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id774E72F6F1634CF5ADEA0DDD4871D802"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native american</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Native American</term> means
an individual who is of a tribe, people, or culture that is indigenous to the
United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEC0109AF559460390B95B5ED0995424"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native american-serving, nontribal
institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Native American-serving, nontribal institution</term> means an
institution of higher education that, at the time of application—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0827E829A02C4958A4915F93A94B95C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an enrollment of undergraduate students
that is not less than 10 percent Native American students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA2BE1CB2BF248159181256200BA3844"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a Tribal College or University (as
defined in section 316).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F610A6B0E234EA6830158DBCE626602"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized Activities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B01FDFEBE3E4098BF0A7EC17A92EBF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Types of activities
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants awarded
under this section shall be used by Native American-serving, nontribal
institutions to assist such institutions to plan, develop, undertake, and carry
out activities to improve and expand such institutions’ capacity to serve
Native Americans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4065D5E43284756AA174EC2D0BD54A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Examples of authorized
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such programs may
include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7C9985F9626485BB35BB1BFB811AB7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purchase, rental, or lease of
scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including
instructional and research purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id115C233AC88A4CF2BF4E5726C1E2BA5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">renovation and improvement in classroom,
library, laboratory, and other instructional facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AADF13F66D843569549B17E5176757D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support of faculty exchanges, and faculty
development and faculty fellowships to assist faculty in attaining advanced
degrees in the faculty’s field of instruction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD6649CF27504CF386272C86E655B790"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">curriculum development and academic
instruction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82C428ECD34445BA8FBA0AC14463EB81"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purchase of library books, periodicals,
microfilm, and other educational materials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92EA2FA151E6425AA8DA1EA12C77E199"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funds and administrative management, and
acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E831E7B3D3E481CA88333A01FD71D83"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the joint use of facilities such as
laboratories and libraries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B560EBE747E4E8C80663ECBEBE0314D"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic tutoring and counseling programs
and student support services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C2A46618C3845C38C1B956AAF02F764"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application Process</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F54EC9A53944C06823CECFA32FA4B3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Native American-serving, nontribal
institution desiring to receive assistance under this section shall submit to
the Secretary such enrollment data as may be necessary to demonstrate that the
institution is a Native American-serving, nontribal institution, along with
such other information and data as the Secretary may by regulation
require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9543FC0A0F5944F7B842F72473C67072"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4328CA5A9A0748DD91FB6489C3D1B361"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permission to submit
applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any institution
that is determined by the Secretary to be a Native American-serving, nontribal
institution may submit an application for assistance under this section to the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84A46B462CDB444E97B5D3D158263E75"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Simplified and streamlined
format</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall,
to the extent possible, prescribe a simplified and streamlined format for
applications under this section that takes into account the limited number of
institutions that are eligible for assistance under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31316CBCF72243ABB92D8F35A59CD7AD"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application submitted under subparagraph
(A) shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E049D705C014272976EF97EFDF7C381"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a 5-year plan for improving the assistance
provided by the Native American-serving, nontribal institution to Native
Americans; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF28314DF57FE40F88578149EDA88C1F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information and assurances as
the Secretary may require.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD661B52287248D7AA2A80EA8812ECB3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rules</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB28BF13EE1014D2F8E400B90D52D8B64"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No Native American-serving, nontribal
institution that receives funds under this section shall concurrently receive
funds under other provisions of this part or part B.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3C00D638DC3484386828440D112C492"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(d) shall not apply to
institutions that are eligible to receive funds under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD71EF7B7CECB41038F529EC76B67A762"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall, to the extent possible and consistent with the competitive
process under which such grants are awarded, ensure maximum and equitable
distribution among all eligible
institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44077451C4E24E9682F6EA376A956CA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum grant amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 399 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1068h">20 U.S.C. 1068h</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id582A903C55124DE788005ED0EA2C64E4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26CB08973892489CA90FAA1B55CC68FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum Grant Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The minimum amount of a grant under this
title shall be
$200,000.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA27D0AC1D5248D18D8A2860FE4713B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part <enum-in-header>B</enum-in-header>
definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 322(4) (20
U.S.C. 1061(4)) is amended by inserting <quote>, in consultation with the
Commissioner for Education Statistics</quote> before <quote>and the
Commissioner</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id198E5B8343C84AF19D6DADCFA4C7A08C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7274EB481C03459F9BF204A897ED1686"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>360(a)(2)</quote> and inserting
<quote>399(a)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AD90153563A4F118E6FC38993718381"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (7) through
(12) as paragraphs (8) through (13), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95A0367756264A91894E08C0EE163B5C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86F542D2CDCA4E1683181028F68D10E4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43CA15CC682A445793EF066C222E555C"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the
students’
parents.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB995A0F49B7E49F5B7BB760C197E8A3B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allotments to institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 324 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1063">20 U.S.C. 1063</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD545A56542084F50B678B6A5F55A97E4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D4266EDA48849B387D997D6F714B69A"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Rule on Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, a part B institution shall not receive an allotment under this section
unless the part B institution provides, on an annual basis, data indicating
that the part B institution—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CA38A369B574595BE6B0CF536C1641A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enrolled Federal Pell Grant recipients in
the preceding academic year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85F702D77A9E4D899F24ADDA3B385B91"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the preceding academic year, has
graduated students from a program of academic study that is licensed or
accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association
recognized by the Secretary pursuant to part H of title IV where appropriate;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B978F000DED43AB812BB6F3C015DFC9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where appropriate, has graduated students
who, within the past 5 years, enrolled in graduate or professional
school.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86304E111FC04522BD5FE0AF58504DE3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Professional or graduate
institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 326 (20
U.S.C. 1063b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD0227CB08F548E9A6B391B247B8A88E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5D93BFD522A49AD9D239E1E2034BA9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>, and
for the acquisition and development of real property that is adjacent to the
campus for such construction, maintenance, renovation, or improvement</quote>
after <quote>services</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D3045FB141F49FCA3F069F9DB4F3D9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (7)
as paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA89675A6D632412583A8D560DC3DFB69"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (4) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBC03A37A68A4D42B82BD79CF0273728" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id513603FD3729446BAA824C6F604AB1C6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tutoring, counseling, and student service
programs designed to improve academic success;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBA21B5BDF714EEDB166715376FEAC29"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the
students’
parents;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E47A4C1990544F1B4EC80E45F75FDA0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>establish or improve</quote> and
inserting <quote>establishing or improving</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E61A3356AA542E0BD814DDEA2D4E7B8"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B))—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BB9FCA4ABAD4CFBA714EE57081A0C4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>assist</quote> and
inserting <quote>assisting</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3685A443CD48405E847D1E927D72C257"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC218B3AA4364DF3BB2F9F5349A7E8A2"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD93AFDAC77D24D8FA4863777B6006E7D"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id162ACB6160C84AEBBB24ACCCE8B3FA38" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id522EC38D19FC4F8684EE96B35D23777B"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other activities proposed in the
application submitted under subsection (d) that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id822E93A54BD4456DA1DA7F3696E27B01"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contribute to carrying out the purposes of
this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18B2C27A57334C238CDB49654FE9350B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are approved by the Secretary as part of
the review and acceptance of such
application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id308F88D1876441028D386DEAF38CC4BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F5EB701CC4E4755A66F1737764D7D3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09EF6E9227374F318A9E43F444643B1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting a colon after <quote>the
following</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64FF52FA246A4D21851FEBD946220B9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (Q), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE073967EE910443DABA8076CE13DAEC9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (R), by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED457FF90BF54AD48C0CDF7D86FE29A2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD16D7DC52124C388C2B820BD23CB40E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5E87379585A4DF5A09B7426ED39F3F7"><enum>(S)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alabama State University qualified graduate
program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56ED8790F4744AC7B55460FBC4E35CA7"><enum>(T)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coppin State University qualified graduate
program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5B32EDF5C554E0C9B1A43E50F3F0731"><enum>(U)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prairie View A & M University qualified
graduate program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0A106F1E80D48789DD8E9196DA60DA5"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fayetteville State University qualified
graduate program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58A9B816895243AFAC6E53066C06D8B7"><enum>(W)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delaware State University qualified
graduate program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9260303797864F07920105D7612076D2"><enum>(X)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Langston University qualified graduate
program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id338121F21AE24428AB140C80BC4869BD"><enum>(Y)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">West Virginia State University qualified
graduate program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id036AA4C21E704A22B84578F0322A36E8"><enum>(Z)</enum><text>Kentucky State University
qualified graduate program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9516033480184B3DA2FECCDFE6F63B69"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>Grambling State
University qualified graduate
program.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72110FFEA4014C28A66BB196C1B072A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8A7AAC38BEF40D299F116A39346C522"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>in law or</quote> after
<quote>instruction</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39989F701C4F4079868D78AEC809DD8D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>mathematics, or</quote>
and inserting <quote>mathematics, psychometrics, or</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id507D304EF71A46A490492BEBB745B55D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7038E883381C46E6A7587FFED754E453"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1998</quote> and
inserting <quote>2007</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC88913137394AB49A9C1CB0938015D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(Q) and (R)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(S), (T), (U), (V), (W), (X), (Y), (Z), and
(AA)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id770775FC18D344C3AEFF326904F524D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5721DE3498E34255A7F5F94F86D1B912"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>(P)</quote> and inserting <quote>(R)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6EED0540BC74EE09AD585951A76AE01"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>(Q)
and (R)</quote> and inserting <quote>(S), (T), (U), (V), (W), (X), (Y), (Z),
and (AA)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2DCED9BDD224756B6C60E552B3CDCDF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC2345F3585E4630AFEF5CFD34C156DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>(R)</quote> and inserting <quote>(AA)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id570FD6C52D774F71B14A0533EC0DF2F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DAA29417F9149FDA0700A4A7505FF97" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F42387A27FE418BAF70229606948933"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of non-Federal funds for the
fiscal year for which the determination is made that the institution or program
listed in subsection (e)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id772E082A519F483CACB06A3354D87044"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allocates from institutional
resources;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id708DD7340A1F40EEAE98D7B8508B47D3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">secures from non-Federal sources, including
amounts appropriated by the State and amounts from the private sector;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA536C42162854FABB86E17FDE7F9EE4D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will utilize to match Federal funds awarded
for the fiscal year for which the determination is made under this section to
the institution or program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0892A7CA4BDB430C8D733D3B2D45EFCC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of students enrolled in the
qualified graduate programs of the eligible institution or program, for which
the institution or program received and allocated funding under this section in
the preceding
year.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id835C58A2BEF2498DA0C01113DE8AA05E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>(or
the equivalent) enrolled in the eligible professional or graduate
school</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>enrolled in the qualified programs or institutions listed in paragraph
(1).</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id812A42EDCCB64AB2B8679B707D58DCBA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6626429255A340F49D348F6DD1523847"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>students</quote> and
inserting <quote>Black American students or minority students</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41E3E711080749BA9D56F1CCA5969D00"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>institution</quote> and
inserting <quote>institution or program</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEB8DCA2B19E45B08483819F7D733B3C"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC524BEDCD7D546089AA1D5773039D68C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CC307A81E484D6288084847E1477E4F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The percentage that the total number of
Black American students and minority students who receive their first
professional, master’s, or doctoral degrees from the institution or program in
the academic year preceding the academic year for which the determination is
made, represents of the total number of Black American students and minority
students in the United States who receive their first professional, master’s,
or doctoral degrees in the professions or disciplines related to the course of
study at such institution or program, respectively, in the preceding academic
year.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E08B42488C84B9DAB17405917AF0A85"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g), by striking
<quote>1998</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E9644FE3B6E4EFBADE2ADD985304771" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>310.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 345 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1066d">20 U.S.C. 1066d</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FFD38CDA0D2405398E83888AA7CFD8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF101D494E1541C0A9DCE02B9269A2D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9F1313E387F4A3FA0973AAAADF2D257"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4E90247323D47BC85B46431ED94BFA8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F486C5870AF453CB45BD49086D0FB3C"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 2007, shall submit to the
authorizing committees a report on the progress of the Department in
implementing the recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office
in October 2006 for improving the Historically Black College and Universities
Capital Financing
Program.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1B78FBBB88E4145A045FF786B81DA5E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a)
of section 399 (20
U.S.C. 1068h) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6548E3D7D2BF4B568AE7EAEA32CF61A4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1C1039B68D647A491F447F216B8C4A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02E8D48C00734BC096CFA66A80438451"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5D573D6CA0AD4C459D72D203ECEE45FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out part A (other than sections 316, 317, and 318) such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B7F3DF957A149CCADFA01DC6AEAC417" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 316 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96EFE96DB9BD4C72A8E914B960C4DEAB" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 317 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFEA326A7B7E4A8D8F508B0583117943" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 318 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35915DFC7CCE43168BA8A6EAC4FF0867"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part B</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF5225F03F9AC4466ABEBDB5C05BC9A10"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out part B (other than section 326) such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4B3E7910C314AC79C4CCE5B5A36D42C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 326 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AD860AFE68A431997B785B4E1A536F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part C</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out part C such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of
the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53956A88611D414AA060119BB530C354"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part D</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id885E9ABBFE8B4EDD804EF948A6E0D274"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out part D (other than section 345(7), but including section 347) such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding
fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5234F8B42234BD28A174B8E49D51EB5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out section 345(7) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAD09654C2ED4BF6979ECF96DA95F71E"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part E</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out part E such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of
the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26420D41E90245AF8C5B17456C6370ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical corrections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1051">20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.</external-xref>) is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3C4C1CA4F024C28B0B697D218B0A605"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 342(5)(C) (20 U.S.C.
1066a(5)(C)), by striking <quote>,,</quote> and inserting
<quote>,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA04B36A26EF44EE08D23D689B9046D27"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in
section 343(e) (20
U.S.C. 1066b(e)), by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Sale of Qualified
Bonds</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>Notwithstanding</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id255874E528E141BCBED3FA352F9FFBA7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i) of
section 365(9)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067k">20 U.S.C. 1067k(9)(A)</external-xref>), by
striking <quote>support</quote> and inserting <quote>supports</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3654C4ECDBC74799992D035CF3485AB2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 391(b)(7)(E) (20 U.S.C.
1068(b)(7)(E)), by striking <quote>subparagraph (E)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subparagraph (D)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD67F327858CE464BA176C47700B66A3D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of
section 392(b)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1068a">20 U.S.C. 1068a(b)(2)</external-xref>), by
striking <quote>eligible institutions under part A institutions</quote> and
inserting <quote>eligible institutions under part A</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F7CA25F6CDF4E749FCEC24DFD132538"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
section 396 (20
U.S.C. 1068e), by striking <quote>360</quote> and inserting
<quote>399</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student Assistance</header>
<part commented="no" id="id6686CD44AD104F58A359471253ADE4C1" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to
students in attendance at institutions of higher education</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2C9867D9DD44BC28783BD1CA03BB778" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Pell Grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F6E285FFDF5426E9F90D0537524978A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB19AF85533E14A99ACC9B3B1571DB3FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A379D028EBC4A76844DAAE30C42C633"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CB239E8F5ED4A71980B8F44A4C1B3B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>2004</quote> and inserting <quote>2013</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9513B3FFD6514D5E97E15F630396577E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking
<quote>,,</quote> and inserting <quote>,</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5AC5EEC4DEF543E697B28AAB90350B06"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>this
subpart</quote> and inserting <quote>this section</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id734BB1722ECF460B81604B86FE9CD610"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id832CCC7957214A3FBB4CFE5571F3DAFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2)(A) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1051091BC6E44BD59233D40ABC1F0D42" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB5B011663334EA187ACB0510B74B5AD" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6116F63BE8224838A0CDC4BF35ECAD1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the Federal Pell Grant for a
student eligible under this part shall be—</text>
<clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42E4BDFC1E9C4BB0BC58542264BFDED9" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,400 for academic year 2008–2009;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C837A6DAADA402A89E851FF9EA215E4" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,700 for academic year 2009–2010;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18FCE9AD2F0D4D55A99A1E936715ADDE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,000 for academic year 2010–2011;
and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id834AEB8597B24614BA415DB108953F55" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,300 for academic year 2011–2012,</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">less an
amount equal to the amount determined to be the expected family contribution
with respect to that student for that
year.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9FC3DB0CDDB44C68BA90578C354A9FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE662FB22286D49A289629138428E1F8C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>$400,
except</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>10
percent of the maximum basic grant level specified in the appropriate
Appropriation Act for such academic year, except that a student who is eligible
for a Federal Pell Grant in an amount that is equal to or greater than 5
percent of such level but less than 10 percent of such level shall be awarded a
Federal Pell grant in the amount of 10 percent of such level.</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BBD27BE13294919967BF82F9996E338"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99A069AFBD19486CBA6F2444AFA107DA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B18EC4F0AC44FDB81015C332F8C4B5E" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a student who is enrolled,
on at least a half-time basis and for a period of more than 1 academic year in
a single award year in a 2-year or 4-year program of instruction for which an
institution of higher education awards an associate or baccalaureate degree,
the Secretary shall award such student not more than 2 Federal Pell Grants
during that award year to permit such student to accelerate the student’s
progress toward a degree. In the case of a student receiving more than 1
Federal Pell Grant in a single award year, the total amount of Federal Pell
Grants awarded to such student for the award year may exceed the maximum basic
grant level specified in the appropriate appropriations Act for such award
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04CB0A68A1E04962BB5D2351C6B9F4C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A2E0D95A1B341CB9595410265DD0408" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3BC1899A49649E99080E78A8FB99095" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period of time during which a student
may receive Federal Pell Grants shall not exceed 18 semesters, or an equivalent
period of time as determined by the Secretary pursuant to regulations, which
period shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED23468DC68A4C8B951929F7001D6D66"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be determined without regard to whether the
student is enrolled on a full-time basis during any portion of the period of
time; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id183FAC170B6A494B871429513AA8731E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include any period of time for which the
student received a Federal Pell Grant prior to July 1,
2008.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE9A70ECE8154A87845371C2D5D5D26E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2972DEB65074596A1069FCA6225DEEA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Academic competitiveness
grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401A (20 U.S.C.
1070a–1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA37E74D8093143D3A5088FBEA5099CFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92BFEB88066B481ABCDD36A7F0618176" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA015C2AC64C14DE2857B061E53468A1A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Academic competitiveness grant program
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall award grants, in the amounts specified in subsection (d)(1), to eligible
students to assist the eligible students in paying their college education
expenses.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE781BC340CE5494FA489F388E410E87D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C37CEAF76E3430E9E7D286FE11569BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>academic</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5240AB070214A8BAC3487C45307235B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>third
or fourth academic</quote> and inserting <quote>third, fourth, or
fifth</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94316A4DEB9C43A68BD1181FAC5877DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40A59D450CA24E909E065422D3D18F33"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>full-time</quote> and all that follows through <quote>is
made</quote> and inserting <quote>student who</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D84CD13FA304642BB29CA0F56BDFEA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37E16EC188444730AA96EF49E1C5A6E1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EFCDB70EF3B48E1B5C2A1EEE4C36FE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is eligible for a Federal Pell Grant for
the award year in which the determination of eligibility is made for a grant
under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBBA16097B4F4ABCA89C6FB4A8DB9620"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA8558B270B94CA8AA0498CBF9BA251D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8504782F1EE246ECA6F4B96125CDD79A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in
an institution of higher education on not less than a half-time basis;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ADD8199CD9C46DC970BB4F047952134"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10B3F76293294B748F010167F5549246"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B7E4E8E83854B6389B536AF5443B1BE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DD0AAC9A54741CE8AE864C1A9853295"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the first year of a program of
undergraduate education at a 2- or 4-year degree-granting institution of higher
education (including a program of not less than 1 year for which the
institution awards a certificate), has successfully completed, after January 1,
2006, a rigorous secondary school program of study established by a State or
local educational agency and recognized as such by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEE2F42FFEF1434A8F19ED1B6D06BE1F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA152BB605DE54A52B0B9549F5D026DAC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking <quote>academic</quote> and all that follows through <quote>higher
education</quote> and inserting <quote>year of a program of undergraduate
education at a 2- or 4-year degree-granting institution of higher education
(including a program of not less than 2 years for which the institution awards
a certificate)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD1C42E97AB648D5AE82542A34F92E69"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B92861A74DE4F5AA3E30D6C8E328630"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>academic</quote>;
and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE99F8D0AB4F4FE4BCB2E54F1BEE4BCB"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or</quote> after the
semicolon at the end;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id059A4E7215194F588401F9A371FF64FD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD3FA53D522B4B1E904FBE411E964A87"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>academic</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC32D9F9DDCBD43A2932CF0BB0B9C608E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>four</quote> and
inserting <quote>4</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id739634AB4C5040019C47EDF4BC7A2170"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (i)(II) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB597464BD7874879A4A6611E6AB86C23" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9A1ED0AE3C344D6A23F57D00C6EE7AF"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a critical foreign language;
and</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3783397C7E04C7885DB8C6E1E16ED42"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24C5D58D9FEA4654A419BB13068EAA50"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06A6E7C0DEC34EAF8AB5D9137AC1305D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4283A7C6F348449FB6453970D12AAA5A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the third or fourth year of a program of
undergraduate education at an institution of higher education (as defined in
section 101(a)) that demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that
the institution—</text>
<clause id="idBBD8BEF73CB146EF9C524DD51C58AF13"><enum>(i)</enum><text>offers a single liberal
arts curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree, under which students are not
permitted by the institution to declare a major in a particular subject area,
and those students—</text>
<subclause id="IDeb5b2c3b32004e20916de363770a781e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>study, in such years, a
subject described in subparagraph (C)(i) that is at least equal to the
requirements for an academic major at an institution of higher education that
offers a baccalaureate degree in such subject, as certified by an appropriate
official from the institution; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6319a05b4ebf47c09867a8a73fa50a80"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are required, as part of
their degree program, to undertake a rigorous course of study in mathematics,
biology, chemistry, and physics, which consists of at least—</text>
<item id="ID0234f9e95f534fd2a9b4c783f57925a1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>4 years of study in
mathematics; and</text>
</item><item id="ID487546aa4a08480ebada467097812da2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>3 years of study in the
sciences, with a laboratory component in each of those years; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC99F2DDE7CA4510B0DE4D1B9F46D2AD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offered such curriculum prior to February
8, 2006; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60CC87E94C69415B93DB1F4ADC2B8ECD"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the fifth year of a program of
undergraduate education that requires 5 full years of coursework for which a
baccalaureate degree is awarded by a degree-granting institution of higher
education, as certified by the appropriate official of such institution—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0697561AC21D4463B2FA6A7807981D87"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is pursuing a major in—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B0E5AA809D648DA9BEC146D1BD32473"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the physical, life, or computer sciences,
mathematics, technology, or engineering (as determined by the Secretary
pursuant to regulations); or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEED073365F394E01844CB554DB111333"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a critical foreign language; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF74D4AF009D740F994D6BB76A5CE6151"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has obtained a cumulative grade point
average of at least 3.0 (or the equivalent, as determined under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary) in the coursework required for the major described
in clause
(i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0242E358728D4467BF78731D40EEFF0D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14F27C61730B411D9CE1E84538287168"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54066FF1A4ED49319C792C45C51E8D36"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ED9E7CD443E4F4EB8F2AAD2A2E0FC83"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The</quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">In
general</header-in-text>.—The</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4D841432928490AB3539CAEDDDA1A71"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking
<quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A3701C100D94A5DAB2EEC2006E7C298"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii), by striking
<quote>subsection (c)(3)(C).</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (C) or
(D) of subsection (c)(3), for each of the 2 years described in such
subparagraphs; or</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E615305418B46DFA31EA262D3E192D5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FF6F45E880A4E138A25347BB08C7F04" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8214E4AFCD1F4C538DE1FD082441214D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000 for an eligible student under
subsection (c)(3)(E).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E90D711808545ED8504A967C350109B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8787BBE16FF44798814C5365685C8969"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote>
and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Limitation; ratable
reduction</header-in-text>.—Notwithstanding</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87E1E934F4DD45AD9A53DE9FCB52053A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii), as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id126832CFD84B4F9785F301D763FB9C10"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before clause (ii), as
redesignated under subclause (II), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10F279ED322747BBB2D69950B0C6F181" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF021C9C2EE504B7C8D65C590CFAFB792"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any case in which a student attends an
institution of higher education on less than a full-time basis, the amount of
the grant that such student may receive shall be reduced in the same manner as
a Federal Pell Grant is reduced under section
401(b)(2)(B);</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1E2B2362F2841978C73F21BA1627D8D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6A44CC3DEB948249EDA3D814BF17BA9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id123A3C2B8C5347CEB749C0DD74126587"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB2782C6593F49389078BFF45AD41896"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No grants for previous credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not award a grant under
this section to any student for any year of a program of undergraduate
education for which the student received credit before the date of enactment of
the Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBD7D7717D3E407CBC6ABE45596605B7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of grants</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB5507C49FB94E3EB61951319CAE7BD4"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">First year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a student described in
subsection (c)(3)(A), the Secretary may not award more than 1 grant to such
student for such first year of study.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id705BA06714AB4E08B33194AA284D0499"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Second year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a student described in
subsection (c)(3)(B), the Secretary may not award more than 1 grant to such
student for such second year of study.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FF86264E9AA4DCDBE384B18358646FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Third and fourth years</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a student described in
subparagraph (C) or (D) of subsection (c)(3), the Secretary may not award more
than 1 grant to such student for each of the third and fourth years of
study.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1926D1B8AFC4338A44A6830D79AF2FB"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fifth year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a student described in
subsection (c)(3)(E), the Secretary may not award more than 1 grant to such
student for such fifth year of study.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8F59867818141A5A31250A3ADD02798"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id153FFB289990410AAD35697C88C657D7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6B71CBB7EB14937A5BA213D5C718F2F"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Calculation of grant payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education shall
make payments of a grant awarded under this section in the same manner, using
the same payment periods, as such institution makes payments for Federal Pell
Grants under section
401.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50712602A79B4596A83C09C85117AA37"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e)(2) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF86636499CC46189274D01B10086F35" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0624D2C43B444B2A369BB11A9642CC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under paragraph (1)
for a fiscal year shall remain available for the succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1103AB2F057D456CA830665A9703A9A4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A5B078E91244EC5AA71C1A415DA45CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>at least one</quote> and
inserting <quote>not less than 1</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB35358C2C0149638DEF387DFFD0ECDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subsection (c)(3)(A) and
(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection
(c)(3)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA371158CF1B418BBF8D78D7D49BFC27"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g), by striking
<quote>academic</quote> and inserting <quote>award</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A6936CBFDAA41C1B9A7CF11F84F24F7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Trio Programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id527E9894058D433AB2CEDDE5C266CB18"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Authority; Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402A
(20 U.S.C.
1070a–11) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D7B3D0DE5CF450FB6E41399BC5C6383"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5332AEFB3544B7CBFDEF70631C1754B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05CEB22324694EFF8DBBFAE6D0EED051"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>4</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE22FECAC501146B1A992489DA7E0A2A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE604165CC9DE47CFA4A44F6EA8FD899C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C)
as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF26BF3891B247CE91DDD1E11D5278B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69F83CD1BAD747A781686E05B30AE1FB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6FC214971834A04A4C4F3E9641F8874"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum
grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless the institution
or agency requests a smaller amount, an individual grant authorized under this
chapter shall be awarded in an amount that is not less than $200,000, except
that an individual grant authorized under section 402G shall be awarded in an
amount that is not less than
$170,000.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3744B0162B8B4CFB8152A3AD7965F0DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10AD810BB2484CF582D1CBE66D4EE78F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>service delivery</quote> and inserting <quote>high quality service
delivery, as determined under subsection (f),</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93606575607C49A9A4E2BB393EEC6EB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(B), by striking <quote>is
not required to</quote> and inserting <quote>shall not</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id660AEB7925F54C1BACC7A4AA276FF161"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking
<quote>campuses</quote> and inserting <quote>different campuses</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66FA0A06513D4791A57EC9E95A6C81BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking
<quote>(g)(2)</quote> each place the term occurs and inserting
<quote>(h)(4)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A2ECA5C4D604ACEB9D11210BE0F2AD8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
subsections (g) and (h), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEA98731D5F04E09AC286905AB4538C7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (e) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3824A58E52A04319B05C45C9F0146D79" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1F07A8DBA994EFE8B81E05310E67479"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outcome Criteria</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12F11072998847398D75AD4D05B5C076"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use for prior experience
determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall use the outcome criteria described in paragraphs (2) and (3) to evaluate
the programs provided by a recipient of a grant under this chapter, and the
Secretary shall determine an eligible entity’s prior experience of high quality
service delivery, as required under subsection (c)(2), based on the outcome
criteria.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3D2C1AC30624664AFC1BF2392B68A9D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disaggregation of relevant
data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The outcome criteria
under this subsection shall be disaggregated by low-income students, first
generation college students, and individuals with disabilities, in the schools
and institutions of higher education served by the program to be
evaluated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80FD24B090BF4B79B938ED6B12F8F4C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents of outcome criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The outcome criteria under this subsection
shall measure, annually and for longer periods, the quality and effectiveness
of programs authorized under this chapter and shall include the
following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59893DE8A40F45AFAF613ED3B2819468"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For programs authorized under section 402B,
the extent to which the eligible entity met or exceeded the entity’s objectives
established in the entity’s application for such program regarding—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A54A0AEF7A34AE7872F2B51C11FF86C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the delivery of service to a total number
of students served by the program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id181F933234654B8C87DAA5AF1B36EC15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the continued secondary school enrollment
of such students;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99520AA574E7486FB4F73D16D030C442"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the graduation of such students from
secondary school;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id539CEFB5504249F4A4EB2ED3DDEBED84"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enrollment of such students in an
institution of higher education; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ED0C1E8128F414CA78ECD476E34D569"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, the
postsecondary education completion of such students.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE597F19303864B71A181423784C9E7BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For programs authorized under section 402C,
the extent to which the eligible entity met or exceeded the entity's objectives
for such program regarding—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E91E8CFF46442AFAC4C9D3C2D412179"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the delivery of service to a total number
of students served by the program, as agreed upon by the entity and the
Secretary for the period;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD5C93C2F95043198C1120C4BDA27A65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such students’ school performance, as
measured by the grade point average, or its equivalent;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E7648EFD972415193AFB073B9C129D4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such students’ academic performance, as
measured by standardized tests, including tests required by the students’
State;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56A78AC43AB34715AA3185862C24FFE6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the retention in, and graduation from,
secondary school of such students; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26D9C37DC1B54E3CA8DFF433587E72B3"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enrollment of such students in an
institution of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78A70336C5594A368AEDBC52545F80E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For programs authorized under section
402D—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99A68E908DCC41F4BBFB7F14D5922B2E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the eligible entity met
or exceeded the entity’s objectives regarding the retention in postsecondary
education of the students served by the program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFEC820136894B8F93D25FCADE0A020D"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id791E04172295457DBBD9797A819CFD6A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an entity that is an
institution of higher education offering a baccalaureate degree, the extent to
which the entity met or exceeded the entity’s objectives regarding such
students’ completion of the degree programs in which such students were
enrolled; or</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA43B0430FC6544C3BBD0066889DFA29B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an entity that is an
institution of higher education that does not offer a baccalaureate degree, the
extent to which the entity met or exceeded the entity’s objectives
regarding—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03198AF9958B4399B26C1752734B39C0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the completion of a degree or certificate
by such students; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id156123BFE7B14DF6A23E045B63B5BF0F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the transfer of such students to
institutions of higher education that offer baccalaureate degrees;</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0839930883C3450495313615D89CCA8C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the entity met or
exceeded the entity’s objectives regarding the delivery of service to a total
number of students, as agreed upon by the entity and the Secretary for the
period; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF86906E2513C4230BEBDACBFC8919006"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the entity met or
exceeded the entity’s objectives regarding such students remaining in good
academic standing.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8295948DA7894E958C1882E57346FF5B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For programs authorized under section 402E,
the extent to which the entity met or exceeded the entity’s objectives for such
program regarding—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EAD09F8284A4902BC4EA9EEB3E6B2EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the delivery of service to a total number
of students, as agreed upon by the entity and the Secretary for the
period;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7ECE06580334308A1A36C3CA8C83C72"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of appropriate scholarly and
research activities for the students served by the program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5898EF07A4194C67B6EF771E67BE6534"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acceptance and enrollment of such
students in graduate programs; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6BB1AA7BB1A441997BA40C807E8CECD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the continued enrollment of such students
in graduate study and the attainment of doctoral degrees by former program
participants.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89E185E2DC484271A87A73E469C63FB3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For programs authorized under section 402F,
the extent to which the entity met or exceeded the entity’s objectives for such
program regarding—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD80F565474A54FCA97D12BF5C71DCC86"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enrollment of students without a
secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, who were served by the
program, in programs leading to such diploma or equivalent;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id941EE26EA69C471E890ED86854B9859B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enrollment of secondary school
graduates who were served by the program in programs of postsecondary
education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66B5C23FB85C44E8811763B68D200201"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the delivery of service to a total number
of students, as agreed upon by the entity and the Secretary for the period;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id431C7B2778494A2D9580D5329E0505AB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of assistance to students
served by the program in completing financial aid applications and college
admission applications.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD65C64946A9F4CFDB12494062CDE05DB"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Measurement of progress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to determine the extent to which
an outcome criterion described in paragraphs (2) or (3) is met or exceeded, an
eligible entity receiving assistance under this chapter shall compare the
eligible entity's target for the criterion, as established in the eligible
entity's application, with the results for the criterion, measured as of the
last day of the applicable time period for the
determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6701C05821CF4C6E9132C2A2FC75DFD4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g) (as redesignated by
paragraph (4))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC534CE1B100E49FCA908E772F968EFED"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through
the period and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FD64EEE56E748FC94E547D5BD10D29C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the fourth sentence; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF0BAC0F3C2940D4B1B68CA4B8464399"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h) (as redesignated by
paragraph (4))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id565641A76A9448EABD5B97C32D1B41E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4)
as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB23A910D4EBB4DFCA60CAA83F988E412"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before paragraph (3) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (A)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5FC6DA27DF2435A876CAC0DB1761A60" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id627EC54B63AE4C85815FA1116526E4B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Different campus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>different campus</term>
means a site of an institution of higher education that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id850B3530911A42EA978EDA9A70F71D9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is geographically apart from the main
campus of the institution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EF56A736BA54AB4A2A3D7163F19A656"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is permanent in nature; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7693F317643649BBAAA250B4125ECD4F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offers courses in educational programs
leading to a degree, certificate, or other recognized educational
credential.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAD80B0CF5AF43AA83F32E24FF728477"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Different population</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>different population</term>
means a group of individuals, with respect to whom an eligible entity desires
to serve through an application for a grant under this chapter, that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F5E5E3A82CE435C9E72D2FB1D3DDA6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is separate and distinct from any other
population that the entity has applied for a grant under this chapter to serve;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6287697B90AD4D17A4E26EDA979D19C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">while sharing some of the same needs as
another population that the eligible entity has applied for a grant under this
chapter to serve, has distinct needs for specialized
services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9620CB104DDE4CF495C696FD5800B7F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (A))—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DB08CAF6A9F4DFC9071E233B1CDBB15"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEB0FB1AB0604EBD85741BCCB25F4622"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42AA2EB4C954437B98CEF39530859D1B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C21B2B2F9D94F0185B1106DB233782A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1011D2BBF533459180B1AD2A0E7B40B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was a member of a reserve component of the
Armed Forces called to active duty for a period of more than 180
days.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5EA9DAD2294498CB3130E921780EFBD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking
<quote>subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (5)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE172A40FC24940EFB4D0BC393A949D26"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Talent Search</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402B (20 U.S.C.
1070a–12) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23DBAEF1534D4FB9A6949BE98F501802"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5570831260443A09254A584A77D4D8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>to
identify qualified youths with potential for education at the postsecondary
level and to encourage such youths</quote> and inserting <quote>to encourage
eligible youths</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD29230AEA61C4B36993932CCE27505DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>, and
facilitate the application for,</quote> after <quote>the availability
of</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87B0BC43FF2B48018F49E4326D1F27DF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>, but
who have the ability to complete such programs, to reenter</quote> and
inserting <quote>to enter or reenter, and complete</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DB5C9EBB5A441F0B86853B3C4278C6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (c) as
subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id931DE9FCC5DA4A979A5B2CEF6312410E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9690F466B0F455D9496A753B82CD360" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B61D1162637454088C392392C606C5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any project assisted under this section
shall provide—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B75866E1C524895A5C158D3423833B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic tutoring, or connections to high
quality academic tutoring services, to enable students to complete secondary or
postsecondary courses, which may include instruction in reading, writing, study
skills, mathematics, science, and other subjects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F8901A29BBB4B71B1F206F43950F49D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advice and assistance in secondary course
selection and, if applicable, initial postsecondary course selection;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AD6AAC9474641B1B7227A6FD3C9314F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance in preparing for college
entrance examinations and completing college admission applications;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1958466F0D34D2B9BA3F5721B2BD6FB"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0B8D32F79E3B4E29BAEE70529F14C822"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on both the full range of
Federal student financial aid programs (including Federal Pell Grant awards and
loan forgiveness) and resources for locating public and private scholarships;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07CCBDBE52E24DFEABE704F19B9B2E23" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance in completing financial aid
applications, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid described
in section 483(a);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6A0E6AFE5F6470AB83605601E6E1BF7"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guidance on and assistance in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5EC2ED434D442CBAC99DEB6E25B35F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">secondary school reentry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF8D59FEB9CE4EF59E9C56315AB7C08D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alternative education programs for
secondary school dropouts that lead to the receipt of a regular secondary
school diploma;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C8A644B29634CD1AC4EFA18BD172519"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entry into general educational development
(GED) programs; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65FFA77EAD944683A7B50392847EDB8F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">postsecondary education; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63B8957EB9C041DA8AB1AA54DA36A4B6"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the
students' parents, including financial planning for postsecondary
education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33B0739C295C47529C4EA4E6D92B239E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permissible Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any project assisted under this section may
provide services such as—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id676C9DEA5B2643E6A7FAEC308B876C0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">personal and career counseling or
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EABA4EF4E0A412896F77D3427A61B3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information and activities designed to
acquaint youths with the range of career options available to the
youths;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E880E484ECF4ED2B9CAAE77A0115F3F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exposure to the campuses of institutions of
higher education, as well as cultural events, academic programs, and other
sites or activities not usually available to disadvantaged youth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC26E57A49C7426D866B2D892B860E68"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">workshops and counseling for families of
students served;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0607444C21334B10BF76FADD050685FA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mentoring programs involving elementary or
secondary school teachers or counselors, faculty members at institutions of
higher education, students, or any combination of such persons; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DA57B91C4924B6DABAA63A187711F1F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs and activities as described in
subsection (b) or paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection that are
specially designed for students who are limited English proficient, students
with disabilities, students who are homeless children and youths (as such term
is defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11434a)), or students who are in foster care or are aging out of the
foster care system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B8721A40D3A4ACFA9B31EA97308CB06"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking <quote>talent
search projects under this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>projects under
this section</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1288B77221446E6971A8550CA46E915"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upward Bound</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402C (20 U.S.C.
1070a–13) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BD70924333B42C1B41E4EBAAA42EFF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBA019C50C5D44BD84F74F2772F0F883" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A2F8DF8BE9D46A9865E1AD5F823D3EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any project assisted under this section
shall provide—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45139794F3DC4132A59C56E53DF0B963"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic tutoring to enable students to
complete secondary or postsecondary courses, which may include instruction in
reading, writing, study skills, mathematics, science, and other
subjects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCD800C5F02546C9801808EF2C61C526"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advice and assistance in secondary and
postsecondary course selection;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id198DF8E867D24D1A92613892BF8FBF40"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance in preparing for college
entrance examinations and completing college admission applications;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id683B6248CCCC406A8C2E3579F664A87E"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id115F01F656CD4571B618055754CA7075"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on both the full range of
Federal student financial aid programs (including Federal Pell Grant awards and
loan forgiveness) and resources for locating public and private scholarships;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2F1F0D7C520428B854CB1BE6C5E9BA1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance in completing financial aid
applications, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid described
in section 483(a);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8063C89971A480BB03A63988C1F97FA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guidance on and assistance in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id263A7CF435A349679F9576CAE97C7AB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">secondary school reentry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55701324FC8B48F1AE07E804BFE96DA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alternative education programs for
secondary school dropouts that lead to the receipt of a regular secondary
school diploma;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BA6293B0EDF40BCA15A0FB4D7DBA38A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entry into general educational development
(GED) programs; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF940B6FEBA84D0CB55A888739586BFE"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">postsecondary education; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABA67BB3839F4B40A03AD7CDE25E2115"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the
students' parents, including financial planning for postsecondary
education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BB3FBAB20FB446DBC630F5335C4CF79"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD91B992E1B94C339349553BDAE83A7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Required
Services</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Additional Required Services for Multiple-Year
Grant Recipients</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAFB3DE542754CBCA0484C605A3ABB2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>upward bound project
assisted under this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>project assisted under
this section</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4B6D55A73354BDAB2045036981BFD72"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (f) and (g), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7187D8C2B8944F02B8B2333D710EB00A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAACED19664044C26970678D65BC117D3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41AAE45AA83D4154B8D748220AB76B53"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permissible Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any project assisted under this section may
provide such services as—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF9B72FCA613476CA6EA3C6618AB2E5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exposure to cultural events, academic
programs, and other activities not usually available to disadvantaged
youth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BA361C03C6F4CD99CA312760D196FE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information, activities and instruction
designed to acquaint youths participating in the project with the range of
career options available to the youths;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48A7C2806BEE40FB9CB0376934DFA485"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on-campus residential programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C98B5C54D1E4AF49D70FF603E2FEB90"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mentoring programs involving elementary
school or secondary school teachers or counselors, faculty members at
institutions of higher education, students, or any combination of such
persons;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6E85E60C28C4807BDCA5306B35BCCEB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work-study positions where youth
participating in the project are exposed to careers requiring a postsecondary
degree;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5432F509405F4AC08E8DAA1655AF205D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">special services to enable veterans to make
the transition to postsecondary education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0D10A2B080C47DA92A6B27D631D3B2E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs and activities as described in
subsection (b), subsection (c), or paragraphs (1) through (6) of this
subsection that are specially designed for students who are limited English
proficient, students with disabilities, students who are homeless children and
youths (as such term is defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11434a)), or students who are in foster care or are
aging out of the foster care system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD58A78870B8444D96BB872C33DD1F95"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing assistance under this section
the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69E63CA0CF4A4091ACFEBE73385B2D71"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall give priority to projects assisted
under this section that select not less than 30 percent of all first-time
participants in the projects from students who have a high academic risk for
failure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37F594AC170B4CA5ADAC44C372E024F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not deny participation in a project
assisted under this section to a student because the student will enter the
project after the 9th
grade.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF4CB9D9615D40ED8ABEED75213E2EFD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)), by striking <quote>upward
bound projects under this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>projects under
this section</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id918C9883F07C4983A3004F6D1C3ADDEA"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g) (as redesignated by
paragraph (3))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC42ABFA6BF49421592D6D9A3EA8C974E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>during June, July, and
August</quote> each place the term occurs and inserting <quote>during the
summer school recess, for a period not to exceed 3 months</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A4BF762D7A84F00A32A18240B28A43B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(b)(10)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(d)(5)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H000D1655EF1D4974B02537072724EF00"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC1995EE70DC47209863099E47B6E02D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA6BE1C86D4544B5BBB920016CE6E6D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Additional
funds</header>
<paragraph id="H6DD310491FB840AAAB53D8A47CB3244F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There
are authorized to be appropriated for the upward bound program under this
chapter, in addition to any amounts appropriated under section 402A(g),
$57,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Secretary to
carry out
<internal-xref idref="HA58A168C409E4A87B3898F2E4D1307F0" legis-path="(f)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref>, except that any amounts that
remain unexpended for such purpose for each of such fiscal years may be
available for technical assistance and administration costs for the upward
bound program under this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA58A168C409E4A87B3898F2E4D1307F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id198A0B01D41940A2BB2EE29F4EB89C14"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts made
available by paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be available to provide
assistance to applicants for an upward bound project under this chapter for
such fiscal year that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC1122D72A404FBE8FB34D73B649D03D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">did not apply for assistance, or applied
but did not receive assistance, under this section in fiscal year 2007;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id143BEFDB4C8B40BD91B48D1AD8D4FE45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receive a grant score above 70 on the
applicant's application.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id005FBC317C29472FA8705383E1C9D468"><enum>(B)</enum><header>4-year
grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assistance
described in subparagraph (A) shall be made available in the form of 4-year
grants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07AF54681321448BB0E83077F59C33A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student Support Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402D (20 U.S.C.
1070a–14) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2EE8BFFEBE84BEABA4BA46A1A910A2A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id261AB2F8B99042BD847B98A833A99AE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB29DFBEB3634822BAC6CCA8AE251DE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6FDFCAAEB32442282BD3C6135D36575" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB26C2D559B6446299FD7AA17805A2EDD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to foster an institutional climate
supportive of the success of low-income and first generation college students,
students with disabilities, students who are limited English proficient,
students who are homeless children and youths (as such term is defined in
section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11434a)), and students who are in foster care or are aging out
of the foster care system.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEBB4EBCE78A4C50A6E8482D73EA36A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70ADA5AAB2F84B719007EF83E61C08FC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3158D3D64C6466681FA69874A4A4EFF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve the financial literacy and
economic literacy of students, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA61F0ABAF16F4B7DB9DC2E81F0855625"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">basic personal income, household money
management, and financial planning skills; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21394655A58E4414BBC113912EBA50A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">basic economic decisionmaking
skills.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id867D2B6DA76C44F18A6D802DC2F84374"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
subsections (d) and (e);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25B8200C68404BAFA52D7C58B5D9F743"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A431AD3D0A74BB39AF20120BCF5D5AF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD98C57ED412F47A2AE94C8680CAF70B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project assisted under this section shall
provide—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A5DA38D73054265A84B5A5CDCD7723C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic tutoring to enable students to
complete postsecondary courses, which may include instruction in reading,
writing, study skills, mathematics, science, and other subjects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC648304262364B07B0D23B80260B5E46"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advice and assistance in postsecondary
course selection;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1756D178F8BB4402B0F6CA1519E35EAD"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF31FC10DCDDD444F8060B42707496FC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on both the full range of
Federal student financial aid programs (including Federal Pell Grant awards and
loan forgiveness) and resources for locating public and private scholarships;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ED9CDB48F6A4657978DB7C7E121A712" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance in completing financial aid
applications, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid described
in section 483(a);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA59D6F05AC614B40A135836E06156DB7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students, including
financial planning for postsecondary education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F9A7A9FC0EC4DBEBF05D9E132520A06"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities designed to assist students
participating in the project in securing college admission and financial
assistance for enrollment in graduate and professional programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6B7C3C71FA24AD8916E584466020053"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities designed to assist students
enrolled in 2-year institutions of higher education in securing admission and
financial assistance for enrollment in a 4-year program of postsecondary
education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFA24D8D87D840B5831D4B51FD100F2D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permissible Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project assisted under this section may
provide services such as—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC277083C30414660AD2FA63F8025FB9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent, individualized personal,
career, and academic counseling, provided by assigned counselors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D604FBC4C1144C0B9288E451BA03ED3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information, activities, and instruction
designed to acquaint youths participating in the project with the range of
career options available to the students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9779764896F4C36A20E7A90269C2992"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exposure to cultural events and academic
programs not usually available to disadvantaged students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87396809D93F451093B2C36136BCBE06"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities designed to acquaint students
participating in the project with the range of career options available to the
students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0109D9008684C44A083D138463E1AA9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mentoring programs involving faculty or
upper class students, or a combination thereof;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC6F362A1B794003BA538CEA0FB668D5"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">securing temporary housing during breaks in
the academic year for students who are homeless children and youths (as such
term is defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C.
11434a)) or were formerly homeless children and youths and
students who are in foster care or are aging out of the foster care system;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id824CBEA280434638815A0C2793285486"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs and activities as described in
subsection (b) or paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection that are
specially designed for students who are limited English proficient, students
with disabilities, students who are homeless children and youths (as such term
is defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11434a)) or were formerly homeless children and youths, or students who
are in foster care or are aging out of the foster care
system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDDD0B4A9F864B4C9710C05D4285B169"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)), by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (c)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE956946C3FF648ABBF54C335F219F6F9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking <quote>student
support services projects under this chapter</quote> and inserting
<quote>projects under this section</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EB02209C78D4A97A5D2F053578B47D3"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402E (20
U.S.C. 1070a–15) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6C3ACE9A961404199B42A41A5FC15A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB32DD72963D5422083B31FAD822F9B2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Required</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Services</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45A8EA4442CE4409868315E47B88E033"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>A postbaccalaureate achievement project assisted under this
section may provide services such as—</quote> and inserting <quote>A project
assisted under this section shall provide—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA144E92E277F45FFA90D2EE2314269AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ACFAE3B45E64F48AAC71E1A135118A3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking the semicolon
and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EB2E985689C404B931D22BA50715EDF"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (7) and (8);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2A16E5E01064CFFA6DD6AE5EFB049F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (c) through
(f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7192380D016C4FE48307CD6E52CB79C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (b) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13ED2C3C6EB748439A91C68E0A20F199" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00F687FEF1D94E58A535B00BD523D389"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permissible Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project assisted under this section may
provide services such as—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC19984EB6C5542D5AB714325CFA32670"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students, including
financial planning for postsecondary education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA22EC29917BA4E2E8ECC0BAF483AEE75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mentoring programs involving faculty
members at institutions of higher education, students, or any combination of
such persons; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA82F2B598F0343188E5AD625C8B0145A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exposure to cultural events and academic
programs not usually available to disadvantaged
students.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB369A3C033FD4F87BD3E7B9BB144CA2E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking
<quote>postbaccalaureate achievement</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5620A5E960B413AB1D5B8AF0D70038E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking
<quote>postbaccalaureate achievement project</quote> and inserting
<quote>project under this section</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id259E978C4EFD45BC92CD91927A06530A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5625B863EA9470A8F30B540D702D075"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>402A(f)</quote> and
inserting <quote>402A(g)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E32175F1C1A44B4B1CC7EAC2979ECB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1993 through
1997</quote> and inserting <quote>2007 through 2012</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71B56C5F05814D46A25AFFEA77466975"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educational Opportunity
Centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402F (20
U.S.C. 1070a–16) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8CBE2CA92D94194BC797D609F0582F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B80CEC711C24A788C93C6162BD0C813"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48ABF1B24C4C44BAB1C2754E361F7854"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EAD9EB1AFE64C62A1E2FFBB6E47C60D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BE9184C2EAC46249B317679E990D1E2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id478E7DCC3F2D4E159BC8BDC949B057FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve the financial literacy and
economic literacy of students, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C18233AFAAF47418D272E8478C37340"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">basic personal income, household money
management, and financial planning skills; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5846FDAEC59F4671A722C5DD7BEACAE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">basic economic decisionmaking
skills.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF527D5C4062647098B791A30FFE44E75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFE9DF8CBE3F40F681966698F3671EE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (5) through
(10) as paragraphs (6) through (11), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED5964A2E8FF4DEC87E60069BE4D6BBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (4) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF114EFBBA50A466781800A4218D6753B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id730FD1D789944CCCBD0D2B1E86C99F6D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of
students;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FF3D82500404176907B8D46E3F3B119"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (7) (as redesignated
by subparagraph (A)) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA7B9E926B0B453893007E5636040507" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FEFDC5049B74FCFB8AF1D54B178B5DE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individualized personal, career, and
academic counseling;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14CE9512ACCA485881CFE3AA78B600B1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (11) (as redesignated
by subparagraph (A)) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1621BAB0579D4B29B460394D0ABA3351" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04C930189A1C48B9B5EC0D85BC9E8261"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs and activities as described in
paragraphs (1) through (10) that are specially designed for students who are
limited English proficient, students with disabilities, or students who are
homeless children and youths (as such term is defined in section 725 of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11434a">42 U.S.C. 11434a</external-xref>)), or programs
and activities for students who are in foster care or are aging out of the
foster care
system.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADC78F2A72114758AFD1FD1933891097"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staff Development Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402G(b)(3) (20 U.S.C.
1070a–17(b)(3)) is amended by inserting <quote>, including strategies for
recruiting and serving students who are homeless children and youths (as such
term is defined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C.
11434a)) and students who are in foster care or are aging out
of the foster care system</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFA4C5553DAC4C3092B90A757950570D"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports, Evaluations, and Grants for
Project Improvement and Dissemination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402H (20 U.S.C.
1070a–18) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94E667E707744FE9B271F7BDC89FC53D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">reports,
evaluations, and grants for project improvement and
dissemination</header-in-text>.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04EA2F1027DD44CBA89C24FAC6AF0F22"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (a) through
(c) as subsections (b) through (d), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF9E2E8ED7F54723921CEE2030AF6419"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before subsection (b) (as
redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FBBC72B7F4A4DEE9E6B47879282AE0D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF6B483F7BF94D088FB357B3B4953A95"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports to the authorizing
committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall submit annually, to the authorizing committees, a report that documents
the performance of all programs funded under this chapter. The report
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17CF23D303064C3195A627BBCC0FB179"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be submitted not later than 24 months after
the eligible entities receiving funds under this chapter are required to report
their performance to the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43388FBFBE7340D3AA5E85A86A5EA955"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">focus on the programs' performance on the
relevant outcome criteria determined under section 402A(f)(4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id277CD7524A854FF498B2DA0F28E989F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">aggregate individual project performance
data on the outcome criteria in order to provide national performance data for
each program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CCD2132C8F44B53862BC289502840FB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include, when appropriate, descriptive
data, multi-year data, and multi-cohort data; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C8B5E851FD3443698FEBDB80439BF03"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include comparable data on the performance
nationally of low-income students, first-generation students, and students with
disabilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E708901C44543F095F459A2C6639798"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4CFE2C15A854E8C9AD535455903D57D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id517EFBE15EEC445082166AA6CCD63C06"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Practices</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DAAEFD50C1B49B5B0110C29871E6B4A"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The evaluations described in paragraph (1)
shall identify institutional, community, and program or project practices that
are particularly effective in—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA96B70C1CEBF4D53BB1B6035C4E8B27E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhancing the access of low-income
individuals and first-generation college students to postsecondary
education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AB64CD020234B43814B95412B3F786D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the preparation of the individuals and
students for postsecondary education; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB91FA5931F749ABA5FF9F57E1894FFC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fostering the success of the individuals
and students in postsecondary education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F079A3B80104CF39BD5F153726DCD32"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Primary purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any evaluation conducted under this chapter
shall have as its primary purpose the identification of particular practices
that further the achievement of the outcome criteria determined under section
402A(f)(4).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FACE20F3167493CAABB134B80484B41"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dissemination and use of evaluation
findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
disseminate to eligible entities and make available to the public the practices
identified under subparagraph (B). The practices may be used by eligible
entities that receive assistance under this chapter after the
dissemination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD534C96200254A5990BDE9F19146CAD5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recruitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not require an eligible
entity desiring to receive assistance under this chapter to recruit students to
serve as a control group for purposes of evaluating any program or project
assisted under this
chapter.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAE28C2802EB947C19AC6C82758888BD7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional Amendment to
Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402E(d)(2) (as redesignated by
subsection (e)(2)) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-15">20 U.S.C. 1070a–15(d)(2)</external-xref>) is
further amended by inserting <quote>, including Native Hawaiians, as defined in
section 7207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and Pacific
Islanders</quote> after <quote>graduate education</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD256BEB0DB4C4DBF9DD332B1431B76F6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gaining early awareness and readiness for
undergraduate programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21C757C6ABCE40DE9236445338033150"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early Intervention and College Awareness
Program Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
404A (20 U.S.C.
1070a–21) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EF099054B5B43768E612A78DAAE71F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE57B5A55BEE4DAAA7FA39BC7ABB5EA2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE9556EFE4674496950DF7716ECE0A0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized, in accordance
with the requirements of this chapter, to establish a program that encourages
eligible entities to provide support to eligible low-income students to assist
the students in obtaining a secondary school diploma (or its recognized
equivalent) and to prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education, by
providing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD558E95BF274C1FB2E7794989D5E111"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial assistance, academic support,
additional counseling, mentoring, outreach, and supportive services to middle
school and secondary school students to reduce—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5417593DF16D4956A4C4268116EB6AD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the risk of such students dropping out of
school; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA72E196FE8F345BDA972D11617B26C21"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the need for remedial education for such
students at the postsecondary level; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C7FAACAF1B9484085D77D4D8D871E30"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information to students and their parents
about the advantages of obtaining a postsecondary education and the college
financing options for the students and their
parents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B45C3C20F6940719DD962F1CC2E171B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (b)(2)(A) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8133C5D436724DE3887D001D5F2AB897" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF95BFA6DB80E402D9074F9CE316AFEB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give priority to eligible entities that
have a prior, demonstrated commitment to early intervention leading to college
access through collaboration and replication of successful
strategies;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE3B6C9A53B4E4FE698D2047C7C1B6BDD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FE1EBF3F8F3464E8AF2B9AE45E10E1A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB29460B1A18B4E8DA7E2C6E5EF654356"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Carry
over</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under this chapter
may carry over any unspent grant funds from the final year of the grant period
into the following
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA93E47BABC814BF39679E2671B55C27C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c)(2) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEDF4C6DB8A7425D8C461A711AD580EC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE6A4FBCE03A4478A4461C46C8CBCF44"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a partnership—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4996D574A8574F988F2113F8191CF7E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consisting of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7B7738CD5854AF096836226445DA377"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more local educational agencies;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51ECA926EF714C14B8E8585BFDB7F1BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more degree granting institutions of
higher education; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1E94822A6514C22A7451DFB52B35E53"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which may include not less than 2 other
community organizations or entities, such as businesses, professional
organizations, State agencies, institutions or agencies sponsoring programs
authorized under subpart 4, or other public or private agencies or
organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9806FA3FB1B045DABAE89F1B474835D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404B (20 U.S.C.
1070a–22) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C3ABAAF56854D008728B8F77D859E30"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting
the following:—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBE1EC2A960A45028F1C9BFD47185341" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id262FF19FABB244799AA00C89E70879F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding Rules</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF54236E5869A470B8DBC64CC4D215E52"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants from the amount
appropriated under section 404G for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall take
into consideration—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0005016A99BC451897E9996399397179"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the geographic distribution of such awards;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73B5D5E19F5E41ED85BBE275CC6DB81C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the distribution of such awards between
urban and rural applicants.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBB9D438F5EA4431B07DD455C700E6CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually reevaluate the
distribution of funds described in paragraph (1) based on number, quality, and
promise of the
applications.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4105308C0BE04AA9B1B992093C2DB7BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (b), (e), and
(f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A6BCE3CA5F04ED6AE6A86D1E428BD3A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and
(g) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id853A3DE053854BA4847C809C83508C91"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADBE9CC320D349B0BF8C41BC01842DA5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE27737108D04A49A5B1AA3EDA996690"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplement, Not Supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds awarded under this chapter
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local
funds that would otherwise be expended to carry out activities assisted under
this
chapter.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6041C08D2D74E65B57961F252B6643C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404C (20 U.S.C.
1070a–23) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A12EA45BFDF43DBB7DE904EDAFA59B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">eligible entity
plans</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">applications</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id673465B2241A418D9EBE4040AC0445A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC63FAFCF42A547BB9DE72A008F0AA94C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Plan</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Application</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02C23D21972A4554B55D0199F2CD9957"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACAAD9655EED4F7099FC9F281120C778"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a plan</quote> and
inserting <quote>an application</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55A32091419F4A0AA8EA73F498173791"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the second sentence; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB263E00DB9FC4228BFD281C69FD5BEAA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BE19EC7BCD04A98AFEE88B5DFA43A9C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23472F6CA76642D4BBCF49523DE2D816"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each application submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall be in such form, contain or be accompanied by such
information or assurances, and be submitted at such time as the Secretary may
require. Each such application shall, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B161BD9A5954AC3B4B6579EB247544D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the activities for which
assistance under this chapter is sought, including how the eligible entity will
carry out the required activities described in section 404D(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id688BAC9B14524E23834EB8A97B534BB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the eligible agency will meet
the requirements of section 404E;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35C5E2D40AA940278A0035A00EEEA0A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide assurances that adequate
administrative and support staff will be responsible for coordinating the
activities described in section 404D;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5C0C900673D43208354A70E52822BD6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that activities assisted under this
chapter will not displace an employee or eliminate a position at a school
assisted under this chapter, including a partial displacement such as a
reduction in hours, wages or employment benefits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30D45D851F904F2DA090B5D481C5430E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe, in the case of an eligible entity
described in section 404A(c)(2), how the eligible entity will define the
cohorts of the students served by the eligible entity pursuant to section
404B(d), and how the eligible entity will serve the cohorts through grade 12,
including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5C0AE57D3B74730B26855BA81122D58"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how vacancies in the program under this
chapter will be filled; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E0948B113194DDF9C54FB67E45954D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the eligible entity will serve students
attending different secondary schools;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD74CBF68BDF45489A90C5E76646F301"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the eligible entity will
coordinate programs with other existing Federal, State, or local programs to
avoid duplication and maximize the number of students served;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB50A681F17774B4E86C0FB83045D6558"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide such additional assurances as the
Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of
this chapter; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id082000133D57403BB698F8EC029B1E31"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide information about the activities
that will be carried out by the eligible entity to support systemic changes
from which future cohorts of students will
benefit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6CD87631D1C4943A87C4E6A18AB1F09"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of
subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF72FD5DB987A4AB7B654416D64818CD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a plan</quote> and
inserting <quote>an application</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF640A363226E4DA1BA8251BA9CC94591"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such plan</quote> and
inserting <quote>such application</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD911E52AFD244B86A7C6E8BD0EFB3E42"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by
striking <quote>paid to students from State, local, institutional, or private
funds under this chapter</quote> and inserting <quote>obligated to students
from State, local, institutional, or private funds under this chapter,
including pre-existing non-Federal financial assistance
programs,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB39729BBF7441E29416840E2EFC69B5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1), by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting “including—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5A3C0B28E92430DBB9D9BFA25872649" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DA67B599EF64CCE88E301C099057D25"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount contributed to a student
scholarship fund established under section 404E; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACD007E96D464EC1BBC4DF4A847ED1D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of the costs of administering
the scholarship program under section
404E;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id56D3A414AAEE4A20B3690EC90E0D06CF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0052834AA81C438881ADC222C24DC5C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id142F0948431F49B282653B423723909C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB1F360EC9856434E874F16B6ED69211B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1348782DD69847AFA69D18A3B168E8D0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idE6A7FCB2962E4A8CA724ED2E46FC14C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other resources
recognized by the Secretary, including equipment and supplies, cash
contributions from non-Federal sources, transportation expenses, in-kind or
discounted program services, indirect costs, and facility
usage.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E14184E552F4059A06A23D38AB39C0B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404D (20 U.S.C.
1070a–24) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id893BD406B3E1446D8EFC4B48A9F35300" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0FD35BBB6A34C8D9748783501F57C82" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404D.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A79C0FAAF23460D92B466CF04306349"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible entity receiving a grant
under this chapter shall carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0DEED0F6A54484F9D8299EA6592F0C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provide information regarding financial aid
for postsecondary education to participating students in the cohort described
in subsection 404B(d)(1)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F9043886D9C405D90CE2B55BA12A275"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Encourage student enrollment in rigorous
and challenging curricula and coursework, in order to reduce the need for
remedial coursework at the postsecondary level.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E595545ACB24F73992D61A82C09DDAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support activities designed to improve the
number of participating students who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3785E102282841E6B55F382F5276AE23"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtain a secondary school diploma;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77E142849A08484499ED478F705DB1E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complete applications for and enroll in a
program of postsecondary education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37C2A524FB7F4F6398BE067AA9CEB712"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an eligible entity described
in section 404A(c)(1), provide for the scholarships described in section
404E.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AB596E231C940EBBB21094DDEF69E75"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Optional Activities for States and
Partnerships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible
entity that receives a grant under this chapter may use grant funds to carry
out 1 or more of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD88DCD6C548143EFBF80F0F4728C9360"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing tutoring and supporting mentors,
including adults or former participants of a program under this chapter, for
eligible students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BD248DFF6224E95A47FDAA307D977D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conducting outreach activities to recruit
priority students described in subsection (d) to participate in program
activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CED1ADD3DBF496AA018D902A3C4344F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing supportive services to eligible
students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4D93B67F7FE4F43A64BB2AA8CA466F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supporting the development or
implementation of rigorous academic curricula, which may include college
preparatory, Advanced Placement, or International Baccalaureate programs, and
providing participating students access to rigorous core courses that reflect
challenging State academic standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD8B2A0B3989451EBCF12D31385CFCC1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supporting dual or concurrent enrollment
programs between the secondary school and institution of higher education
partners of an eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(2), and other
activities that support participating students in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC59274FEA644353B6570CCF83610AF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meeting challenging academic
standards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id630F0E0F87E445D2924379208B84A8A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">successfully applying for postsecondary
education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6276858BFDDD4DB494567DB73D184852"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">successfully applying for student financial
aid; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E328696743540C6AA2D59007FB0F2A8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing graduation and career
plans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id613F3C79659E442BA8B7B0A84EAE8D83"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing support for scholarships
described in section 404E.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5D392354E074321B1D90920516D1E89"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Introducing eligible students to
institutions of higher education, through trips and school-based
sessions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C425EB2264649C28CFF9F2689315A0A"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing an intensive extended school day,
school year, or summer program that offers—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB599F1856AFB41EBBCE22CC67B6F5174"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional academic classes; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7327EA7CC2B84A6B98807D1E2D28B323"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance with college admission
applications.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFF788EF288F4110BA37FB203A0D5801"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing other activities designed to
ensure secondary school completion and postsecondary education enrollment of
at-risk children, such as—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71310B5075FB4B7B93569AD752A8720A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of at-risk
children;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2DACCF506B64CF4A3B4D2B4857B96FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after-school and summer tutoring;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61A582F059AB47CDB961BE982DB8585E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance to at-risk children in obtaining
summer jobs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C129253FD3D439FBDB880EB5047D2E1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic counseling;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57D33A6A32F046CCAE1415A24011C89C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">volunteer and parent involvement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8495631365174BE1AC26152688B09F39"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encouraging former or current participants
of a program under this chapter to serve as peer counselors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFB5211CAB334FE58DB10D6E20FAFDD4"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">skills assessments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFF076128CB143D8A5E70DD046245F11"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">personal counseling;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96CBB912B506441BB1F5B2EC3DEE5F45"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">family counseling and home visits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8CE3EFE6CCE4726BC68ABE8F62E4F74"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">staff development; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A58BD8B224645909E4744C34AA5B50B"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs and activities described in this
subsection that are specially designed for students who are limited English
proficient.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15A091FA6294418A8EEDB9FEAFEA4D5C"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enabling eligible students to enroll in
Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses, or college entrance
examination preparation courses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5AC1F4D2A06D409E8355A15AD12B4D15"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing services to eligible students in
the participating cohort described in section 404B(d)(1)(A), through the first
year of attendance at an institution of higher education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID855f065a72aa4c5c97de23449e358dc0"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Fostering and improving
parent and family involvement in elementary and secondary education by
promoting the advantages of a college education, and emphasizing academic
admission requirements and the need to take college preparation courses,
through parent engagement and leadership activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd3fc05afa32344d890284ba3e4b8d75e"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Disseminating
information that promotes the importance of higher education, explains college
preparation and admissions requirements, and raises awareness of the resources
and services provided by the eligible entities to eligible students, their
families, and communities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id190129394FC5416AA19E67ED8BA3EE8A"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional Optional Activities for
States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the
required activities described in subsection (a) and the optional activities
described in subsection (b), an eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(1)
receiving funds under this chapter may use grant funds to carry out 1 or more
of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id345E46AAFD27414B9DD46DB3288426B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing technical assistance to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FCF12CAA9714F78B118CA0F255D49EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">middle schools or secondary schools that
are located within the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF90A150416D141E997D8A79950E3495E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">partnerships described in section
404A(c)(2) that are located within the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66F7871137624F6FB1EBB191506153F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing professional development
opportunities to individuals working with eligible cohorts of students
described in section 404B(d)(1)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1B374F32CAA45FDBBC7F9FCB66307DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing strategies and activities that
align efforts in the State to prepare eligible students for attending and
succeeding in postsecondary education, which may include the development of
graduation and career plans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B23FA1126024AAA937B6FDA139420A9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disseminating information on the use of
scientifically based research and best practices to improve services for
eligible students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id997259EAEA6C4CBB9C6C209F429ED285"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id097495DD3282484AA9A72B6AB9511744"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disseminating information on effective
coursework and support services that assist students in obtaining the goals
described in subparagraph (B)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88936D27FDA04586BD09498FA185FE9A" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identifying and disseminating information
on best practices with respect to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47B7867AC5E24A23B9C47156C46854E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing parental involvement; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AFE71B53C4A40078E82E5F1A2DEC668"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preparing students, including students with
disabilities and students who are limited English proficient, to succeed
academically in, and prepare financially for, postsecondary education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC7BDEABB4C7448DA82FCEEF7080354C"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Working to align State academic standards
and curricula with the expectations of postsecondary institutions and
employers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB298F416F5C44342B974D22698A07496"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing alternatives to traditional
secondary school that give students a head start on attaining a recognized
postsecondary credential (including an industry certificate, an apprenticeship,
or an associate’s or a bachelor’s degree), including school designs that give
students early exposure to college-level courses and experiences and allow
students to earn transferable college credits or an associate’s degree at the
same time as a secondary school diploma.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA1D701FF42B43A2B3C4A201B01812E5"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Creating community college programs for
drop-outs that are personalized drop-out recovery programs that allow drop-outs
to complete a regular secondary school diploma and begin college-level
work.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id717B71F680314692A853677FFDF81DAF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority Students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For eligible entities not using a cohort
approach, the eligible entity shall treat as priority students any student in
middle or secondary school who is eligible—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id046A58D58EF0428BA922975D61BC145C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be counted under section 1124(c) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12576A5C33184A45A4B34FFFA362E6FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for free or reduced price meals under the
Richard B. Russell <act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch
Act</act-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C3330DA2AAD4A338098647998D067B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for assistance under a State program funded
under part A or E of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social
Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>, 670 et seq.);
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79AC060A4C964AC6977DD36B6EAF199F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for assistance under subtitle B of title
VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FF01FFFF59043C58C7D8C942A879C0C"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowable Providers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of eligible entities described
in section 404A(c)(1), the activities required by this section may be provided
by service providers such as community-based organizations, schools,
institutions of higher education, public and private agencies, nonprofit and
philanthropic organizations, businesses, institutions and agencies sponsoring
programs authorized under subpart 4, and other organizations the State
determines
appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69E9EFAF894D42709C6F5E420316996E"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scholarship Component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404E (20 U.S.C.
1070a–25) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0351B9C45BCC48398589D610EE016AB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (e) and (f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8166466C84C46F5AAD85AB46F4CAEC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and
(d) as subsections (d), (f), and (g), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B435FF9662E46F2A998A2146C016C24"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (a) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E39DEB567F347EA8CE9525713787486" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFEBA8524F92408FA80288B7228C18DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC05D98E3F414E5EA22036A6E1044A40"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), each eligible
entity described in section 404A(c)(1) that receives a grant under this chapter
shall use not less than 25 percent and not more than 50 percent of the grant
funds for activities described in section 404D (except for the activity
described in subsection (a)(4) of such section), with the remainder of such
funds to be used for a scholarship program under this section in accordance
with such subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA74B28F9F7C4C998242191589179D26"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the
Secretary may allow an eligible entity to use more than 50 percent of grant
funds received under this chapter for such activities, if the eligible entity
demonstrates that the eligible entity has another means of providing the
students with the financial assistance described in this section and describes
such means in the application submitted under section 404C.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E23F99FE6AE4888A6C9AB5944A9DBCA"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification of Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible entity providing scholarships
under this section shall provide information on the eligibility requirements
for the scholarships to all participating students upon the students’ entry
into the programs assisted under this
chapter.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF26E9C9DBA8A4C75A5CCE642A9A8FCA9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)), by striking <quote>the lesser of</quote> and all that follows
through the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>the minimum
Federal Pell Grant award under section 401 for such award year.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6C08C0681E945368590D8B626499D94"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (d) (as
redesignated by paragraph (2) and amended by paragraph (4)) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD26F340F0A7348D7908EC4ECB442E65E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D6D29AFE334439F9915694F69FF184C"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Portability of Assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE143B11EB2D40409004CFE43635035E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible entity described in section
404A(c)(1) that receives a grant under this chapter shall create or organize a
trust for each cohort described in section 404B(d)(1)(A) for which the grant is
sought in the application submitted by the entity, which trust shall be an
amount that is not less than the minimum scholarship amount described in
subsection (d), multiplied by the number of students participating in the
cohort.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id818AC3C1323746299D9DBD8CF996302B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement for portability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds contributed to the trust for a cohort
shall be available to a student in the cohort when the student has—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBDEEFF7BD334AB382D4A7B700B4FF20"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">completed a secondary school diploma, its
recognized equivalent, or other recognized alternative standard for individuals
with disabilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9190ED82AE4E42469E498E70C32178E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enrolled in an institution of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEB5F001962A41ED9AD207FD454BF7F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified educational
expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds available to
an eligible student from a trust may be used for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16DBD3F69DFF439B925BFBB756D80C1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tuition, fees, books, supplies, and
equipment required for the enrollment or attendance of the eligible student at
an institution of higher education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAE92EEE9A8740D393346CE161A2905E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an eligible student with
special needs, expenses for special needs services which are incurred in
connection with such enrollment or attendance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71E252EDCE21460D9AF20AF87BB20DA8"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Return of funds</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC34FBD2141F4077880131B17BC44E5E"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redistribution</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C9E538F08864264B78803F296988BD3"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trust funds that are not used by an
eligible student within 6 years of the student’s scheduled completion of
secondary school may be redistributed by the eligible entity to other eligible
students.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD83FA00234E342EEA89FE521DFCC58E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Return of excess to the
secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, after meeting
the requirements of paragraph (1) and, if applicable, redistributing excess
funds in accordance with clause (i), an eligible entity has funds remaining,
the eligible entity shall return excess funds to the Secretary for distribution
to other grantees under this chapter.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A588CD50C994591BBD292D3CC024774"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonparticipating entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the
case of an eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(1)(A) that does not
receive assistance under this subpart for 6 fiscal years, the eligible entity
shall return any trust funds not awarded or obligated to eligible students to
the Secretary for distribution to other grantees under this
chapter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0C9E9A21157498AB8D2E14F83DAC74C"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D9E51CEB1454C95990CA555260F67A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>1993</quote> and inserting <quote>2001</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FF5ACFA3B1D4145A4BEBB0717D83190"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>early
intervention component required under section 404D</quote> and inserting
<quote>activities required under section 404D(a)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4524F2D1D8F44360AE4A6B62B31FF505"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of 21st Century Scholar
Certificates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 2 of
subpart 2 of part A of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-21">20 U.S.C. 1070a–21 et seq.</external-xref>) is
further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id078DF6F2EBDF4C928A718E8B539D60AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking section 404F; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B43A1FC2FEB4FB89BAF9708938B2AA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating sections 404G and 404H as
sections 404F and 404G, respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id950E85AEC1CB45718A69516696B1083A"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404G
(as redesignated by subsection (f)) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-28">20 U.S.C. 1070a–28</external-xref>) is amended
by striking <quote>$200,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that
follows through the period and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD31934CC16F847588FB6E32F916BC466"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title
IV (20 U.S.C.
1070a–21 et seq.) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA88A88341CDB40CB82FF2BA4C179BDCC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 404A(b)(1), by striking
<quote>404H</quote> and inserting <quote>404G</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CF21B52A7654086A5E7D72B40EAF7E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 404B(a)(1), by striking
<quote>404H</quote> and inserting <quote>404G</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AF2C1C3BA6D4D1DAF7744447CC0951B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 404F(c) (as redesignated by
subsection (f)(2)), by striking <quote>404H</quote> and inserting
<quote>404G</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2179AB2FC0BB4677810045488B2919DD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Academic achievement incentive
scholarships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 3 of
subpart 2 of part A of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a-31">20 U.S.C. 1070a–31 et seq.</external-xref>) is
repealed.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B747393911C46838DF37429E1B00A4C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>406.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal supplemental educational
opportunity grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1D0C3EE8B1349F4AA02B5902A5ACF36"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 413A(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.
1070b(b)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>$675,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38335C06487743D894DEAC2920DD0BC4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of Funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60198BF7619146BBB310114C54D7FC74"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 413D (20 U.S.C.
1070b–3) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F8C6DDB567A49899D43C1FE29DC2DCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a)(4); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1B24C8B813643B4A610C014C31673FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(3)(D), by striking
<quote>$450</quote> and inserting <quote>$600</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AA3CED3CAE2450788928471F3D39973"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical correction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 413D(a)(1) (20 U.S.C.
1070b–3(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>such institution</quote> and all
that follows through the period and inserting <quote>such institution received
under subsections (a) and (b) of this section for fiscal year 1999 (as such
subsections were in effect with respect to allocations for such fiscal
year).</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B3790FC6A6246ED96D3E7C4039C63B2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leveraging Educational Assistance
Partnership program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1310071E2B5341E2B7CCAF9D21B6EB23"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriations Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 415A(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.
1070c(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A34D79DEF1C454C8328A3BAF4D9B803" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4060E0D9BEAC45BCB1440DDB5A79EBA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subpart such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73CAC20EEA67470FABDCEC69CA4BA969"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 415C(b) (20 U.S.C.
1070c–2(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id424F15A3C26F4DA4AFC3F9459EE4620B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>not in excess of $5,000 per academic
year</quote> and inserting <quote>not to exceed the lesser of $12,500 or the
student’s cost of attendance per academic year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id196CF6B771344D979ADD1612904798CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (10) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6662DAB1358471BA96859330A7FAE74" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47102918A284473D8D804DA484DE5BAD"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides notification to eligible students
that such grants are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2839E246FD04CC8B4AA83559AFA35D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leveraging Educational Assistance
Partnership grants; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC502C77884D74FA69D465327B64B6502"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funded by the Federal Government, the
State, and other contributing
partners.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC4080F357BF46FEA1DA2570D28233AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for Access and
Persistence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 415E (20
U.S.C. 1070c–3a) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F6583494C574BACBAC7B1FDA5DE2322" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB946855475354EB98ABB4A25BE3A03AE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>415E.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for access and persistence</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70781AFAB6CC4862B0687987181CDD2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this section to expand
college access and increase college persistence by making allotments to States
to enable the States to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2544861863ED4DBDB44D47E7A6EF9173"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expand and enhance partnerships with
institutions of higher education, early information and intervention,
mentoring, or outreach programs, private corporations, philanthropic
organizations, and other interested parties in order to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB7E7D7CECBE4D93B9185061072D7465"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out activities under this section;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A24EFC92DDB453FB82B87EA08AC2FDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide coordination and cohesion among
Federal, State, and local governmental and private efforts that provide
financial assistance to help low-income students attend an institution of
higher education;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3409CFCB54A641AC910C68D0E6069127"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide need-based grants for access and
persistence to eligible low-income students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id174D2755CB1844DBB52EDEB78714FC50"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide early notification to low-income
students of the students’ eligibility for financial aid; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3330D420102549DBB4C4FC7483637A97"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage increased participation in early
information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5637D2D47CE46A396A8C36FA2FF8B36"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allotments to States</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id033D00C543284B3995DA009B24519C25"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C2CE3992F46404A97D7CABD58BEFA7D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From sums reserved under section 415A(b)(2)
for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall make an allotment to each State that
submits an application for an allotment in accordance with subsection (c) to
enable the State to pay the Federal share, as described in paragraph (2), of
the cost of carrying out the activities under subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D7C44E098AE4C27915988FFA8EF76AA"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of allotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making allotments under subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall consider the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id469D25F3653F4DB793EEA308FB052040"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuation of award</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State continues to meet the
specifications established in such State’s application under subsection (c),
the Secretary shall make an allotment to such State that is not less than the
allotment made to such State for the previous fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AD8ADAAB9024FA6B460F18D429382B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall give priority in making
allotments to States that meet the requirements described in paragraph
(2)(A)(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBC0423883364800B5B126F7A3C39AFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal share</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id105A0942370642F7B37F4484D49A5B6B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share under this section shall
be determined in accordance with the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F72DF25633A45D496D86CEFEAD9B8B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State applies for an allotment under
this section in partnership with—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5775DBEB51BA4D46A75EDC13BDF40F8F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any number of degree granting institutions
of higher education in the State whose combined full-time enrollment represents
less than a majority of all students attending institutions of higher education
in the State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA1CA788CB6344D38D0A23D75771251B"><enum>(II)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF1741FB53BCF422983AF3D9ACC37A35C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">philanthropic organizations that are
located in, or that provide funding in, the State; or</text>
</item><item changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF40C1E85CC847FDAB4A39F1494A73AC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">private corporations that are located in,
or that do business in, the State,</text>
</item></subclause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="clause">then the
Federal share of the cost of carrying out the activities under subsection (d)
shall be equal to 50 percent.</continuation-text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id278A1EA992AB478789345836FC69C513"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State applies for an allotment under
this section in partnership with—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02A0E479A6A04F56AB6E127F74F29289"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any number of degree granting institutions
of higher education in the State whose combined full-time enrollment represents
a majority of all students attending institutions of higher education in the
State; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8EA617B2DE3414A9F5283E013E57EA0"><enum>(II)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFB3E2C5203DA423A8E3B49FC4DAC6DF2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">philanthropic organizations that are
located in, or that provide funding in, the State; or</text>
</item><item changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7CAFCF838F047BB8C9A7CAB00D99EF7" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">private corporations that are located in,
or that do business in, the State,</text>
</item></subclause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="clause">then the
Federal share of the cost of carrying out the activities under subsection (d)
shall be equal to 57 percent.</continuation-text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE1C0B4D25FC44DDB50CB6A434EA5691"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-federal share</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id459192BB0C4F4915B42F2DAF276D21E0"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share under this section
may be provided in cash or in kind, fully evaluated and in accordance with this
subparagraph.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61436CF8055C412894979C1B8F307805"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In kind contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of calculating the
non-Federal share under this section, an in kind contribution is a non-cash
award that has monetary value, such as provision of room and board and
transportation passes, and that helps a student meet the cost of
attendance.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB6F9F942A174EA5A89C847D783E3C13"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on need analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of calculating a student’s
need in accordance with part F of this title, an in-kind contribution described
in clause (ii) shall not be considered an asset or income.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02113BBAA6C643E5AA975D886E9BA0AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application for Allotment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECBEB5B8E5104BE38BA42093F02E2F20"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B864B435367406FBD59726078D91C23"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that desires to receive an
allotment under this section on behalf of a partnership described in paragraph
(3) shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1A655C880FA489785BEF215227E1C83"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application submitted under subparagraph
(A) shall include the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id121EE015147342AAAEEBBD61D1DFE919"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the State’s plan for using
the allotted funds.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EFDDB1D5C84436189FA5D2F36E11B17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assurances that the State will provide the
non-Federal share from State, institutional, philanthropic, or private funds,
of not less than the required share of the cost of carrying out the activities
under subsection (d), as determined under subsection (b), in accordance with
the following:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1419197B1BDB4A3481A45F7F767701E3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State shall specify the methods by
which non-Federal share funds will be paid, and include provisions designed to
ensure that funds provided under this section will be used to supplement, and
not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds available for carrying out the
activities under this title.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF78DB63CD7B147389BAD2054E7DA0A9A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that uses non-Federal funds to
create or expand existing partnerships with nonprofit organizations or
community-based organizations in which such organizations match State funds for
student scholarships, may apply such matching funds from such organizations
toward fulfilling the State’s non-Federal share obligation under this
clause.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92CF134C464C43AF9F1B7781F9E58428"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assurances that early information and
intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs exist within the State or that
there is a plan to make such programs widely available.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EC3C6C597F04CB796038A9B01D2E277"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the organizational
structure that the State has in place to administer the activities under
subsection (d), including a description of the system the State will use to
track the participation of students who receive grants under this section to
degree completion.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F18FDDC86BD4E91B1A0639B99A1C25B"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assurances that the State has a method in
place, such as acceptance of the automatic zero expected family contribution
determination described in section 479, to identify eligible low-income
students and award State grant aid to such students.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id238F220405E34F6093193B19C5C210B9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assurances that the State will provide
notification to eligible low-income students that grants under this section
are—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BB82C4281644622AF524687341C4D4F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leveraging Educational Assistance
Partnership Grants; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC42C008710414D518701AF09DD3CCF92"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funded by the Federal Government, the
State, and other contributing partners.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB921D6FEAC0E480F933DBD26F4ECC470"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State agency that submits an
application for a State under section 415C(a) shall be the same State agency
that submits an application under paragraph (1) for such State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D61AF0816AB421AA04069B059D5602B"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In applying for an allotment under this
section, the State agency shall apply for the allotment in partnership
with—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E8156B7A9E4490F96ECF304BC54CEE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 1 public and 1 private degree
granting institution of higher education that are located in the State, if
applicable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id214774CDEFC641D392DA7F314FBBD34F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new or existing early information and
intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs located in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF606DD6481124DF980AFAE6A0D12C2FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 1—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F94AFC3FD0146DFAF9D378703E6AC2B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">philanthropic organization located in, or
that provides funding in, the State; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4DEE8CC38844EB5B8CE742D6AC6874E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">private corporation located in, or that
does business in, the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6FC4E1491744F20ACC6B6B85BECD475"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Roles of partners</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C0D22902CAE4A93A59013EA9CB0691B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State agency that is in a partnership
receiving an allotment under this section—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC464E7AD1104147A5A338C9CFC55EC4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD43D1CB53F34D4DAE5F7625C16285E2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as the primary administrative unit
for the partnership;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3BCA1AC3BA1464082150C548DE593A0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide or coordinate non-Federal share
funds, and coordinate activities among partners;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E2E68D2178848A78F592D10FFEC9DDA"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage each institution of higher
education in the State to participate in the partnership;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1DF565FA42F4B9C9664BEF221F6B184"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make determinations and early notifications
of assistance as described under subsection (d)(2); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF77AF0D1730F4FDBBD8AB476C2EC964C"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annually report to the Secretary on the
partnership’s progress in meeting the purpose of this section; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id720F8CC603424453A4DAEB2D5B963EC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may provide early information and
intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D7476885615441BB3D50227B7D09672"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Degree granting institutions of higher
education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A degree granting
institution of higher education that is in a partnership receiving an allotment
under this section—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id189A4E8B034F449AA8D35DAD144292A7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1079349F47914C228CB88C6D29A4F450"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recruit and admit participating qualified
students and provide such additional institutional grant aid to participating
students as agreed to with the State agency;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA35706AFACF64C07ACF8FF1CF29DB523"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide support services to students who
receive grants for access and persistence under this section and are enrolled
at such institution; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id698A27B8FFDC46119B41805D1EA202E5"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist the State in the identification of
eligible students and the dissemination of early notifications of assistance as
agreed to with the State agency; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36FBD48A404847199A50AD653397C8E3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may provide funding for early information
and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs or provide such services
directly.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id377936EFAEA4442CA5E29189217BA5C5"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An early information and intervention,
mentoring, or outreach program that is in a partnership receiving an allotment
under this section shall provide direct services, support, and information to
participating students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03AB647392354AF39AF6F20DEF167FC4"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Philanthropic organization or private
corporation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A philanthropic
organization or private corporation that is in a partnership receiving an
allotment under this section shall provide funds for grants for access and
persistence for participating students, or provide funds or support for early
information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B58DB32532F4D568F69A3BD288547FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized Activities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3969E25107C244B69441BB774327B8FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B79419CBC0942F8B19602E2AD089A6F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State receiving an allotment under
this section shall use the funds to establish a partnership to award grants for
access and persistence to eligible low-income students in order to increase the
amount of financial assistance such students receive under this subpart for
undergraduate education expenses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65605BEEF2AB42919B5739A67B998CAF"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount of grants</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D8CBE61938B446FBE83E78BD3A354D5"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnerships with institutions serving less
than a majority of students in the state</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB3199DD318546E3BCCF64998BAF909D"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case where a State receiving an
allotment under this section is in a partnership described in subsection
(b)(2)(A)(i), the amount of a grant for access and persistence awarded to a
student by such State shall be not less than the amount that is equal to the
average undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at 4-year public institutions
of higher education in the State where the student resides (less any amounts of
other Federal or State sponsored grants, work study, and scholarships received
by the student), and such grant for access and persistence shall be used toward
the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education located in the
State.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B390A51D45B4379A2FBCE854640CAB8"><enum>(II)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost of attendance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that has a program, apart from the
partnership under this section, of providing eligible low-income students with
grants that are equal to the average undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees
at 4-year public institutions of higher education in the State, may increase
the amount of grants for access and persistence awarded to students by such
State up to an amount that is equal to the average cost of attendance at 4-year
public institutions of higher education in the State (less any amounts of other
Federal or State sponsored grants, work study, and scholarships received by the
student).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4C8A3472E744090A0B8B37742267E3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnerships with institutions serving the
majority of students in the state</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case where a State receiving an
allotment under this section is in a partnership described in subsection
(b)(2)(A)(ii), the amount of a grant for access and persistence awarded to a
student by such State shall be not more than an amount that is equal to the
average cost of attendance at 4-year public institutions of higher education in
the State where the student resides (less any amounts of other Federal or State
sponsored grants, work study, and scholarships received by the student), and
such grant for access and persistence shall be used by the student to attend an
institution of higher education located in the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60DF1067DFDF4358963BF33CF9A00A2A"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rules</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id372241C71B0143B397BF722EE865205F"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnership institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State receiving an allotment under this
section may restrict the use of grants for access and persistence under this
section by awarding the grants only to students attending institutions of
higher education that are participating in the partnership.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DA18EFA490044B0AD6689DCC380677F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Out-of-State institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State provides grants through another
program under this subpart to students attending institutions of higher
education located in another State, such agreement may also apply to grants
awarded under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF7D049CB9F44E93B3F2012F18878A75"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early notification</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28B5E08026DE43A2BFDFB1EC59B797EA"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State receiving an allotment under
this section shall annually notify low-income students, such as students who
are eligible to receive a free lunch under the school lunch program established
under the Richard B. Russell <act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School
Lunch Act</act-name>, in grade 7 through grade 12 in the State, of the
students’ potential eligibility for student financial assistance, including a
grant for access and persistence, to attend an institution of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC76EA8F3D2D24FB6877C81F11A4DD701"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content of notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The notification under subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF05D70645F234DC6B6AB5292994B6175"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall include—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id681A2591E24E4C83AE8698C28C9B034F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information about early information and
intervention, mentoring, or outreach programs available to the student;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD201613F3A6543CEBAAF4FC20B153A1C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information that a student’s eligibility
for a grant for access and persistence is enhanced through participation in an
early information and intervention, mentoring, or outreach program;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09372B22605446178CD40572760E4795"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation that student and family
eligibility for, and participation in, other Federal means-tested programs may
indicate eligibility for a grant for access and persistence and other student
aid programs;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBDAB3CE292A43CCB144B3E9441D6E8C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nonbinding estimate of the total amount
of financial aid that a low-income student with a similar income level may
expect to receive, including an estimate of the amount of a grant for access
and persistence and an estimate of the amount of grants, loans, and all other
available types of aid from the major Federal and State financial aid
programs;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DA7FE7787D74B2D8944C8137898E06E"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation that in order to be eligible
for a grant for access and persistence, at a minimum, a student shall—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id374FCA033F1C40C9BF75188E1F2C9943"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet the requirement under paragraph
(3);</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id521AE2ED8143441284E7B1D2D028BBAD"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">graduate from secondary school; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D6CDB8819D14534A39BC9EBF39050E5"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enroll at an institution of higher
education that is a partner in the partnership or qualifies under subsection
(d)(1)(C)(ii);</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED0E9CEA401E4056ADDE55D0101101A5"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on any additional requirements
(such as a student pledge detailing student responsibilities) that the State
may impose for receipt of a grant for access and persistence under this
section; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE242411CDE124833BB2A67F1ECFE3F31"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">instructions on how to apply for a grant
for access and persistence and an explanation that a student is required to
file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid authorized under section 483(a)
to be eligible for such grant and assistance from other Federal and State
financial aid programs; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8379AEE9EE64478E9CCC6ABDFA26563C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include a disclaimer that grant awards
for access and persistence are contingent upon—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EAA42D4964A47B59BE0ED7BE8E2912F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a determination of the student’s financial
eligibility at the time of the student’s enrollment at an institution of higher
education that is a partner in the partnership or qualifies under subsection
(d)(1)(C)(ii);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3AFF2D695774A2FA75E794C8FD77532"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annual Federal and State appropriations;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0D8365F1A9C4D55933AEE2B496576FA"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other aid received by the student at the
time of the student’s enrollment at such institution of higher
education.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9387CFE153FE40439D2ECE618CA71A50"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining which students are eligible
to receive grants for access and persistence, the State shall ensure that each
such student meets not less than 1 of the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1621420D113A4E9CA4C496C516FBD421"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meets not less than 2 of the following
criteria, with priority given to students meeting all of the following
criteria:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7E763453B73472B871C6DC6BDAAAD12"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Has an expected family contribution equal
to zero (as described in section 479) or a comparable alternative based upon
the State’s approved criteria in section 415C(b)(4).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACC9892C5B7B4A6A8FEB36CD1A0B9392"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Has qualified for a free lunch, or at the
State’s discretion a reduced price lunch, under the school lunch program
established under the Richard B. Russell <act-name parsable-cite="NSLA">National School Lunch Act</act-name>.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id584760B96704427CA6BBF855FE98A5CC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifies for the State’s maximum
undergraduate award, as authorized under section 415C(b).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECD8E1AD955646AE81D3012F55273472"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Is participating in, or has participated
in, a Federal, State, institutional, or community early information and
intervention, mentoring, or outreach program, as recognized by the State agency
administering activities under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D87873318834059A55D51CCEC343CE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Is receiving, or has received, a grant for
access and persistence under this section, in accordance with paragraph
(5).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE486645C67C94AAB821CBC5B6E3C21F0"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant award</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Once a student, including those students
who have received early notification under paragraph (2) from the State,
applies for admission to an institution that is a partner in the partnership,
files a Free Application for Federal Student Aid and any related existing State
form, and is determined eligible by the State under paragraph (3), the State
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B624124443344FEA1BEA4CADC1EF221"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue the student a preliminary award
certificate for a grant for access and persistence with tentative award
amounts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84067E4191FF4D8485C3B19385814006"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inform the student that payment of the
grant for access and persistence award amounts is subject to certification of
enrollment and award eligibility by the institution of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEB7F7FD7F0640EB8EF3A63F1AB4482B"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration of award</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible student that receives a grant
for access and persistence under this section shall receive such grant award
for each year of such student’s undergraduate education in which the student
remains eligible for assistance under this title, including pursuant to section
484(c), and remains financially eligible as determined by the State, except
that the State may impose reasonable time limits to degree completion.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id346AADE98F0948A8A74EC973FA02E952"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Funds for Administrative Costs
Prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State that
receives an allotment under this section shall not use any of the allotted
funds to pay administrative costs associated with any of the authorized
activities described in subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61D85DE62F11418BA8B7ECCC7C903A40"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statutory and Regulatory Relief for
Institutions of Higher Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may grant, upon the request
of an institution of higher education that is in a partnership described in
subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) and that receives an allotment under this section, a
waiver for such institution from statutory or regulatory requirements that
inhibit the ability of the institution to successfully and efficiently
participate in the activities of the partnership.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E5855FB5A8C40449F798EB3DAE5294C"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability Rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this subpart which are
not inconsistent with this section shall apply to the program authorized by
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9177FFB787EF4F2398D9E928D5398E14"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maintenance of Effort
Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State
receiving an allotment under this section for a fiscal year shall provide the
Secretary with an assurance that the aggregate amount expended per student or
the aggregate expenditures by the State, from funds derived from non-Federal
sources, for the authorized activities described in subsection (d) for the
preceding fiscal year were not less than the amount expended per student or the
aggregate expenditure by the State for the activities for the second preceding
fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9570A7F39ED94ED1A46545D4A991DFFC"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (h), for
purposes of determining a State’s share of the cost of the authorized
activities described in subsection (d), the State shall consider only those
expenditures from non-Federal sources that exceed the State’s total
expenditures for need-based grants, scholarships, and work-study assistance for
fiscal year 1999 (including any such assistance provided under this
subpart).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96A24DAF72DA4C59B2EB66D5F824B7D0"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuation and Transition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the 2-year period that begins on the
date of enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education
Amendments of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall continue to award grants
under section 415E of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> as such section existed on the day before the date of
enactment of such Act to States that choose to apply for grants under such
predecessor section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43D748C3E81F491DB649C78524BE98C3"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title> and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a
report describing the activities and the impact of the partnerships under this
section to the authorizing
committees.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77269469B6E440B3A1969E4F04DF8222" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>408.<?LEXA-Enum 408.?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special
programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal
farmwork</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 418A (20
U.S.C. 1070d–2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7022681D512146B0B94DFFEAFE9A46E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8628BBAF4E0646A68B6DA5CD90D6A47A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking
<quote>parents</quote> and inserting <quote>immediate family</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45CB077DA6EA4224A7FCDB9AA5C65CE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting
<quote>(including preparation for college entrance examinations)</quote> after
<quote>college program</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5705E7B5D5DA4C8683786B0F814E6379"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking
<quote>weekly</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9CD4DFB2492455F97814DE503DC817D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3431AEBB8F2449B909698947C89471E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CD2731462F648A69ABEA1D4E699A7A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(such as transportation
and child care)</quote> after <quote>services</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60388EFC9411412D90884C28F5E04581"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and
inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1AE68659C6B048B3A0B792AD1497A369"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA9A74EF36F1400095179C87CE0F8633" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1634AEC0E2314EA6B4B4B2F97262FE9C"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other activities to improve persistence and
retention in postsecondary
education.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE1DB18649B44F73AD8F9507D6EA180C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC3CEF191B6D4AD29C5D4DB2ED94464E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23B6218D965D4E2197B46452464BB0F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>parents</quote> and inserting <quote>immediate family</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id634B80A4088644B8B13E416B427AFF93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50C14CA1C4DE4093BF63CBDCADCDD90E"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding clause (i), by
inserting <quote>to improve placement, persistence, and retention in
postsecondary education,</quote> after <quote>services</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13F61017BF57415682FC17234939F196"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>and
career</quote> and inserting <quote>career, and economic education or personal
finance</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5936D25DA65F4B078AE471425E8C44ED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0D9DA132A704609A4BEEF7B71970CC4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (F) as
subparagraph (G);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FB6393A90E44119AAA1816AE1684E2C"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (E) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id125EF380E0B94CEF98AD59E9DEE2D1E9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0F4CF53EF4848B384DCC2A263A5C87E" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">internships;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id731305F56CCF4961AB77B4D7F62B9FBB"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G) (as redesignated by
clause (iv)), by striking <quote>support services</quote> and inserting
<quote>essential supportive services (such as transportation and child
care)</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id203E905D33764346B6084133896FF0A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70077EBE82C7431DACAA04AC947BBB45"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E218A57C6324C8BAAC590158160533D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
at the end and inserting <quote>, and coordinating such services, assistance,
and aid with other non-program services, assistance, and aid, including
services, assistance, and aid provided by community-based organizations, which
may include mentoring and guidance; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF894DEA667544ADAA3F33531F5F22DF5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7509ACE0E174E9A9F77480D107CD6A9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF19C13750D17440E8121F57274B5990E" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for students attending 2-year institutions
of higher education, encouraging the students to transfer to 4-year
institutions of higher education, where appropriate, and monitoring the rate of
transfer of such
students.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id018F190829BF4A3DB4E982E477752309"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking
<quote>section 402A(c)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
402A(c)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id267FCD07747044CFAE18A64F5598E0B4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id631F517D7EBA43BEA3DB513F8AD78CCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>$150,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$180,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0D3A41B6684491993638AEB3AAA0208"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>$150,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$180,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EFAB100C23D4FC8BA43B9AFBD025099"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
subsections (h) and (i), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1756E5D8D080422DB58292FD4A97C218"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (f) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16668568104F4C2CBB6299A49A54C715" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id805CFE8547494F48BBF4B7BC080CD555"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reservation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts made available under
subsection (i), the Secretary may reserve not more than a total of ½ of 1
percent for outreach activities, technical assistance, and professional
development programs relating to the programs under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3AC7869B25849EA9CD7F002EC877256"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (h) (as redesignated
by paragraph (5)) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94B2573A40584163BD6EB66AE91EDB28" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1824EB46DE5E4E07A6CC6B25254F363D"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data Collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner for Education Statistics
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD02AEC1000342FE8E3515D30573AE38"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annually collect data on persons receiving
services authorized under this subpart regarding such persons' rates of
secondary school graduation, entrance into postsecondary education, and
completion of postsecondary education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19A5BBDE6C3C4D7CAFA9B85A40892A94"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less often than once every 2 years,
prepare and submit a report based on the most recently available data under
paragraph (1) to the authorizing committees; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id632FD29C39174059AD36013165C80FC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make such report available to the
public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DB748DA1C634D36ACEEB0E02F1EB674"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i) (as redesignated by
paragraph (5))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id600345624E89457E9B821EEDCF378CFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through
the period and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB411C5E20314DF8813859E1CB0378CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the
period and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008
and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3047D053DC4E42A29FCE482A29410BEB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>409.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73D1B1B89C0847BBA6BC355384605BAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility of Scholars</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 419F(a) (20 U.S.C.
1070d–36(a)) is amended by inserting <quote>(or a home school,
whether treated as a home school or a private school under State law)</quote>
after <quote>public or private secondary school</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AB9FE7F028F4C60B88F6C77FBA9FBBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 419K
(20 U.S.C.
1070d–41) is amended by striking <quote>$45,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9157B250C5241C5876430D5CFAAC8E0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>410.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child care access means parents in
school</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9661F91906164A7EAB4095F5B0DE1C3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum Grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 419N(b)(2)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1070e(b)(2)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23298D587A504A8DBB45BE42D64AF0ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>A grant</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A8F33AAD994400994307F250A7DA5AE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id880AE0FEBA774AF491081CDE9DC250AB"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), a
grant</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAB1D6DA501848C58E1210B3887B4516"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id130D263C12E6400DA4A54B7DF40E1DCA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id713E5F78EC5544128E4E2098E031C8B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increase trigger</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any fiscal year for which the amount
appropriated under the authority of subsection (g) is equal to or greater than
$20,000,000, a grant under this section shall be awarded in an amount that is
not less than
$30,000.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0FAB39198494CAC834C1631C547A2E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Low-Income
Student</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (7) of
section 419N(b) (20
U.S.C. 1070e(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98D9382B232F4B14A7576907772020D1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ED9FEE8ACD5482394809A6AF45DC1CB"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of low-income
student</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of
this section, the term <term>low-income student</term> means a student
who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id434E5E8E3776455DAB92C39C73E92EC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant
for the award year for which the determination is made; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72D060716C084A158DC1B489AC9B3BE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would otherwise be eligible to receive a
Federal Pell Grant for the award year for which the determination is made,
except that the student fails to meet the requirements of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CAF399F7D094661907CAA9D9C816DDB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 401(c)(1) because the student is
enrolled in a graduate or first professional course of study; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00AC0AA1A5404536B9692C779C73EFA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 484(a)(5) because the student is in
the United States for a temporary
purpose.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93DA4F6388BE4FBD9C69D4F85558A414"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
419N(g) (20 U.S.C.
1070e(g)) is amended by striking <quote>$45,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DA646D40A3F4F1EBDB7C499D23CF3EC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>411.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Learning anytime anywhere
partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart 8 of part
A of title IV (20
U.S.C. 1070f et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</section></part><part commented="no" id="idBF1E78BA725145B2815EC62FF2878B4E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal family
education loan program</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87A2CE25B8364AF883BF38BD3402DE34" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>421.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal payments to reduce student interest
costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 428 (as amended
by this Act) (20
U.S.C. 1078) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17ABAC5D5B034A1A9648D7C89DF7AD53"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF141277637264B4F94F33F026EAA16CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EDFFD44A9A54DD797002D15566E4014"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (X), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDA26BB5AC1C483E9F955E7E4268BD38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (Y)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE1D0CF3962847AE86190F51EB286B47"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (i) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B11D56876AD4F1FACE8E7771A05AA20" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34B3310BB71C49A5ACDAEB8F5EF02CDF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lender shall determine the eligibility
of a borrower for a deferment described in subparagraph (M)(i) based on—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF3C4C276B0C4392ABD3556FBCC303FC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receipt of a request for deferment from the
borrower and documentation of the borrower’s eligibility for the
deferment;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5194116B25F4F36B24988CF048E21F7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receipt of a newly completed loan
application that documents the borrower’s eligibility for a deferment;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0EC9499B8194F5D8FA63E1104BB72C6"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receipt of student status information
received by the lender that the borrower is enrolled on at least a half-time
basis; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5270BBEE3EFC4C13B6F341E0A3F0950C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lender’s confirmation of the borrower’s
half-time enrollment status through use of the National Student Loan Data
System, if the confirmation is requested by the institution of higher
education.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF3E981F5B7B4853BD28569310B2905E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52CC44A4DB30428DBF4E5AD665AB7AC1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01F368076F4B4917A84C0D7B978C860A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC43E1A79C57448A9C74379D321D4542"><enum>(Z)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that the lender shall, at the time
the lender grants a deferment to a borrower who received a loan under section
428H and is eligible for a deferment under section 428(b)(1)(M), provide
information to the borrower to enable the borrower to understand the impact of
capitalization of interest on the borrower’s loan principal and total amount of
interest to be paid during the life of the
loan.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18C139939FF241F1BFB7C05F85CCAA34"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(F)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id470CD15310504959A40A04B9A44755D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1363293B9D04819B1160668AD43094C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (III), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51DB0C6275B34E9AB51014B50EF267F5"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (IV), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADC12424FA6746C38E6E7E70CC439AFF"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C996C3761F74C688ED3BAB0EB1C2C6F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2520B23AE1A94926B55015E235D712FA"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effective date of the transfer;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id469122150837442B974235967E5AB983"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date the current servicer will stop
accepting payments; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB34A1EC9B49D4BFAAD08BDCAC2A623E0"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date at which the new servicer will
begin accepting payments.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7AEB3601BF9424298BED035B6146EAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80FFB740E6BD4FB3AC017675FD700830" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8EAFD9D0A034820BC4A3A8410B35156"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restrictions on inducements, payments,
mailings, and advertising</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
guaranty agency shall not—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5974D75D7C7A4DD896FA279DAA4C632E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offer, directly or indirectly, premiums,
payments, stock or other securities, prizes, travel, entertainment expenses,
tuition repayment, or other inducements to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD91ACF11B41344F79728B3678A6ACA7B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any institution of higher education or the
employees of an institution of higher education in order to secure applicants
for loans made under this part; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0000B720A6424769A52A4E5042496920"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any lender, or any agent, employee, or
independent contractor of any lender or guaranty agency, in order to administer
or market loans made under this part (other than a loan made under section 428H
or a loan made as part of the guaranty agency’s lender-of-last-resort program
pursuant to section 439(q)) for the purpose of securing the designation of the
guaranty agency as the insurer of such loans;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37D3508D3ECE4C39B4F440F13DD45FB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct unsolicited mailings, by postal or
electronic means, of educational loan application forms to students enrolled in
secondary school or postsecondary educational institutions, or to the parents
of such students, except that applications may be mailed, by postal or
electronic means, to students or borrowers who have previously received loans
guaranteed under this part by the guaranty agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE27D4F069FB4B3D9CB8B2AC070B92BA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">perform, for an institution of higher
education participating in a program under this title, any function that the
institution is required to perform under part B, D, or G;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2C5D9C6DBF042EA9CBF7705DB3AAF19"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pay, on behalf of the institution of higher
education, another person to perform any function that the institution of
higher education is required to perform under part B, D, or G; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B74657EB7004EF8BF8AA3EAAD718F6A"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct fraudulent or misleading
advertising concerning loan availability, terms, or conditions.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">It
shall not be a violation of this paragraph for a guaranty agency to provide
technical assistance to institutions of higher education comparable to the
technical assistance provided to institutions of higher education by the
Department.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CCC1B919D6D4D909D13C4CDFBB0EF22"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5ACE5290E89410A8DAFAF664C92F2F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(H)(i), by striking
<quote>preclaims</quote> and inserting <quote>default aversion</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A7280ECAFEE45FBAA6012EFE5816F44"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(D)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id460E4FA4233A435DAC2BC06B76C52808"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the comma at the end;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEAA8D8081B9A44D588720296D21E5DE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D67903B392C4B2CB746BEAC304D04A5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (ii) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA7622C1504A4263A264939256E9308E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67F27EDE8C084C11A9CD78D20E5F8A9D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lender shall, at the time of granting a
borrower forbearance, provide information to the borrower to enable the
borrower to understand the impact of capitalization of interest on the
borrower’s loan principal and total amount of interest to be paid during the
life of the loan; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61D37527C9544E7899E62140AC8871B8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lender shall contact the borrower not
less often than once every 180 days during the period of forbearance to inform
the borrower of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B5380DE13814754840FD985903F0F99"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of unpaid principal and the
amount of interest that has accrued since the last statement of such amounts
provided to the borrower by the lender;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF848C7D03BA453496FC3DF51B3E9C88"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the fact that interest will accrue on the
loan for the period of forbearance;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id856E99DBB4034BD6B402472DBCC48AEC"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of interest that will be
capitalized, and the date on which capitalization will occur;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1CFE8CE80B44681B186E669E0DDDD13"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of the borrower to pay the
interest that has accrued before the interest is capitalized; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C9A65F589CC402FA3A703FC2C649299"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower’s option to discontinue the
forbearance at any
time.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD935F6892CC243B59DF1F957B2E2C28B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>422.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Consolidation Loans</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FFE8A9DBBB74F848FA5CC31CF808487"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 428C(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.
1078–3(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA431BF987FED4ED8A1C3025A5EDD353C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF4330B0B6574475A260A14132A89863"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (F) as
subparagraph (H); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C34F9FF979A48B393A4D43786D845C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (E) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08DD0873C02440A98B606B4AA626618B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC762BD7891FA485F9E74EF1123E7565A"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the lender will disclose, in a clear
and conspicuous manner, to borrowers who consolidate loans made under part E of
this title—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA6B614609D844479D9DA93CA7FD76D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that once the borrower adds the borrower’s
Federal Perkins Loan to a Federal Consolidation Loan, the borrower will lose
all interest-free periods that would have been available, such as those periods
when no interest accrues on the Federal Perkins Loan while the borrower is
enrolled in school at least half-time, during the grace period, and during
periods when the borrower’s student loan repayments are deferred;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ED77F8CC01544E5B947FE753EF80D26"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the borrower will no longer be
eligible for loan cancellation of Federal Perkins Loans under any provision of
section 465; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD55DED9CF83445B7820B8A6F87838161"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the occupations described in section
465(a)(2), individually and in detail, for which the borrower will lose
eligibility for Federal Perkins Loan cancellation; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C34D5A3431E49EBB9811994886E6488"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the lender shall, upon application for
a consolidation loan, provide the borrower with information about the possible
impact of loan consolidation, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80D8361346104E009E715D9774319AA0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total interest to be paid and fees to
be paid on the consolidation loan, and the length of repayment for the
loan;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0D4E9B2BC474481A8FD3FB6856D4C42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether consolidation would result in a
loss of loan benefits under this part or part D, including loan forgiveness,
cancellation, and deferment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E0F5A22C2504906A9BEBEE328DCECBF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a borrower that plans to
include a Federal Perkins Loan under part E in the consolidation loan, that
once the borrower adds the borrower’s Federal Perkins Loan to a consolidation
loan—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77D148CD01264118AD880FFA23E858DC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower will lose all interest–free
periods that would have been available for such loan under part E, such as the
periods during which no interest accrues on the Federal Perkins Loan while the
borrower is enrolled in school at least half-time, the grace period, and the
periods during which the borrower’s student loan repayments are deferred under
section 464(c)(2); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEAF379074A6C45FE8B73E5453A67073F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower will no longer be eligible for
cancellation of part or all of a Federal Perkins loan under section
465(a);</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC40D8DAB9B3D4A6A86DF23017770C787"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of the borrower to prepay the
consolidation loan, pay such loan on a shorter schedule, and to change
repayment plans;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7D6AE4B481F45AF832FB44085B9E77D"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that borrower benefit programs for a
consolidation loan may vary among different lenders;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1927F4C55164142A54041328696BFCF"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the consequences of default on the
consolidation loan; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F51A0BB58C34092A0245F51E02B5A46"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that by applying for a consolidation loan,
the borrower is not obligated to agree to take the consolidation loan;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8DF2372A9624A86ABB42DEC01598CA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 455(g) (20 U.S.C.
1087e(g)) is amended by striking <quote>428C(b)(1)(F)</quote>
and inserting <quote>428C(b)(1)(H)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idE3A669F03A1B4A4CAF8C18D7295E03F2"><enum>423.</enum><header>Default reduction
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 428F
(20 U.S.C.
1078–6) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idA9E1040945144058A04883528290EC2F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8D200EBBA67C4A8F8164DAE97D7620E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by
adding at the end the following: <quote>Upon the sale of the loan to an
eligible lender, the guaranty agency, and any prior holder of the loan, shall
request any consumer reporting agency to which the guaranty agency or holder,
as applicable, reported the default of the loan, to remove the record of
default from the borrower's credit history.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idABF9FE30C1294F2284B659C682413F98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id992CED0F22024B52837494989F1A9F08" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idE55241F2C46243F0828E947200EF0A1A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A
borrower may obtain the benefits available under this subsection with respect
to rehabilitating a loan only one time per
loan.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB61FA5880D04AA5A7715C39BEA27875"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4446B77040CC432CBBB4C4874C9C2697" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48F2A72D0FAB415B8CEF09F17ABB3335"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial and Economic
Literacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Where appropriate as
determined by the institution of higher education in which a borrower is
enrolled, each program described in subsection (b) shall include making
available financial and economic education materials for the borrower,
including making the materials available before, during, or after
rehabilitation of a
loan.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CC5ED944F4A48CCB3AB197D81DA11AA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>424.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports to consumer reporting agencies and
institutions of higher education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 430A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1080a">20 U.S.C. 1080a</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE86F7039B8C9463998840D0937695851"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Credit
Bureaus</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Consumer reporting
agencies</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5919EE318F624EADB4F0D4830207AA3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id821A849BB7624F16AE2A06BB5FFF53F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking
<quote>with credit bureau organizations</quote> and inserting <quote>with each
consumer reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a
nationwide basis (as defined in section 603(p) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FCRA">Fair Credit Reporting Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
1681a(p))</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id644AFF629C4A4FA49EA37A1DB4E206F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83764C34969E4E44BA68B41839964F88"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (B)), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id006AE4FD4B854548BA65E4C34A7EEA8C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2F60D294B084AF48559EA468764530A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the type of loan made, insured, or
guaranteed under this
title;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36684F8ACA3D4463A9772F82A3F1AFD2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (2) (as
redesignated by subparagraph (B)), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id586DF8BB5A264817A583379E6D66CAD9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CE7CF6BBF4641699E7EEEAA0B3F1D5F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information concerning the repayment status
of the loan, which information shall be included in the file of the borrower,
except that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect any
otherwise applicable provision of the <act-name parsable-cite="FCRA">Fair
Credit Reporting Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 1681 et
seq.)</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0A674EBA9EC48669BD6D903FB354F4A"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F47F8B4A13B4D0590D8C856B7D93F04"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC58C3B9737C24DE880BD2B4CCFA94178"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CDA47D38EAA497B858DB449D341DC07" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E4BC75AD0074C4A9C94E4269A2D2CF2"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information required to be
reported by Federal
law.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2E4A2BC4C574AA6B1EB1E93D8B83E5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>425.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common forms and formats</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 432(m)(1)(D)(i) (20 U.S.C.
1082(m)(1)(D)(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Unless
otherwise notified by the Secretary, each institution of higher education that
participates in the program under this part or part D may use a master
promissory note for loans under this part and part D.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40371120955644C0BDE3CC8239217049" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>426.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student loan information by eligible
lenders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 433 (20 U.S.C.
1083) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9622FE1C36B44C3E8C88080F0D881E3D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id312ADCE96FA54139B03CF0E33303F70F"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Borrower Information and
Privacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each entity
participating in a program under this part that is subject to subtitle A of
title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6801">15 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.</external-xref>) shall only
use, release, disclose, sell, transfer, or give student information, including
the name, address, social security number, or amount borrowed by a borrower or
a borrower’s parent, in accordance with the provisions of such subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87546933A6314A19A05944D8628C2FC0"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan Benefit Disclosures</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81DA2148DAE645EB9979FA2E96F31F76"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible lender, holder, or servicer
of a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this part shall provide the
borrower with information on the loan benefit repayment options the lender,
holder, or servicer offer, including information on reductions in interest
rates—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91F408117694457689701D46DBAA4BD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by repaying the loan by automatic payroll
or checking account deduction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CC8B637C89046A9BA9E6D9B7B88B4BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by completing a program of on-time
repayment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10D904C6F823463A8E1977BC1A91D802"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under any other interest rate reduction
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FCE7C976CEC428D9523F755BCCCCEFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such borrower information shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2BE2354CA8247F2B1F9F9173AEBFF49"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any limitations on such options;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD502266D67FB4D41872554245F13C898"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explicit information on the reasons a
borrower may lose eligibility for such an option;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53A680A1D332442BAE515FE2292D8498"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examples of the impact the interest rate
reductions will have on a borrower’s time for repayment and amount of
repayment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id506ADCF689D04A1DA546E97A8BF569B1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon the request of the borrower, the
effect the reductions in interest rates will have with respect to the
borrower’s payoff amount and time for repayment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D3EEB90FC6A4D4991669468E57E54E3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on borrower recertification
requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC20D185E278E482AAD5AD71CFD76676C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>427.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consumer education
information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B (20 U.S.C.
1071 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 433 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1083">20 U.S.C. 1083</external-xref>) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF897F3BE9334F65B128DDBCF88A6227" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id905FC1E0FA7E409BAAE14199414166D2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>433A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consumer education
information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each guaranty
agency participating in a program under this part, working with the
institutions of higher education served by such guaranty agency (or in the case
of an institution of higher education that provides loans exclusively through
part D, the institution working with a guaranty agency or with the Secretary),
shall develop and make available a high-quality educational program and
materials to provide training for students in budgeting and financial
management, including debt management and other aspects of financial literacy,
such as the cost of using very high interest loans to pay for postsecondary
education, particularly as budgeting and financial management relates to
student loan programs authorized by this title. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to prohibit a guaranty agency from using an existing program or
existing materials to meet the requirement of this section. The activities
described in this section shall be considered default reduction activities for
the purposes of section
422.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA2FB4BA5B4341ED8BA995BA366B177D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>428.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of eligible lender</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 435(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1085">20 U.S.C. 1085(d)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2E6A7D8602D4C108DB1EBD9DFC96428"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E252D6B48E541D9B97998FAEED4BF29"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D)
as subparagraphs (H) and (I), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF0A112AB11447B4A5566047B5EF22F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B9587F1E5CA4EAF82AB3D820B93EEBE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D6D1E1E680C48FFBBC14935EC64B6A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offered, directly or indirectly, points,
premiums, payments (including payments for referrals and for processing or
finder fees), prizes, stock or other securities, travel, entertainment
expenses, tuition repayment, the provision of information technology equipment
at below-market value, additional financial aid funds, or other inducements to
any institution of higher education or any employee of an institution of higher
education in order to secure applicants for loans under this part;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6745341E70747EAA387E40BEC63577F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducted unsolicited mailings, by postal
or electronic means, of student loan application forms to students enrolled in
secondary school or postsecondary institutions, or to parents of such students,
except that applications may be mailed, by postal or electronic means, to
students or borrowers who have previously received loans under this part from
such lender;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3586BC6DB5DE4DF89A85CF59E61C36E7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entered into any type of consulting
arrangement, or other contract to provide services to a lender, with an
employee who is employed in the financial aid office of an institution of
higher education, or who otherwise has responsibilities with respect to student
loans or other financial aid of the institution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE1FBB163E28467DBF4094B28D2167EF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compensated an employee who is employed in
the financial aid office of an institution of higher education, or who
otherwise has responsibilities with respect to educational loans or other
financial aid of the institution, and who is serving on an advisory board,
commission, or group established by a lender or group of lenders for providing
such service, except that the eligible lender may reimburse such employee for
reasonable expenses incurred in providing such service;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E28787C9C2C4087B2089D70716407CE"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performed for an institution of higher
education any function that the institution of higher education is required to
carry out under part B, D, or G;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A9C931E57DE48BF87B8A05EEA708636"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paid, on behalf of an institution of higher
education, another person to perform any function that the institution of
higher education is required to perform under part B, D, or G;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC865AB80CCD459F84A783964EEFA688"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provided payments or other benefits to a
student at an institution of higher education to act as the lender’s
representative to secure applications under this title from individual
prospective borrowers, unless such student—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61C33FF661424E698A8BC20FAB0289CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is also employed by the lender for other
purposes; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22DB3F58A224462DB8A264F34A5BB403"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">made all appropriate disclosures regarding
such employment;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E187DA3A60B41C6A39909C9F2041B79"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC50FC4A24A7548DB84231F7EFC604822" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17C87ADAF64C4D009E1004BE21A9E379"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset of authority for school as lender
program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF91D6CB90B1F4FA198FBB03B7C356ED7"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority provided under subsection
(d)(1)(E) for an institution to serve as an eligible lender, and under
paragraph (7) for an eligible lender to serve as a trustee for an institution
of higher education or an organization affiliated with an institution of higher
education, shall expire on June 30, 2012.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65F250F21B84430B8BE7E14760E4B0E3"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application to existing institutional
lenders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution that
was an eligible lender under this subsection, or an eligible lender that served
as a trustee for an institution of higher education or an organization
affiliated with an institution of higher education under paragraph (7), before
June 30, 2012, shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA6F5B6CE8AD4EF5A36C16A036FFC6EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not issue any new loans in such a capacity
under part B after June 30, 2012; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD859A6F0F824068BDEAEB9C130EC0B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to carry out the institution’s
responsibilities for any loans issued by the institution under part B on or
before June 30, 2012, except that, beginning on June 30, 2011, the eligible
institution or trustee may, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
sell or otherwise dispose of such loans if all profits from the divestiture are
used for need-based grant programs at the institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id103A696BAB304728A6DEDD2E7B3EC281"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Audit requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All institutions serving as an eligible
lender under subsection (d)(1)(E) and all eligible lenders serving as a trustee
for an institution of higher education or an organization affiliated with an
institution of higher education shall annually complete and submit to the
Secretary a compliance audit to determine whether—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81477662A6D44CE7B2D2FA5075CB78CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution or lender is using all
proceeds from special allowance payments and interest payments from borrowers,
interest subsidies received from the Department, and any proceeds from the sale
or other disposition of loans, for need-based aid programs, in accordance with
section 435(d)(2)(A)(viii);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE601597445E4CBCA7A7A7B23BA3DD46"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution or lender is using no more
than a reasonable portion of the proceeds described in section
435(d)(2)(A)(viii) for direct administrative expenses; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD53D54356A314F279AC907E1B2E42D33"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution or lender is ensuring that
the proceeds described in section 435(d)(2)(A)(viii) are being used to
supplement, and not to supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be used
for need-based grant
programs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDDBB3FD559B4A0EB6780B7C4A90314C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>429.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discharge and cancellation rights in cases
of disability</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF3B59E9C5854E088008C61CB7395718"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FFEL and direct loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 437(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087">20 U.S.C. 1087</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84CD525EAC644EA59A5400708F26FBF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, or if a student
borrower who has received such a loan is unable to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death, has lasted for a continuous
period of not less than 60 months, or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than 60 months</quote> after <quote>of the
Secretary),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34745B0826F9445AB777DD10CC1843F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: “The
Secretary may develop such safeguards as the Secretary determines necessary to
prevent fraud and abuse in the discharge of liability under this subsection.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the Secretary may
promulgate regulations to resume collection on loans discharged under this
subsection in any case in which—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC56BBC8C245B499BBD55675440050354" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB01C8681F104831990294EA2A3A6B96"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a borrower received a discharge of
liability under this subsection and after the discharge the borrower—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9849BEE22A564A1486A66207189F58F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives a loan made, insured or guaranteed
under this title; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C6EAB8F99124F669DF852712C49E15D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has earned income in excess of the poverty
line; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF447A34D7B741C1B66E85E0C0AE3B21"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines
necessary.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40D367C229D4497595E760B689359AFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Perkins</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 464(c) (20 U.S.C.
1087dd(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67C2EAED5F064111A1BED357E34F67CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(F)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA12A1475763F4FA7B4B81725E8AE67E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or if he</quote> and
inserting <quote>if the borrower</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id090432524A9A4940B5E58A7C9C656F92"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, or if the borrower is
unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in
death, has lasted for a continuous period of not less than 60 months, or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 60 months</quote>
after <quote>the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18B6292378934687A09DD28C8452995E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4988961C97CE4C08BC95B1A5EED71790" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E21303016B44F959491FCBE86276CA7"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may develop such additional
safeguards as the Secretary determines necessary to prevent fraud and abuse in
the cancellation of liability under paragraph (1)(F). Notwithstanding paragraph
(1)(F), the Secretary may promulgate regulations to resume collection on loans
cancelled under paragraph (1)(F) in any case in which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A99CDAEBACE4297B3D05521AA474F5C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a borrower received a cancellation of
liability under paragraph (1)(F) and after the cancellation the
borrower—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68E812F2CE83429E8501AF7CE31E932F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receives a loan made, insured or guaranteed
under this title; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA15F1B330AC9482BADB3B7E3207ED81B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has earned income in excess of the poverty
line; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599585E8307F4B8191BCE03404A0C3AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines
necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0A03CCDEF634E65B9E1B614598C2036"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on July 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id3404E3924CA8494C95B69B6ECDEAEC97" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal
work-study programs</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE43B12A15F564CB6B588D7ADCB0FFF71" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>441.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 441(b)
(42 U.S.C.
2751(b)) is amended by striking <quote>$1,000,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA09C7405F9384BC098FFB535FF7474A2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>442.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowance for books and
supplies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 442(c)(4)(D)
(42 U.S.C.
2752(c)(4)(D)) is amended by striking <quote>$450</quote> and
inserting <quote>$600</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CCD5A03F8C445DDBC79769502BCD312" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>443.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for Federal work-study
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 443(b)(2) (42
U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9923A8C246B4AE6AD541EE0EBDA1BAE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (A);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4DE7A50ECBA401D8DE30BED731D8B33"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C)
as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6731E2AD0A44823948F331549E94892"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)), by striking “this subparagraph if” and all that follows through
“institution;” and inserting “this subparagraph if—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA508B6DF6EB842FEB3AE9EEABBA58047" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8928D1D41B144B13996355DC9E6A29FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines that enforcing
this subparagraph would cause hardship for students at the institution;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1F3368E3AC84167923D6762FDC0F0B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution certifies to the Secretary
that 15 percent or more of its total full-time enrollment participates in
community service activities described in section 441(c) or tutoring and
literacy activities described in subsection (d) of this
section;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id162A9A9955614E7C9E5A412156126291" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>444.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Job location and development
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 446(a)(1) (42
U.S.C. 2756(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>$50,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$75,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF289523543A643ABAF569AF5AFD0F672" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>445.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Work colleges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 448 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2756b">42 U.S.C. 2756b</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83B08A2EC94E4A7DAAA377CD8D890E59"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking
<quote>work-learning</quote> and inserting
<quote>work-learning-service</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A8791BC0EC14FF39E2286ABE56A8768"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09EEFAA162A54D24BE317D1219517B2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>under
subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>for this section under section
441(b)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB07CE30ECEC04ECE92B7DA4F392B24BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6F52EBE8DD14C399A47A5723FDAB71E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>pursuant to subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>for
this section under section 441(b)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD684F541F4447539FE174E8E620EFE9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>work-learning program</quote> and inserting <quote>comprehensive
work-learning-service program</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFECB00F0E3334D07BAD6C6956BAA1522"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through
(F) as subparagraphs (D) through (G), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5D0613E4EAA40CDBD4CDC827B2BA594"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4B63B6BF8CA4D5B9DF65B3FB18BA311" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id554BE98033EE4D6DB53168E7849714BF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support existing and new model student
volunteer community service projects associated with local institutions of
higher education, such as operating drop-in resource centers that are staffed
by students and that link people in need with the resources and opportunities
necessary to become self-sufficient;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5CAB43B332040449465DE1D39335C27"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by
clause (iii)), by striking <quote>work-learning</quote> each place the term
occurs and inserting <quote>work-learning-service</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD58624D2D3434A23991E95D1891C82D5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by
clause (iii)), by striking <quote>work service learning</quote> and inserting
<quote>work-learning-service</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C630F6417844213B1EE1C78ED8CEA05"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking <quote>by
subsection (f) to use funds under subsection (b)(1)</quote> and inserting
<quote>for this section under section 441(b) or to use funds under subsection
(b)(1),</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ACD736E5846431BADE78244C0290E2B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36B4FCEC62364DE4BEA4659AD9868A16"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FCF4414CD24406EB97005E71CFFAA17"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting
<quote>4-year, degree-granting</quote> after <quote>nonprofit</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E272603322D4FD49BF7893FA3AA63E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>work-learning</quote> and inserting
<quote>work-learning-service</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36DBC53875074D1782B6F1DE974580A3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76CB356C3F6140F98591252EA8F716C6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF29B21237AFD42A5AA8C2B8AC5CC7A2C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires all resident students, including
at least <fraction>1/2</fraction> of all resident students who are enrolled on
a full-time basis, to participate in a comprehensive work-learning-service
program for not less than 5 hours each week, or not less than 80 hours during
each period of enrollment except summer school, unless the student is engaged
in a study abroad or externship program that is organized or approved by the
institution; and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BD5377FC3764E97AA4448C2CBA19769"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking
<quote>work-learning</quote> and inserting
<quote>work-learning-service</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12DC065E5BF64A94A470BF5DCC9F9C59"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id167DA056A75F460F9DD6E530814859E4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB673D328AB1C46439C6683BFD9F9CB8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>comprehensive
work-learning-service program</term> means a student work-learning-service
program that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB280655A2CD410AB58F2ED6F9C56287"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an integral and stated part of the
institution's educational philosophy and program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id771FE992DD9A4184B9A641A49DFAF162"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires participation of all resident
students for enrollment and graduation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EB738F731154462ABA9A417C79CD792"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes learning objectives, evaluation,
and a record of work performance as part of the student's college
record;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id569A2998A2C84E02A94CE603B9BD1E8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides programmatic leadership by college
personnel at levels comparable to traditional academic programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8478583C39664CC4A11F812207E86DEB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognizes the educational role of
work-learning-service supervisors; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50E9C231719D442B858146C77EF81BD7"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes consequences for nonperformance or
failure in the work-learning-service program similar to the consequences for
failure in the regular academic
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEB22B2E36084962939DCB8D28522F7D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></section></part><part commented="no" id="id7F48CDDE27CC4162B332F12A735F8CA9" level-type="subsequent"><enum>D<?LEXA-Enum E?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Perkins
Loans</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0A2C4B9EF8C24FCB85CC89BC1A16B811" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>451.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 461(b)(1) (20 U.S.C.
1087aa(b)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>$250,000,000 for
fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through
2012.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id190A64AFC070453B9601D49AE15EA315"><enum>451A.</enum><header>Allowance for books
and supplies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
462(c)(4)(D) (20
U.S.C. 1087bb(c)(4)(D)) is amended by striking
<quote>$450</quote> and inserting <quote>$600</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idBEC39A13CD55451C9043A88F97B6D796"><enum>451B.</enum><header>Perkins loan
forbearance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 464 (20
U.S.C. 1087dd) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id029B2D32DABC45A786FA5A08AFE7BF71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8E52CA04D84941629396219C71C1865B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>, upon written request,</quote> and inserting
<quote>, as documented in accordance with paragraph (2),</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF8A0BCC4B6F45C99C6CFAEF5B234265"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C),
respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7D12BFCD7CFE40FA8ADAE0F5D3C6FA8B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Forbearance</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF53657F44C204E7AA0F2D860261F19E9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A19B2A5260E4C08B3C48C784E278C67" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idC85A1EEFA9FA4375AC2D18781DEBC86C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For
the purpose of paragraph (1), the terms of forbearance agreed to by the parties
shall be documented by—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD072CC5A04D54206BE451914AD39BF70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>confirming the agreement
of the borrower by notice to the borrower from the institution of higher
education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCCD01DD1F7B848CC80E6CF35570786C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recording the terms in
the borrower's file.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F116B1021AA493D8DB0475D6FACCD8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (j), by
striking <quote>(e)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(e)(1)(C)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0901BE1E9F4140259201CC2953665D98" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>452.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cancellation of loans for certain public
service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 465(a) (20
U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5C3408C474C4843840B27DBDB7E9770"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0368DA50686843D391D5A085BFFDE3D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote><act-name parsable-cite="HSA">Head Start Act</act-name> which</quote>
and inserting <quote><act-name parsable-cite="HSA">Head Start Act</act-name>,
or in a prekindergarten or child care program that is licensed or regulated by
the State, that</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB30C1C5ECD34EE3966C354CED07858E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H), by striking
<quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id220BBDE29E2845CFB9E1BD8253AE12B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (I), by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09E97C8C472C46D8970C4C778C677759"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before the matter following
subparagraph (I) (as amended by subparagraph (C)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA36F8441CF645BE84D9745921B7894B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE54CC7F842C04C49A7154A650EAB7700" indent="up1"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as a full-time faculty member at a Tribal
College or University, as that term is defined in section 316;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3CFF5D981FB42229A06F5A3E17C3106" indent="up1"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as a librarian, if the librarian has a
master’s degree in library science and is employed in—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5177C89EB3914466B5B2F5EDBE7CE199"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an elementary school or secondary school
that is eligible for assistance under title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACF6EB8088EF48B4926DA4EDC988B9D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a public library that serves a geographic
area that contains 1 or more schools eligible for assistance under title I of
the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D1764F6804B45A2B189572D170C2082" indent="up1"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as a full-time speech language therapist,
if the therapist has a master’s degree and is working exclusively with schools
that are eligible for assistance under title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name>.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id350C38498D9442DBA6BF2BA66CE2AD7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50BEDE531B6F4B2898C52D2585D9A2A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF22035322CEB4D7F965D08FBC8CC6148"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(D),</quote> after
<quote>(C),</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A3B5113E59E48B6B99C5730EB5E5EC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or (I)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(I), (J), (K), or (L)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45B56898D3F84D3E974C8FC506C4CD8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by inserting
<quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20E9B447C4B144719709474E9589655D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (iii); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78FB1A5763E64909BF9FE22E506DE546"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (iv) as clause
(iii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></part><part commented="no" id="id8B53B49EE28F40C387F7312372EEB50B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>E<?LEXA-Enum F?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Need
analysis</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD445C5E72424F338DE86B638424790C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>461.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost of attendance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE90354EDA3DA4803BD2FEEBF8B36F24A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 472(3) (20 U.S.C.
1087kk(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA430495EE7F4938B70241D57ED4A271"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38F4B5CCD4CA471193F4200F4E082D75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45F5727ECE2D4868B5A1F12C9D97DDFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B), as
amended by paragraph (1), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1BDA73EAF224435A5A233379A098B5E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAFF2416D4FF4E43BEF48AA7312A810A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for students who live in housing located on
a military base or for which a basic allowance is provided under section 403(b)
of title 37, United States Code, shall be an allowance based on the expenses
reasonably incurred by such students for board but not for room;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED227AB7D08F4F949E2030383292F7BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40651A180DCC4A638BA9C9196F855BA9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>462.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF04BA02A07C9472E9AFD0D8372AF47FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
480(b)(6) (20
U.S.C. 1087vv(b)(6)) is amended by inserting <quote>, except
that the value of on-base military housing or the value of basic allowance for
housing determined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/37/403">section 403(b)</external-xref> of title 37, United States Code,
received by the parents, in the case of a dependent student, or the student or
student's spouse, in the case of an independent student, shall be
excluded</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9469D529492437499222447B1CF63E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id784D4F161C4A49D989F12386D41F239F" level-type="subsequent"><enum>F<?LEXA-Enum G?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General
provisions relating to student assistance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4F4DE2ACFFF4F10ABB1F64ED59EBD63" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>471.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 481(a)(2)(B) (20 U.S.C.
1088(a)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting <quote>and that measures program length
in credit hours or clock hours</quote> after <quote>baccalaureate
degree</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CFAD367B9DD4A6C8058C8CB317BA1A6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>472.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance calendar</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 482 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1089">20 U.S.C. 1089</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF700E5075F314D4BBC04091F65588998" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFCB83B159784712A7D8F9210DA2410B"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance Calendar</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to the beginning of each award year,
the Secretary shall provide to institutions of higher education a list of all
the reports and disclosures required under this Act. The list shall
include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20D32CD0ED7141009018F94169F5D0AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date each report or disclosure is
required to be completed and to be submitted, made available, or
disseminated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90608E6B2E474754BDD0530E5F6A78BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the required recipients of each report or
disclosure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59C87B29B1B3486D96992CB91C9BE249"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any required method for transmittal or
dissemination of each report or disclosure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6538626AE0C497D89C1CA26224CF4C6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the content of each report
or disclosure sufficient to allow the institution to identify the appropriate
individuals to be assigned the responsibility for such report or
disclosure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CA62EEC447044AEBBDE2EA797955AAB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">references to the statutory authority,
applicable regulations, and current guidance issued by the Secretary regarding
each report or disclosure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2966D7F7B7984DE5978D0461054A72D0"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other information which is pertinent to
the content or distribution of the report or
disclosure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAE0E2010C314C67885F0BCD9D143AEA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>473.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forms and regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 483 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1090">20 U.S.C. 1090</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2E518F1D7A9493DAF6135ABA10776F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (a) and (b) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D1C67CF2650472580A582FCF09D8BE3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7DB7ABE448C48D8A9EC1DA574452B85"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common financial aid form development and
processing</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFA69B31BBC548D7837ABF3AFB508C60"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5303A6FDC1164CE8A917E51F977F1022"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common forms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 to
determine 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). The
forms shall be made available to applicants in both paper and electronic
formats.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB734010ECAA64E05B2089C46DD5C3FFF"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FAFSA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The common financial reporting forms
described in this subsection (excluding the form described in paragraph
(2)(B)), shall be referred to collectively as the <quote>Free Application for
Federal Student Aid</quote>, or <quote>FAFSA</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E9C1547835C44F6847472BF8E98F623"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paper format</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A0E39CCED494AFCB473717E220AE9BB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall encourage applicants to
file the electronic versions of the forms described in paragraph (3), but shall
develop, make available, and process—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F6ACF4D8FAC4B5DB3097668F194EC3A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a paper version of EZ FAFSA, as described
in subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16ECF2D8A5234A6DAA785044ED58DE5E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a paper version of the other forms
described in this subsection, in accordance with subparagraph (C), for any
applicant who does not meet the requirements of or does not wish to use the
process described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A5CB356E6E9485DA56448D9AD869DD1"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">EZ FAFSA</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33026AF2042E43E9A34034747E951C07"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop and use, after
appropriate field testing, a simplified paper application form for applicants
meeting the requirements of section 479(c), which form shall be referred to as
the <quote>EZ FAFSA</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23928AF86AF94F36A3BE85C2F1E3FB66"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required Federal data
elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
include on the EZ FAFSA only the data elements required to determine student
eligibility and whether the applicant meets the requirements of section
479(c).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEF76FEDDB6F4DA48DCC39C730AC9C29"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required State data elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include on the EZ FAFSA
such data items as may be necessary to award State financial assistance, as
provided under paragraph (5), except 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DE78E48E7934432B3805E1D6AE7D5B5"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Free availability and data
distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions
of paragraphs (6) and (10) shall apply to the EZ FAFSA.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7384E56D6B6345EBB1D7AB3C95B3C81C"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase-out of full paper FAFSA</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6347C4A19E7946FBA6C3D385931D14EF"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase-out of printing of full paper
FAFSA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At such time as the
Secretary determines that it is not cost-effective to print the full paper
version of FAFSA, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2F4F2FEC12649FC94810E130CB9696C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">phase out the printing of the full paper
version of FAFSA;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD2D39283A314B6F87164DFFCB954043"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain on the Internet easily accessible,
downloadable formats of the full paper version of FAFSA; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44A579C0C3144DB5929A9FA260979037"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a printed copy of the full paper
version of FAFSA upon request.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C16A7C94E5049D3B11A5D8B69D75E1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use
of savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall utilize any savings realized by phasing out the printing of the full
paper version of FAFSA and moving applicants to the electronic versions of
FAFSA, to improve access to the electronic versions for applicants meeting the
requirements of section 479(c).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E1CE7A58A88479BA9D87D03274F2D11"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electronic versions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80310339748F4660A2C2FB6207375096"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall produce, make available
through a broadly available website, and process electronic versions of the
FAFSA and the EZ FAFSA.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BFCB23324F4437F802038D818A6B7F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum questions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use all available
technology to ensure that a student using an electronic version of the FAFSA
under this paragraph answers only the minimum number of questions
necessary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39E3931663A4405095E209F506CA6E13"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduced requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enable applicants who
meet the requirements of subsection (b) or (c) of section 479 to provide
information on the electronic version of the FAFSA only for the data elements
required to determine student eligibility and whether the applicant meets the
requirements of subsection (b) or (c) of section 479.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCB1A8F3C8AF4E26B3EAF43D010EF501"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include on the
electronic version of the FAFSA the questions needed to determine whether the
applicant is eligible for State financial assistance, as provided under
paragraph (5), except that the Secretary shall not—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF2087028D9944CD8F063D377CC5E9A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require applicants to complete data
required by any State other than the applicant's State of residence; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CE930C1FD8D4C9782874F09D0E4B2C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a State's data if such State does
not permit its applicants for State assistance to use the electronic version of
the FAFSA described in this paragraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC81252B3FFA04BC79C6FF79FB408ECF7"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Free availability and data
distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions
of paragraphs (6) and (10) shall apply to the electronic version of the
FAFSA.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42785757F9F542C3835EE87CC94D2758"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of forms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to prohibit the use of the electronic versions of the forms developed
by the Secretary pursuant to this paragraph by an eligible institution,
eligible lender, a guaranty agency, a State grant agency, a private computer
software provider, a consortium of such entities, or such other entity as the
Secretary may designate. Data collected by the electronic versions of such
forms shall be used only for the application, award, and administration of aid
awarded under this title, State aid, or aid awarded by eligible institutions or
such entities as the Secretary may designate. No data collected by such
electronic versions 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0B146129BE34A1A8664AE3CFF4D7193"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Privacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that data
collection under this paragraph complies with
section
552a of title 5, United States Code, and that any entity using
an electronic version of a form developed by the Secretary under 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
form.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8730A7F9290E45A79A9B52C9F7B6F49B"><enum>(H)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Signature</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the Secretary may permit an electronic version of a form developed 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 subparagraph (I).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB32E824CC61406BBB1C06F65C8D2AE7"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personal identification numbers
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to assign to an applicant a personal identification number—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88C21802174E4B04A088935E7777300D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enable the applicant to use such number
as a signature for purposes of completing an electronic version of a form
developed under this paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF3DC26884E7470187AA291C26F7260D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any purpose determined by the Secretary
to enable the Secretary to carry out this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id936BDF3ECAE74ADAA1C08A58E53E43AE"><enum>(J)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personal identification number
improvement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments of 2007</short-title>, the
Secretary shall implement a real-time data match between the Social Security
Administration and the Department to minimize the time required for an
applicant to obtain a personal identification number when applying for aid
under this title through an electronic version of a form developed under this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E34291714434F268D1AA5A475BAE77C"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Streamlined reapplication process</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id644155A4B98348B292F5AF445DBB8E6A"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop streamlined
paper and electronic reapplication forms and processes for an applicant who
applies for financial assistance under this title in the next succeeding
academic year subsequent to an academic year for which such applicant applied
for financial assistance under this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA1548AEF6DC48F3A8A5DBB55C62973F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updating of data elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine, in
cooperation with States, institutions of higher education, agencies, and
organizations involved in student financial assistance, the data elements that
may be transferred from the previous academic year's application and those data
elements that shall be updated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54D37BEED0FA456184224818E6BD07F4"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduced data authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48257C38DE884343AC64E8BF971D875C"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Zero family contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 data that are necessary to
determine eligibility under such section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEFB4D8F4DFD42D2B6F5C224B5B99235"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State requirements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id121720DFDB804BC3A4AA42C6218AF927"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraphs
(2)(B)(iii), (3)(D), and (4)(B), the Secretary shall include on the forms
developed under this subsection, such State-specific data items as the
Secretary determines are necessary to meet State requirements for need-based
State aid. Such items shall be selected in consultation with State agencies in
order to assist in the awarding of State financial assistance in accordance
with the terms of this subsection. The number of such data items shall not be
less than the number included on the common financial reporting form for the
2005–2006 award year 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EE07D8AA58B437C99DAD0F6EF7D3768"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct an annual
review to determine—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65B6F615087F415CB2D48EA1C6316273"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which data items each State requires to
award need-based State aid; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AF8F8BA93A04FAB90056B92A8BE3EB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the State will permit an applicant to
file a form described in paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(C).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1364D00DD315411593CBD85D5F485506"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of simplified application forms
encouraged</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall encourage States to take such steps as are necessary to encourage the use
of simplified forms under this subsection, including those forms described in
paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(C), for applicants who meet the requirements of
subsection (b) or (c) of section 479.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F4A0F700EC04550B4AAEFDAA37D0174"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consequences if State does not accept
simplified forms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State
does not permit an applicant to file a form described in paragraph (2)(B) or
(3)(C) for purposes of determining eligibility for State need-based financial
aid, the Secretary may determine that State-specific questions for such State
will not be included on a form described in paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(B). If the
Secretary makes such determination, the Secretary shall advise the State of the
Secretary's determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF38DA460D67405090CA9612051CE356"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lack of State response to request for
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State does
not respond to the Secretary’s request for information under subparagraph (B),
the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1DB969668C143B5BD6165B67A7E5C09"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permit residents of that State to complete
simplified forms under paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5AB6DAFDAF343E6BEA099AF79727989"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not require any resident of such State to
complete any data items previously required by that State under this
section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEB039EC53754B7485F858245D6D7CFA"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not require applicants
to complete any financial or non-financial data items that are not
required—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1546A06E6D749CCA7E12BEEE6CB2685"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the applicant's State; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB643011338824290B018B7DAE23251FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EE59F426A944D64A7987717432807F2"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Charges to students and parents for use of
forms prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The need and
eligibility of a student for financial assistance under parts A through E
(other than under subpart 4 of part A) may be determined only by using a form
developed by the Secretary under this subsection. Such forms shall be produced,
distributed, and processed by the Secretary, and no parent or student shall be
charged a fee by the Secretary, a contractor, a third-party servicer or private
software provider, or any other public or private entity for the collection,
processing, or delivery of financial aid through the use of such forms. No data
collected on a paper or electronic version of a form developed under this
subsection, or other document that was created to replace, or used to complete,
such a form, and for which a fee was paid, shall be used.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D9235A3904B43758D3E3F083BB71EB0"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restrictions on use of pin</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person, commercial entity, or other
entity shall request, obtain, or utilize an applicant's personal identification
number assigned under paragraph (3)(I) for purposes of submitting a form
developed under this subsection on an applicant's behalf.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C1CDB9D0A50461F83C656F712E1F0C9"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application processing cycle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enable students to
submit forms developed under this subsection and initiate the processing of
such forms under this subsection, as early as practicable prior to January 1 of
the student's planned year of enrollment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC85F108D4444E5DB142E5E46E0AAAA0"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early estimates of expected family
contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall permit an applicant to complete a form described in this subsection in
the years prior to enrollment in order to obtain from the Secretary a
nonbinding estimate of the applicant's expected family contribution, computed
in accordance with part F. Such applicant shall be permitted to update
information submitted on a form described in this subsection using the process
required under paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67D4B61ADE264B73B17A187EF478AEDE"><enum>(10)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution of data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutions of higher education, guaranty
agencies, and States shall receive, without charge, the data collected by the
Secretary using a form developed under this subsection for the purposes of
processing loan applications and determining need and eligibility for
institutional and State financial aid awards. Entities designated by
institutions of higher education, guaranty agencies, or States to receive such
data shall be subject to all the requirements of this section, unless such
requirements are waived by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE90B671B76D748F1A6A2B222D9487768"><enum>(11)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Third party servicers and private software
providers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent
practicable and in a timely manner, the Secretary shall provide, to private
organizations and consortia that develop software used by institutions of
higher education for the administration of funds under this title, all the
necessary specifications that the organizations and consortia must meet for the
software the organizations and consortia develop, produce, and distribute
(including any diskette, modem, or network communications) which are so used.
The specifications shall contain record layouts for required data. The
Secretary shall develop in advance of each processing cycle an annual schedule
for providing such specifications. The Secretary, to the extent practicable,
shall use multiple means of providing such specifications, including
conferences and other meetings, outreach, and technical support mechanisms
(such as training and printed reference materials). The Secretary shall, from
time to time, solicit from such organizations and consortia means of improving
the support provided by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3089262FE30145BAB3F114E621458BA1"><enum>(12)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Parent's Social Security number and birth
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to include space on the forms developed under this subsection for
the social security number and birth date of parents of dependent students
seeking financial assistance under this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3F6CFCB04BD4E39A7B51B1F4CD32F4D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (c) through
(e) (as amended by section 101(b)(11)) as subsections (b) through (d),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E9E0A7ABBEE4C1C9D9CD41E969966E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)), by striking <quote>that is authorized</quote> and all that
follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>or other appropriate
provider of technical assistance and information on postsecondary educational
services that is authorized under section 663(a) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments of
2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall test and implement, to the extent
practicable, a toll-free telephone based system to permit applicants who meet
the requirements of 479(c) to submit an application over such
system.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35C62FA8F31B4FA9B468139ABE363DE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d) (as redesignated
by paragraph (2)) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1825B9C2C5A1419992C1BC3351A3AF22" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD99983DA30964FDD8C11E8942BF16C25"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance in preparation of financial aid
application</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC6FE236953E4D9F8500EEBCC176B05E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preparation authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any provision of this Act,
an applicant may use a preparer for consultative or preparation services for
the completion of a form developed under subsection (a) if the preparer
satisfies the requirements of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04A07854A0604B428079F96A02CA05EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preparer identification
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an applicant uses
a preparer for consultative or preparation services for the completion of a
form developed under subsection (a), the preparer shall include the name,
signature, address or employer's address, social security number or employer
identification number, and organizational affiliation of the preparer on the
applicant's form.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6B8D6A3DF984534AFB687B227648DAD"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A preparer that provides consultative or
preparation services pursuant to this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26AB6F6D80404931A280072A4D08384B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clearly inform each individual upon initial
contact, including contact through the Internet or by telephone, that the FAFSA
and EZ FAFSA may be completed for free via paper or electronic versions of the
forms that are provided by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id310352C2B8274D7B9D984B26EE536905"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include in any advertising clear and
conspicuous information that the FAFSA and EZ FAFSA may be completed for free
via paper or electronic versions of the forms that are provided by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02CBD4B0FAA24455BEAC52EFB1962AAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if advertising or providing any information
on a website, or if providing services through a website, include on the
website a link to the website described in subsection (a)(3) that provides the
electronic versions of the forms developed under subsection (a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id462D544E27994564B4DED1172CCD64D8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">refrain from producing or disseminating any
form other than the forms developed by the Secretary under subsection (a);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C75A24876254BD59853BC2BF4A69BFB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not charge any fee to any individual
seeking services who meets the requirements of subsection (b) or (c) of section
479.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE79AC6C9B2E448F59FE667298AF40798"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
limit preparers of the financial reporting forms required to be made under this
title that meet the requirements of this subsection from collecting source
information from a student or parent, including Internal Revenue Service tax
forms, in providing consultative and preparation services in completing the
forms.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EF14527292845C8A1B322466C1B964F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7BC577595BD4041B30DC95BF2AFA8BB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65135C53E9084AD69028624B443EF50A"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early application and award demonstration
program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BE9068C12B14458B3BD0B3E5E3F67B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of the demonstration program
implemented under this subsection is to determine the feasibility of
implementing a comprehensive early application and notification system for all
dependent students and to measure the benefits and costs of such a
system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F52E5A20BA348458FAC3589BDA1E93F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall implement an early application
demonstration program enabling dependent students who wish to participate in
the program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE128179773054E159EFB7681003B16B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to complete an application under this
subsection during the academic year that is 2 years prior to the year such
students plan to enroll in an institution of higher education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2CFEB0D59CF4C88BDAC744708F9C10F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on the application described in
subparagraph (A), to obtain, not later than 1 year prior to the year of the
students' planned enrollment, information on eligibility for Federal Pell
Grants, Federal student loans under this title, and State and institutional
financial aid for the student's first year of enrollment in an the institution
of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6ADF18A91DB4690BE870C5EF52A561F"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early application and award</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For all dependent students selected for
participation in the demonstration program who submit a completed FAFSA, or, as
appropriate, an EZ FAFSA, 2 years prior to the year such students plan to
enroll in an institution of higher education, the Secretary shall, not later
than 1 year prior to the year of such planned enrollment—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F0F9B67F3CF4A219AAA6BC9E6826565"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide each student who meets the
requirements under section 479(c) with a determination of such
student's—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id336A982D63924485A788BFB4B8EA1E13"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expected family contribution for the first
year of the student's enrollment in an institution of higher education;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DB42BC1ACD54D2784B5FAC434BA96E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Pell Grant award for the first such
year, based on the maximum Federal Pell Grant award at the time of
application;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D3A1634F9D24F5DB2191AE8C75CB467"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide each student who does not meet the
requirements under section 479(c) with an estimate of such student’s—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEBD27F3F14E4164B140E6601EA6CCA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expected family contribution for the first
year of the student's planned enrollment; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D556FAA710348DE9B65C8FF48348736"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Pell Grant award for the first such
year, based on the maximum Federal Pell Grant award at the time of application;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB105E1C8EC3C4D62B1450A5A9D6CFEA0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remind the students of the need to update
the students’ information during the calendar year of enrollment using the
expedited reapplication process provided for in subsection (a)(4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4EECE45F9E049448A7275FD0F28768F"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include, as
participants in the demonstration program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id811E61ED28004FBF8C7223708D1E4C3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">States selected through the application
process described in paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id516DE6D1D6C94870A4CCF4E0E109CC91"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education within the
selected States that are interested in participating in the demonstration
program, and that can make estimates or commitments of institutional student
financial aid, as appropriate, to students the year before the students'
planned enrollment date; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB601A9A325C54233B29899A6E248E7BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">secondary schools within the selected
States that are interested in participating in the demonstration program, and
can commit resources to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71043A53FAE84185884297760FEA0B68"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advertising the availability of the
program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id224F3E6497B64F668EFFD6D8E6F6C10E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifying students who might be
interested in participating in the program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19D0F31F0D2D48FE9A1563B25F25F3F6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encouraging such students to apply;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7485736F74EE4081A523D8607B33012F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participating in the evaluation of the
program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4878488911244690835276E7F79FE05C"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">States that are interested in participating
in the demonstration program shall submit an application, to the Secretary at
such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary shall
require. The application shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21158624DBD94831A540D12C9F4572DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the amount of the State's
need-based student financial assistance available, and the eligibility criteria
for receiving such assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C01E00D625B4C6097C46C69DB9ECC6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commitment to make, not later than the
year before the dependent students participating in the demonstration program
plan to enroll in an institution of higher education—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60A3494DF29E4564B11E686BBDAC6E59"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determinations of State financial aid
awards to dependent students participating in the program who meet the
requirements of section 479(c); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C0C383D0AAF41739FC031EC238D690D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates of State financial aid awards to
other dependent students participating in the program;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A0C3BC76D074E96AC1E0461FB12BDAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for recruiting institutions of
higher education and secondary schools with different demographic
characteristics to participate in the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5F1242D911D46AA9349539B71206416"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for selecting institutions of higher
education and secondary schools to participate in the program that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AA1B0084EC44DA1ADCF3AE7BAB3B861"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate a commitment to encouraging
students to submit a FAFSA, or, as appropriate, an EZ FAFSA, 2 years before the
students' planned date of enrollment in an institution of higher
education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AAB40E976914FCAAA65EE238ADA9843"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve different populations of
students;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45C421F44C144D56BD0A58AA4E76B871"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of institutions of higher
education—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37606A1037E3418384D1225390BA68F2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent possible, are of varying
types and control; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17FBEA4F35C946C3B04EE0AE4B55D226"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commit to making, not later than the year
prior to the year that dependent students participating in the demonstration
program plan to enroll in the institution—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A5BAEE8566F46D4A77B9FB50EE685DB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutional awards to participating
dependent students who meet the requirements of section 479(c);</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB588C321DBA4E5EA645E870261882B8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimates of institutional awards to other
participating dependent students; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D613C3D81F7490D8E88A2C1FF06203A"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expected or tentative awards of grants or
other financial aid available under this title (including supplemental grants
under subpart 3 of part A), for all participating dependent students, along
with information on State awards, as provided to the institution by the
State;</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B950C2FD70F413A8920E6EFB0290400"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commitment to participate in the
evaluation conducted by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD85855C898F34453A6A6456FE3AF238C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7541BC69B8614FB8927C38BF6EC6E5B2"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special provisions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EF7BCE361EE44F18F059C0B73636787"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discretion of student financial aid
administrators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A financial
aid administrator at an institution of higher education participating in a
demonstration program under this subsection may use the discretion provided
under section 479A as necessary in awarding financial aid to students
participating in the demonstration program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C3B267317F846FD87FE7FA5874BBE67"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waivers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to waive, for
an institution participating in the demonstration program, any requirements
under the title, or regulations prescribed under this title, that would make
the demonstration program unworkable, except that the Secretary shall not waive
any provisions with respect to the maximum award amounts for grants and loans
under this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11E92546902E41C4B31A438394629287"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make appropriate
efforts in order to notify States, institutions of higher education, and
secondary schools of the demonstration program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E78777F59754D99A7599208DB120995"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a rigorous
evaluation of the demonstration program to measure the program's benefits and
adverse effects, as the benefits and effects relate to the purpose of the
program described in paragraph (1). In conducting the evaluation, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7D7D5EBF7AC44188E51F9F04F4DF558"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify whether receiving financial aid
awards or estimates, as applicable, 1 year prior to the year in which the
student plans to enroll in an institution of higher education, has a positive
impact on the higher education aspirations and plans of such student;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2967E525B58C4DDF997E3A6DF8BE7A6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measure the extent to which using a
student's income information from the year that is 2 years prior to the
student's planned enrollment date had an impact on the ability of States and
institutions to make financial aid awards and commitments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C2C72A2A31144B29E14CEBAC16B4D5F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine what operational changes would be
required to implement the program on a larger scale;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6757A13BDCB485682D2D8A88E5EA139"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify any changes to Federal law that
would be necessary to implement the program on a permanent basis; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C6929B428904CEBAEB8A85E334AE058"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the benefits and adverse effects
of providing early awards or estimates on program costs, program operations,
program integrity, award amounts, distribution, and delivery of aid.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C2A17FE3E5C4E038387FB416FEC7DA8"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult, as
appropriate, with the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
established under section 491 on the design, implementation, and evaluation of
the demonstration program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB142E0DD5ED64487BEBDC689CAC636C0"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of IRS data and reduced income and
asset information to determine eligibility for student financial aid</header>
<paragraph id="ID0b031a10119e45e89741272b04483d53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Formation of study
group</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the
Higher Education Amendments of 2007, the Comptroller General of the United
States and the Secretary of Education shall convene a study group whose
membership shall include the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office, representatives of institutions of higher education with expertise in
Federal and State financial aid assistance, State chief executive officers of
higher education with a demonstrated commitment to simplifying the FAFSA, and
such other individuals as the Comptroller General and the Secretary of
Education may designate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0416C1E56F04EDEBE68DE3016CE4E96"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller
General and the Secretary, in consultation with the study group convened under
paragraph (1), shall design and conduct a study to identify and evaluate the
means of simplifying the process of applying for Federal financial aid
available under this title. The study shall focus on developing alternative
approaches for calculating the expected family contribution that use
substantially less income and asset data than the methodology currently used,
as of the time of the study, for determining the expected family
contribution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEB0BB2B4C6B44AABAE8E02402EA13FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Objectives of study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The objectives of the study required under
paragraph (2) are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF445E7A5D384BF2B324B196F75E59F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to shorten the FAFSA and make it easier and
less time-consuming to complete, thereby increasing higher education access for
low-income students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FE25FACE18E44E7A4CD4ADB2CCE4D19"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to examine the feasibility, and evaluate
the costs and benefits, of using income data from the Internal Revenue Service
to pre-populate the electronic version of the FAFSA;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC81C8CE8EFCD4A598D1693E47E39CAF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine ways in which to provide
reliable information on the amount of Federal grant aid and financial
assistance a student can expect to receive, assuming constant income, 2 to 3
years before the student's enrollment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CF50F49F51444D88E2E72E8198DD8C3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to simplify the process for determining
eligibility for student financial aid without causing significant
redistribution of Federal grants and subsidized loans under this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0F1C9A6CFBE4EA9A7563DCF1E84ABF7"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required subjects of study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study required under paragraph (2)
shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF336F2785B5D4A03BD200020D53281E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the expected family contribution of a
student could be calculated using substantially less income and asset
information than the approach currently used, as of the time of the study, to
calculate the expected family contribution without causing significant
redistribution of Federal grants and subsidized loans under this title, State
aid, or institutional aid, or change in the composition of the group of
recipients of such aid, which alternative approaches for calculating the
expected family contribution shall, to the extent practicable—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC707D48F88884202A9EF617A155F5A33"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rely mainly, in the case of students and
parents who file income tax returns, on information available on the 1040,
1040EZ, and 1040A; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id337CCBDDB4EB46ECB08C71E3E93B9447"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include formulas for adjusting income or
asset information to produce similar results to the existing approach with less
data;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E1FF57D4F7642E6B7997446D8F94D4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the Internal Revenue Service can
provide income and other data needed to compute an expected family contribution
for taxpayers and dependents of taxpayers to the Secretary of Education, and
when in the application cycle the data can be made available;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52AFD61E82824626B7671D8498783222"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether data provided by the Internal
Revenue could be used to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF77F75E05DD64DFEA4B5DA28BE34CEA8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepopulate the electronic version of the
FAFSA with student and parent taxpayer data; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id851BB018B51C47A1941E061C63BFACD3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">generate an expected family contribution
without additional action on the part of the student and taxpayer;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7BAD3DC00354564811D0F2887FE2AC2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the use of income data
from 2 years prior to a student's planned enrollment date would change the
expected family contribution computed in accordance with part F, and potential
adjustments to the need analysis formula that would minimize the change;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32A65FE019544A53AE6C9CBED549CB0F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which States and institutions
would accept the data provided by the Internal Revenue Service to prepopulate
the electronic version of the FAFSA in determining the distribution of State
and institutional student financial aid funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65673F5CB7E0464BA726C4D9CEEA41AE"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the changes to the electronic version of
the FAFSA and verification processes that would be needed or could be made if
Internal Revenue Service data were used to prepopulate such electronic
version;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id355DD672785343698EA57CF9D854BF9E"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the data elements currently collected, as
of the time of the study, on the FAFSA that are needed to determine eligibility
for student aid, or to administer Federal student financial aid programs, but
are not needed to compute an expected family contribution, such as whether
information regarding the student's citizenship or permanent residency status,
registration for selective service, or driver’s license number could be reduced
without adverse effects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF3093EDA891400C9F815F3FDF43E754"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional steps that can be taken to
simplify the financial aid application process for students who (or, in the
case of dependent students, whose parents) are not required to file an income
tax return for the prior taxable year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EB6EFE234A84AABB53885FE9367F667"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the State need for and usage
of the full array of income, asset, and other information currently collected,
as of the time of the study, on the FAFSA, including analyses of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4D0E7B0B677437CA35C87DDBE99B574"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">what data are currently used by States to
determine eligibility for State student financial aid, and whether the data are
used for merit or need-based aid;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F036CE9D3F8450591355CFD6CFD80E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the full array of
income and asset information currently collected on the FAFSA play an important
role in the awarding of need-based State financial aid, and whether the State
could use income and asset information that was more limited to support
determinations of eligibility for such State aid programs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1668373D20D5413E96C529343AFD68F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether data are required by State law,
State regulations, or policy directives;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37EC23828F074114B7DF08B4A42E551D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">what State official has the authority to
advise the Department on what the State requires to calculate need-based State
student financial aid;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14D689C83D7B4DA0AC1EC6DF49A529B3"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which any State-specific
information requirements could be met by completion of a State application
linked to the electronic version of the FAFSA; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id858CA80374B1470B89836D00538258C4"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the State can use, as of the time
of the study, or could use, a student's expected family contribution based on
data from 2 years prior to the student's planned enrollment date and a
calculation with reduced data elements and, if not, what additional information
would be needed or what changes would be required; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7052DE0898B04BAB994FC861B71E248C"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on institutional needs,
including the extent to which institutions of higher education are already
using supplemental forms to collect additional data from students and their
families to determine eligibility for institutional funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B047DA1F27D4EC7ACEF6F28CC656CCF"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of data from the internal revenue
service to prepopulate FAFSA forms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the study required under this
subsection has been completed, the Secretary may use Internal Revenue Service
data to prepopulate the electronic version of the FAFSA if the Secretary, in a
joint decision with the Secretary of Treasury, determines that such use will
not significantly negatively impact students, institutions of higher education,
States, or the Federal Government based on each of the following
criteria:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id503A43C0B68E4A98B27C167DAE115488"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program costs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id933C48A796EE412B9D4747B826446313"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redistributive effects on students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDCC2B7F77CF44A386C94DE47BAEDBEF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accuracy of aid determinations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id384ECEC480AA41E581A9C70E519656AF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction of burden to the FAFSA
filers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DDF4BD7BBCB489AB1BF4FCB22A81571"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether all States and institutions that
currently accept the Federal aid formula accept the use of data from 2 years
prior to the date of a student's planned enrollment in an institution of higher
education to award Federal, State, and institutional aid, and as a result will
not require students to complete any additional forms to receive this
aid.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2670F0C62F744E92A6C872BA5085405E"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with the
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance established under section
491 as appropriate in carrying out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID33d78ff02ab84c45a087a1ee9dcd6db1"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 2007, the Comptroller General
and the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report on the results of the study
required under this subsection to the authorizing
committees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6F9E6178723477E8E7638C3FA9882E6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>474.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student eligibility</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4846B674129A4691B6E61960341E978E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 484 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091">20 U.S.C. 1091</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE19D52EE2664484398435029022403A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DB3475A197F48E2906276E88E20988B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C4831C93019424BBE164F8F449957EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The student shall be determined by the
institution of higher education as having the ability to benefit from the
education or training offered by the institution of higher education, upon
satisfactory completion of 6 credit hours or the equivalent coursework that are
applicable toward a degree or certificate offered by the institution of higher
education.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25788326F8D54E45BFAE797E0CBD0CC7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (l) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA22AE510464C4A7D9CB7C64163E3C350" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC450D9C7A2DA4303924A1647D846993D"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Courses Offered Through Distance
Education</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAECA030A0D494FE8A6E28EE97F5C02BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relation to correspondence courses</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8AE46563EFF4B97922E056312282F55"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student enrolled in a course of
instruction at an institution of higher education that is offered principally
through distance education and leads to a recognized certificate, or associate,
baccalaureate, or graduate degree, conferred by such institution, shall not be
considered to be enrolled in correspondence courses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1587781BB654B5BB2FB1E627F2673AC"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education referred
to in subparagraph (A) shall not include an institution or school described in
section 3(3)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of
2006.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id041C32DF1DE14CDA83486F32765B29DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction or reductions of financial
aid</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student’s eligibility
to receive grants, loans, or work assistance under this title shall be reduced
if a financial aid officer determines under the discretionary authority
provided in section 479A that distance education results in a substantially
reduced cost of attendance to such student.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8A9D8961E9E435D8EE0ACAB7EDE20A6"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For award years prior to July 1, 2008, the
Secretary shall not take any compliance, disallowance, penalty, or other action
against a student or an eligible institution when such action arises out of
such institution’s prior award of student assistance under this title if the
institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that its course
of instruction would have been in conformance with the requirements of this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17A7E747080C441B91C7B5B538D656D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id696AFF1DC4A04372994545750441B184" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE2CF66F368B4208A1211F1E09FD2E66"><enum>(s)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Students with intellectual
disabilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
subsection (a), in order to receive any grant or work assistance under subparts
1 and 3 of part A and part C of this title, a student with an intellectual
disability shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB5AE4E1CD9B421BAA62551BFD296D00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be an individual with an intellectual
disability whose mental retardation or other significant cognitive impairment
substantially impacts the individual's intellectual and cognitive
functioning;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5854542A44154EAF85467ADA12CBCF65"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA388CF3196DE41DF939308FE71B1E7C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be a student eligible for assistance under
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act who has completed secondary
school; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF272F48B15B469B85E9B639B6EF6988" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be an individual who is no longer eligible
for assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act because
the individual has exceeded the maximum age for which the State provides a free
appropriate public education;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C1581D8AA354009A100DCA93BE611B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a
comprehensive transition and postsecondary education program that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D277EA92DB6446A97DEF958D3865514"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designed for students with an
intellectual disability who are seeking to continue academic, vocational, and
independent living instruction at the institution in order to prepare for
gainful employment and independent living;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56AC5952A4D2428AA8113149386D60F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes an advising and curriculum
structure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72FF3616A20943D29B2706858CC77FD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires students to participate on at
least a half-time basis, as determined by the institution; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D5DFBC58C2247E68E010159268BC27A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5A510250B5C43A19F43471F092A2EDB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regular enrollment in courses offered by
the institution;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0A1B8D595B64159A82A5BE989786F50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">auditing or participating in courses
offered by the institution for which the student does not receive regular
academic credit;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BEA23E3E5874E63A601117E76B0F589"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enrollment in noncredit, nondegree
courses;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6073FC5D7B344A91998D118C546DD639"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participation in internships; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29B764CCCC43488E9A7188945B4DE25C"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a combination of 2 or more of the
activities described in clauses (i) through (iv);</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCB1B7F3628F47F39E69AE671A901309"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be maintaining satisfactory progress in the
program as determined by the institution, in accordance with standards
established by the institution; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53D2EDA6FF4347BCB6B4083EDBDBC176"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet the requirements of paragraphs (3),
(4), (5), and (6) of subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F4E088344FE48F090B2C08CA794290C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take affect on July 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12DB627CFD56498EBB92E0394974BEE4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>475.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statute of limitations and State court
judgments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 484A (20
U.S.C. 1091a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD9BC4EF378D45BBBFF78B8DB558061B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CFB665A73B848C884757F737E6ECDE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0296DC55BB03437EBCE2FC471DA2B8F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B6AFB21FE9E4CFCB36B9D6DCCFE66DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00603D0DBF46435E859017B26F370CDA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAADE8DB02B67482CBA6ACDE7AC725720"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in collecting any obligation arising from a
loan made under part E of this title, an institution of higher education that
has an agreement with the Secretary pursuant to section 463(a) shall not be
subject to a defense raised by any borrower based on a claim of
infancy.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50BBDF8A5F2C4FEDBE5FFCF83B282B81"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43644523B8C14E9F875068FC47EC95C2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0CCEB01B7744272859E08559073F3FF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not apply in the case of
a student who is deceased or to a deceased student’s estate or the estate of
such student’s family. If a student is deceased, then the student’s estate or
the estate of the student’s family shall not be required to repay any financial
assistance under this title, including interest paid on the student’s behalf,
collection costs, or other charges specified in this
title.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id623399EC47CC4D52A302CA2FC3C7D5CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>476.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional refunds</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCF681DFF43A44DDA466A44AAFECD8CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 484B(c)(2) (20 U.S.C.
1091B(c)(2)) is amended by striking “may determine the
appropriate withdrawal date.” and inserting “may determine—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8B434738A4A499D93AEBE8E52074912" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C859DA0DEB3464BACFF83179891A6A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the appropriate withdrawal date; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DB8633121614EF39A062B21AE191442"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the requirements of subsection (b)(2)
do not apply to the
student.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id530EB93EB964403AA8E26292695A00CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20B1866A13DD4B1E941FDB459CFC1901" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>477.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional and financial assistance
information for students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 485 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C35405860F24E9688AE87E7355D2AD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E99DEB1A6B1443584B2BB26320D8F62"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id2E7CD7113DD44FB7BFE38FAB161584E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)—</text>
<subclause id="idE1BA864B8550499A8A59CB91A5CEBBC4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>program, and</quote> and inserting <quote>program,</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE70485B2CC84DB8BE8FE298CE826EC0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>,
and (iv) any plans by the institution for improving the academic program of the
institution</quote> after <quote>instructional personnel</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1119F4EFEA5B4CCA92E7A9DD1AEAF161"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (M) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23191783F5B94D50807F748A76DC936A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id551F52CC951941B8A826AB5BB8C33CB3"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms and conditions of the loans that
students receive under parts B, D, and
E;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91B5793396324FCDA3C83C91DCA8EB3D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (N), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBEE7C09D6634C39A45B29D3AF559309"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (O), by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55519B1051144751B499E8A02BA555F6"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EB2B0E6B70F42848F2EF33B61851B6D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id989A114A12E44B30BACF83B49F6C9D33"><enum>(P)</enum><text>institutional policies
and sanctions related to copyright infringement, including—</text>
<clause id="ID4101f2b1295d460a928f3b54bc280962"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an annual disclosure that
explicitly informs students that unauthorized distribution of copyrighted
material, including unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing, may subject the
students to civil and criminal liabilities;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4b3a2672d77e4dd685d134704e33b2f8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a summary of the
penalties for violation of Federal copyright laws;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd44c1bace6464289b5557f86cdca69a8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of the
institution's policies with respect to unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing,
including disciplinary actions that are taken against students who engage in
unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials using the institution's
information technology system; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID032718399e524f6fa0197375d891cc8f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a description of actions
that the institution takes to prevent and detect unauthorized distribution of
copyrighted material on the institution's information technology system;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA785B5D18AF4C44AF6D0095D0F837EC"><enum>(Q)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">student body diversity at the institution,
including information on the percentage of enrolled, full-time students who
are—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9816221AB3404D05B71BDDD44FBE7ECA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">male;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id541A6E1DB59A492E82D71220F990C348"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">female;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0A136775E0547C5AB038C299F8488B2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from a low-income background; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4B1398061ED4AF1B239763DCF3DCE8C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a self-identified member of a major racial
or ethnic group;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A3A480472D24E86AE75C65AF0CBB4EA"><enum>(R)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the placement in employment of, and types
of employment obtained by, graduates of the institution’s degree or certificate
programs, gathered from such sources as alumni surveys, student satisfaction
surveys, the National Survey of Student Engagement, the Community College
Survey of Student Engagement, State data systems, or other relevant
sources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id776849FEE040482DBE93234D93AB76C3"><enum>(S)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the types of graduate and professional
education in which graduates of the institution’s 4-year degree programs
enrolled, gathered from such sources as alumni surveys, student satisfaction
surveys, the National Survey of Student Engagement, State data systems, or
other relevant sources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFD929C6F9E742AB80A26DD3E84BC81D"><enum>(T)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the fire safety report prepared by the
institution pursuant to subsection (i); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC1A9B6DC487436FABDFBA1EE4867057"><enum>(U)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the retention rate of certificate- or
degree-seeking, full-time, undergraduate students entering such
institution.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52714BA1035E439B9AE5E870CA7C74F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A78143A87294AF094448D1D05465451" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40B61460DF9E4D688B645068B29D9353"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, institutions
may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5BBE571295043E382750B676A9DB33F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exclude from the information disclosed in
accordance with subparagraph (L) of paragraph (1) the completion or graduation
rates of students who leave school to serve in the Armed Forces, on official
church missions, or with a recognized foreign aid service of the Federal
Government; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74B405FDAFC3409D89CAB283DFA76083"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in cases where the students described in
subparagraph (A) represent 20 percent or more of the certificate- or
degree-seeking, full-time, undergraduate students at the institution, the
institution may recalculate the completion or graduation rates of such students
by excluding from the calculation described in paragraph (3) the time period
such students were not enrolled due to their service in the Armed Forces, on
official church missions, or with a recognized foreign aid service of the
Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB907BC4856BF46D2ADFE19F9D89E6867"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A5A4F0B16804329BB0D696F40B437DE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCECC1FD979EE4C448CAD759639C33EE8" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information disclosed under
subparagraph (L) of paragraph (1), or reported under subsection (e), shall
include information disaggregated by gender, by each major racial and ethnic
subgroup, by recipients of a Federal Pell Grant, by recipients of a loan made
under this part or part D (other than a loan made under section 428H or a
Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan) who did not receive a Federal Pell
Grant, and by recipients of neither a Federal Pell Grant nor a loan made under
this part or part D (other than a loan made under section 428H or a Federal
Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan), if the number of students in such subgroup
or with such status is sufficient to yield statistically reliable information
and reporting would not reveal personally identifiable information about an
individual student. If such number is not sufficient for such purposes, then
the institution shall note that the institution enrolled too few of such
students to so disclose or report with confidence and
confidentiality.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id580AF960393B4B77A6607850EA4AEAB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2609BEB82BA74F718D622017BB218408"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(A), by striking the
subparagraph designation and all that follows through <quote>465.</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD32893B522DF47FB91BE66EB728CDA4B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id541DC6A253C948409BF66C8C0A4F833E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible institution shall, through
financial aid offices or otherwise, provide counseling to borrowers of loans
that are made, insured, or guaranteed under part B (other than loans made
pursuant to section 428C or loans made to parents pursuant to section 428B), or
made under part D (other than Federal Direct Consolidation Loans or Federal
Direct PLUS Loans made to parents) or E, prior to the completion of the course
of study for which the borrower enrolled at the institution or at the time of
departure from such institution. The counseling required by this subsection
shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id277FA7D7272E43A58501EF4D907927E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the repayment plans
available, including a discussion of the different features of each plan and
sample information showing the difference in interest paid and total payments
under each plan;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37D4C3EC83AC4E65BB59BA2C58CF39FC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average anticipated monthly repayments
under the standard repayment plan and, at the borrower’s request, the other
repayment plans for which the borrower is eligible;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6D8F47F27A64A5993D4DC383030B5C8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such debt and management strategies as the
institution determines are designed to facilitate the repayment of such
indebtedness;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB8B781E76FA48119BFF6F65A3B047DB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation that the borrower has the
ability to prepay each such loan, pay the loan on a shorter schedule, and
change repayment plans;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62AE7BCB73384690A277E166C5CBC2BB"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms and conditions under which the
student may obtain full or partial forgiveness or cancellation of principal or
interest under sections 428J, 460, and 465 (to the extent that such sections
are applicable to the student’s loans);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id147BA7D93BCC47FA98802A38E966FB3C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms and conditions under which the
student may defer repayment of principal or interest or be granted forbearance
under subsections (b)(1)(M) and (o) of section 428, 428H(e)(7), subsections (f)
and (l) of section 455, and section 464(c)(2), and the potential impact of such
deferment or forbearance;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A2C24E0486144D3A0C5F3932806DAB8"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the consequences of default on such
loans;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id572032E593CF460DBDD591EC37B6BBE2"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the effects of using a
consolidation loan to discharge the borrower’s loans under parts B, D, and E,
including, at a minimum—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E4C4DD12611474C8E415D3FCE5B6B9F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effects of consolidation on total
interest to be paid, fees to be paid, and length of repayment;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AD14070A7724B938E77F012E9CC7124"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effects of consolidation on a
borrower’s underlying loan benefits, including all grace periods, loan
forgiveness, cancellation, and deferment opportunities;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F2578A3C1AC40AB91AD61C311773165"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of the borrower to prepay the
loan or change repayment plans; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11AC83DBE26E4E7F825248086E88EA01"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that borrower benefit programs may vary
among different loan holders; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1D77CA73EEC49A9B95657E2DBBF8C13"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notice to borrowers about the
availability of the National Student Loan Data System and how the system can be
used by a borrower to obtain information on the status of the borrower’s
loans.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2DE148DFC5C43719EA24ACA0D9EE93F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EBB1E9C9A2B486DBAFDA2974B2451B0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24BB26B539CB44E9A1EDD488BC9FF5A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible institution shall, during the
exit interview required by this subsection, provide to a borrower of a loan
made under part B, D, or E a clear and conspicuous notice describing the
general effects of using a consolidation loan to discharge the borrower’s
student loans, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA87ACCF5F0364782A2B519DB4B87BEC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effects of consolidation on total
interest to be paid, fees to be paid, and length of repayment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47A40729827C423E95AFEBBABB3537C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effects of consolidation on a
borrower’s underlying loan benefits, including loan forgiveness, cancellation,
and deferment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E07FFD8DD14433B997FAAF5AF0FE45C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability for the borrower to prepay the
loan, pay on a shorter schedule, and to change repayment plans, and that
borrower benefit programs may vary among different loan holders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF862BBF10204486C87B9F2CF6337BD70"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a general description of the types of tax
benefits which may be available to borrowers of student loans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A9D29ED48FB426F88881355A5E7E4D6"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the consequences of
default.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE934B552E47840E598C4495EE53EF14E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFBE59B8560042BB8761C728FA4295AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>grant assistance, as
well as State</quote> after <quote>describing State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C9AF968D01A46DC90A45D55A63DE64B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and other means,
including through the Internet</quote> before the period at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AB196DD03E04C44B7BE22758FA85D57"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking paragraph
(3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A67AC3C2AFE4347BC90F622D8ECA355" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45EF39CE0BE9457FB2A16B6F38A59C07"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection,
institutions may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id184857CCE92948A0A4406957A3A676CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exclude from the reporting requirements
under paragraphs (1) and (2) the completion or graduation rates of students and
student athletes who leave school to serve in the Armed Forces, on official
church missions, or with a recognized foreign aid service of the Federal
Government; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA60EAE1F334F48C7842822DE1E0E00D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in cases where the students described in
subparagraph (A) represent 20 percent or more of the certificate- or
degree-seeking, full-time, undergraduate students at the institution, the
institution may calculate the completion or graduation rates of such students
by excluding from the calculations described in paragraph (1) the time period
such students were not enrolled due to their service in the Armed Forces, on
official church missions, or with a recognized foreign aid service of the
Federal
Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id113C54FA6EF24096B260C56F275195CD"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE33C31506A4F4D1887B3848A5BA12B5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA248FA5087044FD28D2BBAD08967A53E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
inserting <quote>, other than a foreign institution of higher
education,</quote> after <quote>under this title</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D617D6FCF0F4760B8AD9F9AA20EEDEC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2909D647FAD42E5AF0CFBA796D45A4B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4C350F403B44E4DA1781354A7328148"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of current campus policies
regarding immediate emergency response and evacuation procedures, including the
use of electronic and cellular communication (if appropriate), which policies
shall include procedures—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA62B7D43CD214F6C99B09D54466C24A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to notify the campus community in a
reasonable and timely manner in the event of a significant emergency or
dangerous situation, involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of
students or staff, occurring on the campus;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B4187FF060140D2A27B18D3F8147405"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to publicize emergency response and
evacuation procedures on an annual basis in a manner designed to reach students
and staff; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EA3017CAA4D4D95AD76F682FD079D38"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to test emergency response and evacuation
procedures on an annual basis.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D1A045150744C08938C7D3BC4F9396E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (15) as
paragraph (17); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E79F94208EE4B6884964C9BA77553AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (14) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15DCC846F1B24701BBF973507D157B73" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA06BB6D96C78470EA42D45C5D4E7ADDA"><enum>(15)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually report to the
authorizing committees regarding compliance with this subsection by
institutions of higher education, including an up-to-date report on the
Secretary's monitoring of such compliance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FF58B5926F74703978B1BF3A9ED96DE"><enum>(16)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Best
practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
seek the advice and counsel of the Attorney General concerning the development,
and dissemination to institutions of higher education, of best practices
information about campus safety and
emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EE79D7BB2A54D5CBC92AE040DDC1EB8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C0B7EAF75E74D1C8188DBDC14333F91" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9C4C0F949A44477A2447E45A9F10B2E"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of Credit Policies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85B6D8F84B9940E5B78A0977E4622520"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education
participating in any program under this title shall publicly disclose in a
readable and comprehensible manner the transfer of credit policies established
by the institution which shall include a statement of the institution’s current
transfer of credit policies that includes, at a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbc439439008e49248815439e1296e586"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any established criteria
the institution uses regarding the transfer of credit earned at another
institution of higher education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BF69BC3AE914E10B9C755B3D0EF9187"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of institutions of higher education
with which the institution has established an articulation agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE192835DE454225B11818E7ADFF65F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ad0fe938cba4f02b49d929dd2bf4945"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize the Secretary or the
Accreditation and Institutional Quality and Integrity Advisory Committee to
require particular policies, procedures, or practices by institutions of higher
education with respect to transfer of credit;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEEACEFA07014D94A48800093B1B1292"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize an officer or employee of the
Department to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the
curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any
institution of higher education, or over any accrediting agency or
association;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C968AEE798F46DEA60A4650DC88C094"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limit the application of the General
Education Provisions Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DB9950F9993441ABB5A41FAC00705C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create any legally enforceable right on the
part of a student to require an institution of higher education to accept a
transfer of credit from another institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC04E585D810F401EB8E75A6B571DE7E9"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of fire safety standards and
measures</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD02106A8E0154AF39E39AB2A1D9E4628"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual fire safety reports on student
housing required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each
eligible institution participating in any program under this title shall, on an
annual basis, publish a fire safety report, which shall contain information
with respect to the campus fire safety practices and standards of that
institution, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44F67166587B48FF9DCE6A242811BD00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">statistics concerning the following in each
on-campus student housing facility during the most recent calendar years for
which data are available—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id266FC833B8BA48C4A47F519FB3292D73"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of fires and the cause of each
fire;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAA6990874864A9FB177039B0FE44461"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of injuries related to a fire
that result in treatment at a medical facility;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA59B51D4EB5A4960B3921A3BED223C20"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of deaths related to a fire;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDB48C9D0C274033990406B824E71312"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the value of property damage caused by a
fire;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD29C6030946B4602A062256484B0563B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of each on-campus student
housing facility fire safety system, including the fire sprinkler
system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20D970CE2C464664896A6BD5D0E6CF3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of regular mandatory supervised
fire drills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D079B32EEC9410ABF1D318E798005A7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">policies or rules on portable electrical
appliances, smoking, and open flames (such as candles), procedures for
evacuation, and policies regarding fire safety education and training programs
provided to students, faculty, and staff; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4B16A62640F45A18CE07F5732AEABB9"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for future improvements in fire
safety, if determined necessary by such institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF474DB9536640D58E6B8A2DC864FE6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to the secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible institution participating in
any program under this title shall, on an annual basis submit to the Secretary
a copy of the statistics required to be made available under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5CBF4A8F51841738B285A2567AE1F9A"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Current information to campus
community</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution
participating in any program under this title shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id048D16388338443DB83E81E3EA03BC70"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make, keep, and maintain a log, recording
all fires in on-campus student housing facilities, including the nature, date,
time, and general location of each fire; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA55B1C8D3436499C8A92D4464EDFF0F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make annual reports to the campus community
on such fires.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFD9BA256DBF4E218072B7857AF4BCBD"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities of the
secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC71D001C21B47738E6B5EBD12B32EF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make such statistics submitted to the
Secretary available to the public; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id000DBA2E16824EA78177458FA41C5387"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination with nationally recognized
fire organizations and representatives of institutions of higher education,
representatives of associations of institutions of higher education, and other
organizations that represent and house a significant number of students—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2A47246170742B6B90AF9B77E8EAF1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify exemplary fire safety policies,
procedures, programs, and practices;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BA8B06ED53F4A19BE6C208106AF7347"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate information to the
Administrator of the United States Fire Administration;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FCA933754734F1B8165196F7BB4674A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make available to the public information
concerning those policies, procedures, programs, and practices that have proven
effective in the reduction of fires; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8002BAA02A8041A797087D44C4C2DCCC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a protocol for institutions to
review the status of their fire safety systems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1F62BF4D50541E4BCC3B2B9DE8F8B66"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rules of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABBB4475817E452BACDD44DC629F72C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize the Secretary to require
particular policies, procedures, programs, or practices by institutions of
higher education with respect to fire safety, other than with respect to the
collection, reporting, and dissemination of information required by this
subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2B46D47EE1A4099A7724D38195283C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">affect the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 or the regulations issued under section 264 of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2
note);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8613EF195EF54B7C8CB84E11E4FA476B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create a cause of action against any
institution of higher education or any employee of such an institution for any
civil liability; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28B6DD7578574F709E3C7831A7574E20"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish any standard of care.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF00ACA8FC6734E7F813D11A88538DF5E"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually report to the
authorizing committees regarding compliance with this subsection by
institutions of higher education, including an up-to-date report on the
Secretary’s monitoring of such compliance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A054BF6108646EF992668D2A26896B2"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evidence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
evidence regarding compliance or noncompliance with this subsection shall not
be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any court, agency, board, or
other entity, except with respect to an action to enforce this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2bc489f3bcae4b219dd764ec73dca80c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>478.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entrance counseling required</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 485 (as amended by section 477) is
further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID883f7ec062e444a28bd93da1ae64d555"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (b) through
(i) as subsections (c) through (j), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID378e7997e3784fd1af77e75006bab599"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (a) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B646A3A8D1F47C5BB7D0B1AC824DEB4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9cc2ba9b3a7c439b96ba6e09964ef7ac"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entrance counseling for borrowers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8c387f8119334876a2ea60d7102113f1"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure required prior to
disbursement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63B2184E31484C5FB5DE2FE194210FE9"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible institution shall, at or
prior to the time of a disbursement to a first-time student borrower of a loan
made, insured, or guaranteed under part B or D, ensure that the borrower
receives comprehensive information on the terms and conditions of the loan and
the responsibilities the borrower has with respect to such loan. Such
information shall be provided in simple and understandable terms and may be
provided—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID69171efa9b754007a931f3d285edd3a4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during an entrance counseling session
conducted in person;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9ae5cbd1438e48f3a20c7ddd462daeb0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on a separate written form provided to the
borrower that the borrower signs and returns to the institution; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfe540bfb3edb4eda9c391521e9599af0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">online, with the borrower acknowledging
receipt and understanding of the information.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92E98945DC37466393E3B41C02E78BAC"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of interactive programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall encourage institutions
to carry out the requirements of subparagraph (A) through the use of
interactive programs that test the borrowers’ understanding of the terms and
conditions of the borrowers' loans under part B or D, using comprehensible
language and displays with clear formatting.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7fbd208cb75840b6a0fe5feb134064e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information to be provided</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information provided to the borrower
under paragraph (1)(A) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70e59e6ebecc4870b73d2354cbbd5676"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the use of the Master
Promissory Note;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID020356767fb54bf2a2b41ea77accb5c7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a loan made under section
428B or 428H, a Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or a Federal Direct Unsubsidized
Stafford Loan—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59334A1A7A67434B822DB3183A5B83DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of the borrower to pay the
interest while the borrower is in school; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FD0057C5C4445569A185C877DACA85F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how often interest is capitalized;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd46a428e45c446a28e66fe7db20b322f"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the definition of half-time enrollment at
the institution, during regular terms and summer school, if applicable, and the
consequences of not maintaining half-time enrollment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa8776376251f40dd970ad9ad11da1f30"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the importance of
contacting the appropriate institutional offices if the borrower withdraws
prior to completing the borrower’s program of study so that the institution can
provide exit counseling, including information regarding the borrower’s
repayment options and loan consolidation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93c24f90e8e24706b97b6a0a3f906a7c"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the obligation of the borrower to repay the
full amount of the loan even if the borrower does not complete the program in
which the borrower is enrolled;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00966498469d4d2f9d7bc2c6be27b0c1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on the National Student Loan
Data System and how the borrower can access the borrower’s records; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcdb5c4257c064b399cf2d5a1745f88f9"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name of an individual the borrower may
contact if the borrower has any questions about the borrower's rights and
responsibilities or the terms and conditions of the
loan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF634936F011144B998D94F599B5A8A96" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>479.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Student Loan Data
System</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 485B (20 U.S.C.
1092b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB76EA7D70ED44341BE8EB98501A47E53"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36C1BC45D48146C2A8F5FAB4309CE933"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (6) through
(10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0A9EA42D77A4D62A82DB032C8C211A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5) (as added by Public Law
101–610), by striking <quote>effectiveness.</quote> and inserting
<quote>effectiveness;</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC973DAA5D6D941108DD495D9CDCBE886"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (5) (as added by
Public Law
101–234) as paragraph (6);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA415D922C6F54236920378B5746C3855"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (d) through
(g) as subsections (e) through (h), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FC4285348504942AC5D3F98A6A4F9E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFAC241839074FED989824489EBC7791" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D64E1762734489ABC11E0C9B5C54A84"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Principles for administering the data
system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In managing the
National Student Loan Data System, the Secretary shall take actions necessary
to maintain confidence in the data system, including, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC25B32D558B94E81B7AC311BC5BB99DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring that the primary purpose of access
to the data system by guaranty agencies, eligible lenders, and eligible
institutions of higher education is for legitimate program operations, such as
the need to verify the eligibility of a student, potential student, or parent
for loans under part B, D, or E;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3088813F31044583951989C012DA913A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibiting nongovernmental researchers and
policy analysts from accessing personally identifiable information;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id553E825D8EAD46F98F9D0AC1C45F76F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creating a disclosure form for students and
potential students that is distributed when such students complete the common
financial reporting form under section 483, and as a part of the exit
counseling process under section 485(b), that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED6E3B9807874597A61D66A9F0E9ACDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">informs the students that any title IV
grant or loan the students receive will be included in the National Student
Loan Data System, and instructs the students on how to access that
information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF50580586302425C956A7EB610CFD5EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the categories of individuals or
entities that may access the data relating to such grant or loan through the
data system, and for what purposes access is allowed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC98B1C37A624DA3B8CB98D34415303C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">defines and explains the categories of
information included in the data system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id898CED4AC41E4722A771C46CF1DBD381"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides a summary of the provisions of the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and other applicable Federal
privacy statutes, and a statement of the students' rights and responsibilities
with respect to such statutes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46BCD4A422B649088B61CFCF7727CB02"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explains the measures taken by the
Department to safeguard the students' data; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A61964C827949F7AE71BD50C876B087"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes other information as determined
appropriate by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id341156042C564F9B9A2CFB78ED7F935F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requiring guaranty agencies, eligible
lenders, and eligible institutions of higher education that enter into an
agreement with a potential student, student, or parent of such student
regarding a loan under part B, D, or E, to inform the student or parent that
such loan shall be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D306EF2ED3E4609B1BBC4D5C9FF6D68"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submitted to the data system; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDE177468121472CA2EDFAF63C432056"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accessible to guaranty agencies, eligible
lenders, and eligible institutions of higher education determined by the
Secretary to be authorized users of the data system;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7CE4E086A7A4C55A163C4F3891D3C73"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regularly reviewing the data system
to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD315D4BE34F349E691529AAA56EBCE5E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">delete inactive users from the data
system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5D0B04AC85A401EB23B27C9FE40D835"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the data in the data system are
not being used for marketing purposes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC16D3219A5B4060B70140B7186C1676"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor the use of the data system by
guaranty agencies and eligible lenders to determine whether an agency or lender
is accessing the records of students in which the agency or lender has no
existing financial interest; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA461B572414F40DCA44F2DCB8E80F57F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing standardized protocols for
limiting access to the data system that include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8075540B292462EB13E9A1B7190956A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collecting data on the usage of the data
system to monitor whether access has been or is being used contrary to the
purposes of the data system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDEE71027375484EB72692309C1B5FD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">defining the steps necessary for
determining whether, and how, to deny or restrict access to the data system;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93A94414A26D49298AAD013A06E6F327"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determining the steps necessary to reopen
access to the data system following a denial or restriction of
access.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73F191758FEF484E9A133B1E95B71BC5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e) (as redesignated
by paragraph (1)) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8861D3106E24B88A0AC3729E44FBC10" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B3525AD83C3467F9B6C3DF2BC5B8488"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports to Congress</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88FA2E8CC69F4917A67F360BD47A5B47"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30 of each fiscal
year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report describing—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57B645070A9244AEA87DBDDB07A0B682"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results obtained by the establishment
and operation of the National Student Loan Data System authorized by this
section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B86C70C54024BDC9472E2A57524A1FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of existing privacy
safeguards in protecting student and parent information in the data
system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B0E450007874B2A94B1E89715840B53"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the success of any new authorization
protocols in more effectively preventing abuse of the data system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id215A6C259B634A92ADFB9E51E14FFAFA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of the Secretary to monitor how
the system is being used, relative to the intended purposes of the data system;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB444BC38294B4E7EB5AEA28DAF004102"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any protocols developed under subsection
(d)(6) during the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF438A60C54C9455B942BA619853CCAEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B349B3E5D76470EA282D6D5726AC273"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study
regarding—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC63C16B144BF4B8E8FAFCA6D8C361907"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">available mechanisms for providing students
and parents with the ability to opt in or opt out of allowing eligible lenders
to access their records in the National Student Loan Data System; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id108100AB8B984EB2A226B14D10C7BEC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appropriate protocols for limiting access
to the data system, based on the risk assessment required under subchapter III
of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44,
United States Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF56ED77AEE4E477DAF684E624E414835"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission of study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report on the
findings of the study to the appropriate committees of
Congress.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13E24DD9BBBC4911BE77BE488C63F554" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>480.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early awareness of financial aid
eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part G of title IV
(20 U.S.C. 1088 et
seq.) is further amended by inserting after section 485D (20
U.S.C. 1092c) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF53ABB8524F41738D7AA1B6581705F0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0BCC921D901451B9D5940AD4EA3D5AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>485E.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early awareness of financial aid
eligibility</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF370F8334074602A296C5FEB7B948F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall implement, in
cooperation with States, institutions of higher education, secondary schools,
middle schools, early intervention and outreach programs under this title,
other agencies and organizations involved in student financial assistance and
college access, public libraries, community centers, employers, and businesses,
a comprehensive system of early financial aid information in order to provide
students and families with early information about financial aid and early
estimates of such students’ eligibility for financial aid from multiple
sources. Such system shall include the activities described in subsections (b)
and (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1419B43791504A40ACD45F4538136BDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Communication of Availability of Aid and
Aid Eligibility</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB487C9AE0E3043B18530D5A49A35D659"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Students who receive benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62358186A1014E5196392C7D689F3363"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make special efforts to notify students,
who receive or are eligible to receive benefits under a Federal means-tested
benefit program (including the food stamp program under the
<act-name parsable-cite="FSA77">Food Stamp Act of 1977</act-name> (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.)) or another such benefit program as determined by the Secretary,
of such students’ potential eligibility for a maximum Federal Pell Grant under
subpart 1 of part A; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id804434ADBE7C4F49A830F1CB0E9C521B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disseminate such informational materials as
the Secretary determines necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD87733C3ADE4400BF39674924977EE7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Middle school students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with States,
institutions of higher education, other organizations involved in college
access and student financial aid, middle schools, and programs under this title
that serve middle school students, shall make special efforts to notify
students and their parents of the availability of financial aid under this
title and, in accordance with subsection (c), shall provide nonbinding
estimates of grant and loan aid that an individual may be eligible for under
this title upon completion of an application form under section 483(a). The
Secretary shall ensure that such information is as accurate as possible and
that such information is provided in an age-appropriate format using
dissemination mechanisms suitable for students in middle school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EE232C9E8BB4E6BBA814D220BE3064B"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secondary school students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with States,
institutions of higher education, other organizations involved in college
access and student financial aid, secondary schools, and programs under this
title that serve secondary school students, shall make special efforts to
notify students in secondary school and their parents, as early as possible but
not later than such students’ junior year of secondary school, of the
availability of financial aid under this title and, in accordance with
subsection (c), shall provide nonbinding estimates of the amounts of grant and
loan aid that an individual may be eligible for under this title upon
completion of an application form under section 483(a). The Secretary shall
ensure that such information is as accurate as possible and that such
information is provided in an age-appropriate format using dissemination
mechanisms suitable for students in secondary school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD7007281AB84E01ABC5137372B09F6D"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adult
learners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in
cooperation with States, institutions of higher education, other organizations
involved in college access and student financial aid, employers, workforce
investment boards and public libraries, shall make special efforts to provide
individuals who would qualify as independent students, as defined in section
480(d), with information regarding the availability of financial aid under this
title and, in accordance with subsection (c), with nonbinding estimates of the
amounts of grant and loan aid that an individual may be eligible for under this
title upon completion of an application form under section 483(a). The
Secretary shall ensure that such information—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id917E784F639244FE94448A592DA93B69"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is as accurate as possible;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD77828C5177A436F8973C31BCDFC72F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes specific information regarding the
availability of financial aid for students qualified as independent students,
as defined in section 480(d); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D86CF000C614AE287908EFDD8B7B7A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses dissemination mechanisms suitable for
adult learners.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55747ED826B44E02B25DC96B6F544CAC"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public awareness campaign</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary, in coordination with States, institutions
of higher education, early intervention and outreach programs under this title,
other agencies and organizations involved in student financial aid, local
educational agencies, public libraries, community centers, businesses,
employers, employment services, workforce investment boards, and movie
theaters, shall implement a public awareness campaign in order to increase
national awareness regarding the availability of financial aid under this
title. The public awareness campaign shall disseminate accurate information
regarding the availability of financial aid under this title and shall be
implemented, to the extent practicable, using a variety of media, including
print, television, radio and the Internet. The Secretary shall design and
implement the public awareness campaign based upon relevant independent
research and the information and dissemination strategies found most effective
in implementing paragraphs (1) through (4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8D24808910D446B85C9F6C52C946A42"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of Nonbinding Estimates of
Federal Financial Aid Eligibility</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E17910471EA473380BA0D233ECCFFAE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with States,
institutions of higher education, and other agencies and organizations involved
in student financial aid, shall provide, via a printed form and the Internet or
other electronic means, the capability for individuals to determine easily, by
entering relevant data, nonbinding estimates of amounts of grant and loan aid
an individual may be eligible for under this title upon completion and
processing of an application and enrollment in an institution of higher
education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29F7DECC721C47CDB7469F7CC64043F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in cooperation with States,
institutions of higher education, and other agencies and organizations involved
in student financial aid, shall determine the data elements that are necessary
to create a simplified form that individuals can use to obtain easily
nonbinding estimates of the amounts of grant and loan aid an individual may be
eligible for under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9DF571F9F794D4E8A4BC174AA727AD5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualification to use simplified
application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The capability
provided under this paragraph shall include the capability to determine whether
the individual is eligible to submit a simplified application form under
paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(B) of section
483(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C275F43BFA64D89810D48F5A9DC5205" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>481.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program participation
agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 487 (20
U.S.C. 1094) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0057DA4839F4832BDFE951FD78593F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54B62A565DE94953A9E3861BA6E7ADA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (21), (22), and
(23) as paragraphs (22), (23), and (24), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAB3DFF064434FEF9CDAD65420D06136"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (20) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D078E01595C4A7FB2A2A2297DDB62C1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD00C28E1D9F547D6BFCA8F746C193524"><enum>(21)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Code of Conduct</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4689C71208A6481BA63161E81F5052D2"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution will establish, follow, and
enforce a code of conduct regarding student loans that includes not less than
the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D6E55E596504A369952845439A7B6D8"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revenue sharing prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution is prohibited from
receiving anything of value from any lender in exchange for any advantage
sought by the lender to make educational loans to a student enrolled, or who is
expected to be enrolled, at the institution, except that an institution shall
not be prohibited from receiving a philanthropic contribution from a lender if
the contribution is not made in exchange for any such advantage.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6023C379014044AF9B948DD46CEF1AE0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gift and trip prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any employee who is employed in the
financial aid office of the institution, or who otherwise has responsibilities
with respect to educational loans or other financial aid of the institution, is
prohibited from taking from any lender any gift or trip worth more than nominal
value, except for reasonable expenses for professional development that will
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of programs under this title and for
domestic travel to such professional development.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id800C37CA6BF6472898E2A89C38219386"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracting arrangements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any employee who is employed in the
financial aid office of the institution, or who otherwise has responsibilities
with respect to educational loans or other financial aid of the institution,
shall be prohibited from entering into any type of consulting arrangement or
other contract to provide services to a lender.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB2C441ACF234BED9D7A73E233DDA17F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advisory board compensation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any employee who is employed in the
financial aid office of the institution, or who otherwise has responsibilities
with respect to educational loans or other student financial aid of the
institution, and who serves on an advisory board, commission, or group
established by a lender or group of lenders shall be prohibited from receiving
anything of value from the lender or group of lenders, except that the employee
may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in serving on such advisory
board, commission or group.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D515C9B17854AE19DA68FAEACFEC204"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interaction with borrowers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution will not—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0049F1E1A6144B38AB28A397C3D8B1C1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any first-time borrower, assign,
through award packaging or other methods, the borrower’s loan to a particular
lender; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C49266C4E33404EB0583C05D9383CA7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">refuse to certify, or, delay certification
of, any loan in accordance with paragraph (6) based on the borrower’s selection
of a particular lender or guaranty agency.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84B8B641D1CC464581D9E7253B94A40C"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution will designate an
individual who shall be responsible for signing an annual attestation on behalf
of the institution that the institution agrees to, and is in compliance with,
the requirements of the code of conduct described in this paragraph. Such
individual shall be the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief
financial officer, or comparable official, of the institution, and shall
annually submit the signed attestation to the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06924C27095945A88CFA795245063ED1"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution will make the code of
conduct widely available to the institution’s faculty members, students, and
parents through a variety of means, including the institution’s
website.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA57E829021084F249BAF165FE6AFB916"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (24) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (A)), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EC2747F325C49CCA82185FCCD64AD1A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D47B71C3E684632BAB4E143AF2E869B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a proprietary institution of
higher education as defined in section 102(b), the institution shall be
considered in compliance with the requirements of subparagraph (A) for any
student to whom the institution electronically transmits a message containing a
voter registration form acceptable for use in the State in which the
institution is located, or an Internet address where such a form can be
downloaded, if such information is in an electronic message devoted solely to
voter registration.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FE4927A811E468EA509F7EA0FED8D1D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id785CB88B546041AD9D8099212AF1DC0A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FE0F522C7FA4FA5A1D629A93E3AF353"><enum>(25)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a proprietary institution of
higher education as defined in section 102(b), the institution will, as
calculated in accordance with subsection (h)(1), have not less than 10 percent
of its revenues from sources other than funds provided under this title, or
will be subject to the sanctions described in subsection (h)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C8C4DB50D074A6AAADE4899443C91AC"><enum>(26)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preferred lender lists</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90B65D5D8619432C858F00A63AEF9430"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an institution (including an
employee or agent of an institution) that maintains a preferred lender list, in
print or any other medium, through which the institution recommends one or more
specific lenders for loans made under part B to the students attending the
institution (or the parents of such students), the institution will—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F84C948B43D4ADB94A135706A4BEEBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clearly and fully disclose on the preferred
lender list—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C897175C4E041DCB1E75F69A87A4BAA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">why the institution has included each
lender as a preferred lender, especially with respect to terms and conditions
favorable to the borrower; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E67DDC306E545C9A7BC42E6DEEDCA31"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the students attending the institution
(or the parents of such students) do not have to borrow from a lender on the
preferred lender list;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC205AB2862C4B6FAF3989812DCD4A79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure, through the use of the list
provided by the Secretary under subparagraph (C), that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9C11FB60A6843848BD50F1F06B02EAB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there are not less than 3 lenders named on
the preferred lending list that are not affiliates of each other; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5D74B2A084C466094F9F7977412F7E8"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the preferred lender list—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id260C8539332A4B0BBBA57DB58A602278"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specifically indicates, for each lender on
the list, whether the lender is or is not an affiliate of each other lender on
the list; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56603242FA96417EBF35E905DBFCDA51"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the lender is an affiliate of another
lender on the list, describes the specifics of such affiliation; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id789BFCB2999D4D8E9710B526F4907656"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a process to ensure that lenders
are placed upon the preferred lender list on the basis of the benefits provided
to borrowers, including —</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7E8C140C45F41628BF42623BC48529F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">highly competitive interest rates, terms,
or conditions for loans made under part B;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F5C5011D5DB43B990AAD16A9C31A356"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high-quality customer service for such
loans; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id625ADC6F689F438B8E35374176A954BF"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional benefits beyond the standard
terms and conditions for such loans.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA4DB682866545CD927D067423316597"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of affiliate; control</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id912FF925BAD44F7BBCB4D82F59B32B50"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of affiliate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)
the term <term>affiliate</term> means a person that controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, another person.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFC39C8BA5184352B972566BF799766F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Control</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), a
person has control over another person if—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCBCA6B46B234891BD1550211F1582AA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the person directly or indirectly, or
acting through 1 or more others, owns, controls, or has the power to vote 5
percent or more of any class of voting securities of such other person;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id383C72FB4E99481784EAF1C5E95CAD14"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the person controls, in any manner, the
election of a majority of the directors or trustees of such other person;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4582E85F344E433885ED51F741A408F4"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines (after notice and
opportunity for a hearing) that the person directly or indirectly exercises a
controlling interest over the management or policies of such other
person.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66CA1C927F6B47AB93F0DC0A0D0A6CBB"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">List of lender affiliates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the
Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, shall maintain and
update a list of lender affiliates of all eligible lenders, and shall provide
such list to the eligible institutions for use in carrying out subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9470ED1C97F44EA18139346D9FD27D3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1)(A)(i), by inserting
<quote>, except that the Secretary may modify the requirements of this clause
with regard to an institution outside the United States</quote> before the
semicolon at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98FB8E4AA1104B0793AC0E55B727CED5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsection (f) and (g), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7AD4C71B83A41EE9A1EB87387B069C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9120672E65D14CC1A4D64EF77536B6D4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CB4F9C8701D4774ADC78ACC253905BE"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional Requirements for
Teach-Outs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4862862A6CC34278855A09F636B709FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event the Secretary initiates the
limitation, suspension, or termination of the participation of an institution
of higher education in any program under this title under the authority of
subsection (c)(1)(F) or initiates an emergency action under the authority of
subsection (c)(1)(G) and its prescribed regulations, the Secretary shall
require that institution to prepare a teach-out plan for submission to the
institution’s accrediting agency or association in compliance with section
496(c)(4), the Secretary’s regulations on teach-out plans, and the standards of
the institution’s accrediting agency or association.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9D6F433678843C3B67B419720CE8036"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teach-out plan defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term
<term>teach-out plan</term> means a written plan that provides for the
equitable treatment of students if an institution of higher education ceases to
operate before all students have completed their program of study, and may
include, if required by the institution’s accrediting agency or association, an
agreement between institutions for such a teach-out plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B9458BADE864B7E95234C5FBAF9AA81"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Violation of code of conduct regarding
student loans</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE722CD2A453D4FFBAF7FE1D95A00C382"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon a finding by the Secretary, after
reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing, that an institution of
higher education that has entered into a program participation agreement with
the Secretary under subsection (a) willfully contravened the institution’s
attestation of compliance with the provisions of subsection (a)(21), the
Secretary may impose a penalty described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74DEE915E09944DBBC941CAC233DE2EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A violation of paragraph (1) shall result
in the limitation, suspension, or termination of the eligibility of the
institution for the loan programs under this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42ECA53A339B428BA863DBBAB296356D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B4A643824A84CF89F469D08EA813DFB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D81EF4C7F70486180E40FBE5262CDE1"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of Nontitle IV Revenue
Requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E1265C41C83444997F942A5211EB605"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Calculation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out subsection (a)(27), a
proprietary institution of higher education (as defined in section 102(b))
shall use the cash basis of accounting and count the following funds as from
sources of funds other than funds provided under this title:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFEA82F970294D509F061E1E2F8A5E4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds used by students from sources other
than funds received under this title to pay tuition, fees, and other
institutional charges to the institution, provided the institution can
reasonably demonstrate that such funds were used for such purposes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80740845E2324857A64CE2BA4A4F6435"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds used by the institution to satisfy
matching-fund requirements for programs under this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE864B1FBFF7A48018FFBEFD59B340A42"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds used by a student from savings plans
for educational expenses established by or on behalf of the student and which
qualify for special tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22805AE585C34B4BA300746F05454C0A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds paid by a student, or on behalf of a
student by a party other than the institution, to the institution for an
education or training program that is not eligible for funds under this title,
provided that the program is approved or licensed by the appropriate State
agency or an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50145550E4CB44B29ACEE7BC47C497F3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds generated by the institution from
institutional activities that are necessary for the education and training of
the institution’s students, if such activities are—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB8F177B5D1F45FC9139B35F17BFF5FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducted on campus or at a facility under
the control of the institution;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id333AEEF7AEE348A89EA412D5BB2409BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performed under the supervision of a member
of the institution’s faculty; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC78C23417DF3498AA77CEB9435B7801A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">required to be performed by all students in
a specific educational program at the institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80DCAD3D4D7245B39DD76A89B33652D2"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional aid, as follows:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54F5EE5F98304671A90E1A468ECF3447"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of loans made by the
institution, only the amount of loan repayments received by the institution
during the fiscal year for which the determination is made.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2BF8FD303034B26BD63096B0C27CFCB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of scholarships provided by the
institution, only those scholarship funds provided by the institution that
are—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24AA83AFF16648BD9D2305A91599A6C0"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the form of monetary aid based upon the
academic achievements or financial need of students; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC835F9A88DA745A3A10D67D306CE6A12"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disbursed during the fiscal year for which
the determination is made from an established restricted account and only to
the extent that the funds in that account represent designated funds from an
outside source or income earned on those funds.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81CA9E756EC34692BD207AD2AECD175C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of tuition discounts, only
those tuition discounts based upon the academic achievement or financial need
of students.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id254B4CA3FD4D4132817097C330B2441D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3075990B1DCC4F16977CAE4427E0C58A"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to meet requirement for 1
year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to such
other means of enforcing the requirements of this title as may be available to
the Secretary, if an institution fails to meet the requirements of subsection
(a)(27) in any year, the Secretary may impose 1 or both of the following
sanctions on the institution:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D779EDA6D004EE4AC493664ABA244E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Place the institution on provisional
certification in accordance with section 498(h) until the institution
demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that it is in compliance
with subsection (a)(27).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79C1C47CB9054423A45FD113EA823584"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Require such other increased monitoring and
reporting requirements as the Secretary determines necessary until the
institution demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that it is in
compliance with subsection (a)(27).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB2AA837D95045D598C38C54B7765CA4"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to meet requirement for 2
years</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution that
fails to meet the requirements of subsection (a)(27) for 2 consecutive years
shall be ineligible to participate in the programs authorized under this title
until the institution demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that
it is in compliance with subsection (a)(27).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FBDDABB00DE4688B98649190A3A734B"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public availability of
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall make publicly available, through the means described in subsection (b) of
section 131, any institution that fails to meet the requirements of subsection
(a)(27) in any year as an institution that is failing to meet the minimum
non-Federal source of revenue requirements of such subsection
(a)(27).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B946D37D43747658BC36D8B2B62FA43" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>482.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory relief and
improvement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 487A(b)
(20 U.S.C.
1094a(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7D8CE8A594D45E786DF77F6FEE02697"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB285FF9B86D0429285283F7BF1D3E1CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1998</quote> and
inserting <quote>2007</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB93F72227154494BA6203889A60F702D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1999</quote> and
inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08D1B1F2019E4259A0F362A6C8FB5941"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the matter preceding paragraph
(2)(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE719D8118914DDAB3DF3DAEE3DC5A39" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF314D226E334E9D8397B42671343AFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review and evaluate the
experience of institutions participating as experimental sites and shall, on a
biennial basis, submit a report based on the review and evaluation to the
authorizing committees. Such report shall
include—</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D8E8E9D1B484B1293861DEA5094E9E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23695FCF62F1486B882FD150CE5C267C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE45E28B1E1B84C1FA5128ACDCBEF8FC3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Upon the submission of
the report required by paragraph (2), the</quote> and inserting
<quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3694583EFF24EB7921F4C40D73B015F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>periodically</quote>
after <quote>authorized to</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8262193C7DBA41FABB04C1314FE49CE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7FC4D163CA84AD08264CDBCD95B9544"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id787D36EBC30E418DAAB80BF744B122CC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (C))—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BE7DABF4A0746C7BEFCCA827E91BF95"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, including
requirements related to the award process and disbursement of student financial
aid (such as innovative delivery systems for modular or compressed courses, or
other innovative systems), verification of student financial aid application
data, entrance and exit interviews, or other management procedures or processes
as determined in the negotiated rulemaking process under section 492</quote>
after <quote>requirements in this title</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A551194C1864EC4AAE23C1442583B7F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(other than an award
rule related to an experiment in modular or compressed schedules)</quote> after
<quote>award rules</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79674EC1E3E14D248953F21B01363CE0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>unless the waiver of
such provisions is authorized by another provision under this title</quote>
before the period at the end.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC2C3B38E0B242768327ADC7AC1F1DE4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>483.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of allotments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 488 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1095">20 U.S.C. 1095</external-xref>) is amended in the
first sentence—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE6B0674B7D34325AF6EEB91EDFCD7B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id737F581A0FC7449895BF6E28017F25DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>413D.</quote> and inserting <quote>413D; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39DB156DD3A846AFA43B3D53C8A15A0F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end <quote>(3) transfer 25
percent of the institution’s allotment under section 413D to the institution’s
allotment under section 442.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAD13CF1C75141D69BD76894A8FACF0E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>484.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose of administrative
payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 489(b) (20
U.S.C. 1096(b)) is amended by striking <quote>offsetting the administrative
costs of</quote> and inserting <quote>administering</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05A7D9D52A23447C8A0FBD202141C873" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>485.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advisory Committee on student financial
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 491 (20
U.S.C. 1098) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65F0855395324A90B61C982D53D1448C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DF1BF4C778B41FB8C79631ED7299F40"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC8C0ACBE9B44EE18ED3EF6E475B9EBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38F0BDA97CC640F8939171155EC18917"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88E432266EC4430D84ECD02F122AABC6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0FD90830D4B427CB8DC74064297B42D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide knowledge and understanding of
early intervention programs, and to make recommendations that will result in
early awareness by low- and moderate-income students and families—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8949F9C6E08B45C2A1C1F1390CBEAC6E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of their eligibility for assistance under
this title; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB7922DC60FB40EF8127BCCEAA0980B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, of their
eligibility for other forms of State and institutional need-based student
assistance; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id607D1010FFF243238E66A9F9F8F25907"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make recommendations that will expand
and improve partnerships among the Federal Government, States, institutions of
higher education, and private entities to increase the awareness and the total
amount of need-based student assistance available to low- and moderate-income
students.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA52CFC33BF7047EF880C31CBC9E5B072"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72271AA0E900430C945296374F2D0D31" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95161C762E9547A6B55BC1FB61B5902A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appointment of a member under
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall be effective upon confirmation
of the member by the Senate and publication of such appointment in the
Congressional
Record.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAD3C7311F1C4AF2B19CBAD4EFFBD46A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(6), by striking <quote>,
but nothing</quote> and all that follows through <quote>or
analyses</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AD75EB471AA4779B12F76CE7E301C13"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A351CCC48624340831BC2765931F1E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15B57B21AD1E4793A444F542053EC7B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and
simplification</quote> after <quote>modernization</quote> each place the term
appears; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB028CF9300BC463587544266C66A9594"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>including</quote> and
all that follows through <quote>Department,</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A55FB3BF04A469C808304FFAC94DB66"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24205355DE234EC19E1DEB76A4555CA8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1A85FF1A2CF43DF84854EDBAD35357E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a review and analysis of
regulations in accordance with subsection (l); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8684618F58364E03A09DE055D23CC1A8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a study in accordance with
subsection
(m).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD169FC0AF18A4297B3E876576D582B52"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (k), by striking
<quote>2004</quote> and inserting <quote>2013</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC9081C5787C415290F7108D50D12E01"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id359E6745C2FC4C968478CAA38F853C14" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFE979DC1C4245E2887AF73E64C1CF59"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review and Analysis of Regulations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43E6358EB6AC4695994F8288BC9FDEB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Committee shall make
recommendations to the Secretary and Congress for consideration of future
legislative action regarding redundant or outdated regulations under this
title, consistent with the Secretary’s requirements under section 498B.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id857C77E244CB4EF4A62EBFD0A63B40CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review and analysis of
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory
Committee shall conduct a review and analysis of the regulations issued under
this title that are in effect at the time of the review and that apply to the
operations or activities of participants in the programs assisted under this
title. The review and analysis may include a determination of whether the
regulation is duplicative, is no longer necessary, is inconsistent with other
Federal requirements, or is overly burdensome. In conducting the review, the
Advisory Committee shall pay specific attention to evaluating ways in which
regulations under this title affecting institutions of higher education (other
than institutions described in section 102(a)(1)(C)), that have received in
each of the 2 most recent award years prior to the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Higher Education Amendments of
2007</short-title> less than $200,000 in funds through this title, may be
improved, streamlined, or eliminated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18039B1A1B454601B4259E68DC8EF21D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id632888DE2D4645A1A2FC7118E2834F76"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the review and analysis
under paragraph (2), the Advisory Committee shall consult with the Secretary,
relevant representatives of institutions of higher education, and individuals
who have expertise and experience with the regulations issued under this title,
in accordance with subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF050FCC23FAB4E4299CE23F0249F6286"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review panels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Committee shall convene not
less than 2 review panels of representatives of the groups involved in student
financial assistance programs under this title who have experience and
expertise in the regulations issued under this title to review the regulations
under this title, and to provide recommendations to the Advisory Committee with
respect to the review and analysis under paragraph (2). The panels shall be
made up of experts in areas such as the operations of the financial assistance
programs, the institutional eligibility requirements for the financial
assistance programs, regulations not directly related to the operations or the
institutional eligibility requirements of the financial assistance programs,
and regulations for dissemination of information to students about the
financial assistance programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id656E307D5EBB4AA3AEDA9AF55B895AB5"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Committee shall submit, not
later than 2 years after the completion of the negotiated rulemaking process
required under section 492 resulting from the amendments to this Act made by
the Higher Education Amendments of 2007, a report to the authorizing committees
and the Secretary detailing the expert panels’ findings and recommendations
with respect to the review and analysis under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1C771F0F9934EEC9C29EF1A6779BFC2"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Inspector General of
the Department shall provide such assistance and resources to the Advisory
Committee as the Secretary and Inspector General determine are necessary to
conduct the review required by this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC411BFA8F6F42AE8C086F21E324E182"><enum>(m)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of Innovative Pathways to
Baccalaureate Degree Attainment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5917E157CBF4B96906666B53DAE154A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory
Committee shall conduct a study of the feasibility of increasing baccalaureate
degree attainment rates by reducing the costs and financial barriers to
attaining a baccalaureate degree through innovative programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CFDEB8C80FF490294C4F88F964C0FFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope
of study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory
Committee shall examine new and existing programs that promote baccalaureate
degree attainment through innovative ways, such as dual or concurrent
enrollment programs, changes made to the Federal Pell Grant program,
simplification of the needs analysis process, compressed or modular scheduling,
articulation agreements, and programs that allow 2-year institutions of higher
education to offer baccalaureate degrees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF96B91872FBE4BAD8BED60810016B1FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required aspects of the study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In performing the study described in this
subsection, the Advisory Committee shall examine the following aspects of such
innovative programs:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94ECA579622745EEAD78ABA6911D18BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The impact of such programs on
baccalaureate attainment rates.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41B6DEC76BED45A4AF4F170F004639D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The degree to which a student’s total cost
of attaining a baccalaureate degree can be reduced by such programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53A8BD43160C4D1A88DADCBBC54BAB4C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ways in which low- and moderate-income
students can be specifically targeted by such programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id713EBB25168A4676ABB817DF30D13E27"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ways in which nontraditional students
can be specifically targeted by such programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD01415425A5A477FB0152FBDF028D989"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost-effectiveness for the Federal
Government, States, and institutions of higher education to implement such
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id015CA0FAA26D42EBB19A45BF74A41653"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id357BDC35532D491EBCCF20FB6A240DEA"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In performing the study described in this
subsection the Advisory Committee shall consult with a broad range of
interested parties in higher education, including parents, students,
appropriate representatives of secondary schools and institutions of higher
education, appropriate State administrators, administrators of dual or
concurrent enrollment programs, and appropriate Department officials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD12988258AC34473BA6C16DA6976C165"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Committee shall consult on a
regular basis with the authorizing committees in carrying out the study
required by this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6EC52E634234FF5AC83D8B8D30CCFA9"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports to congress</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B5BC316A2864E559E766F13E626AE87"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interim
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Committee
shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees and the Secretary an
interim report, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Higher Education Amendments of
2007</short-title>, describing the progress that has been made in conducting
the study required by this subsection and any preliminary findings on the
topics identified under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id439BA34F9B2C4855BF475EABCB92396E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Committee shall, not later
than 3 years after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Higher Education Amendments of
2007</short-title>, prepare and submit to the authorizing committees and the
Secretary a final report on the study, including recommendations for
legislative, regulatory, and administrative changes based on findings related
to the topics identified under paragraph
(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF2E8213F6AF4D9FAD2BF5D13658418C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>486.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regional meetings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 492(a)(1) (20 U.S.C.
1098a(a)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>State student grant
agencies,</quote> after <quote>institutions of higher
education,</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id739F5E8402AD43A8B0941486AFA333EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>487.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Year 2000 requirements at the
Department</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4BE163AA23947B99ED4FC601343F43C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 493A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1098c">20 U.S.C. 1098c</external-xref>)
is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DBCBB2BF00C4C71BB4B9DF816763A7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 493B (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1098d">20 U.S.C. 1098d</external-xref>)
is redesignated as section 493A.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id824DB7BAD40A4066BE05C56069E607E0" level-type="subsequent"><enum>G<?LEXA-Enum H?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program
integrity</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCC700294FDF402D87ED16C29CDD051A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>491.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recognition of accrediting agency or
association</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 496 (20
U.S.C. 1099b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9253E0BD40824E3B8BC1C49D03F4C16E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0051CE52E82B49E9868D599EFAF658DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C9A45BF829B41C684814B32D09C77C1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97CDB1F93FE44698BDAC520AA97AE8E8"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id58E0FF56B2354DB7B3C833E45E0A5884"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such agency or association consistently
applies and enforces standards that respect the stated mission of the
institution of higher education, including religious missions, and that ensure
that the courses or programs of instruction, training, or study offered by the
institution of higher education, including distance education courses or
programs, are of sufficient quality to achieve, for the duration of the
accreditation period, the stated objective for which the courses or the
programs are offered; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9502C9A836034129A906294675E360B1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if such agency or association has or seeks
to include within its scope of recognition the evaluation of the quality of
institutions or programs offering distance education, such agency or
association shall, in addition to meeting the other requirements of this
subpart, demonstrate to the Secretary that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBCCEE38006B4CB494A6A22FD3378B06"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency or association’s standards
effectively address the quality of an institution’s distance education in the
areas identified in section 496(a)(5), except that the agency or association
shall not be required to have separate standards, procedures or policies for
the evaluation of distance education institutions or programs in order to meet
the requirements of this subparagraph; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6047EE615A8C450486EB1E1C104DB4AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency or association requires an
institution that offers distance education to have processes through which the
institution establishes that the student who registers in a distance education
course or program is the same student who participates in and completes the
program and receives the academic
credit;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71EB8A7DF6E5483F954E243BBD043C90"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking subparagraph
(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EE380ABDDB04EAEA99A703B46D2BF8A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID8e3a6f4c48c8447c9a73e2613928c509"><enum>(A)</enum><text>success with respect to
student achievement in relation to the institution’s mission, which may include
different standards for different institutions or programs, as established by
the institution, including, as appropriate, consideration of State licensing
examinations and job placement
rates;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD79F61B88A814FE7B5F375417FBE1C6C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id128F327A07B14693A99025D895D937EA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id837BC0E360AD4F1FAF0174F8BC5A283A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such an agency or association shall
establish and apply review procedures throughout the accrediting process,
including evaluation and withdrawal proceedings which comply with due process
procedures that provide for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DE54FBFB2C14086952F9D6F6E65E035"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adequate specification of requirements and
deficiencies at the institution of higher education or program examined;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29C98F2A8ED64C1AB5E98A1AA12FE24C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an opportunity for a written response by
any such institution to be included, prior to final action, in the evaluation
and withdrawal proceedings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EAAF8643A60482FB0E3B8CD31B312ED"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon the written request of an institution,
an opportunity for the institution to appeal any adverse action, including
denial, withdrawal, suspension, or termination of accreditation, or placement
on probation of an institution, at a hearing prior to such action becoming
final, before an appeals panel that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB212D6AB558A496FA57BFE13CC204F00"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not include current members of the
agency or association’s underlying decision-making body that made the adverse
decision; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E113D4CCAA043499519AFF5DC87870C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is subject to a conflict of interest
policy; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDBA756953414C238B9459729D5ACB8F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the right to representation by counsel for
such an institution during an appeal of the adverse
action;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9F187D3586F4CCEA83753280168B258"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B3EF0AF558F4A91B0C2F4DB58E2B383" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id854C06D3F8D64D60A67357712E0581BF"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such agency or association shall make
available to the public and the State licensing or authorizing agency, and
submit to the Secretary, a summary of agency or association actions,
including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5B0158F69AD4974A838CD957B640E62"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the award of accreditation or
reaccreditation of an institution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FD117C30BE2435183350119B0552577"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">final denial, withdrawal, suspension, or
termination of accreditation, or placement on probation of an institution, and
any findings made in connection with the action taken, together with the
official comments of the affected institution; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49BF80E464DD48BAB11E1007A5AD27E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other adverse action taken with respect
to an institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBBFF15404A4459FB504AEBF28AEFD12"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC46673A0BC7746CFB059B4F3E8DB4670"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>,
including those regarding distance education</quote> after <quote>their
responsibilities</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F426ECCC59B423199CDABDD1B79696A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6)
as paragraphs (5) through (9);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C13C427350444E096425FE0D7E8568A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) (as
amended by subparagraph (A)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CB4A823C2D1416BBD55F8DBBD1FFBDF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80AC92AE737C40A4B89950BCED91CECF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures that the agency or association’s
on-site evaluation for accreditation or reaccreditation includes review of the
Federally required information the institution or program provides its current
and prospective students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2D6C1111DEA4F2788D1F9F1602314A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitors the growth of programs at
institutions that are experiencing significant enrollment growth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADD546442C9C46C592F61DB872C2E35F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires an institution to submit a
teach-out plan for approval to the accrediting agency upon the occurrence of
any of the following events:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E7F482F9B654635A692802F546BDE7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department notifies the accrediting
agency of an action against the institution pursuant to section 487(d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE33DC57BC44B444DA18A00A16E735EF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The accrediting agency acts to withdraw,
terminate, or suspend the accreditation of an institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC530E3F4297A4FB1B39A6D11DC745C0A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution notifies the accrediting
agency that the institution intends to cease
operations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E9EE89F57F74FCDAC30CAEFD717AB02"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47A1B17A90704BCCB3613D917B0ED024"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (9) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A433BF2C57E442CA0B6CF2419BCA806"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94925C4AC55D48B99D237C9D3F5B6E85" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30387857C77446A38762FF5EAFE584C5"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">confirms, as a part of the agency or
association’s review for accreditation or reaccreditation, that the institution
has transfer of credit policies—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5402E16CA60D475C800413A02AC58CE0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are publicly disclosed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d06ecee1d194cf2a80fb8f71fe39f97"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that include a statement of the criteria
established by the institution regarding the transfer of credit earned at
another institution of higher
education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE930D529F564272985922E1689C1DC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g), by adding at the end the
following: “Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the Secretary
to establish any criteria that specifies, defines, or prescribes the standards
that accrediting agencies or associations shall use to assess any institution’s
success with respect to student achievement.”; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id863782D599E54FC19C979C5B6803D07B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (o), by
adding at the end the following: <quote>Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall not promulgate any regulation with respect to
subsection (a)(5).</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A990BCA54FE4CF4B482EAFF52A61848" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>492.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative capacity
standard</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 498 (20
U.S.C. 1099c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9CF3A590B0849BBA3483E29BE0E8293"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1)(B), by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE62FB215051045C0AA4D2D399A4D9717"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6B7A670D7D5455EAAD7D55E9349D8D4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id441A54DFEC5E4130AE3534CECD6703EF"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of Teach-Outs at Additional
Locations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FE6AF9379F54643A74F9B3E68666FA8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A location of a closed institution of
higher education shall be eligible as an additional location of an eligible
institution of higher education, as defined pursuant to regulations of the
Secretary, for the purposes of a teach-out, if such teach-out has been approved
by the institution’s accrediting agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1228C11F24914C898D72C72464A6E2AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education that
conducts a teach-out through the establishment of an additional location
described in paragraph (1) shall be permitted to establish a permanent
additional location at a closed institution and shall not be required—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84295D691E3D4784A5AB6D7F3A134735"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to meet the requirements of sections
102(b)(1)(E) and 102(c)(1)(C) for such additional location; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09EF32FE6C4C4AFCB211A085363D705A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assume the liabilities of the closed
institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E0D47D3BBBA476ABB3BAA5FDDE4318F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>493.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program review and data</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 498A(b) (20 U.S.C.
1099c–1(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95E17877A7DF487BB5990A3302615454"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89C1F7057D5E4D13B4ADF75D6E12846E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5) by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B0FC0E3F070483B9869BF002CACE7FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FBCB243E3E94FA3B274A3FCA88ACAED" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD88F4C2650EA40F1A752F920135018E4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to an institution of higher
education an adequate opportunity to review and respond to any program review
report and relevant materials related to the report before any final program
review report is issued;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id312DA49D917E4AC08D6140DD6E71F565"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and take into consideration an
institution of higher education’s response in any final program review report
or audit determination, and include in the report or determination—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE881B049E2A9423180DEF451E91A1523"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a written statement addressing the
institution of higher education's response;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCA4C493E43C42F6A8D1B1871E6BA81C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a written statement of the basis for such
report or determination; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5F44CB67F574A6682DA6D535996A3B3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a copy of the institution's response;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA8CFB0F77FC4B939A16D0ED05E06D9C"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain and preserve at all times the
confidentiality of any program review report until the requirements of
paragraphs (6) and (7) are met, and until a final program review is issued,
other than to the extent required to comply with paragraph (5), except that the
Secretary shall promptly disclose any and all program review reports to the
institution of higher education under
review.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0F76BA6C80D4E83A65E9CC33B7EE7F7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>494.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timely information about loans</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F3CE132400D4D0BAC26A81F7CE81509"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.</external-xref>) is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3CCC8718BAD44F8A5E83E8AC7D27A5B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C29B1D2035046539B686F5980C635E2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>499A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access to timely information about
loans</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F6FA00017D243EA894C182A7738815E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regular bill providing pertinent
information about a loan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
lender of a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under this title shall provide
the borrower of such loan a bill each month or, in the case of a loan payable
less frequently than monthly, a bill that corresponds to each payment
installment time period, including a clear and conspicuous notice of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92448FF1D6B347CD8E02F16C3869570D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower's principal borrowed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id138BA9EF10A943ACA23C7124B5A2C53D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower's current balance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53F3AF58581D43B0A9619C9FE88D0E91"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the interest rate on such loan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AC85335F5914F81AFE540C3228932E4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount the borrower has paid in
interest;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5EB23E5FBA94ABEA91F47F2E3255C4B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of additional interest payments
the borrower is expected to pay over the life of the loan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55D04D5B94C4442D9FE07100F11F8555"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount the borrower has paid for
the loan, including the amount the borrower has paid in interest, the amount
the borrower has paid in fees, and the amount the borrower has paid against the
balance, in a brief, borrower-friendly manner;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9729E137801F48029F1D7512EE8AD10E"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of each fee the borrower has
been charged for the current payment period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9083AD733604627BF51ED8B2009B506"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date by which the borrower needs to
make a payment in order to avoid additional fees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17E09B5CDC194EC3B9233F1A8D9AA76A"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of such payment that will be
applied to the interest, the balance, and any fees on the loan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB9216195CB641ABA8B282D7817B64EC"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lender's address and toll-free phone
number for payment and billing error purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8840BDCAA6544AE9D8545174AF46707"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information provided before commencement of
repayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A lender of a loan
made, insured, or guaranteed under this title shall provide to the borrower of
such loan, at least one month before the loan enters repayment, a clear and
conspicuous notice of not less than the following information:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58888971E994497AB4725B197E1E1CD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The borrower's options, including repayment
plans, deferments, forbearances, and discharge options to which the borrower
may be entitled.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB0F31C0930F49FA81BA0D298AF79CAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conditions under which a borrower may
be charged any fee, and the amount of such fee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id086ADACA871B4517996E2B9A3C58F19B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conditions under which a loan may
default, and the consequences of default.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE991718C6E6C46D7A220D04D4592E9B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resources, including nonprofit
organizations, advocates, and counselors (including the Office of the Ombudsman
at the Department), where borrowers can receive advice and assistance, if such
resources exist.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF967F133D1142728776465DFF9252EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information provided during
delinquency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
any other information required under law, a lender of a loan made, insured, or
guaranteed under this title shall provide a borrower in delinquency with a
clear and conspicuous notice of the date on which the loan will default if no
payment is made, the minimum payment that must be made to avoid default,
discharge options to which the borrower may be entitled, resources, including
nonprofit organizations, advocates, and counselors (including the Office of the
Ombudsman at the Department), where borrowers can receive advice and
assistance, if such resources exist.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27881EE523D6450691230CB573133459"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information provided during
default</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A lender of a loan
made, insured, or guaranteed under this title shall provide a borrower in
default, on not less than 2 separate occasions, with a clear and conspicuous
notice of not less than the following information:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC2FB4C393FB4B908E531C14772E50C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The options available to the borrower to be
removed from default.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC339F6AB04C47A4961E8EFFA515CE73"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The relevant fees and conditions associated
with each
option.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id598E399A6F4E4993A8E99BA1A52ACD71" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>495.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Auction evaluation and report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D994F9BEB3046A89788295EAD434801"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If Congress enacts an Act that authorizes
the Secretary of Education to carry out a pilot program under which the
Secretary establishes a mechanism for an auction of Federal PLUS Loans, then
the Comptroller General shall evaluate such pilot program. The evaluation shall
determine—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id586BDE39837545CCBE2A936C64E927AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent of the savings to the Federal
Government that are generated through the pilot program, compared to the cost
the Federal Government would have incurred in operating the parent loan program
under section 428B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in the absence of the
pilot program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BB3804ECECC423F8CC85E3994B868FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of lenders that participated in
the pilot program, and the extent to which the pilot program generated
competition among lenders to participate in the auctions under the pilot
program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF252C419BDD4F01AC259312546605F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effect of the transition to and
operation of the pilot program on the ability of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id690F73041A28455DB0BD5F5C561CAC9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lenders participating in the pilot program
to originate loans made through the pilot program smoothly and
efficiently;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA39F20A771154FB1B8480E0E9E9D1233"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education
participating in the pilot program to disburse loans made through the pilot
program smoothly and efficiently; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1255D3E91629479D864391FC6D23A1CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of parents to obtain loans made
through the pilot program in a timely and efficient manner;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE78944FB6A514F31986C031CDAD4AB4E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the differential impact, if any, of the
auction among the States, including between rural and non-rural States;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0239043316E142BB946DDB56D4CC9E13"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the feasibility of using the mechanism
piloted to operate the other loan programs under part B of title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8B04D275B0C4B49B4F36E2DD50E547C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D6F55DBD5E34A8481406E21D48CA599"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than September 1, 2010, submit to
the authorizing committees (as defined in section 103 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1003)) a preliminary report regarding the findings of
the evaluation described in subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD40813416F5457F974548D34F814463"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than September 1, 2012, submit to
the authorizing committees an interim report regarding such findings;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFCA1D7D6F2F4D208274B1156471212F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than September 1, 2014, submit to
the authorizing committees a final report regarding such findings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing Institutions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9CFB84356454B4982843FD23A0EABA9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503(b) (20 U.S.C.
1101b(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id184DC4CF2CC44631B1F3FD97D86EE26D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (6) through
(14) as paragraphs (8) through (16), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64D18158B4EB4BBEACD5AC79068EE587"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>,
including innovative, customized remedial education and English language
instruction courses designed to help retain students and move the students
rapidly into core courses and through program completion</quote> before the
period at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9193B23559934A16903AA8DE0583860F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (5) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6444F3CBEA5345978F6C0A14BAD1BD54" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id597873CAD81F49C0B539B4A36C077603"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education or counseling services designed
to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the
students’ parents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7412F264FA004164A4DAA5A0FEDBAE67"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Articulation agreements and student support
programs designed to facilitate the transfer from 2-year to 4-year
institutions.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA48BC0D2639C4ADC8572EF10F1C347F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1)), by striking <quote>distance learning academic instruction
capabilities</quote> and inserting <quote>distance education
technologies</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5B0DCBF2A1A48C6B8AFC4D58DF006AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Postbaccalaureate opportunities for
Hispanic Americans</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id153856A61974494EBAED33D788972A2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title V (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101">20 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1A788A3D36E4BC783D375D74823E0CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating part B as part C;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC739F9F200AC45578AC346944317CE2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating sections 511 through 518
as sections 521 through 528, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBC9F863E8BD4C0B9A6A10820F3C967E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 505 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ECF997353C9440BB622D0078FF2ADA0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="id765EEE051023475D84BE67DDC88357CF" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">PROMOTING
POSTBACCALAUREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC AMERICANS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5116C3B006B4BA7B8DD6E6820793626" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>511.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authority and eligibility</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C4280BCF8284202A49270808AE32E25"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of funds
appropriated to carry out this part, the Secretary shall award grants, on a
competitive basis, to eligible institutions to enable the eligible institutions
to carry out the authorized activities described in section 512.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97B247FA843241B9A2CB8D8D9F50D2F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this part, an
<term>eligible institution</term> means an institution of higher education
that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27569EFADFEE46E2A468509705CB5FAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a Hispanic-serving institution (as
defined in section 502); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC00696AA8BAD48D696A5D64C36601F00"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offers a postbaccalaureate certificate or
degree granting program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC30F27900F4D4077AE1574B2A8E39AAA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>512.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Grants awarded under this part shall be used
for 1 or more of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA101C21CD36B47E0AB19BDC8207338FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or
laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and
research purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0C164294AAA45A5ACCC08D2D8809210"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA54868D60DE54BDE9ADA5FAD69B24137"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purchase of library books, periodicals,
technical and other scientific journals, microfilm, microfiche, and other
educational materials, including telecommunications program materials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E17C4B79BA34FEA96E1A2EBF0ED3C1A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78183C04BCF0484DAD1CBB450108DFFF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support of faculty exchanges, faculty
development, faculty research, curriculum development, and academic
instruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id653FAA9EA6FA405D96D2FA8FDD190172"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Creating or improving facilities for
Internet or other distance education technologies, including purchase or rental
of telecommunications technology equipment or services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id993C1E004FEA42109511302F70DBF50C"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaboration with other institutions of
higher education to expand postbaccalaureate certificate and degree
offerings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FE636A1E0B04D1AB45F25396BDFC606"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other activities proposed in the
application submitted pursuant to section 513 that are approved by the
Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCFCB40D0B3C46B380E9AAEA8D3648D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>513.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application and duration</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7595117593EC4770B26930217A810D03"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 the Secretary may require. 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
such students’ greater financial independence.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E677ADBF5714A14B839F01F87DE1217"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants under this part shall be awarded for
a period not to exceed 5 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id892048A942404B7CBEAF2C549525A669"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may 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></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1606CDDEACBE4E89AB2292E1A2B1FB41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 521(b)(1)(A) (as redesignated by
section 502(a)(2)) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1103">20 U.S.C. 1103(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended
by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(c)</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4AB66AF7F194107B4AD45A2E8263522" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative arrangements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 524(a) (as redesignated by section
502(a)(2)) (20
U.S.C. 1103c(a)) is amended by striking <quote>section
503</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 503 and 512</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA99CBFCE57F0458FB6C0212C1E798AFF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 528(a)
(as redesignated by section 502(a)(2)) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1103g">20 U.S.C. 1103g(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B4749143AA14DA3A8201CA593BD2E10"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>part A of</quote> after
<quote>carry out</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95DFAEB2ED7D4D948A15EDB2BDF96189"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$62,500,000 for fiscal
year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E557E2081064FE2B03B9D3A699291F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">
Authorizations</header-in-text>.—There are</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB930C389F4DB456193C8E770A560825C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3546658A78248CC84A2DE68841BA984"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorizations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2204C0206C94739B4CE24FCC533000E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There
are</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F312691AD984BC2951D492676BD698C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20804B1F6F454692980DD6BADFC45309" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64D3378DB69F419C8E0EDC465E7BF18E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part B</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out part B of this title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International education programs</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53A2396263D3465BB20171F0688C9C00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1121">20 U.S.C. 1121</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46C64F33B0C242BCB82B7E683369DBCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and
purposes</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">; purposes; consultation;
survey</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13C2C76AB4704B40B53DB6DC81201ADF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by striking
<quote>post-Cold War</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E5770F3459C4DD3B74E82D86B52396B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(D), by inserting
<quote>, including through linkages with overseas institutions</quote> before
the semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13133DEBABD24EC98AD683A23C0163DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C7378C803214CC980AE9BBFDFB89FB6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A08993C492245B9B679E7DBD3B8213C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, prior to requesting
applications for funding under this title during each grant cycle, consult with
and receive recommendations regarding national need for expertise in foreign
languages and world regions from the head officials of a wide range of Federal
agencies. Such agencies shall provide information to the Secretary regarding
how the agencies utilize expertise and resources provided by grantees under
this title. The Secretary shall take into account such recommendations and
information when requesting applications for funding under this title, and
shall make available to applicants a list of areas identified as areas of
national need.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDAD67666B78418B90504C9B788E6309"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Survey</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall assist grantees in
developing a survey to administer to students who have participated in programs
under this title to determine postgraduation placement. All grantees, where
applicable, shall administer such survey not less often than annually and
report such data to the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id061C9145D29F42FDB71D4004886302B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Graduate and undergraduate language and
area centers and programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 602 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1122">20 U.S.C. 1122</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CB09796474E448A946277E429B6F7EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4183C43F9D64B01A97A3DDBE9BF6172"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95D8173D8F9B48EF8AF9B4D2065A66ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9A665ACD94D48A591C2BC70B6126AC3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (H), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0F90271BFAF4D8782BDB1EA75626F60"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE9984C88E9543EF9D9904AA760C68CF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB95A449F75A49CF85000283D6A8D3B0"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support for instructors of the less
commonly taught languages.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id438866691D1046D79E434FD12F3C9B5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C49CF110B39435A80DCCDD59A2EB5EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through
(E) as subparagraphs (D) through (F), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0954BA42FA004492A5B3E16F9A0A73C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15866F2A32C140B183E361947438AC04" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF69C14FB15154E01960953CAB9E143EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs of linkage or outreach between or
among—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A111DF1CFFF4D459E7ACDF3BEB12A34"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">foreign language, area studies, or other
international fields; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB15B4FE9C5754EEB98CFE3C3DD1723F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State educational agencies or local
educational
agencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id751531C920F54AADA354FBE74F45525B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by
clause (i)) by inserting <quote>, including Federal or State scholarship
programs for students in related areas</quote> before the period at the end;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D402C1EC291485A8F753B480C3294A0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by
clause (i)), by striking <quote>and (D)</quote> and inserting <quote>(D), and
(E)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2644D1274444C24BA8B389F59962FAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58DB0B1308C44503B368520C984F05B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Graduate</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D6A7890D009407C85BE4A96C4580C3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4F96839C8244CFA891E1C64461313ED" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39C8560CE84F4C6EBA03B8D185AC2321"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student receiving a stipend described in
paragraph (1) shall be engaged—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE55CF68DFF824EAFA80B17011474A5C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an instructional program with stated
performance goals for functional foreign language use or in a program
developing such performance goals, in combination with area studies,
international studies, or the international aspects of a professional studies
program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BEBD863E8FD4972B495E05246EFABDA"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6DC1E7D294A440B695D59FB3916064AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an undergraduate student, in
the intermediate or advanced study of a less commonly taught language;
or</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD89857B9CF97483C90166C9F0FA415E2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a graduate student, in
graduate study in connection with a program described in subparagraph (A),
including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD2167E847B04D56B4EDE308B8CC0CE1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">predissertation level study;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9B838CD97AF4742BC013F0CB6FA4DDB"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preparation for dissertation
research;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3D9F8543CAD4701B4D334FD110E79AE"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">dissertation research abroad; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADC4F85BE83242F5B448D6764D7E1227"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">dissertation
writing.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4FF0478823A4A5FA577EEC8068F82C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECD827D60B954C7DBCDF562F5865548C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA6DE50C7E72420ABD81A1E06EB6F9CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8B0DCAA7D144CDF99E418CC1AB8ADAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Graduate level recipients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A stipend awarded to a graduate level
recipient may include allowances for dependents and for travel for research and
study in the United States and abroad.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5D68820CB6D49FD9D382D763CC25DC9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Undergraduate level
recipients</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A stipend awarded
to an undergraduate level recipient may include an allowance for educational
programs in the United States or educational programs abroad that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C3EB0C38C9A4B6A99157EC5FCA817D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are closely linked to the overall goals of
the recipient’s course of study; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1D4CDE9B84F434D89FA0E264F740494"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have the purpose of promoting foreign
language fluency and knowledge of foreign
cultures.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B229A52B9324D10B1D9E8ECF00D55DA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3110D450B51443E6B5C69D0CB6ED1857" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A7B56BD17C148F4B92C10321AC76BC1"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution or combination of
institutions desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information
and assurances as the Secretary may require. Each application shall include an
explanation of how the activities funded by the grant will reflect diverse
perspectives and a wide range of views and generate debate on world regions and
international affairs. Each application shall also describe how the applicant
will address disputes regarding whether activities funded under the application
reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views. Each application shall
also include a description of how the applicant will encourage government
service in areas of national need, as identified by the Secretary, as well as
in needs in the education, business, and nonprofit
sectors.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3F1FC7D75744A5597CEBF5FF9013D2F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Undergraduate international studies and
foreign language programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1124">20 U.S.C. 1124</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21BB3A0E47AF45B098DD02E6C76C49E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AC932845C4A4A27958134DAFBC045F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3ACEF6367544DF8B58F7A438FF99AC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (I) through
(M) as subparagraphs (J) through (N), respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7695557979C471EA030940E3483D4EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (H) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DD1B43C0488410A92E239D057493FC0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id005B884F85594CA499771FB189E76184"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing subgrants to undergraduate
students for educational programs abroad that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF95A589DBA8F46BE859BF161AD6E5429"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are closely linked to the overall goals of
the program for which the grant is awarded; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A24634A480043AA94A8A04A21824DAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have the purpose of promoting foreign
language fluency and knowledge of foreign
cultures;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72E223BA653C4BB48778E4A881472FFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9093BBA4F5D43E9A71B393DA6EE8BCB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4413B3AF066A4C238FA8D9CDA5F4A47B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking the period
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC110EDAF1544E9E93C5B2734686623D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77FE123C9B1E49CE90728C1DCD8CA8C6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FDCD9E2C7E74E30A6F96ADA5F7E9AE7"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the applicant will
provide information to students regarding federally funded scholarship programs
in related areas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92EC0C948BD247E38B775B7130CB0217"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of how the activities funded
by the grant will reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views and
generate debate on world regions and international affairs, where
applicable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AA730BDED624F62BDC32218CB0A326E"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the applicant will
address disputes regarding whether the activities funded under the application
reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0733A645ECB34EBAA5EBE940299023F0"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the applicant will
encourage service in areas of national need as identified by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDC82937355844508638861B32E411DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82D43BADD6B143C095E9939BD0568CB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Funding Support</header-in-text>.—The Secretary”
and inserting “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Funding
Support</header-in-text>.—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC84A419A4B048E081C02A907F042FA2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FBB7116210E42D0AE3E01C1CE0E98EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">The secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EC7B10A9DB54FDDB74451085CEC6B02"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>10</quote> and inserting
<quote>20</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF15A3FAD297640FBA48D8F058D1408C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A3E61958DDD4077AB1500D6A3DEB28E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB79BD2B6FBBC4EDC9EF6EBB98F9E2FCB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grantees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the total amount of grant funds awarded
to a grantee under this section, the grantee may use not more than 10 percent
of such funds for the activity described in subsection
(a)(2)(I).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0E970C2E0844D2FA962BF68E501C69C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research; studies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 605(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1125">20 U.S.C. 1125(a)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8136CC15EE64D2DBDCEBAB471FB54A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12FEAC089325405B9697BBC3D347DC38"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9), by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C327D21FF9549F7BE8EB6817FA5CF01"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1176B8EA33E049B7B372B32F1FCFD924" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29CC1DDA73EB4879B4B7FD29AE72975E"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluation of the extent to which programs
assisted under this title reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of
views and generate debate on world regions and international affairs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3818C27D40B4380ADAE8C261ECDF074"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the systematic collection, analysis, and
dissemination of data that contribute to achieving the purposes of this part;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F4BE6263560451BB9442FCD3F486675"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support for programs or activities to make
data collected, analyzed, or disseminated under this section publicly available
and easy to
understand.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D6833EC5AB440C89E8495DE85566D2E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technological innovation and cooperation
for foreign information access</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 606 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1126">20 U.S.C. 1126</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB44326AE9B94E16A9C616BEC9BFA89D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55DAE9B8DF614B2CB641BBAEAE3CEEEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>new electronic
technologies</quote> and inserting <quote>electronic
technologies</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB16547180D84BFFA17D38220A9CFDF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>from foreign
sources</quote> after <quote>disseminate information</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8300F2A377F3450FADE9F400FFAC0888"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subsection heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Authority</header-in-text>.—The Secretary</quote> and
inserting</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id15966F36DFE34832AA347C1B568E224B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<text><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Authority</header-in-text>.—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DE71A4E41994645A9191176970C5F4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF00F3633214D416D984BF89C5B0DBBE5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44DDBDA794C74FC89FB3E32F2A9B955F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2543AD61BBCC4A53A397400826AF1998"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Partnerships with not-for-profit
educational organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may award grants under this section to carry out the activities
authorized under this section to the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACF4C6D390A0428EA3C86946E49DA8D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43790D1C104843A8922F889A208524C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public or nonprofit private
library.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4426ACDBD00A4342AD81A48D7CAE5A17"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A consortium of an institution of higher
education and 1 or more of the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id855453F73BE3466AA65CE541AA6A27A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Another institution of higher
education.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA283F5E9862424E8CC9E1D016F8B0A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A library.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3597EAC9379C4B0986EC0B429197B7F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A not-for-profit educational
organization.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47027B4151B846F7BE070F2451618514"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EDBC07AA0B74ED689BEF484CE1FC578"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>to
facilitate access to</quote> and inserting <quote>to acquire, facilitate access
to,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5876CB5C2AE4464FB737210ACB62303F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or
standards for</quote> after <quote>means of</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6729AF9774934453A06270586655D2C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1735A2A374D14766B68EAF092124C1A5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38E9C2C863364313B6D265CBF4453073"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE3CE019317547E59553E90E3E9C0C89" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FB5B8443ED44897A4F05C9255F528B1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish linkages to facilitate
carrying out the activities described in this subsection between—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86AC08DA26DD43CA8A4F5F595A0DF26C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institutions of higher education,
libraries, and consortia receiving grants under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id083645F5F4174F05813585D43B2FDBFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education,
not-for-profit educational organizations, and libraries overseas; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51E62107F54E4670A4365B9FD0901784"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to carry out other activities that the
Secretary determines are consistent with the purpose of the grants or contracts
awarded under this section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id354F49E3EF214E13A08DA7491A1D74B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking
<quote>institution or consortium</quote> and inserting <quote>institution of
higher education, library, or consortium</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id186BFB7977A94CC7BFC0A272D5FCFC76" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>606.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection of certain grant
recipients</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 607 (20
U.S.C. 1127) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD44909EBEF80475090433E1519ABA71C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking “evaluates
the applications for comprehensive and undergraduate language and area centers
and programs.” and inserting “evaluates—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FEE84E2BE2C4908BEC8DC48351699AA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A306DE1CC8B4FF789112CE593E4400D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applications for comprehensive foreign
language and area or international studies centers and programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id994927F13B384E2EBAF3C722F2AF9B84"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applications for undergraduate foreign
language and area or international studies centers and
programs.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id539F5D2F953F421A9ED755DB375E2D43"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by adding at the end the
following: <quote>The Secretary shall also consider an applicant’s record of
placing students into service in areas of national need and an applicant’s
stated efforts to increase the number of such students that go into such
service.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24E954FCF4F04F568B0D05D3B676F5DC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>607.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">American overseas research
centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 609 (20 U.S.C.
1128a) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14EA8B2A232049488FB59EB3616FAD9E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0A30063B1E04604BCBF9503DE9C34F8"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each center desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information and assurances as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75A890EB79F64829BD6AC74022467D5B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>608.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations for
international and foreign language studies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 610 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1128b">20 U.S.C. 1128b</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>$80,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows
through the period and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B3746A681AD4ADCA2ED25AA04155FE3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>609.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Centers for international business
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 612(f)(3)
(20 U.S.C.
1130–1(f)(3)) is amended by inserting <quote>, and that diverse
perspectives will be made available to students in programs under this
section</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4ED264172874C7B977D40EFF4C5DD78" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>610.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education and training
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 613(c) (20
U.S.C. 1130a(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Each
such application shall include an assurance that, where applicable, the
activities funded by the grant will reflect diverse perspectives and a wide
range of views on world regions and international affairs.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E2D51E9CE3B4B858ED083C90B96ACCC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>611.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations for
business and international education programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 614 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1130b">20 U.S.C. 1130b</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id084310CE969946F4B19837064BFC6A4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking
<quote>$11,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACF220C6E4B6431DBFAE362E3B0EE994"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking
<quote>$7,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>fiscal years,</quote> and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FDE70AA1FB849D6BA59362D7E30B81A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>612.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minority foreign service professional
development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
621 (20 U.S.C.
1131) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63F0EAF7499E40DDA0EBC68D8D070D57"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
following: <quote>Each application shall include a description of how the
activities funded by the grant will reflect diverse perspectives and a wide
range of views on world regions and international affairs, where
applicable.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64D71711164C415F8ADADFABF4113A2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B09C3B3B69240ACA2B8A62EEA6A6086"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Match Required</header-in-text>.—The
eligible</quote> and inserting</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6B5DF27FFFDA4B31AC8FB01F3587EFD6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<text><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Matching
Funds</header-in-text>.—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id144394823ECA406C93C2DB165B109127"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), the
eligible</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22ECE9EE45574A4DBDA814B6DC8486C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6755D3FAC48E4CE0B02BE8D9559551F7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85644CCA5F21478B86BF467AEA97F68A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive the requirement of
paragraph (1) for an eligible recipient if the Secretary determines such waiver
is
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id010A812967FE4D668D7392A38CB76C0E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>613.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 622 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1131-1">20 U.S.C. 1131–1</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62DD4D01DB0A43468D73F0ECF359A254"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE086E3BEA1D4D0294292FBC2B8628D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Tribally Controlled
Colleges or Universities</quote> and inserting <quote>tribally controlled
colleges or universities</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id675AE2BAD20C4D0F93BA9931D937E408"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>international affairs
programs.</quote> and inserting <quote>international affairs, international
business, and foreign language study programs, including the teaching of
foreign languages, at such colleges, universities, and institutions,
respectively, which may include collaboration with institutions of higher
education that receive funding under this title.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52ECEC3112114EC69652C8206E50995E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC99A207D1E024C57985948B67D99EF24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (1) and (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD07ACCEBF95A4E9684F6E23CA9EFFABD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AFB1550D6A146D2974E57FC17FECA43"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (B)), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF4DFF96491949C7A8CD5E79DC399FCD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>614.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study abroad program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 623(a) (20 U.S.C.
1131a(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id282F8EF791344DABB4B8D7C2F4D91AD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>as defined in section
322 of this Act</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id129D6796099B4F4DA7CBE81418AD3332"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>tribally controlled
Indian community colleges as defined in the Tribally Controlled Community
College Assistance Act of 1978</quote> and inserting <quote>tribally controlled
colleges or universities</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24C60F98AFED4A45ABB3E61E502B50F5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>615.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advanced degree in international
relations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 624 (20
U.S.C. 1131b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38B8FE89B65C4A07A9DE86704B80C694"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">masters</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">advanced</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DCF1785199549FDAF9CD1ECB0E6A084"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by inserting
<quote>, and in exceptional circumstances, a doctoral degree,</quote> after
<quote>masters degree</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7FE28F826094D1BBFADA4EBC2D76C25"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking
<quote>masters degree</quote> and inserting <quote>advanced degree</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB254F8A85F644891B68DC30BEA3D71CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the fourth sentence, by striking
<quote>United States</quote> and inserting <quote>United
States.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9829E21127DF4D78B2D188E96D97619C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>616.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Internships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 625 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1131c">20 U.S.C. 1131c</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CB23E86B1474A65BB60E77C49030863"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35B733102F334F43A00FAC41B668D90D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>as defined in section
322 of this Act</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92B0CFCFA9FB496C84644D2E5F6FFB1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>tribally controlled
Indian community colleges as defined in the Tribally Controlled Community
College Assistance Act of 1978</quote> and inserting <quote>tribally controlled
colleges or universities</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE132C8F0D985477DB2D45F6D83420E0B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>an international</quote>
and inserting <quote>international,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EA91521142E41B689FDFB0DADE96016"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the United States
Information Agency</quote> and inserting <quote>the Department of
State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71F116E3D06E42EFBA5B37864C49E2ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9CE093F928C4EB99456096604E3FF1B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by inserting
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97F0F244AEDC4BFBA39D987BFBC3EEE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>;
and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3DF371C602D46DF8B40CD69F0BB7B68"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (G).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB93CAD13D4444F51B6828008A42E5E22" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>617.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part
C of title VI (20
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9303805E57B546BB8593B8DF29251BB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating sections 626, 627, and 628
as sections 627, 628, and 629, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4736659C12E345569DA866026F0D47CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 625 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB90D8EBACD2D4B4B8EEAD95F3710A042" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE359CEDA54884FEFA51D371C9AA9AD01" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>626.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CB6967DB7D64A8C92281E53A66DECBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Institute may provide financial
assistance, in the form of summer stipends described in subsection (b) and
Ralph Bunche scholarship assistance described in subsection (c), to needy
students to facilitate the participation of the students in the Institute’s
programs under this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55245BF6F2624AE58C15C252C199E87E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Summer Stipends</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF42B204581A64DDBBA878987F80BB1A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student receiving a summer stipend under
this section shall use such stipend to defray the student’s cost of
participation in a summer institute program funded under this part, including
the costs of travel, living, and educational expenses necessary for the
student’s participation in such program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4362A690EB64A7BACC0B3279DABF58D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summer stipend awarded to a student under
this section shall not exceed $3,000 per summer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32D51400F0FD48118E4451ECFB1C4C6E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ralph Bunche Scholarship</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5586F6733284BF5BD157AD4622D3D6E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student receiving a Ralph Bunche
scholarship under this section—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB3EFC0046E14737BFFDDBFD8C3DB248"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be a full-time student at an
institution of higher education who is accepted into a program funded under
this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id997A000B13BE41EBBCA96A9476D318B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall use such scholarship to pay costs
related to the cost of attendance, as defined in section 472, at the
institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEEF58B1679894A01B58FE88E01634276"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount and duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Ralph Bunche scholarship awarded to a
student under this section shall not exceed $5,000 per academic
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7104DB97C4A14E9891D2BCB138EFD992" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>618.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 627 (as redesignated by section
617(1)) (20 U.S.C.
1131d) is amended by striking <quote>annually</quote> and
inserting <quote>biennially</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE81C9F80E0054463BEF7CC895E882F4D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>619.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gifts and donations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 628 (as redesignated by section
617(1)) (20 U.S.C.
1131e) is amended by striking <quote>annual report described in
section 626</quote> and inserting <quote>biennial report described in section
627</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFE38442CB784E6181F9B093619BE0FD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>620.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations for the
Institute for International Public Policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 629 (as redesignated by section
617(1)) (20 U.S.C.
1131f) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16E4810E7D9D49CD98F095474B261D04" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>621.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 631 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1132">20 U.S.C. 1132</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C3DBFA65F0F46DBA57238205E10EA00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (7);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DF8BB3279E147FAA47DE8329BF96047"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4),
(5), (6), (8), and (9), as paragraphs (7), (4), (8), (2), (10), (6), and (3),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26BC0B4B265E4A068EF05F73CF1A41B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), as redesignated by
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>comprehensive language and area
center</quote> and inserting <quote>comprehensive foreign language and area or
international studies center</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D4C54E3E1164DFDAD89AB0081A16DF8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), as redesignated by
paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DB4A02068B549A5A3BA917B7D80BA0E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (4), as
redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB01FB5A6B2BD407890EEB63B618509DE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3B984517EDD4AE7AC46FFF85D4486DA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>historically Black college
and university</term> has the meaning given the term <term>part B
institution</term> in section 322;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB712DE2D0FC42618002758102BA3728"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), as redesignated by
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id704E800578F946A193A2551C1CA5ED1F"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (8), as
redesignated by paragraph (2), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A226CE118E641BDA940394245A0D3E9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA611F08603F5421C9FE62485E30AF040"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>tribally controlled college
or university</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the
Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
1801); and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD058C99276734CA3BF476FB5FAA6018D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (10), as redesignated by
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>undergraduate language and area
center</quote> and inserting <quote>undergraduate foreign language and area or
international studies center</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FD43F3C7CBF4311B167A4E90A66FBA7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>622.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment and enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part
D of title VI (20
U.S.C. 1132) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C3B21FD9EA246A5929479F232C86B47" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id338A1A986BF548D7B2DD22A360FDE8ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>632.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment; enforcement; rule of
construction</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61529C470A774D728BE58AE1A0219607"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to assess and
ensure compliance with all the conditions and terms of grants provided under
this title. If a complaint regarding activities funded under this title is not
resolved under the process outlined in the relevant grantee’s application, such
complaint shall be filed with the Department and reviewed by the Secretary. The
Secretary shall take the review of such complaints into account when
determining the renewal of grants.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id569F1BE2DCBC468A95D8709CB911D2DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to
authorize the Secretary to mandate, direct, or control an institution of higher
education’s specific instructional content, curriculum, or program of
instruction.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0F47AF412DC4B0D9B26A8E05D111801" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>633.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation, outreach, and
information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may
use not more than 1 percent of the funds made available under this title to
carry out program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination
activities relating to the programs authorized under this title.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E18EFC97F5F4527A729A22920F17738" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>634.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biennial report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall, in consultation and
collaboration with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the
heads of other relevant Federal agencies, submit a biennial report that
identifies areas of national need in foreign language, area, and international
studies as such studies relate to government, education, business, and
nonprofit needs, and a plan to address those needs. The report shall be
provided to the authorizing committees and made available to the
public.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26714B6060C145788472C57F047122B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 700(1)(B)(i) (20 U.S.C.
1133(1)(B)(i)) is amended by inserting <quote>, including those areas critical
to United States national and homeland security needs such as mathematics,
science, and engineering</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id996B23D8923041ED8EF334C8FD6C0DAF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>702.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of Jacob K. Javits
Fellowships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 702(a)(1)
(20 U.S.C.
1134a(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46E8294739F34F448F352A885C1AAC0C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D4E31988B6B4DBD802DD5E35D25854C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F33687B7EED4D169CDAF140ECB0E3FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall appoint a Jacob K.
Javits Fellows Program Fellowship Board (referred to in this subpart as the
<quote>Board</quote>) consisting of 9 individuals representative of both public
and private institutions of higher education who are especially qualified to
serve on the Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E4C88D1F612454E97A3AE22E6FEF242"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making appointments under subparagraph
(A), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE892696D0D7A45F1B1794D8BE6EAB159"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">give due consideration to the appointment
of individuals who are highly respected in the academic community;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35EB3E72DF4040D98D8B47C408ACBBA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assure that individuals appointed to the
Board are broadly representative of a range of disciplines in graduate
education in arts, humanities, and social sciences;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3074906615341F88696AFDB790FE1C8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appoint members to represent the various
geographic regions of the United States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C77428D05E54785BDCAB805A90590B6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include representatives from minority
institutions, as defined in section
365.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id864F8D180779449EBF276A971C2433C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stipends</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 703(a) (20 U.S.C.
1134b(a)) is amended by striking <quote>graduate
fellowships</quote> and inserting <quote>Graduate Research Fellowship
Program</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B7243A7A1CB48478FDC1343DD01959C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>704.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations for the
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 705 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1134d">20 U.S.C. 1134d</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows
through the period and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years to carry out this
subpart.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC849182566564C52A3BAC04C703C1D2C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional eligibility under the
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 712(b) (20 U.S.C.
1135a(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9FC04957CC24EE997E37E4F0D1BDDD0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BA7BE9A806343AAA97B87F9ED639E66"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of Areas of National
Need</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After consultation with
appropriate Federal and nonprofit agencies and organizations, including the
National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of
Homeland Security, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, the Secretary shall designate areas of national need. In making
such designations, the Secretary shall take into consideration—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9897E334A1584BD88FDB72D16FB04A82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the interest in the
area is compelling;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9208FD24108F48149009D474A152DB86"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which other Federal programs
support postbaccalaureate study in the area concerned;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id599638A007F4469C82DF10DD07F79627"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of how the program may
achieve the most significant impact with available resources; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id903555AF6B284151A5AB93B721817D7D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of current and future
professional workforce needs of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40653C2BFF7F44E988B32ECB50488227" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Awards to graduate students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 714 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1135c">20 U.S.C. 1135c</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id554E6E8322D146B7A91CFE2019E64C8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D053EA228B940789120D4F87B64A537"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1999–2000</quote> and
inserting <quote>2008–2009</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91D6569C527D4D65B75B642E9885C878"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>graduate
fellowships</quote> and inserting <quote>Graduate Research Fellowship
Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9DA10857F6E47149E95943FF221D320"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77F259D9B29D4D98A48053F37D0ACB88"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>716(a)</quote> and
inserting <quote>715(a)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B5CFF83FA1F4E84AC3D49690627F988"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>714(b)(2)</quote> and
inserting <quote>713(b)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D6D00A95C794263A3E0F997C9549455" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>707.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional assistance for cost of
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 715(a)(1)
(20 U.S.C.
1135d(a)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F49C22865924CE1A547CE7E8F7E97AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1999–2000</quote> and
inserting <quote>2008–2009</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id745C616A06AC45BB872F7DCC3A7D2A61"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1998–1999</quote> and
inserting <quote>2007–2008</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id755E4409498F4EBF95E47CD809473509" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>708.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations for the
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 716 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1135e">20 U.S.C. 1135e</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows
through the period and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years to carry out this
subpart.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id195EDB34BE3E44368AB79B51FD6DD180" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>709.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Legal educational opportunity
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 721 (20 U.S.C.
1136) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A77EBB7BA554C0EB553C85AFC025BE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7841D79DA9F242F7941E4BECF733D7E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>secondary school
and</quote> after <quote>disadvantaged</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1A4BE98621F4867AFFF286F2B5A38AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and admission to law
practice</quote> before the period at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id559BF8F15FC04C649C9CA16D6B55ACB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
subsection (b), by inserting <quote>secondary school student or</quote> before
<quote>college student</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC99D61F97CCB47078573A008CB540513"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9FA587713384AD0B6A8CABA7AE584B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting
<quote>secondary school and</quote> before <quote>college
students</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1731A8E595E4471D9468D5D3899A8FD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4E2A492A9654E868BDE9BE58AFD005F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id226090F1EBD54BC7AE8987024F12E050"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to prepare such students for successful
completion of a baccalaureate degree and for study at accredited law schools,
and to assist them with the development of analytical skills, writing skills,
and study methods to enhance the students' success and promote the students'
admission to and completion of law
school;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04393C9810544BE0AC73734F64362274"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E6449173E5E466DAD745892CEE221F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29C48AD7B3AD45C18CC9BFBD4CEFC81A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3212E6679C4E4C0BA7F3A3D230FACA58"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to motivate and prepare such
students—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFF76E5E46AF42EE81708C7C6DFD5821"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to law school studies and
practice in low-income communities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AE027F25E53455D91AF90AF8662FA66"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide legal services to low-income
individuals and families; and;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2088826E78A413EB98799AC1840909F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82122975B40041ABB1D48F3AF8BE1A7E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5BC8F1F14EE4A4A8961B0DB9A36C491"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to award Thurgood Marshall Fellowships to
eligible law school students—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DFFC354E8504CE7A58908CA4E5675FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who participated in summer institutes under
subsection (d)(6) and who are enrolled in an accredited law school; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5366B16BA6A414EAABEC36F22DEACAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who have successfully completed summer
institute programs comparable to the summer institutes under subsection (d)
that are certified by the Council on Legal Education
Opportunity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC219EEA0F2EA4523A99DA19C28734DD8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94D917A141A2408C88F8E7B06264FD1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
inserting <quote>pre-college programs, undergraduate</quote> before
<quote>pre-law</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id964D36B05B214E37A0D37F8F715A56AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85AFA6F3461F46D6A1EC163D62544BBC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting
<quote>law school</quote> before <quote>graduation</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC334F907E1244C11BD747B9D1287C040"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2DE662846804850873882F9C59034F1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC068CAEAED542E89C69D93F2D2BD798"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pre-college and undergraduate preparatory
courses in analytical and writing skills, study methods, and curriculum
selection;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9D150B0529E448C9644E58C0F7F51AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6)
as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F539538B58B49CBB96A3BF112983DA6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id256BC4642E9B4A699EB8D9988AD1D5F6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81F79E9321D840A3A987B59BF6366A2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">summer academic programs for secondary
school students who have expressed interest in a career in the
law;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1422EE4AED774882851F72AF36364F31"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (C)), by inserting <quote>and Associates</quote> after
<quote>Thurgood Marshall Fellows</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9DF3E32D261464EB536FE960DB7D6E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), by inserting <quote>,
including before and during undergraduate study</quote> before the
semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE790C8B72E7141D697E46CAC8462659C"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF7B494225634DFE8EE5141DCCBCCF58"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>national and State bar
associations,</quote> after <quote>agencies and organizations,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id520C7D058B514422837D5F905524A5A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and
organizations.</quote> and inserting <quote>organizations, and
associations.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id211E74BF4CC04666BAFD1B12855365DA"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (g) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9247845045A34B3BABD60B8461A98A1B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8CC9CF778D1455FAEAC2535B5C46FB9"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fellowships and stipends</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually establish the
maximum fellowship to be awarded, and stipend to be paid (including allowances
for participant travel and for the travel of the dependents of the
participant), to Thurgood Marshall Fellows or Associates for the period of
participation in summer institutes, midyear seminars, and bar preparation
seminars. A Fellow or Associate may be eligible for such a fellowship or
stipend only if the Thurgood Marshall Fellow or Associate maintains
satisfactory academic progress toward the Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws
degree, as determined by the respective institutions (except with respect to a
law school graduate enrolled in a bar preparation
course).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05242BB9206F42369682E2F053D9FF6D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h), by striking
<quote>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2008 and for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0FDC208F8AA48AA86854A9E16ED93AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>710.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fund for the improvement of postsecondary
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 741 (20
U.S.C. 1138) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFB4F52361F44E3FB3C23EA04018ABE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25ADAD18AD1743749C14C087AC985605"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA591386DF1DE4BD8AC0E28EEF02A6420" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE6173A64AD7424E86AF599F0E6329C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment and continuation of
institutions, programs, consortia, collaborations, and other joint efforts
based on the technology of communications, including those efforts that utilize
distance education and technological advancements to educate and train
postsecondary students (including health professionals serving medically
underserved
populations);</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id847C9CDB0D9A488D9F54AC342593790E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5DE5E7692E94F7EADAE747284ECCD16"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id406E7DEF762A4E5D8D4BD08F526193D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7F610F5959C4DD981C104D6B8998A23" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBE2B1EB04124F25BB82D95E413460CC"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the introduction of reforms in remedial
education, including English language instruction, to customize remedial
courses to student goals and help students progress rapidly from remedial
courses into core courses and through program completion; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E6A5F459F2140AD93CF0A6C9B63AFBB"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the creation of consortia that join diverse
institutions of higher education to design and offer curricular and
co-curricular interdisciplinary programs at the undergraduate and graduate
levels, sustained for not less than a 5 year period, that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id849B84F1C9EB419A9C1F7902A98B3C1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">focus on poverty and human capability;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD4F865D6EAF4AC18EFFA1910A385947"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDD539F7670D44A6B8E06C8A8D9110D3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a service-learning component; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47F8032FE88F4FE39A2ED0B1DA9635D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the delivery of educational services
through informational resource centers, summer institutes, midyear seminars,
and other educational activities that stress the effects of poverty and how
poverty can be alleviated through different career
paths.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06005717E83241C18489F2FC0734DB39"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CF192A9338A4460ADE72980A82026CD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E0E4A24831F4597A5580D07DD99DB4E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project GRAD</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53BCC33A5805476493A53676ECA589C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this subsection are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F8C83712D954EF8AF017A5F417BC457"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide support and assistance to
programs implementing integrated education reform services in order to improve
secondary school graduation, college attendance, and college completion rates
for at-risk students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C4C2837B07942CEA0229DBBD9E11EAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote the establishment of new
programs to implement such integrated education reform services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2844B0E5FBC94E2FB687394AB0A20DDC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id672D2057F4B9475BB7EF8D6BD0377080"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">At-risk</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>at-risk</term> has the same
meaning given such term in section 1432 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40072CDD6C3847CEAC2F5A5E287A5806"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Feeder
pattern</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>feeder
pattern</term> means a secondary school and the elementary schools and middle
schools that channel students into that secondary school.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05E569C50B0644E0A0C95AC1A3DE3DC1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award a
grant to Project GRAD USA (referred to in this subsection as the
<quote>grantee</quote>), a nonprofit educational organization that has as its
primary purpose the improvement of secondary school graduation, college
attendance, and college completion rates for at-risk students, to implement and
sustain the integrated education reform program at existing Project GRAD sites,
and to promote the expansion of the Project GRAD program to new sites.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD49E0DBE3F2248248555DB7348D70494"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements of grant
agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
enter into an agreement with the grantee that requires that the grantee
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93E973BB7FA24F92B731EE35DE22EDE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into subcontracts with nonprofit
educational organizations that serve a substantial number or percentage of
at-risk students (referred to in this subsection as
<quote>subcontractors</quote>), under which the subcontractors agree to
implement the Project GRAD program and provide matching funds for such
programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF6A066DEC594978AE128CB1DA7CC946"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">directly carry out—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF2750B7DB464100AFAC067B163CD0AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities to implement and sustain the
literacy, mathematics, classroom management, social service, and college access
components of the Project GRAD program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ED4C1A40AE34E47932AA6C10F2E30EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities for the purpose of implementing
new Project GRAD program sites;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93623E76BCDF465C980F1BB9116A7915"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities to support, evaluate, and
consistently improve the Project GRAD program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51533EB9C5A14E8998472569097000B4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities for the purpose of promoting
greater public awareness of integrated education reform services to improve
secondary school graduation, college attendance, and college completion rates
for at-risk students; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BECB5E6E2264A0B9F3C6A4BAF48BBD5"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other activities directly related to
improving secondary school graduation, college attendance, and college
completion rates for at-risk students.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5173D740510F404A93F0F059E5A413E0"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grantee contribution and matching
requirement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8F82999E6214C91A8734358B4003111"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The grantee shall provide funds to each
subcontractor based on the number of students served by the subcontractor in
the Project GRAD program, adjusted to take into consideration—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB386A91954EF4C70B2711A2972B6D545"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the resources available in the area where
the subcontractor will implement the Project GRAD program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F615B5C79B14B80A7821CC976CD5D38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the need for the Project GRAD program in
such area to improve student outcomes, including reading and mathematics
achievement and, where applicable, secondary school graduation, college
attendance, and college completion rates.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4C856CF0D184C94BA55918ED415D0D9"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each subcontractor shall provide funds for
the Project GRAD program in an amount that is equal to or greater than the
amount received by the subcontractor from the grantee. Such matching funds may
be provided in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4907A613703340489B259E6DD4A72274"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select an independent
entity to evaluate, every 3 years, the performance of students who participate
in a Project GRAD program under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id085470127E0944D4BD935F02D191B16A"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Center for best practices To support single
parent students</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D4568F47EC94EFFB202597D1ACA95F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award 1
grant or contract to an institution of higher education to enable such
institution to establish and maintain a center to study and develop best
practices for institutions of higher education to support single parents who
are also students attending such institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EE360CE9E25475888CA07E1F3179700"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institution requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award the grant or
contract under this subsection to a 4-year institution of higher education that
has demonstrated expertise in the development of programs to assist single
parents who are students at institutions of higher education, as shown by the
institution’s development of a variety of targeted services to such students,
including on-campus housing, child care, counseling, advising, internship
opportunities, financial aid, and financial aid counseling and
assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF3B8C54A2B24E049E6267A9172EFB84"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Center activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The center funded under this section
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB8B91154CB44FD8B7CB80FF7FB22A87"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist institutions implementing innovative
programs that support single parents pursuing higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BC2091C840E4B2ABDAFDF75C7D13898"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">study and develop an evaluation protocol
for such programs that includes quantitative and qualitative
methodologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D7BDC4BCA2E4F2BA1F491A5F23CBFD1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide appropriate technical assistance
regarding the replication, evaluation, and continuous improvement of such
programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC23C5B3D69B642D5A7D077FEA4766039"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and disseminate best practices for
such programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B205E8176DC4581BDECA08954155904"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Understanding the Federal regulatory impact
on higher education</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7761CF1F41D43AD91133E3BDFDCBF5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this subsection is to help
institutions of higher education understand the regulatory impact of the
Federal Government on such institutions, in order to raise awareness of
institutional legal obligations and provide information to improve compliance
with, and to reduce the duplication and inefficiency of, Federal
regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A32C52EDA254614A32ADBC60BEEED8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award 1
grant or contract to an institution of higher education to enable the
institution to carry out the activities described in the agreement under
paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id014A052861344B23AF1D571D2CDA0219"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institution requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award the grant or
contract under this subsection to an institution of higher education that has
demonstrated expertise in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2830E21233D64541BB7ACF2EA6DBF6E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reviewing Federal higher education
regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id167540E146D54F0BB52EE7F3EFCC1000"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintaining a clearinghouse of compliance
training materials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94BC5AC422A34333A0504F4E3BF7AA6A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explaining the impact of such regulations
to institutions of higher education through a comprehensive and freely
accessible website.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA408487DB6244CE7807DD3B74A7485C9"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements of agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of receiving a grant or
contract under this subsection, the institution of higher education shall enter
into an agreement with the Secretary that shall require the institution
to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E48025E6A8A45EAA96DECA5F8B01B83"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor Federal regulations, including
notices of proposed rulemaking, for their impact or potential impact on higher
education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA179A2E66504471DA48F271C52BF4377"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a succinct description of each
regulation or proposed regulation that is relevant to higher education;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2633C7D2150E4E7497809EF89280A6AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain a website providing information on
Federal regulations that is easy to use, searchable, and updated
regularly.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD50184D3D09F4DDEBAAE02FDA838CD4C"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scholarship program for family members of
veterans or members of the military</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA757A1F86B54417BA55BC25D45E42126"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall contract with a
nonprofit organization with demonstrated experience in carrying out the
activities described in this subsection to carry out a program to provide
postsecondary education scholarships for eligible students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id717F3A2E33C94236BB7C0407C993CFB8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>eligible
student</term> means an individual who is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4d5c11debb2c4968adfc67ee84261016"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id411BC379FE474F99839F885CB738353E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a dependent student who is a child
of—</text>
<subclause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8152390FE2ED4AB792B44DE52ABEF9E3" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04451E049A1A4D3E9CF6B6723799C90E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving on active duty during a war or
other military operation or national emergency (as defined in section 481);
or</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7CF833958B2437B8BCA0096C85BAC0C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performing qualifying National Guard duty
during a war or other military operation or national emergency (as defined in
section 481); or</text>
</item></subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B9C9B55306A4EBEA1EE0B1B994B7574" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a veteran who died while serving or
performing, as described in subclause (I), since September 11, 2001, or has
been disabled while serving or performing, as described in subclause (I), as a
result of such event; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB097C6E19412414EAE70D6FBD7A362DC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an independent student who is a spouse
of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDBEBCF7C74D4EBFB054CDFEB6E7C367"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id650BD6CB5B554972B60293201336EEE6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving on active duty during a war or
other military operation or national emergency (as defined in section 481);
or</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC73782FB7DE46D6881D1D51BE5B851F"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performing qualifying National Guard duty
during a war or other military operation or national emergency (as defined in
section 481); or</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5B11B2B8AF74A439360D41D62D4D62C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a veteran who died while serving or
performing, as described in subclause (I), since September 11, 2001, or has
been disabled while serving or performing, as described in subclause (I), as a
result of such event; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4FB7DD9EB724E668CC5C0906B9DB7E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enrolled as a full-time or part-time
student at an institution of higher education (as defined in section
102).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACCFA54EBFC44D9980776C0720C994A4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Awarding of scholarships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scholarships awarded under this subsection
shall be awarded based on need with priority given to eligible students who are
eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants under subpart 1 of part A of title
IV.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88E195BD156A460A87F02CC61DAD16A3"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maximum scholarship amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum scholarship amount awarded to
an eligible student under this subsection for an academic year shall be the
lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B855DC8DE5E471D834F462D98F2BBAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the difference between the eligible
student’s cost of attendance (as defined in section 472) and any non-loan based
aid such student receives; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id107B3ED2A72F48F9AFDF6E08DE61197E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2FE5A0EF9A7B4914BAA29D7C489B36BF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Amounts for
scholarships</header><text>All of the amounts appropriated to carry out this
subsection for a fiscal year shall be used for scholarships awarded under this
subsection, except that a nonprofit organization receiving a contract under
this subsection may use not more than 1 percent of such amounts for the
administrative costs of the
contract.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43BDD47864794C4B957FDE3C3FEC4856" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>711.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 744(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1138c">20 U.S.C. 1138c</external-xref>)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75B502D46B3D4442B463FCA7C5487B1E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE023BD9B63549E6BB60861E5E229481"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Areas of National Need</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Areas of national need shall include, at a
minimum, the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41788F6CA28A469FB04D6BD125569770"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional restructuring to improve
learning and promote productivity, efficiency, quality improvement, and cost
and price control.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C327FAD444546B3B7D75A2E8582E204"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improvements in academic instruction and
student learning, including efforts designed to assess the learning gains made
by postsecondary students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC45938563974638B14928AAC5DA962D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Articulation between 2- and 4-year
institutions of higher education, including developing innovative methods for
ensuring the successful transfer of students from 2- to 4-year institutions of
higher education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BB2685EA387498C80970269FEA01D5A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development, evaluation and dissemination
of model programs, including model core curricula that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AFAD39247ED472A8D76BC204C371BF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide students with a broad and
integrated knowledge base;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4806E86874D499DACA630313857C46C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include, at a minimum, broad survey courses
in English literature, American and world history, American political
institutions, economics, philosophy, college-level mathematics, and the natural
sciences; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6130A8B5B6444BEB89CA5F73FC039563"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include sufficient study of a foreign
language to lead to reading and writing competency in the foreign
language.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFE2FE30DAC04021A155E9658AB6BFD0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">International cooperation and student
exchanges among postsecondary educational
institutions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF73C665E8E454E8BAF52CAD85965BFD2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>712.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations for the
fund for the improvement of postsecondary education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 745 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1138d">20 U.S.C. 1138d</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>$30,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that follows
through the period and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15944C15F186416C9188615659A101CA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>713.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of the urban community service
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title VII
(20 U.S.C. 1139 et
seq.) is repealed.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D1169D3F9E7445898F3586BC9D845FE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>714.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for students with
disabilities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A44670042A64E8DAAE56FE828C15EA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants authorized for demonstration
projects To ensure students with disabilities receive a quality higher
education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 762 (20
U.S.C. 1140a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D8F396B4BFB4DF98556E40227CDC14E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DBFC0911B7D4FB1B67820DA40EAD8F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE683A1BE05C4B3C8768382AF913B883"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>to
teach students with disabilities</quote> and inserting <quote>to teach and meet
the academic and programmatic needs of students with disabilities in order to
improve retention and completion of postsecondary education</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00A55C296A4247DDA0E975A99D68A067"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C)
as subparagraphs (C) and (F), respectively;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF53E1FF4B6664DC79C18544147EDF3FD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC06F605AF0014613A4E8B5E24C9EACE4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id583BD02D77AF4839A5510DD1B051B36E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective transition
practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of
innovative and effective teaching methods and strategies to ensure the
successful transition of students with disabilities from secondary school to
postsecondary
education.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1695A87E236C420BB624155879A5AC1B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by
clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, including
data on the postsecondary education of and impact on subsequent employment of
students with disabilities. Such research, information, and data shall be made
publicly available and accessible.</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAE1A201761A4D058764512E4BECB250"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (C), as
redesignated by clause (ii), the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0710A6FA9C72440BA2A83F509F56BDD1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FB166F6213A45C798C16D8F585C68E2"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance learning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of innovative and effective
teaching methods and strategies to provide faculty and administrators with the
ability to provide accessible distance education programs or classes that would
enhance access of students with disabilities to higher education, including the
use of accessible curriculum and electronic communication for instruction and
advisement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F051737F44B41639DE5271B1CF3CA92"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disability career pathways</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56B59FB63F85460CB52870657F8E0B69"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training and providing support to secondary
and postsecondary staff with respect to disability-related fields to—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F5BCE0D56E14FC5843DA7B7E4A5983C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage interest and participation in
such fields, among students with disabilities and other students;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB80604C083034D76ADA2D984B7A0ABE0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance awareness and understanding of such
fields among such students;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE5D15FA671C46D985D566C701D1094D"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide educational opportunities in such
fields among such students;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9C95CA8B7F942EF945A8F7F43BBF9B7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teach practical skills related to such
fields among such students; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B14ABB8A33E46DABFFAF025284B7B9F"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offer work-based opportunities in such
fields among such students.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0442FE6B9DF8470A9B75642231E0257F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The training and support described in
clause (i) may include developing means to offer students credit-bearing,
college-level coursework, and career and educational
counseling.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F981FC2D9B34F3596C4FCCE8B4362E1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF7BFBC94CE44BAA8B59BE1870A1AD90" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF936542F849B456EB712EE1BB6D6BAF5"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accessibility of education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Making postsecondary education more
accessible to students with disabilities through curriculum
development.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E23287E23E44218BD56E5AEA955825A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>subparagraphs (A) through (C)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs
(A) through (G)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD40538C13E741789398176B3E5DB419"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81A6F071A64E49308981F1A855A44EB2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E2962CE0D18448D81C16073C36DDC28"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall prepare and disseminate a report
reviewing the activities of the demonstration projects authorized under this
subpart and providing guidance and recommendations on how successful projects
can be
replicated.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2476E18600094EE89BCE17196D4C277B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transition programs for students with
intellectual disabilities into higher education; coordinating
center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part D of title VII
(20 U.S.C. 1140 et
seq.) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB00F7F7E9A849ED96AAC330B0243FBA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the part heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="part" style="OLC">Demonstration</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AAA34C15DF0436AB81048E6B0954322"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the part heading the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA02B9FEAED834F20B821DD5E0E086783" style="OLC">
<subpart commented="no" id="idEF1DE2443A8D47EDBCCDB0ABA917A86B" level-type="subsequent"><enum>1<?LEXA-Enum 1?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quality higher
education</header>
</subpart><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EB50161BE354C76A39532773A240978"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B276C3295114F0A9949DD5FC2FC9264" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subpart commented="no" id="id0BB1AE0CE0E3408089BB1F1FE02CDA82" level-type="subsequent"><enum>2<?LEXA-Enum 2?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transition
programs for students with intellectual disabilities into higher education;
coordinating center</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF114227AE56D4449A1B839CC9BBAE464" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>771.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of this subpart to support
model demonstration programs that promote the successful transition of students
with intellectual disabilities into higher education.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B2F088289A2434197E3EAEEF07FB657" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>772.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subpart:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE11494F4EE5A4608A8B1F4BAD8C29DCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comprehensive transition and postsecondary
program for students with intellectual disabilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>comprehensive transition and
postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities</term> means
a degree, certificate, or nondegree program offered by an institution of higher
education that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF389A5A786FE466B85A8C83BE2294443"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designed for students with intellectual
disabilities who seek to continue academic, vocational, or independent living
instruction at the institution in order to prepare for gainful
employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B5E3FF3D96C46F2A5B467CE2C04FD84"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes an advising and curriculum
structure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85DD7233AAD14AE583DFD178E8A38308"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the enrollment of the student
(through enrollment in credit-bearing courses, auditing or participating in
courses, participating in internships, or enrollment in noncredit, nondegree
courses) in the equivalent of not less than a half-time course of study, as
determined by the institution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id690FCB8D03234868AA310CAD63B5DFDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student with an intellectual
disability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>student with an intellectual disability</term> means a student whose
mental retardation or other significant cognitive impairment substantially
impacts the student's intellectual and cognitive functioning.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DCA0C8013D04E31B9345C083E14425E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>773.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Model comprehensive transition and
postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CC5CFA776F547C897AAFF125138DC5A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants authorized</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5002FA99523E432A90B933C3932B1834"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall annually award grants,
on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education (or consortia of
institutions of higher education), to create or expand high-quality, inclusive
model comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with
intellectual disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E58E12485974FAFA0005C9984834EBE"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number and duration of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award not less than 10
grants per year under this section, and each grant awarded under this
subsection shall be for a period of 5 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60D90584017B49E686159A70FC765073"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education (or a
consortium) desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DB9D3737C254B24AF39DBA385B82BD8"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give preference to institutions of higher education (or
consortia) that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE4038B00D984AD39B06E9882EE0FFD8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will carry out a model program under the
grant in a State that does not already have a comprehensive transition and
postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87DA04F085E847D38B29BFE55DEED1C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the application submitted under
subsection (b), agree to incorporate 1 or more the following elements into the
model programs carried out under the grant:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45BBAC8004A24158A390E4F27E32D8CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The formation of a partnership with any
relevant agency serving students with intellectual disabilities, such as a
vocational rehabilitation agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45138029E7F34B7FA489D747AB4EC2AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an institution of higher
education that provides institutionally-owned or operated housing for students
attending the institution, the integration of students with intellectual
disabilities into such housing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F6D6C10558940EFBC836FE9E7B9DDCD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The involvement of students attending the
institution of higher education who are studying special education, general
education, vocational rehabilitation, assistive technology, or related fields
in the model program carried out under the grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97B7DEF0BFE64A3998407753A36EAAE6"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education (or
consortium) receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to
establish a model comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for
students with intellectual disabilities that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FCC7002F97D4B7FB7D5B1B6491B0CFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serves students with intellectual
disabilities, including students with intellectual disabilities who are no
longer eligible for special education and related services under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFED3BEEA58C748EBBBEBB81B04640D79"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides individual supports and services
for the academic and social inclusion of students with intellectual
disabilities in academic courses, extracurricular activities, and other aspects
of the institution of higher education's regular postsecondary program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEAFEEE6386B43DA9EFE4962CC0C65A7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the students with
intellectual disabilities participating in the model program, provides a focus
on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB7FAAF3826E411A8A3CE0697F798037"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic enrichment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id729A3DD911804BDE9137122A55431028"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">socialization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA54B11FE5E5F4E738F07A342D1F6C9AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">independent living, including self-advocacy
skills; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id195A959850CC48E5AC7E41952A497BA3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrated work experiences and career
skills that lead to gainful employment;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29FC9493C0B54D64A024D83050D43BFD"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrates person-centered planning in the
development of the course of study for each student with an intellectual
disability participating in the model program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id244FBD956AF045B4A34A76122EC52AA8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participates with the coordinating center
established under section 774 in the evaluation of the model program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72ACCB272DD44BA09DAB38BB5BDEE92A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">partners with 1 or more local educational
agencies to support students with intellectual disabilities participating in
the model program who are still eligible for special education and related
services under such Act, including regarding the utilization of funds available
under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for such
students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4222CDCAD16B4060AB957D52717AB11B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for the sustainability of the model
program after the end of the grant period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7350903C3B44B05ADB6192AF923BBE7"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">creates and offers a meaningful credential
for students with intellectual disabilities upon the completion of the model
program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97809A1A50E04394B0189928C5297CFE"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education that
receives a grant under this section shall provide toward the cost of the model
comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with
intellectual disabilities carried out under the grant, matching funds, which
may be provided in cash or in-kind, in an amount not less than 25 percent of
the amount of such grant funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF28DF10D6D34EF2AC4B9D8D93E28D67"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments
of 2007</short-title>, the Secretary shall prepare and disseminate a report
reviewing the activities of the model comprehensive transition and
postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities authorized
under this subpart and providing guidance and recommendations on how successful
programs can be replicated.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id621B0E00624E46F68BA89763E3800182"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9721E9812A104809A3ACFD8BCF5CC930" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>774.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordinating center for technical
assistance, evaluation, and development of accreditation standards</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE7F3F4222C34AF6A1708515FFF51924"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC84A289D6F54CA99AEB0B7341F83691"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, on a competitive
basis, enter into a cooperative agreement with an eligible entity, for the
purpose of establishing a coordinating center for technical assistance,
evaluation, and development of accreditation standards for institutions of
higher education that offer inclusive model comprehensive transition and
postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48AC985ADD5249E1A0666F133FD8F5E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cooperative agreement under this
section shall be for a period of 5 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8842E999D10445C4B81CCAEF68D80B0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements of cooperative
agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The eligible entity
entering into a cooperative agreement under this section shall establish and
maintain a center that shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2778804EAB74410CA743309BD97A4D9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as the technical assistance entity
for all model comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students
with intellectual disabilities assisted under section 773;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id567494B9D1B14AA38EE74BD71410A788"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance regarding the
development, evaluation, and continuous improvement of such programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61CE69F005D64C1398F57E3C4D55E433"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop an evaluation protocol for such
programs that includes qualitative and quantitative methodology measuring
student outcomes and program strengths in the areas of academic enrichment,
socialization, independent living, and competitive or supported
employment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EF5FDFB672D46BD952898666E248DE0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist recipients of grants under section
773 in efforts to award a meaningful credential to students with intellectual
disabilities upon the completion of such programs, which credential takes into
consideration unique State factors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58B06CA69EA24EEAB2D678B915E816B6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop model criteria, standards, and
procedures to be used in accrediting such programs that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24C30E7824BD4289845CBC0436EAF970"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include, in the development of the model
criteria, standards, and procedures for such programs, the participation
of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84727267D81640FD9DFFB7B65BFD8E18"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an expert in higher education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4C13CBF2C9F4F64908AC62E72DA7AEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an expert in special education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5521CAD1D4AF447D9CD7B84EED328DE9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a disability organization that represents
students with intellectual disabilities; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6736BFCFB3D4834AD0789B802935936"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State, regional, or national accrediting
agency or association recognized by the Secretary under subpart 2 of part H of
title IV; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF49B0CCD928B446A80F796554FDB428B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">define the necessary components of such
programs, such as—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5317DDDC51F4E69A215D044DA20B0AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic, vocational, social, and
independent living skills;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8BA7C578E17642D0A5AADC76C7AA4E84"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluation of student progress;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A03B42C165142C49D58A7A11928A0BE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">program administration and
evaluation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE80F79F5649C4EB5BE230D6622948C2B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">student eligibility; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FD6965FC53A43BAAE883F486B5EEFCF"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issues regarding the equivalency of a
student's participation in such programs to semester, trimester, quarter,
credit, or clock hours at an institution of higher education, as the case may
be;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB671C6A17495449790DE8FB7C522A9EA"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze possible funding streams for such
programs and provide recommendations regarding the funding streams;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4372F715B2A84774A466944A4F5D2CB3"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop model memoranda of agreement
between institutions of higher education and agencies providing funding for
such programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02BCB0D2965B4928A4906F83B8CA4BC0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop mechanisms for regular
communication between the recipients of grants under section 773 regarding such
programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA431A17A05724A4DBF6FA64694097AAD"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">host a meeting of all recipients of grants
under section 773 not less often than once a year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CFB76B06239479E8D8A6B7AEA28509C"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>eligible
entity</term> means an entity, or a partnership of entities, that has
demonstrated expertise in the fields of higher education, students with
intellectual disabilities, the development of comprehensive transition and
postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities, and
evaluation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD00F9A05ED914028B46A1782905D23FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE12AAC648614A7AB51600D7131D3B0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part D of title VII (20 U.S.C. 1140 et
seq.) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id694B1F7A74C546B3B648A7F3F47FA4F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 761, by striking
<quote>part</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21251265ABA74ED5AEC2A8271A4E7B5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 762 (as amended by subsection
(a)), by striking <quote>part</quote> each place the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87E0541F8CF941A5BA24F05D0608547A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 763, by striking
<quote>part</quote> both places the term appears and inserting
<quote>subpart</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0791B2EB339C47ABA7E2960E402FAC6B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 764, by striking
<quote>part</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92F4E7D792954D919A30741CD695C689"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 765, by striking
<quote>part</quote> and inserting <quote>subpart</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB68E1151A80141068CAA9069F9F0EAA3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>715.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications for demonstration projects to
ensure students with disabilities receive a quality higher
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 763 (as
amended in section 714(c)(3)) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1140b">20 U.S.C. 1140b</external-xref>) is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8D3996B0F9A40ABB96E0F617DB1C205"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3BA087C44C9494BB73D58A98EB2D004" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F86F11AF9CF48AEBFFB828EE2035708"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how such institution plans
to address the activities allowed under this
subpart;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE71481BAA86D4ACBBA45D7FBF4C3BEF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18EE5A9A8E434D2FBE3BFED412F108C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52AF735264E14ECF8548FCA048789029"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF484842FFE07418490BAE88AD6049979" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76F5C2C61EB9496EBB4F3E9F6470337A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the extent to which the
institution will work to replicate the research based and best practices of
institutions of higher education with demonstrated success in serving students
with
disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6830C5D3524A4AF3A4476E5C42E28F1C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>716.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations for
demonstration projects to ensure students with disabilities receive a quality
higher education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 765
(20 U.S.C.
1140d) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54061CB5BEBD48E6BF2409A08CB57640" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>717.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VII (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1133">20 U.S.C. 1133 et seq.</external-xref>) is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4710117D93B24036894C306AD9ADA974" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="idE30545CABF3842F18897B2F9ABDD7603" level-type="subsequent"><enum>E</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4199E0CC057E4456B118B718C55FA11B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>781.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDde60254389d14dca841546356d1bdfad"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to enable the eligible
entities to develop or improve valid and reliable measures of student
achievement for use by institutions of higher education to measure and evaluate
learning in higher education.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf2bd54038fa54fbb8b26e6bcd32801d3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2f86a135cf4a4e53a2136dff36e900da"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible entity</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5da67b50eba24ec780894bb34c3ef1f8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3f25b3f611d24f2cb4176bfb817590a3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State agency responsible for higher
education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDacb24769c56c4fd6875a1dc1d5865358"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a recognized higher education accrediting
agency or an organization of higher education accreditors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID234ad006f9254ed2afc8ad92d3c7008f"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an eligible applicant described in section
174(c) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa5fc8c59d2a54015a35cd3e1d136705e"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a consortium of any combination of entities
described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID153977ac7d2041878e02110f6bd4b74f"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80fb6f62dfc74dab96cb3ea6cdf6a999"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible entity that desires a grant
under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in
such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd81dc27e011749d79832af0c38c71de6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each application submitted under subsection
(a) shall include a description of how the eligible entity—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc7424120c47949aba656ef06a980330a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will work with relevant experts, including
psychometricians, research experts, institutions, associations, and other
qualified individuals as determined appropriate by the eligible entity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3b67332a766947bc84f34c91f241dbdd"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will reach a broad and diverse range of
audiences;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0d1581911bb04d90899eb9ddf83be6af"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has participated in work in improving
postsecondary education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfdd85e4c8161438aaf2fc0ae20d7b769"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has participated in work in developing or
improving assessments to measure student achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd2a6464b43754eb285e4d59bc90e6068"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes faculty, to the extent
practicable, in the development of any assessments or measures of student
achievement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd0bde8233b6b4423af094b0e400850a1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will focus on program specific measures of
student achievement generally applicable to an entire—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4F465AAA93D440DAD8080BC8DA3DB66"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institution of higher education; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBB3E446A69A4C24AB9FE9933536517F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State system of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID225c45ea2f344e0a9d021fbe4f3f527a"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall take into consideration—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID028edd080d224b13a299a4fdbfbb9eaf"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the quality of an application for a grant
under this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27559c5fed0c46e5b7816a45586eafb3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the distribution of the grants to
different—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5528184363484d7a86215b6be9a57739"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">geographic regions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3b5e25fc840744b5a205e5a459d511d3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">types of institutions of higher education;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc165629e8acf4faa91c34a8100988424"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">higher education accreditors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8b4955e1d1bc4ce6942e8b32dfa9a1df"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible entity receiving a grant
under this section may use the grant funds—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDabba9a9ba22f4956ab340591f410b214"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enable the eligible entity to improve
the quality, validity, and reliability of existing assessments used by
institutions of higher education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID693db4df03e94de5b63b3bd8871d602c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop measures of student achievement
using multiple measures of student achievement from multiple sources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe3718963058a49b29c08992e2df51436"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to measure improvement in student
achievement over time;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc254975538794cf78145978c7a42e114"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to evaluate student achievement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd5cb933e724242a8a19d3cceb863a138"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop models of effective practices;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc3ac88617a564019ac558ba662e3f86b"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a pilot or demonstration project of
measures of student achievement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID58748e8432ec4646b5c54fa1425f269f"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (b)(1) that receives a grant under
this section shall provide for each fiscal year, from non-Federal sources, an
amount (which may be provided in cash or in kind), to carry out the activities
supported by the grant, equal to 50 percent of the amount received for the
fiscal year under the grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID279cc208d2c1444e91efb99332d1df93"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplement, not supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds provided under this section
shall be used to supplement, not supplant, other Federal or State funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDac3f875c3a3949aa9abfb122e1f0a7b8"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8dd0fed51657406bb2744fb104659463"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide an annual
report to Congress on the implementation of the grant program assisted under
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd3dd59e407a54318ab629f88fa76e045"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34058e0ba6f94da3a0f7c26d87de706c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information regarding the development or
improvement of scientifically valid and reliable measures of student
achievement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0023bca5166e4e5596797a6204a4c17c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the assessments or other
measures developed by eligible entities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID21d217622dd54daf8e4a84476e3dc776"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of any pilot or demonstration
projects assisted under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1dacf1466bf64d2ba666ac420bf0ba90"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CAC379D8701496CA91FEC201493C59D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id333BF8EC585C484193CA28DA654CB642" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<title commented="no" id="id21F099D6FEC045FD8869978F4DFDB0FF" level-type="subsequent"><enum>VIII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header>
<part commented="no" id="idC501BCDDA8F34688A2950DBE7201FE99" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mathematics and
science scholars program</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9038CFC726F49E0BD7BB6C4638E15F3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>811.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mathematics and science scholars
program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1817CCA5D1FF4575925A20EDA0800D53"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award grants
to States, on a competitive basis, to enable the States to award eligible
students, who complete a rigorous secondary school curriculum in mathematics
and science, scholarships for undergraduate study.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id095FD498EFD94ACCA12E6E4F5A198C9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible Students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A student is eligible for a scholarship
under this section if the student is a full-time undergraduate student in the
student’s first and second year of study who has completed a rigorous secondary
school curriculum in mathematics and science.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7C47CD0F7184FD9977B92A1D9645DC0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rigorous Curriculum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each participating State shall determine
the requirements for a rigorous secondary school curriculum in mathematics and
science described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075C789818DE480FBA2A6F492024B53D"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority for Scholarships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of a State may set a priority
for awarding scholarships under this section for particular eligible students,
such as students attending schools in high-need areas, students who are from
groups underrepresented in the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering,
students served by local educational agencies that do not meet or exceed State
standards in mathematics and science, or students with regional or geographic
needs as determined appropriate by the Governor.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87DB8CEF0BEC455FB87C1FDBB1A5ABD3"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount and Duration of
Scholarship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall award a grant under this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD93541A0AF6E4783943701B6C4BB7B39"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an amount that does not exceed $1,000;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EF4C484E8564338863ABE047B306A51"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for not more than 2 years of undergraduate
study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10497EE9144C4AAA9FA5F0333648F492"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to receive a grant under this
section, a State shall provide matching funds for the scholarships awarded
under this section in an amount equal to 50 percent of the Federal funds
received.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FAEEA48A8B547818E1717C68FB0EDB5"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="idA70054ABF11C48B19852B4AFFC589797" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Postsecondary
education assessment</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E44F33A688040B4A11C4ECEFA20A291" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>816.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Postsecondary education assessment</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id038535CC954B4389BD1B703FA0772C15"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract for Assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into a contract,
with an independent, bipartisan organization with specific expertise in public
administration and financial management, to carry out an independent assessment
of the cost factors associated with the cost of tuition at institutions of
higher education.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1F3999DD2E449B3BAD60A301DFC3B45"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timeframe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into the contract
described in subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of the <short-title>Higher Education Amendments of
2007</short-title>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C69159B51264612B7AADA4D17873713"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matters Assessed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessment described in subsection (a)
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57992E9F79C74D5589A22F4D3E4A2FD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">examine the key elements driving the cost
factors associated with the cost of tuition at institutions of higher education
during the 2001–2002 academic year and succeeding academic years;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75EC677194E14CDBB590A6B50753368F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and evaluate measures being used
to control postsecondary education costs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A06EF96C9444DB4BAFE3243415FEEB3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and evaluate effective measures
that may be utilized to control postsecondary education costs in the future;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB81E0BDD5EB642F7A82BDAEDBA18DB05"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify systemic approaches to monitor
future postsecondary education cost trends and postsecondary education cost
control mechanisms.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="idF87B702C082F496C865E8F9CA096F526" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Job skill
training in high-growth occupations or industries</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CA6474BC28F4C58898A8E725220D960" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>821.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Job skill training in high-growth
occupations or industries</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB533EB936884630A26CF5F1269384AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible
partnerships to provide relevant job skill training in high-growth industries
or occupations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ED412D77C4A4F4EBF697C0B270F3634"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C716DFA94754A1898584F7A55DB4035"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible partnership</term>
means a partnership—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id965D724A07BB4F46B637B157FF61FC51"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">between an institution of higher education
and a local board (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0C8D079621246FE86C743BB9FAEDE22"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if an institution of higher education is
located within a State that does not operate local boards, between the
institution of higher education and a State board (as such term is defined in
section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id692FAFFABA894D8793906D3D6C7FF2BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nontraditional student</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>nontraditional
student</term> means a student who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DFDC19263E043C5816BE5D90FCD189A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is independent, as defined in section
480(d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE818391A9644D9D939D9BDD93EAF5C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attends an institution of higher
education—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD21B5392E8DF4908AD50C382A09474AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on less than a full-time basis;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90204E13C7044F7B8EA42ADA63DD80DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">via evening, weekend, modular, or
compressed courses; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A72E873D0714C4BA745B3B9E6538244"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">via distance education methods; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id821B243004F2497E945D3C6C14FEC40E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has delayed enrollment at an institution of
higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E3CC1B7279E42A19BB770707B4CC4A0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institution of higher
education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>institution of higher education</term> means an institution of higher
education, as defined in section 101(b), that offers a 1- or 2-year program of
study leading to a degree or certificate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id770303E53E07411C847DCC1DCFE65F2A"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AEFF10F5B3E4ECE8249946B45522FF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible partnership that desires a
grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such additional information as the
Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96290CA1B635439E98B856C6B8C634CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each application submitted under paragraph
(1) shall include a description of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEAAE66FD93DD407A92E16CA757734791"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the eligible partnership, through the
institution of higher education, will provide relevant job skill training for
students to enter high-growth occupations or industries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id693637F2D84A483C8B34B24A63D846D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local high-growth occupations or
industries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E749906B6C84BB48F450FB8029C21FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the need for qualified workers to meet the
local demand of high-growth occupations or industries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F8BCD3BCB584D1183CDBB75C69F1367"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award Basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17C820C899EE4999AE9049009EB95CF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure an equitable distribution of grant
funds under this section among urban and rural areas of the United States;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB80683C988154C37964296A5A2C9369F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into consideration the capability of
the institution of higher education—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id017FE9F35B964A77A5073519BA05E6A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to offer relevant, high quality instruction
and job skill training for students entering a high-growth occupation or
industry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE52655CEE90440BD885EC23938508E1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to involve the local business community and
to place graduates in the community in employment in high-growth occupations or
industries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BEF436D33544D68B63A7C70BBD0D106"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide secondary students with
dual-enrollment or concurrent enrollment options;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAD7034580B9465FAF4D66640A3C3ACD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to serve nontraditional or low-income
students, or adult or displaced workers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DB3BCD613614A73AD099BC844FFEFF4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to serve students from rural or remote
communities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D663D68747C4EB79B370533416D88F9"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds provided under this section may
be used—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id299ABA39A3DF42B28C1564D2898DFE71"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expand or create academic programs or
programs of training that provide relevant job skill training for high-growth
occupations or industries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8877EC1D8DC44BB862878127A5CCEFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to purchase equipment which will facilitate
the development of academic programs or programs of training that provide
training for high-growth occupations or industries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id805FCE12C1F9498DB9112887A6D73105"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support outreach efforts that enable
students to attend institutions of higher education with academic programs or
programs of training focused on high-growth occupations or industries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36870A4AA55045B392FC7D9670CFB04B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expand or create programs for distance,
evening, weekend, modular, or compressed learning opportunities that provide
relevant job skill training in high-growth occupations or industries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35131BFC2F2D40C0934BAB82BDA1F57E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to build partnerships with local businesses
in high-growth occupations or industries;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8268F5FD31C340C6A3CD977E8F9CFFE7"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support curriculum development related
to entrepreneurial training; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88BBAAF276E74A5C9C7F8EEADF24E0B5"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for other uses that the Secretary
determines to be consistent with the intent of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id958E248C09304326B4510E59C62DFC8B"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB173F62A03847CA88BC504AFB088A88"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fiscal agent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of this section, the
institution of higher education in an eligible partnership shall serve as the
fiscal agent and grant recipient for the eligible partnership.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DE4D177736247D08AFFAB4E87E29C39"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants under this
section for periods that may not exceed 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id722244E4436244C686E96794222E983D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplement, not supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under this section
shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local
funds available to the eligible partnership for carrying out the activities
described in subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC2A5C2C33C9457AA60240D011E14007"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id3770342A14724490AFFED6D641DA2FEC" level-type="subsequent"><enum>D<?LEXA-Enum D?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional
capacity for R.N. students or graduate-level nursing students</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7456300F07FB455E8CEEC7E7E2A67C2C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>826.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional capacity for R.N. students or
graduate-level nursing students</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id929F7A24CE9F45F8A4E65EAC613CE834"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants to
institutions of higher education that offer—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC74F0FAA89BD4B4E8FA2E7C256838557"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a R.N. nursing program at the baccalaureate
or associate degree level to enable such program to expand the faculty and
facilities of such program to accommodate additional R.N. nursing program
students; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FA806A0595740E1A0C55EC174A70892"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a graduate-level nursing program to
accommodate advanced practice degrees for R.N.s or to accommodate students
enrolled in a graduate-level nursing program to provide teachers of nursing
students.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64EAB192F2AF4385B1CDFA6A98A959F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of number of students and
application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution
of higher education that offers a program described in subsection (a) that
desires to receive a grant under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6AED3AD1E814CA9959753650C6C85FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine for the 4 academic years
preceding the academic year for which the determination is made the average
number of matriculated nursing program students at such institution for such
academic years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4843772437094498AC665D7678B6D2A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit an application to the Secretary at
such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary
may require, including the average number determined under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D036D0D38F5458099DA8A5CB3AB2760"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant amount; award basis</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A1673E708DC4D54AE117451C15972D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each academic year after academic year
2006–2007, the Secretary shall provide to each institution of higher education
awarded a grant under this section an amount that is equal to $3,000 multiplied
by the number of matriculated nursing program students at such institution for
such academic year that is more than the average number determined with respect
to such institution under subsection (b)(1). Such amount shall be used for the
purposes described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id117FD2E53FD0495AABC50EC3DD39ADA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution of grants among different
degree programs</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90594289F18347669C88C61B5623FCDC"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), from the funds
available to award grants under this section for each fiscal year, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7E8A6339AE244DBA1D5892A4D278F92"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use 20 percent of such funds to award
grants under this section to institutions of higher education for the purpose
of accommodating advanced practice degrees or students in graduate-level
nursing programs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id306AB8C460114131890A597B3901C88B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use 40 percent of such funds to award
grants under this section to institutions of higher education for the purpose
of expanding R.N. nursing programs at the baccalaureate degree level;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5359877B516E488A94C8D83B7EE98D5E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use 40 percent of such funds to award
grants under this section to institutions of higher education for the purpose
of expanding R.N. nursing programs at the associate degree level.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEECAAE192A5429193B12F1F59F1F5C2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution of excess funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, for a fiscal year, funds described in
clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A) remain after the Secretary
awards grants under this section to all applicants for the particular category
of nursing programs described in such clause, the Secretary shall use equal
amounts of the remaining funds to award grants under this section to applicants
for the remaining categories of nursing programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BDFD8C022E7463B9F4EC03629A9BCE3"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equitable distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01935F5961644A3880B3B4DA7C38E237"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an equitable geographic distribution of the
grants among the States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB40DEA21EB854B26BCB650C6481A1822"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an equitable distribution of the grants
among different types of institutions of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8C187E520FE4E2699D48039F64FD27A"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D9E434DDAB94AE6843941DCCB18B51E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided under this section may not
be used for the construction of new facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7208CE62FDE345A0AF57B9FE80B08890"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed
to prohibit funds provided under this section from being used for the repair or
renovation of facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id407181CF289D4F60AC10201DD99B1456"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id0EF84771338742889AEDA4DF3E1E964E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>E<?LEXA-Enum E?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">American history
for freedom</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6210D156E8E84E5C892484F63B09B461" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>831.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">American history for freedom</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE743ECD6CE944F718FE61AE097799B5A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award 3-year
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible institutions to establish or
strengthen postsecondary academic programs or centers that promote and impart
knowledge of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB70A5815FED64E7DA03851E68EC439E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">traditional American history;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8215B7D009F4F0CB5B4C85C1A32D02C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the history and nature of, and threats to,
free institutions; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id613685CB7BDC41E993B96D02928469CA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the history and achievements of Western
civilization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3D9D3DE8653469FBEC1ED807E60447A"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6BD08000B754D5F804B40552680B87E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible institution</term>
means an institution of higher education as defined in section 101.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30F51ED4B1EC4DCF81F6B984000B4D40"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Free institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>free institution</term>
means an institution that emerged out of Western civilization, such as
democracy, constitutional government, individual rights, market economics,
religious freedom and religious tolerance, and freedom of thought and
inquiry.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF6F6163C62542BCBC80731F320B2590"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Traditional american history</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>traditional American
history</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7C1CFF078834CC8BE83562F095FB070"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the significant constitutional, political,
intellectual, economic, and foreign policy trends and issues that have shaped
the course of American history; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B37CF229158424A947A610AC26B9D0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the key episodes, turning points, and
leading figures involved in the constitutional, political, intellectual,
diplomatic, and economic history of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8B0C1A4AE024FAD9A3479822AC30F0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id549618CFB81847CAB7D4DBDA3AFBBA8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible institution that desires a
grant under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such additional information as the
Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9589A9BF3BD04273B3A6153DC535712A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each application submitted under subsection
(a) shall include a description of —</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FCDD29089CF4561BFD011B54FEFAE05"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how funds made available under this part
will be used for the activities set forth under subsection (e), including how
such activities will increase knowledge with respect to traditional American
history, free institutions, or Western civilization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDBA11A1404949AEB30C8BD6260ADCD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the eligible institution will ensure
that information about the activities funded under this part is widely
disseminated pursuant to subsection (e)(1)(B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DBA82FB369B498FAA7CC4F7BE81E4B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any activities to be undertaken pursuant to
subsection (e)(2)(A), including identification of entities intended to
participate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7943CBAB5C6F4033A6BF41E5CBB9594B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how funds made available under this part
shall be used to supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds available for
the activities described in subsection (e); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A8CDB5FB60B44EDB35D6FFDC45C7DFE"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such fiscal controls and accounting
procedures as may be necessary to ensure proper disbursement of and accounting
for funding made available to the eligible institution under this part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EBB3BC15645482288BFFF1F951B4635"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award Basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this part, the
Secretary shall take into consideration the capability of the eligible
institution to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F65E10B18DD4791B44E7BE6CD793C5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase access to quality programming that
expands knowledge of traditional American history, free institutions, or
Western civilization;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAFBF27AF46F4B0DB63B76DD7F240D52"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">involve personnel with strong expertise in
traditional American history, free institutions, or Western civilization;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B5C572DD6844D76849B9D9BF03FCF18"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sustain the activities funded under this
part after the grant has expired.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC42A27C4CEA49888C4E18BCAFD1C16D"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of Funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D5C9CF744E04882A3B3B06A32D207CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided under this part shall be
used to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12C6BBE2BCEB48FD89D302F6B0D41FE3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish or strengthen academic programs
or centers focused on traditional American history, free institutions, or
Western civilization, which may include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56696E4C323C4778A1B723267EB443BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">design and implementation of programs of
study, courses, lecture series, seminars, and symposia;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56EE0DBC60BF4E608878F71F620E031E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development, publication, and dissemination
of instructional materials;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40AFF4ADA9B24BF29009A112850C6052"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">research;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6E55E6CA340442496AA85B82274538C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support for faculty teaching in
undergraduate and, if applicable, graduate programs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4848531184449D3B615C2FB4A71C519"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support for graduate and postgraduate
fellowships, if applicable; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A4F0847F86F46A1AA3406C106AF9897"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">teacher preparation initiatives that stress
content mastery regarding traditional American history, free institutions, or
Western civilization; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id714A4BC3BEB44928A4F1E87374EE88C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct outreach activities to ensure that
information about the activities funded under this part is widely
disseminated—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7E23EB49EE3498AB80311740E7EC56C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to undergraduate students (including
students enrolled in teacher education programs, if applicable);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DDD847F923C4A28AA9A08FCAC618426"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to graduate students (including students
enrolled in teacher education programs), if applicable;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA556BBBCEACF4BBF990F3717F75244D2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to faculty;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3E09C3E0F1C42E5826B0754F0C9F1CF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to local educational agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id125F0232A7D5458983103F6E476CAA88"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within the local community.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64ACC612BCBC4979BAD298E533351253"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowable uses of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds provided under this part may be used
to support—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id423913C7F8AE4532895918406ABF48FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collaboration with entities such as—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BE0998E39164942AEEB776112F4CFF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local educational agencies, for the purpose
of providing elementary, middle and secondary school teachers an opportunity to
enhance their knowledge of traditional American history, free institutions, or
Western civilization; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8071729DE13D464F99689C7DFF948E9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nonprofit organizations whose mission is
consistent with the purpose of this part, such as academic organizations,
museums, and libraries, for assistance in carrying out activities described
under subsection (a); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D9E392DE13B4847A4C283F1F30319F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other activities that meet the purposes of
this part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97944FAF90B54FC89150F738681DDF09"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the
purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding
fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id12EE6446305344FC9AFE004EC06CB350" level-type="subsequent"><enum>F<?LEXA-Enum F?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teach for
America</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE185CBE640F7479DB22FF38D79097A8B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>836.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teach for America</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE83F39CD578C416081E47289195BE490"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC15B05F2D2D34EC9BBD4C8AE0D835950"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>highly qualified</term>,
<term>local educational agency</term>, and <term>Secretary</term> have the
meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(20 U.S.C.
7801).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB742111E316247BC865EEB21685438F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grantee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>grantee</term> means Teach
For America, Inc.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF226BD4581A4434EB2DB437CD280C1BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">High need</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>high need</term>, when used
with respect to a local educational agency, means a local educational agency
experiencing a shortage of highly qualified teachers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE008F0BF359947D78F56742E97A2F6F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants Authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award a
grant to Teach For America, Inc., the national teacher corps of outstanding
recent college graduates who commit to teach for 2 years in underserved
communities in the United States, to implement and expand its program of
recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting new teachers.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B84283A715B417F82952ED74E8A4067"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the grant program under
subsection (b), the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the grantee
under which the grantee agrees to use the grant funds provided under this
section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1D0BEE7D3B14403A701ACDBACD048DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide highly qualified teachers to
high need local educational agencies in urban and rural communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD15C44CA05904752A309F12F7C59AC83"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay the cost of recruiting, selecting,
training, and supporting new teachers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F90962F7E4C49388AAE81487A158C46"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to serve a substantial number and
percentage of underserved students.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF375A7FA64CE4801A8739C6AB61C73A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized Activities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74D05B53BCF8408BAD44D9D5DA9183E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds provided under this section
shall be used by the grantee to carry out each of the following
activities:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2757A8D4F7B348119C2942477FFE2E4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recruiting and selecting teachers through a
highly selective national process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2FA7B52BF834D5FB6A54CC1CD8C686A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing preservice training to the
teachers through a rigorous summer institute that includes hands-on teaching
experience and significant exposure to education coursework and theory.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF743FE6EB3F4C46A692F5C17AFF3D46"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Placing the teachers in schools and
positions designated by partner local educational agencies as high need
placements serving underserved students.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D23834722F24D588CEDC6D1DEFDFCA0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing ongoing professional development
activities for the teachers’ first 2 years in the classroom, including regular
classroom observations and feedback, and ongoing training and support.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B91D86B7EB04F3AB01439F816866BD9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The grantee shall use all grant funds
received under this section to support activities related directly to the
recruitment, selection, training, and support of teachers as described in
subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE19934F00ADD431A87C6E15A7B370456"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports and Evaluations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2235CF1BE47C4AB88DFEE8B68E33882F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The grantee shall provide to the Secretary
an annual report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2BC2B31B1A24E87B9801E1C9D732E59"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data on the number and quality of the
teachers provided to local educational agencies through a grant under this
section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27B4477E8E384D4DBD084D9F15000867"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an externally conducted analysis of the
satisfaction of local educational agencies and principals with the teachers so
provided; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34E1468A3F0B4677B31617379AE2CD91"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comprehensive data on the background of the
teachers chosen, the training the teachers received, the placement sites of the
teachers, the professional development of the teachers, and the retention of
the teachers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8D7629E85C74647AF220B2B81688F43"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6166451EC39452BB65DB8D1BA8134FC"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From funds appropriated under subsection
(f), the Secretary shall provide for a study that examines the achievement
levels of the students taught by the teachers assisted under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75C2A28F6356440BA3583E95075256DD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Achievement gains compared</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study shall compare, within the same
schools, the achievement gains made by students taught by teachers who are
assisted under this section with the achievement gains made by students taught
by teachers who are not assisted under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id005AF1654F1549D295C6550BE3A11ED5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide for such a
study not less than once every 3 years, and each such study shall include
multiple placement sites and multiple schools within placement sites.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CEC47F187CD41A7BA150DBBE48DE888"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Peer review standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each such study shall meet the peer review
standards of the education research community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BEF5A438F7545A5A4A586EFF09D0B21"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of Appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BA6461F7E1F48E3A5596507B2B95CF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and
each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EED34C560834B06B89B27FF2195896C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The grantee shall not use more than 25
percent of Federal funds from any source for administrative costs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id3A852D9C754947E7929937020B6203CA" level-type="subsequent"><enum>G<?LEXA-Enum G?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Patsy T. Mink
Fellowship program</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06BF8AD3262C44D28C1FD5F426E5B6F9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>841.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Patsy T. Mink Fellowship program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94A390B69D5F4FE3945BEA437643D601"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA25F3B4C3664406B0D74F0BA2725FE6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this section to
provide, through eligible institutions, a program of fellowship awards to
assist highly qualified minorities and women to acquire the doctoral degree, or
highest possible degree available, in academic areas in which such individuals
are underrepresented for the purpose of enabling such individuals to enter the
higher education professoriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A5E700FE19A421F914F940594999CF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each recipient of a fellowship award from
an eligible institution receiving a grant under this section shall be known as
a <quote>Patsy T. Mink Graduate Fellow</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF26AEA040C23485082045201C41116CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>eligible
institution</term> means an institution of higher education, or a consortium of
such institutions, that offers a program of postbaccalaureate study leading to
a graduate degree.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id999AAFB274D448778AE25708B6EA09E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Authorized</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E0A2853851D4A8DB81D63A6963B6BD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants by secretary</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FFD41796D624DDD914AA1248C6034F5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award grants to
eligible institutions to enable such institutions to make fellowship awards to
individuals in accordance with the provisions of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BD7EBB933B34F08BEA0A4630463E3B7"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall consider the eligible institution’s prior experience in
producing doctoral degree, or highest possible degree available, holders who
are minorities and women, and shall give priority consideration in making
grants under this section to those eligible institutions with a demonstrated
record of producing minorities and women who have earned such degrees.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23115D289CB8483C8972BA128727B562"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4689168DB9C04ED18368DD4555B540FE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible institution that desires a
grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09042FD9A0C54CAEB3BF914A946B9F2D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications made on behalf</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BDC1C8082224C2BA1B9D44CC9F758CB"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following entities may submit an
application on behalf of an eligible institution:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69BD7166B45B47969E13BEB3706692A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A graduate school or department of such
institution.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F258FB37FE445D8AF681C4A24F191E2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A graduate school or department of such
institution in collaboration with an undergraduate college or university of
such institution.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19AFD71E92B84F0D9390D8A9A4406BD4"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organizational unit within such
institution that offers a program of postbaccalaureate study leading to a
graduate degree, including an interdisciplinary or an interdepartmental
program.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B0D0949B5F9438E81A8EBEC6D5F8E27"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A nonprofit organization with a
demonstrated record of helping minorities and women earn postbaccalaureate
degrees.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57362B1AD50D477B8DBF88765A412592"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonprofit organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to permit the Secretary to award a grant under this section to an
entity other than an eligible institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85F1BD34847F478EB35BCB106C82F7CE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection of applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id551F9ED5A9274670BE6BA97C48C9F62B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take into account—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5315B7203D154E848E1EF335981A99D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and distribution of minority and
female faculty nationally;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70F7EAA4D512450C891C49ED255342CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current and projected need for highly
trained individuals in all areas of the higher education professoriate;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5886DE100E1E46B085B125352293E93C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the present and projected need for highly
trained individuals in academic career fields in which minorities and women are
underrepresented in the higher education professoriate; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9363DC9B639F4CE084D07A7E69A315C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the need to prepare a large number
of minorities and women generally in academic career fields of high national
priority, especially in areas in which such individuals are traditionally
underrepresented in college and university faculty.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC52755602A6C4D8DBA5E5CB644ECEF08"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution and amounts of grants</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA92F250337F43B18AC988AAC866B27E"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equitable distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent feasible, ensure an equitable geographic
distribution of awards and an equitable distribution among public and
independent eligible institutions that apply for grants under this section and
that demonstrate an ability to achieve the purpose of this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFECD5696A904C23A8C80074929E77DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the
Secretary shall use not less than 30 percent of the amount appropriated
pursuant to subsection (f) to award grants to eligible institutions
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A565DA208E14077A64AB73907BBDAEA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are eligible for assistance under title III
or title V; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD3650A7BB354727B4840D07C85287B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have formed a consortium that includes both
non-minority serving institutions and minority serving institutions.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC7DAB0324CA48469968E456B9E4F2C5"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall allocate appropriate funds to those eligible institutions whose
applications indicate an ability to significantly increase the numbers of
minorities and women entering the higher education professoriate and that
commit institutional resources to the attainment of the purpose of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF14C532B6A74C9E9FF8BAF3C8843C5E"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of fellowship awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible institution that receives a
grant under this section shall make not less than 15 fellowship awards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A31DFE15ECD464BB6C2B9BB9ECC0B76"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reallotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that an
eligible institution awarded a grant under this section is unable to use all of
the grant funds awarded to the institution, the Secretary shall reallot, on
such date during each fiscal year as the Secretary may fix, the unused funds to
other eligible institutions that demonstrate that such institutions can use any
reallocated grant funds to make fellowship awards to individuals under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EAE81A7F9B4418B8E6AC51732B3F1DB"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional allowance</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37D7691997A84709AAECA70342154FE7"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB294976455AC4597BBCB8702D8CFDA3E"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number of allowances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall pay to each eligible institution awarded a grant, for each
individual awarded a fellowship by such institution under this section, an
institutional allowance.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37C961F9F94A40C391F75474109DC945"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (3), an
institutional allowance shall be in an amount equal to, for academic year
2007–2008 and succeeding academic years, the amount of institutional allowance
made to an institution of higher education under section 715 for such academic
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id347C5CC0EFA14469AB60A70AED356EA5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutional allowances may be expended in
the discretion of the eligible institution and may be used to provide, except
as prohibited under paragraph (4), academic support and career transition
services for individuals awarded fellowships by such institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2423067FCEA4A16B28457A17FE0C467"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institutional allowance paid under
paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the amount the eligible institution charges
and collects from a fellowship recipient for tuition and other expenses as part
of the recipient’s instructional program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id996D157163CE4F68A8240D52A0C6B7C8"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use for overhead prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under this section may
not be used for general operational overhead of the academic department or
institution receiving funds under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB837FCC18FCF4B66963ECE44F701E458"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fellowship Recipients</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id053C1FB8E384420E8FEDADE875166366"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible institution that receives a
grant under this section shall use the grant funds to make fellowship awards to
minorities and women who are enrolled at such institution in a doctoral degree,
or highest possible degree available, program and—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ACDE567485946339EAC326702B0A955"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">intend to pursue a career in instruction
at—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00393551FB244EE8A6A264CE29F253A9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education (as the
term is defined in section 101);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC16127878DA74AD087BEEF7230B3E183"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education (as the
term is defined in section 102(a)(1));</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F0D9EE1838D45E288980B3B3E18852A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education outside
the United States (as the term is described in section 102(a)(2)); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA977D646D1441989F96B3B249DDB601"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a proprietary institution of higher
education (as the term is defined in section 102(b)); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF66D03FE493B49DB8DEF1D6D6B526658"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sign an agreement with the Secretary
agreeing—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63025F5C0BE94D7EBDC9AF5CE80FCBD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to begin employment at an institution
described in paragraph (1) not later than 3 years after receiving the doctoral
degree or highest possible degree available, which 3-year period may be
extended by the Secretary for extraordinary circumstances; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3834739CB99E490DBA122EBE9F0A666E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be employed by such institution for 1
year for each year of fellowship assistance received under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE758B4AE71734279AAB4BC49D4EDF523"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to comply</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual who receives a fellowship
award under this section fails to comply with the agreement signed pursuant to
subsection (a)(2), then the Secretary shall do 1 or both of the
following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95D7388C9E1C40BD90EDB9F12E1170D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Require the individual to repay all or the
applicable portion of the total fellowship amount awarded to the individual by
converting the balance due to a loan at the interest rate applicable to loans
made under part B of title IV.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id880A457B72A042778F0A99C22B67B57E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Impose a fine or penalty in an amount to be
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC7A81DDE20649E59740F07C069CDED1"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver and modification</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EE748D273334BE081228E9C4DAC4B28"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate regulations
setting forth criteria to be considered in granting a waiver for the service
requirement under subsection (a)(2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C7DC80962034665ACBE186592B49E7A"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria under paragraph (1) shall
include whether compliance with the service requirement by the fellowship
recipient would be—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4504B4D6AA60466186C73C29C9EDB398"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inequitable and represent an extraordinary
hardship; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0165BF015839413589E4308DBB952DF5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deemed impossible because the individual is
permanently and totally disabled at the time of the waiver request.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC480E22E08C4B01BFD31936801CE926"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount of fellowship awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fellowship awards under this section shall
consist of a stipend in an amount equal to the level of support provided to the
National Science Foundation graduate fellows, except that such stipend shall be
adjusted as necessary so as not to exceed the fellow’s tuition and fees or
demonstrated need (as determined by the institution of higher education where
the graduate student is enrolled), whichever is greater.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F4720F107B349CEA50D609B6DB62355"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Academic progress required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual student shall not be eligible
to receive a fellowship award—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BE91B76D1B24ACFA82279EDDE15E4EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except during periods in which such student
is enrolled, and such student is maintaining satisfactory academic progress in,
and devoting essentially full time to, study or research in the pursuit of the
degree for which the fellowship support was awarded; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D2BA156F224466FA3E934FAF9FE7888"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the student is engaged in gainful
employment, other than part-time employment in teaching, research, or similar
activity determined by the eligible institution to be consistent with and
supportive of the student’s progress toward the appropriate degree.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EA85793CCDB4F02ADB9C658A86BA890"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to require an eligible institution that receives a grant under this
section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82E9823E21A1423281F72344B7964E64"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to grant a preference or to differentially
treat any applicant for a faculty position as a result of the institution’s
participation in the program under this section; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBAD393C84434E6996FE9A39A420A33D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to hire a Patsy T. Mink Fellow who
completes this program and seeks employment at such institution.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7C234C6F5F446E6B0C4926CC79CA28B"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id1A94F11A94C4437A909EC139557F9541" level-type="subsequent"><enum>H<?LEXA-Enum H?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving
college enrollment by secondary schools</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC12DFDCA5F24585A2D4BF05E435DB91" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>846.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving college enrollment by secondary
schools</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF686DF268AB4630A1C97816BE72C3DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall contract with 1
nonprofit organization described in subsection (b) to enable the nonprofit
organization—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78159F9443254EDBBC0E7235B29F606C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make publicly available the year-to-year
higher education enrollment rate trends of secondary school students,
disaggregated by secondary school, in full compliance with the Family Education
Rights and Privacy Act of 1974;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B743A1565F44EC1836E6296184005EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify not less than 50 urban local
educational agencies and 5 States with significant rural populations, each
serving a significant population of low-income students, and to carry out a
comprehensive needs assessment in the agencies and States of the factors known
to contribute to improved higher education enrollment rates, which factors
shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id359853BB31BC4394ADDA4518E5ED6503"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the local educational
agency’s and State’s leadership strategies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDE9D91DE7834740B6CEB52A583C67FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the secondary school curriculum and class
offerings of the local educational agency and State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id157BCBC391D44F98888D12B050BC7DD6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the professional development used by the
local educational agency and the State to assist teachers, higher education
counselors, and administrators in supporting the transition of secondary
students into higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A6482C2FF7244C8A15FF9852851F4E4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">secondary school student attendance and
other factors demonstrated to be associated with enrollment into higher
education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B7371E3C474433EBEC3FD687AF8D36C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the data systems used by the local
educational agency and the State to measure college enrollment rates and the
incentives in place to motivate the efforts of faculty and students to improve
student and school-wide outcomes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC25E1F6009D44864AF0CAEFFE8AA6267"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strategies to mobilize student leaders to
build a college-bound culture; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE5BD3F9D20D4273907A1A72AF2B3C35"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide comprehensive services to
improve the school-wide higher education enrollment rates of each of not less
than 10 local educational agencies and States, with the federally funded
portion of each project declining by not less than 20 percent each year
beginning in the second year of the comprehensive services, that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2672C1C14F3344438142BE77679BAB74"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participated in the needs assessment
described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD6A99F69BC549AE9783C67F88DD39D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrated a willingness and commitment
to improving the higher education enrollment rates of the local educational
agency or State, respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89F5B2763C72462EB99338391C1225D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant recipient criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient of the grant awarded under
subsection (a) shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated
expertise—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2665CEF277734AA6B8C5EB0DF00ED0E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in increasing school-wide higher education
enrollment rates in low-income communities nationwide by providing curriculum,
training, and technical assistance to secondary school staff and student peer
influencers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA46CCE4CDB0F45139460B35FF27C7E5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a college transition data management
system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id145C94190F3E4F088FAB7CA068E84C16"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="idB2CF3E61814B4E298AF982155E86E67E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I<?LEXA-Enum I?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Predominantly
Black Institutions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8206F7E682894ED5889B7298ACB8D5C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>850.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Predominantly Black Institutions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A53077E0D77473FA5AA0E7519801C24"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this section to assist
Predominantly Black Institutions in expanding educational opportunity through a
program of Federal assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEC69AC0A4654AC4AB7FA09520164B61"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD494D6D39227442DB00A5612FA4F5CF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educational and general
expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>educational and general expenditures</term> has the meaning given the
term in section 312.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7EDE0C8445E47E4AA8A788FC132E3B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible institution</term>
means an institution of higher education that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8F63228CB23448ABDB34554E30E4B1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an enrollment of needy undergraduate
students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF6E2533B1B142D79008CE82D025E19C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an average educational and general
expenditure which is low, per full-time equivalent undergraduate student in
comparison with the average educational and general expenditure per full-time
equivalent undergraduate student of institutions that offer similar
instruction, except that the Secretary may apply the waiver requirements
described in section 392(b) to this subparagraph in the same manner as the
Secretary applies the waiver requirements to section 312(b)(1)(B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id160E82360F194DF1908D0DF11D5345BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an enrollment of undergraduate students
that is not less than 40 percent Black American students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36E71F0C2B274919A8A60F4181BAD308"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is legally authorized to provide, and
provides within the State, an educational program for which the institution of
higher education awards a baccalaureate degree, or in the case of a junior or
community college, an associate’s degree; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14122C4677C44B68A6C60E1E3C551001"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is accredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary to be a reliable
authority as to the quality of training offered, or is, according to such an
agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18404C8E68CC491A9EDF3A9D7C72B920"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Endowment
fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>endowment
fund</term> has the meaning given the term in section 312.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D039485373F4A26916E156C133E5400"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enrollment of needy students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>enrollment of needy
students</term> means the enrollment at an eligible institution with respect to
which not less than 50 percent of the undergraduate students enrolled in an
academic program leading to a degree—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id704823459C48440E9B1A89AA32142C63"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second fiscal year preceding the
fiscal year for which the determination is made, were Federal Pell Grant
recipients for such year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id802765EC876A4729A0F972DDBFAF1CC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">come from families that receive benefits
under a means-tested Federal benefit program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A9283F8C657432A8110F1A6134792A3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attended a public or nonprofit private
secondary school—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4D5507294884F2CB60192EDFE69B6BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is in the school district of a local
educational agency that was eligible for assistance under part A of title I of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for any year during which
the student attended such secondary school; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29B52F40B5084FA985FCE770D7DD095B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which for the purpose of this paragraph and
for that year was 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 such Act exceeds 30 percent of the total enrollment
of such school; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05F7D76166B84F77A953776884E390A2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are first-generation college students and a
majority of such first-generation college students are low-income
individuals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB731D4B7968A42D98E9A02B14BBDD042"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">First generation college
student</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>first
generation college student</term> has the meaning given the term in section
402A(g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id711B9A842E714B4F88BB8CF1B8F92DD1"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-income individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>low-income individual</term>
has the meaning given such term in section 402A(g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96C87572C35A4D0B8FDBC7275BD5F999"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Means-tested Federal benefit
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>means-tested Federal benefit program</term> means a program of the
Federal Government, other than a program under title IV, in which eligibility
for the program’s benefits, or the amount of such benefits, are determined on
the basis of income or resources of the individual or family seeking the
benefit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE57D4B6D8A91479D8576DE7200B6B8B4"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Predominantly Black
Institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Predominantly Black Institution</term> means an institution of higher
education, as defined in section 101(a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67ADB341849D4AD28DB09D75B37738E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is an eligible institution with not
less than 1,000 undergraduate students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3BFDE74CB6747B695EA1AA0DE5E67D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at which not less than 50 percent of the
undergraduate students enrolled at the eligible institution are low-income
individuals or first generation college students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3FAE1D19B15747F7B4EFDC0DBBBADAB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at which not less than 50 percent of the
undergraduate students are enrolled in an educational program leading to a
bachelor’s or associate’s degree that the eligible institution is licensed to
award by the State in which the eligible institution is located.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id637EA16C43F14EA39E3A915F5EEBEF5B"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means each of
the 50 States and the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96A21FF1ECFE48F9857F3FD860EAC264"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38E17ADFA51E40958833D35DA479CACA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award
grants, from allotments under subsection (e), to Predominantly Black
Institutions to enable the Predominantly Black Institutions to carry out the
authorized activities described in subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BF6BBC0207D40F09B49873212EFC52B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section the
Secretary shall give priority to Predominantly Black Institutions with large
numbers or percentages of students described in subsections (b)(2)(A) or
(b)(2)(C). The level of priority given to Predominantly Black Institutions with
large numbers or percentages of students described in subsection (b)(2)(A)
shall be twice the level of priority given to Predominantly Black Institutions
with large numbers or percentages of students described in subsection
(b)(2)(C).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA0D805E542641908015C7B5C8CEFC8A"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized Activities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB5C78E09FE745A2AFB7493F7E3B2EB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds provided under this section
shall be used—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD66249217C444E9A94FB2C940BC2606"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assist the Predominantly Black
Institution to plan, develop, undertake, and implement programs to enhance the
institution’s capacity to serve more low- and middle-income Black American
students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9440E389D5B64B59A26787C7A9B30F6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expand higher education opportunities
for students eligible to participate in programs under title IV by encouraging
college preparation and student persistence in secondary school and
postsecondary education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C6755F9440C4F729DFF272B0F87A056"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to strengthen the financial ability of the
Predominantly Black Institution to serve the academic needs of the students
described in <internal-xref legis-path="318.(c)(1)(A)">subparagraphs
(A)</internal-xref> and <internal-xref legis-path="318.(c)(1)(B)">(B)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96CD5BE3261D4715B924901CD3FF3623"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds provided under this section
shall be used for 1 or more of the following activities:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02F2367019904EA58D6FF6664F993B9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The activities described in paragraphs (1)
through (11) of section 311(c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17B59AF36EFA4E25B39B71AF9E4E18E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Academic instruction in disciplines in
which Black Americans are underrepresented.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DF93C0601364F2592DCA512A353A75F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishing or enhancing a program of
teacher education designed to qualify students to teach in a public elementary
school or secondary school in the State that shall include, as part of such
program, preparation for teacher certification or licensure.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id200308A14E304D3483A9F3FBB8CD5ED5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishing community outreach programs
that will encourage elementary school and secondary school students to develop
the academic skills and the interest to pursue postsecondary education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD65670A3BA9E43338A185A8DE246AB9C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other activities proposed in the
application submitted pursuant to subsection (f) that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id843D4DD93B0D4E69A22FBBA5042D05DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contribute to carrying out the purpose of
this section; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EA11096C62C4AB5833EA5D89F456826"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are approved by the Secretary as part of
the review and approval of an application submitted under subsection
(f).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3BB18519D774F138C9D1A16EBA54B87"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Endowment Fund</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19308EEE7E1C43ADB28A163629611412"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Predominantly Black Institution may use
not more than 20 percent of the grant funds provided under this section to
establish or increase an endowment fund at the institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6AA996CF85344E05A7974B357E54D8F1"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to be eligible to use grant funds
in accordance with <internal-xref legis-path="318.(c)(3)(A)">subparagraph
(A)</internal-xref>, a Predominantly Black Institution shall provide matching
funds from non-Federal sources, in an amount equal to or greater than the
Federal funds used in accordance with <internal-xref legis-path="318.(c)(3)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>, for the
establishment or increase of the endowment fund.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B61875B138F4E45981C6D4DC7D68467"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comparability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of part C of title III,
regarding the establishment or increase of an endowment fund, that the
Secretary determines are not inconsistent with this subsection, shall apply to
funds used under <internal-xref legis-path="318.(c)(3)(A)">subparagraph
(A)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1320FA2CEDA94CD9B56A9D93BF8A9A1E"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 50 percent of the grant funds
provided to a Predominantly Black Institution under this section may be
available for the purpose of constructing or maintaining a classroom, library,
laboratory, or other instructional facility.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5567D9353A7B4F10A57DB5DFC96DE476"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allotments to Predominantly Black
Institutions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B0120E157634B32AAB9EACF9B386400"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Pell Grant basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts appropriated to carry out
this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each
Predominantly Black Institution having an application approved under subsection
(f) a sum that bears the same ratio to one-half of that amount as the number of
Federal Pell Grant recipients in attendance at such institution at the end of
the academic year preceding the beginning of that fiscal year, bears to the
total number of Federal Pell Grant recipients at all such institutions at the
end of such academic year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id573C77653CF641F7931D032C2ED92010"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Graduates basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts appropriated to carry out
this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each
Predominantly Black Institution having an application approved under subsection
(f) a sum that bears the same ratio to one-fourth of that amount as the number
of graduates for such academic year at such institution, bears to the total
number of graduates for such academic year at all such institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBF288A412A24651A62FD0EF2652C9E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Graduates seeking a higher degree
basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts
appropriated to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall
allot to each Predominantly Black Institution having an application approved
under subsection (f) a sum that bears the same ratio to one-fourth of that
amount as the percentage of graduates from such institution who are admitted to
and in attendance at, not later than 2 years after graduation with an
associate's degree or a baccalaureate degree, a baccalaureate degree-granting
institution or a graduate or professional school in a degree program in
disciplines in which Black American students are underrepresented, bears to the
percentage of such graduates for all such institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54401938D1F740A48C54687315226474"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum allotment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91735848D43F4B9AAB8E879B9FE8D3D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
<internal-xref legis-path="318.(d)(1)">paragraphs (1)</internal-xref>,
<internal-xref legis-path="318.(d)(2)">(2)</internal-xref>, and
<internal-xref legis-path="318.(d)(3)">(3)</internal-xref>, the amount allotted
to each Predominantly Black Institution under this section shall not be less
than $250,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB50DC7D0BF02427BBDB4D07290EF8CD5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Insufficient amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the amount appropriated pursuant to
subsection (i) for a fiscal year is not sufficient to pay the minimum allotment
provided under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year, then the amount of such
minimum allotment shall be ratably reduced. If additional sums become available
for such fiscal year, such reduced allotment shall be increased on the same
basis as the allotment was reduced until the amount allotted equals the minimum
allotment required under <internal-xref legis-path="318.(d)(4)(A)">subparagraph
(A)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69A4F4566CD64E37BFFF23AEA8BC4CF0"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reallotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a Predominantly Black
Institution’s allotment under <internal-xref legis-path="318.(d)(1)">paragraph
(1)</internal-xref>, <internal-xref legis-path="318.(d)(2)">(2)</internal-xref>,
<internal-xref legis-path="318.(d)(3)">(3)</internal-xref>, or
<internal-xref legis-path="318.(d)(4)">(4)</internal-xref> for any fiscal year
that the Secretary determines will not be required for such institution for the
period such allotment is available, shall be available for reallotment to other
Predominantly Black Institutions in proportion to the original allotment to
such other institutions under this section for such fiscal year. The Secretary
shall reallot such amounts from time to time, on such date and during such
period as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE596D12D92144BFA083467DB94F50D2"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Predominantly Black Institution
desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF094FB7AE6EA46BE97AB6722D3DD9C31"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No Predominantly Black Institution that
applies for and receives a grant under this section may apply for or receive
funds under any other program under part A or part B of title III.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46644D1A88964510B6D60FE3E72C4E7D"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration and carryover</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any grant funds paid to a Predominantly
Black Institution under this section that are not expended or used for the
purposes for which the funds were paid within 10 years following the date on
which the grant was awarded, shall be repaid to the Treasury.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id108165E412584FD882C8BC637C354366"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id5BF0ADAFFE9F4E0B88FCCC3C5E32566F" level-type="subsequent"><enum>J<?LEXA-Enum J?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early childhood
education professional development and career task force</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EA58FF8C7014E24AF8C2244D95A404A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>851.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Early Childhood Education Professional
Development and Career Task Force Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00F56E82789B40F49E4D4AD591DBAB2F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>852.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of this part—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2CCFA1E09C140C78A99F5000DC90B35"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve the quality of the early
childhood education workforce by creating a statewide early childhood education
professional development and career task force for early childhood education
program staff, directors, and administrators; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB03AE5DA9C254CBBA5F2319F790A91E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to create—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68CBA51C75E24B3EA1EF043F56EE988F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a coherent system of core competencies,
pathways to qualifications, credentials, degrees, quality assurances, access,
and outreach, for early childhood education program staff, directors, and
administrators, that is linked to compensation commensurate with experience and
qualifications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFA185EC19444FB2A380C8A299A27A41"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">articulation agreements that enable early
childhood education professionals to transition easily among degrees;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E2F4FDA6E22430198AB39084AB053BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compensation initiatives for individuals
working in an early childhood education program that reflect the individuals’
credentials, degrees, and experience.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E88F7A7ABDF4F599E150AFCF87AAD33" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>853.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of early childhood education
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part, the term
<term>early childhood education program</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAF4B01816314736BF8378F3645B98D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a family child care program, center-based
child care program, State prekindergarten program, or school-based program,
that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA40729C887CB4233BC96D4D3271BD011"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides early childhood education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E54E96DA6274A529C32CD5D1FCA138F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses developmentally appropriate
practices;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B8D3B87D5544F039BE5FD6624E45FBE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is licensed or regulated by the State;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBA37E83CA554EA0BF4B0E38C91E3D98"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serves children from birth through age
5;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7D5A12A199045C8A5E54F8F270524F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Head Start Program carried out under the
Head Start Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EA052C7D932478AA21EC7BE261526D9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Early Head Start Program carried out
under section 645A of the Head Start Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64644955C9734F8298F7798E6AB39778" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>854.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants authorized</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA74CD85D015482DBE1B93104B4B50E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award grants
to States in accordance with the provisions of this part to enable such
States—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCABB07DC31134FEAB2F29499650C83ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish a State Task Force described
in section 855; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66DFBE88BBED49E7A1B4B82A08AB4260"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to support activities of the State Task
Force described in section 856.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C976DD08AA94185A47B693DD24B8192"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competitive basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants under this part shall be awarded on
a competitive basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80C426D1AEB74D26AE66D30FBD5E6471"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equitable geographic
distribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding
grants under this part, the Secretary shall take into consideration providing
an equitable geographic distribution of such grants.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3E59F275BA74B99847A19CC5E223F3B"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants under this part shall be awarded for
a period of 5 years.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB80EC99411E473ABB1AE7E1DA3E880D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>855.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State task force establishment</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3CC9727A24147DEA77CF6C86730885A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State Task Force established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Governor of a State receiving a grant
under this part shall establish, or designate an existing entity to serve as,
the State Early Childhood Education Professional Development and Career Task
Force (hereafter in this part referred to as the <quote>State Task
Force</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C2ADDC191654C84A9F0F77E6EFB82C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State Task Force shall include a
representative of a State agency, an institution of higher education (including
an associate or a baccalaureate degree granting institution of higher
education), an early childhood education program, a nonprofit early childhood
organization, a statewide early childhood workforce scholarship or supplemental
initiative, and any other entity or individual the Governor determines
appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AF6FD83215D490A9B46C76272155B39" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>856.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State task force activities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD706D736B5A24D1AB70E2449B6A1D645"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State Task Force shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id423909DEB7054344A256FF616A061921"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate and communicate regularly with
the State Advisory Council on Early Care and Education (hereafter in this part
referred to as <quote>State Advisory Council</quote>) or a similar State entity
charged with creating a comprehensive system of early care and education in the
State, for the purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA2236B644774907B82BC955319AC567"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrating recommendations for early
childhood professional development and career activities into the plans of the
State Advisory Council; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D8581A0A72847CB8092BBCB3F149FE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assisting in the implementation of
professional development and career activities that are consistent with the
plans described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB5D8EECA0F84BB6A0B7DE1BA3DABF35"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a review of opportunities for and
barriers to high quality professional development, training, and higher
education degree programs, in early childhood development and learning,
including a periodic statewide survey concerning the demographics of
individuals working in early childhood education programs in the State, which
survey shall include information disaggregated by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0948E641B87E4DBBB9E5FD42A1A085F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">race, gender, and ethnicity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47B6B5684A1D40458520ED571E615BBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compensation levels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0313373B0C243298E404A9835A6D9CC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">type of early childhood education program
setting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF06FCE74D13648C48FCCFAB9149802AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specialized knowledge of child
development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD4138E6E50F4712BBCC0EC3F1A238AA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">years of experience in an early childhood
education program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D239916BA1A48E090C55B90AB03CC94"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attainment of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF39A6C74591040EE94D1B948B8E6993A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">academic credit for coursework;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55625BEE40ED4F07A96572E2015C82A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an academic degree;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0A5361967D745358F7381A071863647"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a credential;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77506335063746ADA6D42FE1C0144BC4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">licensure; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE44CB088A706413E931AE45353D992A9"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certification in early childhood education;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95B593B0D7AC45CD91A44B59BA4D59C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a plan for a comprehensive
statewide professional development and career system for individuals working in
early childhood education programs or for early childhood education providers,
which plan shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AD032A75F714683B1D880F5745D0F3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">methods of providing outreach to early
childhood education program staff, directors, and administrators, including
methods for how outreach is provided to non-English speaking providers, in
order to enable the providers to be aware of opportunities and resources under
the statewide plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C2D1D99186C4648878E32BBAFD52A59"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing a unified data collection and
dissemination system for early childhood education training, professional
development, and higher education programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87E68DE2BE24428792D9894FC2097852"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing the participation of early
childhood educators in high quality training and professional development by
assisting in paying the costs of enrollment in and completion of such training
and professional development courses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9279D55BC99742448165C210226F212E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing the participation of early
childhood educators in postsecondary education programs leading to degrees in
early childhood education by providing assistance to pay the costs of
enrollment in and completion of such postsecondary education programs, which
assistance—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04E43ED47E094F0C92BBB8F12A9138C2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall only be provided to an individual
who—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3C6D1B198E54FADBF68134B13D97B85"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enters into an agreement under which the
individual agrees to work, for a reasonable number of years after receiving
such a degree, in an early childhood education program that is located in a
low-income area; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2459DDD730D14DEC862ABA5347D00647"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a family income equal to or less than
the annually adjusted national median family income as determined by the Bureau
of the Census; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD812F7FB7F44486BBB0A8AF1ADD0FA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be provided in an amount that does
not exceed $17,500;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4546EBD1DFE745C5B124CCCB6C96AD09"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supporting professional development
activities and a career lattice for a variety of early childhood professional
roles with varying professional qualifications and responsibilities for early
childhood education personnel, including strategies to enhance the compensation
of such personnel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC485A69E55BC439D881D68FED658EA37"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supporting articulation agreements between
2- and 4-year public and private institutions of higher education and
mechanisms to transform other training, professional development, and
experience into academic credit;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDDA28692172B477EAFAF0A0CC62F86F4"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing mentoring and coaching programs
to support new educators in and directors of early childhood education
programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A7B33F1F8BC477D8D5132E7796A67B2"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing career development advising with
respect to the field of early childhood education, including informing an
individual regarding—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id410FA8BFCB674D4483ED921F594BC08E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entry into and continuing education
requirements for professional roles in the field;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC13410B846240BCBAC7C78A32F8D241"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">available financial assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBCDA17F826A47AD81600C48061F5939"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">professional development and career
advancement in the field;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62BAF623275E4C53AB976325C8A5AB6D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhancing the quality of faculty and
coursework in postsecondary programs that lead to an associate, baccalaureate,
or graduate degree in early childhood education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD05F967AF77E40338F8FF1EC12DFBB66"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consideration of the availability of
on-line graduate level professional development offered by institutions of
higher education with experience and demonstrated expertise in establishing
programs in child development, in order to improve the skills and expertise of
individuals working in early childhood education programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15A24E24C47246AD9B973DFA3C99F10B"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing or enhancing a system of quality
assurance with respect to the early childhood education professional
development and career system, including standards or qualifications for
individuals and entities who offer training and professional development in
early childhood education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D53F2F5905D4A85824A2C4DC7513B11"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public hearings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State Task Force shall hold public
hearings and provide an opportunity for public comment on the activities
described in the statewide plan described in subsection (a)(3).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE359112EDB454830AEA0EDA02610C78E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Periodic review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State Task Force shall meet
periodically to review implementation of the statewide plan and to recommend
any changes to the statewide plan the State Task Force determines
necessary.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADC7D6B1327141D8B01A567D6DAFE886" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>857.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State application and report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ECCA0A0B22C407E903DFBE833C38919"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State desiring a grant under this part
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each
such application shall include a description of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB52D6097573B4EBF99747B56152CE8A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the membership of the State Task
Force;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5E3BEF0D607480B94BEF6605C3628A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the activities for which the grant
assistance will be used;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BF1A82E25C04BA3AB6CD44A1F8EFACD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other Federal, State, local, and private
resources that will be available to support the activities of the State Task
Force described in section 856;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83AEE7148B4B4A1494E12CB774378677"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the availability within the State of
training, early childhood educator preparation, professional development,
compensation initiatives, and career systems, related to early childhood
education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7F013238FF34B26865105B713032026"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the resources available within the State
for such training, educator preparation, professional development, compensation
initiatives, and career systems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE594F8A1B324E95932FF86DD57C2A25"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to the secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after receiving a
grant under this part, a State shall submit a report to the Secretary that
shall describe—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF769E1CF9BE04D929B20B01C5280BB10"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other Federal, State, local, and private
resources that will be used in combination with a grant under this section to
develop or expand the State’s early childhood education professional
development and career activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AE8BEFFF25643FBB76A9954D6DD4F70"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ways in which the State Advisory
Council (or similar State entity) will coordinate the various State and local
activities that support the early childhood education professional development
and career system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57E38CED85614EE18D8B3D92C17A5CFD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ways in which the State Task Force will
use funds provided under this part and carry out the activities described in
section 856.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB99C66E0C26C48AE99AAF36DDB28739A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>858.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83CD4B7E30F743ECBD18E62E12BC2A1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State receiving a grant under this
part shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37C3872B0C19436284B720816A3484A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the activities that are assisted
under this part in order to determine—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB45CDE1C9B3B4B8DACAF84099C1CA9BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of the activities in
achieving State goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21BFCEE09AE5401398B4080EA2AF0538"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of a career lattice for
individuals working in early childhood education programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0CC23606556413A9F9E98179AD8EA34"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the activities on licensing
or regulating requirements for individuals in the field of early childhood
development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AD2D19F57104A9886F7C16272EAC11D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the activities, and the
impact of the statewide plan described in section 856(a)(3), on the quality of
education, professional development, and training related to early childhood
education programs that are offered in the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A134E212C864C989102121871528260"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the change in compensation and retention of
individuals working in early childhood education programs within the State
resulting from the activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF08BD0BA50794B40B61DBA3EF1CE1C2D"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the activities on the
demographic characteristics of individuals working in early childhood education
programs; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC66F96D511A44D2399C096A67EC1E78B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit a report at the end of the grant
period to the Secretary regarding the evaluation described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BDDC72ACD7D4A4DB7A0F086E180F424"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary’s evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30, 2013, the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees an evaluation of the
State reports submitted under subsection (a)(2).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA001059C9AFE4934B098BD30942BAD2A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>859.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section></part><part commented="no" id="idBA944F95A62E44F8873040105D9723AE" level-type="subsequent"><enum>K<?LEXA-Enum K?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education with a focus on
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FF2541C2676497E838A879606E81686" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>861.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics education with a focus on Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian
students</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id010918AF0C224CB08130ECDBF17130BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id795B0CDF41EA4AB683FB7FCA87A0C6C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop or expand programs for the
development of professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22934922F890440CA86BFE87CD63CE8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to focus resources on meeting the
educational and cultural needs of Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0396DC2673A64979908ECA55B2566CBC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5667A5299514C15A36B4C5F9B718139"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska native</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Alaska Native</term> has the
meaning given the term <term>Native</term> in section 3(b) of the Alaska
Natives Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3C4F5095A974091A2E9A9D982E1125A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institution of higher
education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in
section 101(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA06A3D5BBF5C4E36B6F2CDE0CA1585DB"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible partnership</term>
means a partnership that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DC1702FD94C4C8B908CB23B228A57B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more colleges or schools of
engineering;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF633E3ADF8714DFBBB459AFE2378447A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more colleges of science, engineering,
or mathematics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0C02380D42546C2B49069213F3E18B3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more institutions of higher education
that offer 2-year degrees; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8864CF1881CC424DB287E6CB7AA889F9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 or more private entities that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id837200BACD8A4FC59F274D718F9DA7C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct career awareness activities
showcasing local technology professionals;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAA3743787E2445AB6894D0131DF688A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage students to pursue education in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics from elementary school
through college, and careers in those fields, with the assistance of local
technology professionals;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5088781B631944F58E2B543220C76C48"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop internships, apprenticeships, and
mentoring programs in partnership with relevant industries; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25CB5E646B06420EA63A050275F8B4A0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist with placement of interns and
apprentices.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD76D2BA40DA94426967ECA571DDEED69"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native hawaiian</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Native Hawaiian</term> has
the meaning given the term in section 7207 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79C5A98B02A84518AC52848945AFA1ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award a
grant to an eligible partnership to enable the eligible partnership to expand
programs for the development of science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics professionals, from elementary school through college, including
existing programs for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81AAAE7424114C5E883A1C841E96082E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uses of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds under this section shall be
used for 1 or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB989FA5ED97A44D69FF3D67A15E9C119"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development or implementation of cultural,
social, or educational transition programs to assist students to transition
into college life and academics in order to increase such students' retention
rates in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, with a
focus on Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63D1A8B5CAD44D34BB09C8A5654A45BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development or implementation of academic
support or supplemental educational programs to increase the graduation rates
of students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics,
with a focus on Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F8B039A0A1E470F94DC8185E13D979C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development or implementation of internship
programs, carried out in coordination with educational institutions and private
entities, to prepare students for careers in the fields of science, technology,
engineering, or mathematics, with a focus on programs that serve Alaska Native
or Native Hawaiian students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F539EC2A2CA478C9D6F3CA2CA0DFB5D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other activities that are consistent
with the purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92993524EE204ABEBEB95634D17331FE"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible partnership that desires a
grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EC444EB61D7443085888261C53A8B46"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the
Secretary shall give priority to an eligible partnership that provides 1 or
more programs in which 30 percent or more of the program participants are
Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9C965F182D044B3B440D46D4ECF6ECA"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period of grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this section shall be awarded
for a period of 5 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10B7F5DF5371428D8A1229023F29C83D"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation and report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible partnership that receives a
grant under this section shall conduct an evaluation to determine the
effectiveness of the programs funded under the grant and shall provide a report
regarding the evaluation to the Secretary not later than 6 months after the end
of the grant period.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2397F6C73AAD4CF5A0B4DD04DE167239"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id7D2415246EC9471EB20FE5A27EC19488" level-type="subsequent"><enum>L<?LEXA-Enum L?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pilot program to
increase persistence in community colleges</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72AE6AF340814BBD805DCA46331A9296" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>865.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pilot program to increase persistence in
community colleges</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C16F8CFAA3446E2AE10D4F11112A00D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE18FF67C92E04D11AB84F5DAB143A7A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institution of higher
education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided in this section, the term <term>institution of higher education</term>
means an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101, that
provides a 1- or 2-year program of study leading to a degree or
certificate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1005975824A42288CE5B1950A9D06AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible student</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible student</term>
means a student who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52A34474C4F74C3D9F2F9C42D2F91AD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the requirements of section
484(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7649897359D14710AE3E7A2975C6926D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is enrolled at least half time;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8D2521993FC4A4D82FA24D7B5056FD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not younger than age 19 and not older
than age 33;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B7BB3C9BE574CE08056EE60D7A7D0A7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is the parent of at least 1 dependent
child, which dependent child is age 18 or younger;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D9A2255F34A4B1BB9ADD3E9067DBD43"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a family income below 200 percent of
the poverty line;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E9301853EDE44839AC3199203AA9A5F"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a secondary school diploma or its
recognized equivalent, and earned a passing score on a college entrance
examination; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA4B3BA35B584650985F4AC9935ADFC5"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not have a degree or occupational
certificate from an institution of higher education, as defined in section 101
or 102(a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id145FBBA160D044398EF60E13A0484CB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award
grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education to enable
the institutions of higher education to provide additional monetary and
nonmonetary support to eligible students to enable the eligible students to
maintain enrollment and complete degree or certificate programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E1C4BDDB892443EB6BEED703EC75372"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uses of funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0622F9B37764854B71565C1C5FEDF67"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education
receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant funds—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C057E36A371424AB1855C3E9357A250"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide scholarships in accordance with
subsection (d); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFC55B67C6A74B70AE6D877FC80FFCAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide counseling services in
accordance with subsection (e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6131027CBAB24BCC98C79D6E822FA3C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowable uses of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds provided under this section may
be used—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE24B6CB9A83B44AAA09A88EC76F9C3B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conduct outreach to make students aware
of the scholarships and counseling services available under this section and to
encourage the students to participate in the program assisted under this
section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB82E6791F30048FAB692C68006EB8FA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide gifts of $20 or less, such as a
store gift card, to applicants who complete the process of applying for
assistance under this section, as an incentive and as compensation for the
student's time; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB95E22D33A8F417193E7EA0EAD52F89C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to evaluate the success of the
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC793645382364A8BB5FA58C5214E89C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scholarship requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A1B91BAA9304DF9A20AC119D068CDDE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each scholarship awarded under this section
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BF831522F524C31BFCC2C915E6A45EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be awarded for 1 academic year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF20F5F5623BA4D65A26BC1AB8D6D46AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be awarded in the amount of $1,000 for each
of 2 semesters (prorated for quarters), or $2,000 for an academic year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C4EF2DC71114891A102D36139C46DAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the student to maintain during the
scholarship period at least half-time enrollment and a 2.0 or C grade point
average; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09F03579AA474EDA97ECC0368D1877B4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be paid in increments of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE9EC956601E4031B308EFD512888ADA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$250 upon enrollment (prorated for
quarters);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07F9317F57A44E6D8EDFBE14023C20AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$250 upon passing midterm examinations
(prorated for quarters); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC75DB1096FB4FEFB1CBFBE75898C07F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500 upon passing courses (prorated for
quarters).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8C48A0AB9B847CBBF6D8913D268A04B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Number</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution may award an eligible
student not more than 2 scholarships under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B7FD22BC2DF43ECBFD867F8340A209A"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Counseling services</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4BC9294523D4DE8B8065BEFD45C31E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education
receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to provide
students at the institution with a counseling staff dedicated to students
participating in the program under this section. Each such counselor
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E6B3E5412424D078164C13E1CFE12DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have a caseload of less than 125
students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id637498E2872A4AE4B8C3443A3B67F601"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use a proactive, team-oriented approach to
counseling;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE85259872CF44F18BE464BF00544C9B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">hold a minimum of 2 meetings with students
each semester; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13F3263268E14F0990B34893EE5E5407"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide referrals to and follow-up with
other student services staff, including financial and career services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD52814A73C3A4AB2AAED0278B4834D5E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Counseling services
availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The counseling
services provided under this section shall be available to participating
students during the daytime and evening hours.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80BF30098BFC41BCB32DCC9369BA7763"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education that
desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Secretary may require, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE68B3756EC449F7817EAB96B35145F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of students to be served under
this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F77FC1511FE496ABCE0DC18232EBFCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the scholarships and
counseling services that will be provided under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8809E50812314F35BA510C4F48DF37C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the program under this
section will be evaluated.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C5EC7916E5A475BA3CFC413D81C8CDA"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period of grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may award a grant under this
section for a period of 5 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29EFC43337434E7B846CF497A606D060"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id843CEDEDF381437D96BD30DDD1B96B95"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education
receiving a grant under this section shall conduct an annual evaluation of the
impact of the grant and shall provide the evaluation to the Secretary. The
Secretary shall disseminate to the public the findings, information on best
practices, and lessons learned, with respect to the evaluations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DCE819A455C41D58843C629574B1DF4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Random assignment research
design</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The evaluation shall
be conducted using a random assignment research design with the following
requirements:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3C76707E3A641ABA4F641F236994AE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When students are recruited for the
program, all students will be told about the program and the evaluation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id290065D46869423BABE6A0F0D3CD121E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Baseline data will be collected from all
applicants for assistance under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4B3A0772FA94C6786EDEDF83D666DFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Students will be assigned randomly to 2
groups, which will consist of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF02C9E7049B444218F07F92995B676D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a program group that will receive the
scholarship and the additional counseling services; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62BFE8E56774491697E7EA695191711E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a control group that will receive whatever
regular financial aid and counseling services are available to all students at
the institution of higher education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B26A749D2D042CEBC439A35DD1A9B64"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Previous cohorts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the evaluation for the second
and third years of the program, each institution of higher education shall
include information on previous cohorts of students as well as students in the
current program year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5916BE654F52489AA03193D164DAA8B8"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id0706E34EE55F41FFA054B69AC0415AF5" level-type="subsequent"><enum>M<?LEXA-Enum M?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student safety
and campus emergency management</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2302D925526549E692DCA6406E694A81" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>871.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student safety and campus emergency
management</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADAC146B7EAA4B36B92FD15E97181BE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants authorized</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEE6E1DFDDCC43FC85585D6DCC4B5D84"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to award
grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or
consortia of institutions of higher education to enable institutions of higher
education or consortia to pay the Federal share of the cost of carrying out the
authorized activities described in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB622455A3A3548D8A8C49C42F7DC91E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation with the Attorney General and
the Secretary of Homeland Security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Where appropriate, the Secretary shall
award grants under this section in consultation with the Attorney General of
the United States and the Secretary of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0734AABCE0884B3BA43B41E30F922558"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award each grant under
this section for a period of 2 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71F477596D94425E9A6136764A2C0466"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on institutions and
consortia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of
higher education or consortium shall be eligible for only 1 grant under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DD5C4DA0DE2463B8A54FB2C5CC7AC66"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal share; non-Federal share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE06E9A33FB2A4B318C90D890D3F80968"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share shall be 50
percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEA870615A434808AC35BA32356CEB11"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Non-Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution of higher education or
consortium shall provide the non-Federal share, which may be provided from
other Federal, State, and local resources dedicated to emergency preparedness
and response.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB28B50BFC1946D38A483A8B38D2410B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education or
consortium receiving a grant under this section may use the grant funds to
carry out 1 or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF416D3328538403CBB5A239D06BD3C38"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing and implementing a
state-of-the-art emergency communications system for each campus of an
institution of higher education or consortium, in order to contact students via
cellular, text message, or other state-of-the-art communications methods when a
significant emergency or dangerous situation occurs. An institution or
consortium using grant funds to carry out this paragraph shall also, in
coordination with the appropriate State and local emergency management
authorities—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7391F772A8184E589C3A33782D26A3D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop procedures that students,
employees, and others on a campus of an institution of higher education or
consortium will be directed to follow in the event of a significant emergency
or dangerous situation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FE6D980DDCC4155BD92710443D549B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop procedures the institution of
higher education or consortium shall follow to inform, within a reasonable and
timely manner, students, employees, and others on a campus in the event of a
significant emergency or dangerous situation, which procedures shall include
the emergency communications system described in this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF361BD2068B48E3A65C0E7F9C4E1BAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supporting measures to improve safety at
the institution of higher education or consortium, such as—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF06F2461308E45858A4A552A189768A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">security assessments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0C922791D3E4B998CE0E74705FB6B79"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">security training of personnel and students
at the institution of higher education or consortium;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6394FD713CFE492580D592F10817B9E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">where appropriate, coordination of campus
preparedness and response efforts with local law enforcement, local emergency
management authorities, and other agencies, to improve coordinated responses in
emergencies among such entities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7035FC406094D25B4E1D036FC119C97"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing a hotline that allows a
student or staff member at an institution or consortium to report another
student or staff member at the institution or consortium who the reporting
student or staff member believes may be a danger to the reported student or
staff member or to others.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id194F78E1771C4B2082BD4F5A7B0427CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordinating with appropriate local
entities the provision of, mental health services for students enrolled in the
institution of higher education or consortium, including mental health crisis
response and intervention services, to individuals affected by a campus or
community emergency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04CA1CB9996E45BBB95035113522CA65"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution of higher education or
consortium desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as
the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id614510678B584FA79BF0F6318EB317F0"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall coordinate technical
assistance provided by State and local emergency management agencies, the
Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies as appropriate, to
institutions of higher education or consortia that request assistance in
developing and implementing the activities assisted under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09FB6957195343399954D7D9EB9AAF2B"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be
construed—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id323D2BC013754C7F93FC2F83131FB1A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide a private right of action to any
person to enforce any provision of this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD745E98782894664AEC3151BC5E6199C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to create a cause of action against any
institution of higher education or any employee of the institution for any
civil liability; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC88D457120294C6E850CA5BD357E2800"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to affect the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 or the regulations issued under section 264 of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2
note).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4FBE497E0BB4B70BECC6EF14BE9817B"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3634BE3E350540FE89F798BD2FF952C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>872.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Model emergency response policies,
procedures, and practices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary of Education, the Attorney General of the United States, and the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly have the authority—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id344CC6340C27490E9E792C53B6A88161"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to advise institutions of higher education
on model emergency response policies, procedures, and practices; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38A8AB2795C240159264B1B58512899F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to disseminate information concerning those
policies, procedures, and
practices.</text>
</paragraph></section></part>.
802.Title VIII (as added
by section 801) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
NSchool of
veterinary medicine competitive grant program
876.School of veterinary
medicine competitive grant program
(a)The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to
in this section as the Secretary
) shall award competitive grants
to eligible entities for the purpose of improving public health preparedness
through increasing the number of veterinarians in the workforce.
(b)To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a),
an entity shall—
(1)be—
(A)a public or other
nonprofit school of veterinary medicine that is accredited by a nationally
recognized accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of
Education pursuant to part H of title IV;
(B)a public or nonprofit,
department of comparative medicine, department of veterinary science, school of
public health, or school of medicine that is accredited by a nationally
recognized accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary of
Education pursuant to part H of title IV and that offers graduate training for
veterinarians in a public health practice area as determined by the Secretary;
or
(C)a public or nonprofit
entity that—
(i)conducts recognized
residency training programs for veterinarians that are approved by a veterinary
specialty organization that is recognized by the American Veterinary Medical
Association; and
(ii)offers postgraduate
training for veterinarians in a public health practice area as determined by
the Secretary; and
(2)prepare and submit to the
Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.
(c)Consideration of
applicationsThe Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure
that applications under subsection (b)(2) are rigorously reviewed and that
grants are competitively awarded based on—
(1)the ability of the
applicant to increase the number of veterinarians who are trained in specified
public health practice areas as determined by the Secretary;
(2)the ability of the
applicant to increase capacity in research on high priority disease agents;
or
(3)any other consideration
the Secretary determines necessary.
(d)In
awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give preference to
applicants that demonstrate a comprehensive approach by involving more than one
school of veterinary medicine, department of comparative medicine, department
of veterinary science, school of public health, school of medicine, or
residency training program that offers postgraduate training for veterinarians
in a public health practice area as determined by the Secretary.
(e)Amounts received under a grant under this section shall be
used by a grantee to increase the number of veterinarians in the workforce
through paying costs associated with the expansion of academic programs at
schools of veterinary medicine, departments of comparative medicine,
departments of veterinary science, or entities offering residency training
programs, or academic programs that offer postgraduate training for
veterinarians or concurrent training for veterinary students in specific areas
of specialization, which costs may include minor renovation and improvement in
classrooms, libraries, and laboratories.
(f)Definition of public
health practiceIn this section, the term public health
practice includes bioterrorism and emergency preparedness, environmental
health, food safety and food security, regulatory medicine, diagnostic
laboratory medicine, and biomedical research.
(g)Authorization of
appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of
the 5 succeeding fiscal years. Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall
remain available until expended.
OEarly Federal
Pell Grant Commitment Demonstration Program
881.Early Federal Pell
Grant Commitment Demonstration Program
(a)Demonstration program
authority
(1)The Secretary is authorized to carry out an Early Federal
Pell Grant Commitment Demonstration Program under which—
(A)the Secretary awards
grants to 4 State educational agencies, in accordance with paragraph (2), to
pay the administrative expenses incurred in participating in the demonstration
program under this section; and
(B)the Secretary awards
Federal Pell Grants to participating students in accordance with this
section.
(2)
(A)From amounts appropriated under subsection (h) for a
fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized to award grants to 4 State educational
agencies to enable the State educational agencies to pay the administrative
expenses incurred in participating in a demonstration program under which 8th
grade students who are eligible for a free or reduced price meal described in
subsection (b)(1)(B) receive a commitment to receive a Federal Pell Grant early
in their academic careers.
(B)The Secretary shall award grants under this section in
equal amounts to each of the 4 participating State educational agencies.
(b)Demonstration project
requirementsEach of the 4 demonstration projects assisted under
this section shall meet the following requirements:
(1)
(A)The State educational agency shall make participation in
the demonstration project available to 2 cohorts of students, which shall
consist of—
(i)1 cohort of 8th grade
students who begin the participation in academic year 2008–2009; and
(ii)1 cohort of 8th grade
students who begin the participation in academic year 2009–2010.
(B)Each cohort of students shall consist of not more than
10,000 8th grade students who qualify for a free or reduced price meal under
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of
1966.
(2)The State educational agency shall ensure that student data
from local educational agencies serving students who participate in the
demonstration project, as well as student data from local educational agencies
serving a comparable group of students who do not participate in the
demonstration project, are available for evaluation of the demonstration
project, except that in no case shall such data be provided in a manner that
would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual
student.
(3)Federal Pell Grant
commitmentEach student who participates in the demonstration
project receives a commitment from the Secretary to receive a Federal Pell
Grant during the first academic year that the student is in attendance at an
institution of higher education as an undergraduate, if the student applies for
Federal financial aid (via the FAFSA or EZ FAFSA) during the student's senior
year of secondary school and during succeeding years.
(4)The Secretary shall establish an application process to
select State educational agencies to participate in the demonstration program
and State educational agencies shall establish an application process to select
local educational agencies within the State to participate in the demonstration
project.
(5)Local educational
agency participationSubject to the 10,000 statewide student
limitation described in paragraph (1), a local educational agency serving
students, not less than 50 percent of whom are eligible for a free or reduced
price meal under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966, shall be eligible to participate in the demonstration
project.
(c)State educational
agency applications
(1)Each State educational agency desiring to participate in
the demonstration program under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require.
(2)Each
application shall include—
(A)a description of the
proposed targeted information campaign for the demonstration project and a copy
of the plan described in subsection (f)(2);
(B)a description of the
student population that will receive an early commitment to receive a Federal
Pell Grant under this section;
(C)an assurance that the
State educational agency will fully cooperate with the ongoing evaluation of
the demonstration project; and
(D)such other information as
the Secretary may require.
(d)
(1)Selection of State
educational agenciesIn selecting State educational agencies to
participate in the demonstration program under this section, the Secretary
shall consider—
(A)the number and quality of
State educational agency applications received;
(B)the Department's capacity
to oversee and monitor each State educational agency's participation in the
demonstration program;
(C)a State educational
agency's—
(i)financial
responsibility;
(ii)administrative
capability;
(iii)commitment to focusing
State resources, in addition to any resources provided under part A of title I
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, on students who receive
assistance under such part A;
(iv)ability and plans to run
an effective and thorough targeted information campaign for students served by
local educational agencies eligible to participate in the demonstration
project; and
(v)ability to ensure the
participation in the demonstration program of a diverse group of students,
including with respect to ethnicity and gender.
(2)In selecting local educational agencies to participate in
a demonstration project under this section, the State educational agency shall
consider—
(A)the number and quality of
local educational agency applications received;
(B)the State educational
agency's capacity to oversee and monitor each local educational agency's
participation in the demonstration project;
(C)a local educational
agency's—
(i)financial
responsibility;
(ii)administrative
capability;
(iii)commitment to focusing
local resources, in addition to any resources provided under part A of title I
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, on students who receive
assistance under such part A;
(iv)ability and plans to run
an effective and thorough targeted information campaign for students served by
the local educational agency; and
(v)ability to ensure the
participation in the demonstration project of a diverse group of students with
respect to ethnicity and gender.
(e)
(1)From amounts appropriated under subsection (h) for a
fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not more than $1,000,000 to award a
grant or contract to an organization outside the Department for an independent
evaluation of the impact of the demonstration program assisted under this
section.
(2)The grant or contract shall be awarded on a competitive
basis.
(3)The evaluation described in this subsection
shall—
(A)determine the number of
individuals who were encouraged by the demonstration program to pursue higher
education;
(B)identify the barriers to
the effectiveness of the demonstration program;
(C)assess the
cost-effectiveness of the demonstration program in improving access to higher
education;
(D)identify the reasons why
participants in the demonstration program either received or did not receive a
Federal Pell Grant;
(E)identify intermediate
outcomes related to postsecondary education attendance, such as whether
participants—
(i)were more likely to take
a college-prep curriculum while in secondary school;
(ii)submitted any college
applications; and
(iii)took the PSAT, SAT, or
ACT;
(F)identify the number of
individuals participating in the demonstration program who pursued an
associate's degree or a bachelor's degree, or other postsecondary
education;
(G)compare the findings of
the demonstration program with respect to participants to comparison groups (of
similar size and demographics) that did not participate in the demonstration
program; and
(H)identify the impact on
the parents of students eligible to participate in the demonstration
program.
(4)The
findings of the evaluation shall be reported to the Secretary, who shall widely
disseminate the findings to the public.
(f)Targeted information
campaign
(1)Each State educational agency receiving a grant under
this section shall, in cooperation with the participating local educational
agencies within the State and the Secretary, develop a targeted information
campaign for the demonstration program assisted under this section.
(2)Each
State educational agency receiving a grant under this section shall include in
the application submitted under subsection (c) a written plan for their
proposed targeted information campaign. The plan shall include the
following:
(A)A
description of the outreach to students and their families at the beginning and
end of each academic year of the demonstration project, at a minimum.
(B)How
the State educational agency plans to provide the outreach described in
subparagraph (A) and to provide the information described in subparagraph
(C).
(C)The
annual provision by the State educational agency to all students and families
participating in the demonstration program of information regarding—
(i)the estimated statewide
average cost of attendance for an institution of higher education for each
academic year, which cost data shall be disaggregated by—
(I)type of institution,
including—
- (aa)2-year public
degree-granting institutions of higher education;
- (bb)4-year public
degree-granting institutions of higher education; and
- (cc)4-year private
degree-granting institutions of higher education;
(II)component,
including—
- (aa)tuition and fees;
and
- (bb)room and board;
(ii)Federal Pell Grants,
including—
(I)the maximum Federal Pell
Grant for each award year;
(II)when and how to apply
for a Federal Pell Grant; and
(III)what the application
process for a Federal Pell Grant requires;
(iii)State-specific college
savings programs;
(iv)State merit-based
financial aid;
(v)State need-based
financial aid; and
(vi)Federal financial aid
available to students, including eligibility criteria for such aid and an
explanation of the Federal financial aid programs, such as the Student Guide
published by the Department of Education (or any successor to such
document).
(3)The
information described in paragraph (2)(C) shall be provided to 2 cohorts of
students annually for the duration of the students' participation in the
demonstration program. The 2 cohorts shall consist of—
(A)1 cohort of 8th grade
students who begin the participation in academic year 2008–2009; and
(B)1 cohort of 8th grade
students who begin the participation in academic year 2009–2010.
(4)Each
State educational agency receiving a grant under this section shall reserve not
more than 15 percent of the grant funds received each fiscal year to carry out
the targeted information campaign described in this subsection.
(g)A State educational agency shall use grant funds
received under this section only to supplement the funds that would, in the
absence of such funds, be made available from non-Federal sources for students
participating in the demonstration program under this section, and not to
supplant such funds.
(h)Authorization of
appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of
the 5 succeeding fiscal years.
PHenry Kuualoha
Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives
886.Henry Kuualoha Giugni
Kupuna Memorial Archives
(a)The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to the
University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media for the establishment,
maintenance, and periodic modernization of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna
Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii.
(b)The Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives shall
use the grant funds received under this section—
(1)to facilitate the
acquisition of a secure web accessible repository of Native Hawaiian historical
data rich in ethnic and cultural significance to the United States for
preservation and access by future generations;
(2)to award scholarships to
facilitate access to a postsecondary education for students who cannot afford
such education;
(3)to support programmatic
efforts associated with the web-based media projects of the archives;
(4)to create educational
materials, from the contents of the archives, that are applicable to a broad
range of indigenous students, such as Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and
Native American Indians;
(5)to develop outreach
initiatives that introduce the archival collections to elementary schools and
secondary schools;
(6)to develop supplemental
web-based resources that define terms and cultural practices innate to Native
Hawaiians;
(7)to rent, lease, purchase,
maintain, or repair educational facilities to house the archival
collections;
(8)to rent, lease, purchase,
maintain, or repair computer equipment for use by elementary schools and
secondary schools in accessing the archival collections;
(9)to provide pre-service
and in-service teacher training to develop a core group of kindergarten through
grade 12 teachers who are able to provide instruction in a way that is relevant
to the unique background of indigenous students, such as Native Hawaiians,
Alaskan Natives, and Native American Indians, in order to—
(A)facilitate greater
understanding by teachers of the unique background of indigenous students;
and
(B)improve student
achievement; and
(10)to increase the economic
and financial literacy of postsecondary education students through the
dissemination of best practices used at other institutions of higher education
regarding debt and credit management and economic decision-making.
(c)Authorization of
appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of
the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.
.
803.Student loan
clearinghouse
(a)Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Education shall establish 1 or more clearinghouses of information on student
loans (including loans under parts B and D of title IV of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1071 et seq. and 1087a et seq.) and private loans, for
both undergraduate and graduate students) for use by prospective borrowers or
any person desiring information regarding available interest rates and other
terms from lenders. Such a clearinghouse shall—
(1)have no affiliation with
any institution of higher education or any lender;
(2)accept nothing of value
from any lender, guaranty agency, or any entity affiliated with a lender or
guaranty agency, except that the clearinghouse may establish a flat fee to be
charged to each listed lender, based on the costs necessary to establish and
maintain the clearinghouse;
(3)provide information
regarding the interest rates, fees, borrower benefits, and any other matter
that the Department of Education determines relevant to enable prospective
borrowers to select a lender;
(4)provide interest rate
information that complies with the Federal Trade Commission guidelines for
consumer credit term disclosures; and
(5)be a nonprofit
entity.
(b)The Secretary of Education shall publish a list of
clearinghouses described in subsection (a) on the website of the Department of
Education and such list shall be updated not less often than every 90
days.
(c)Beginning
on the date the first clearinghouse described in subsection (a) is established,
each institution of higher education that receives Federal assistance under the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) and that
designates 1 or more lenders as preferred, suggested, or otherwise recommended
shall include a standard disclosure developed by the Secretary of Education on
all materials that reference such lenders to inform students that the students
might find a more attractive loan, with a lower interest rate, by visiting a
clearinghouse described in subsection (a).
(d)Not
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress on whether
students are using a clearinghouse described in subsection (a) to find and
secure a student loan. The report shall assess whether students could have
received a more attractive loan, one with a lower interest rate or better
benefits, by using a clearinghouse described in subsection (a) instead of a
preferred lender list.
804.Minority serving
institutions for advanced technology and educationAt
the end of title VIII (as added by section 801), add the following:
QMinority
serving institutions for advanced technology and education
890.The purposes of the program under this part
are to—
(1)strengthen the ability of
eligible institutions to provide capacity for instruction in digital and
wireless network technologies; and
(2)strengthen the national
digital and wireless infrastructure by increasing national investment in
telecommunications and technology infrastructure at eligible
institutions.
891.Definition of eligible
institutionIn this part, the
term eligible institution means an institution that is—
(1)a historically Black
college or university that is a part B institution, as defined in section
322;
(2)a Hispanic-serving
institution, as defined in section 502(a);
(3)a Tribal College or
University, as defined in section 316(b);
(4)an Alaska Native-serving
institution, as defined in section 317(b);
(5)a Native Hawaiian-serving
institution, as defined in section 317(b); or
(6)an institution determined
by the Secretary to have enrolled a substantial number of minority, low-income
students during the previous academic year who received a Federal Pell Grant
for that year.
892.Minority serving
institutions for advanced technology and education
(a)
(1)The Secretary is
authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible institutions to
enable the eligible institutions to carry out the activities described in
subsection (d).
(2)The Secretary may award a grant to an eligible institution
under this part for a period of not more than 5 years.
(b)Application and review
procedure
(1)To be eligible to receive a grant under this part, an
eligible institution shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably
require. The application shall include—
(A)a program of activities
for carrying out 1 or more of the purposes described in section 890; and
(B)such other policies,
procedures, and assurances as the Secretary may require by regulation.
(2)After
consultation with appropriate individuals with expertise in technology and
education, the Secretary shall establish a procedure by which to accept and
review such applications and publish an announcement of such procedure,
including a statement regarding the availability of funds, in the Federal
Register.
(3)Application review
criteriaThe application review criteria used by the Secretary
for grants under this part shall include consideration of—
(A)demonstrated need for
assistance under this part; and
(B)diversity among the types
of eligible institutions receiving assistance under this part.
(c)
(1)An eligible institution that receives a grant under this
part shall agree that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the
institution in carrying out the program for which the grant is awarded, such
institution will make available (directly or through donations from public or
private entities) non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to 25 percent of
the amount of the grant awarded by the Secretary, or $500,000, whichever is the
lesser amount.
(2)The
Secretary shall waive the matching requirement for any eligible institution
with no endowment, or an endowment that has a current dollar value as of the
time of the application of less than $50,000,000.
(d)An eligible institution shall use a grant awarded under
this part—
(1)to acquire equipment,
instrumentation, networking capability, hardware and software, digital network
technology, wireless technology, and infrastructure;
(2)to develop and provide
educational services, including faculty development, related to science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics;
(3)to provide teacher
preparation and professional development, library and media specialist
training, and early childhood educator and teacher aide certification or
licensure to individuals who seek to acquire or enhance technology skills in
order to use technology in the classroom or instructional process to improve
student achievement;
(4)to form consortia or
collaborative projects with a State, State educational agency, local
educational agency, community-based organization, national nonprofit
organization, or business, including a minority business, to provide education
regarding technology in the classroom;
(5)to provide professional
development in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to
administrators and faculty of eligible institutions with institutional
responsibility for technology education;
(6)to provide
capacity-building technical assistance to eligible institutions through remote
technical support, technical assistance workshops, distance learning, new
technologies, and other technological applications; and
(7)to foster the use of
information communications technology to increase scientific, technological,
engineering, and mathematical instruction and research.
(e)An eligible institution that receives a grant under
this part shall provide the Secretary with any relevant institutional
statistical or demographic data requested by the Secretary.
(f)Information
disseminationThe Secretary shall convene an annual meeting of
eligible institutions receiving grants under this part for the purposes
of—
(1)fostering collaboration
and capacity-building activities among eligible institutions; and
(2)disseminating information
and ideas generated by such meetings.
(g)An
eligible institution that receives a grant under this part that exceeds
$2,500,000 shall not be eligible to receive another grant under this part until
every other eligible institution that has applied for a grant under this part
has received such a grant.
893.Annual report and
evaluation
(a)Annual report required
from recipientsEach eligible
institution that receives a grant under this part shall provide an annual
report to the Secretary on the eligible institution's use of the grant.
(b)The Secretary shall—
(1)review the reports
provided under subsection (a) each year; and
(2)evaluate the program
authorized under this part on the basis of those reports every 2 years.
(c)The Secretary, in the evaluation under subsection (b),
shall—
(1)describe the activities
undertaken by the eligible institutions that receive grants under this part;
and
(2)assess the short-range
and long-range impact of activities carried out under the grant on the
students, faculty, and staff of the institutions.
(d)Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
the Higher Education Amendments of 2007, the Secretary shall submit a report on
the program supported under this part to the authorizing committees that shall
include such recommendations, including recommendations concerning the
continuing need for Federal support of the program, as may be
appropriate.
894.Authorization of
appropriationsThere are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.
.
<enum>IX</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS</header>
<part commented="no" id="idF381EFFF378443B4B7A9E30B377C2441" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A<?LEXA-Enum A?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">EDUCATION OF THE
DEAF ACT OF 1986</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67C84DF7176346199C5F274F4C404EE7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education
Center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104 of the
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4304">20 U.S.C. 4304</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5DBC02BCEB04FB293A669EC9DD22322"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">laurent clerc
national deaf education center</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04DB5496298D42FDA31634CBA80501D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting
<quote>the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (referred to in this
section as the <quote>Clerc Center</quote>) to carry out</quote> after
<quote>maintain and operate</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2528E018757B4DC2911A05D695B2DCF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CD1C0FBBC2948A3BD3687E7D46FF499"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>elementary and secondary education
programs</quote> and inserting <quote>Clerc Center</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4CCDB1D61B7B496182F642ACA648681B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>elementary and secondary education programs</quote> and inserting
<quote>Clerc Center</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id739568261DD24A66AAB22C6A28958BF4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id352395E3B7FC4F018908CE4F7732077E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8554A803AC9C4CFF9E08E24E87C25C75" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The University, for purposes of the
elementary and secondary education programs carried out at the Clerc Center,
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1955489C99FE46C28A65470806A829EF"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id352011D96031465991D23B2E3F8857C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">select challenging academic content
standards, challenging student academic achievement standards, and academic
assessments of a State, adopted and implemented, as appropriate, pursuant to
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1111(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(1) and (3)) and approved by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id606C362D8DA743F9A8A2645A5B694AA8" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement such standards and assessments
for such programs by not later than the beginning of the 2009–2010 academic
year;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB73ED4442D9D40568322BF2266760D7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annually determine whether such programs at
the Clerc Center are making adequate yearly progress, as determined according
to the definition of adequate yearly progress defined (pursuant to section
1111(b)(2)(C) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)</external-xref>)) by the
State that has adopted and implemented the standards and assessments selected
under subparagraph (A)(i); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0C70D739B944313AEC483462EE9D9F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publicly report the results of the academic
assessments implemented under subparagraph (A) and whether the programs at the
Clerc Center are making adequate yearly progress, as determined under
subparagraph
(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DB69BAA4D094AF08509B32072526C2E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>902.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement with Gallaudet
University</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105(b)(4)
of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4305">20 U.S.C. 4305(b)(4)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFF88D44DAF142F4A8F9BE8847ED6B6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Act of March 3, 1931
(40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5) commonly referred to as the
<act-name parsable-cite="DBA">Davis-Bacon Act</act-name></quote> and inserting
<quote>subchapter IV of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40,
United States Code, commonly referred to as the <act-name parsable-cite="DBA">Davis-Bacon Act</act-name></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C32864463E2411FA99575F464862A0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section 2 of the Act of
June 13, 1934 (40
U.S.C. 276c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 3145 of title
40, United States Code</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91C14F3235ED4D5DB27F8DC3CE5765E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>903.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement for the National Technical
Institute for the Deaf</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
112 of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4332">20 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA09DCAC573B4289A5EA9E3057317524"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62B7E3F12959451081B0DFD84CBABDE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BD6698A4FAC47BC8862D94FAAF0E1AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45F90E51454D460C8C36716B096056FD"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>an institution of higher
education</quote> and inserting <quote>the Rochester Institute of Technology,
Rochester, New York</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41FACB62494B4DEE8C8608CA4DCE8E91"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>of a</quote> and
inserting <quote>of the</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1685A0F3D6DE498E8167187A666055B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the second sentence;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3E313B15AC849AD9BAF072E387EBB1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79BE667C05A74CAFB2AA8A8C4CC7C177"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C3525BDB0244C32B6E9AFAF5997FC26" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id3AD2F66A8BA449C9928E72BF027DEB72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If, pursuant to the
agreement established under paragraph (1), either the Secretary or the
Rochester Institute of Technology terminates the agreement, the Secretary shall
consider proposals from other institutions of higher education and enter into
an agreement with one of those institutions for the establishment and operation
of a National Technical Institution for the
Deaf.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC13B0EEC866E4FBABC34FB4727AFB0BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAB47B02F11746AE96A199FCD84B3B71"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate</quote> and
inserting <quote>Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id395F17CDA99C4DE0B4EFE0875A3562C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF32D70A1344446B3A635379AF6F7C8FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Act of March 3, 1931
(40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5) commonly referred to as the
<act-name parsable-cite="DBA">Davis-Bacon Act</act-name></quote> and inserting
<quote>subchapter IV of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40,
United States Code, commonly referred to as the <act-name parsable-cite="DBA">Davis-Bacon Act</act-name></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id303642FDE23D403B849867E69117206F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section 2 of the Act of
June 13, 1934 (40
U.S.C. 276c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 3145 of title
40, United States Code</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC2DA7624D014E4B9B894EB90526A38D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>904.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cultural experiences grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9CF0C2F19EC740DFACDFD15944141FEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cultural Experiences Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of the Education of the Deaf Act of
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3079E40C22A4929BA14B2503AA5F763" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="id675A149BDC4A4E758F7023979D048676" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">OTHER
PROGRAMS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0353B5F5AA3849FD9551C7756434CC7D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cultural experiences grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1760F9BC06E84DAE8A512087613C1D33"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, on a competitive
basis, make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements
with, eligible entities to support the activities described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56B2FAAFFF084858AC939017BC8FB515"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall support activities providing cultural experiences, through appropriate
nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated proficiency in providing such
activities, that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19E9149DC8904527B8E4B5CCD6697BE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enrich the lives of deaf and
hard-of-hearing children and adults;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD77B41DDC3640F789A4CAE151321309"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase public awareness and understanding
of deafness and of the artistic and intellectual achievements of deaf and
hard-of-hearing persons; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E6B25A2542842CCACF4B6152250A34E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the integration of hearing, deaf,
and hard-of-hearing persons through shared cultural, educational, and social
experiences.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA12AF8033D82408CA90149C2089A167E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity that desires to receive
a grant, or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement, under this section
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB7B809CA8F64060B1C9D630A9B58E75"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB167CD547E674A789026B82CE2738E52"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The title heading of title I of the
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end <quote>; OTHER
PROGRAMS</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CA5498B762F45CA8CD5802945B380E4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>905.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Audit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the Education of the Deaf Act
of 1986 (20 U.S.C.
4353) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CDE1F8BD11D4DF6BB0EF61A380A5A01"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EC0F296FE6746F4A4021CC07D1B91DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>sections</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>sections 102(b), 105(b)(4), 112(b)(5), 203(c), 207(b)(2), subsections
(c) through (f) of section 207, and subsections (b) and (c) of section
209.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDD09C4F17F1469CA71215283D09C1B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>and
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate</quote> after
<quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51006BFD75DC4BE7AFFD3A5756FAA05A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking
<quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate</quote> and
inserting <quote>Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1EFE8A639BD41D28834BAE3439639EA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>906.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204 of the Education of the Deaf Act
of 1986 (20 U.S.C.
4354) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20AEC39775634E22B8064376AB6DB917"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate</quote>
and inserting <quote>Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12DACFDAF07E4B8498B057A5017B0452"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>preparatory,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6566C2DD2FAB496BB30B7522A003C9E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(C), by striking
<quote>upon graduation/completion</quote> and inserting <quote>on the date that
is 1 year after the date of graduation or completion</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id064E0612F68849D3B63B63FE287BE3C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(B), by striking <quote>of
the institution of higher education</quote> and all that follows through the
period and inserting <quote>of NTID programs and activities.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCACC535874B54ECFA331C888E96D4939" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>907.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Monitoring, evaluation, and
reporting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205 of the
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4355">20 U.S.C. 4355</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2119947B1FB942948F8F74BCCDD537E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>The
Secretary, as part of the annual report required under section 426 of the
Department of Education Organization Act, shall include a description
of</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall annually transmit
information to Congress on</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA72AC096B3640C08F67D4C544CADD49"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking
<quote>fiscal years 1998 through 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years
2008 through 2013</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0621AEA4A0FA4009BDB8591BE8EDC5B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>908.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Liaison for educational
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 206(a) of the
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4356">20 U.S.C. 4356(a)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8F108BBBF4A40CE810D17B7C20248F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>909.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal endowment programs for Gallaudet
University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207(h) of the Education of the Deaf
Act of 1986 (20
U.S.C. 4357(h)) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 1998
through 2003</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>fiscal years
2008 through 2013</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF381F2DCD75A40F0B6B318582A8C9E4C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>910.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oversight and effect of
agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208(a) of
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4359">20 U.S.C. 4359(a)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee on Education and Labor
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions of the Senate</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B76D18229014B2DA919CC7023780A76" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>911.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209 of the Education of the Deaf Act
of 1986 (20 U.S.C.
4359a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8397FEB1C4AE4896BDE9CA9C042DDCF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5069559B0014514B595A3E674D810FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>preparatory,
undergraduate,</quote> and inserting <quote>undergraduate</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C163696943442498D271414593BD379"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Effective with</quote>
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAE31EB4C3214BFB9DA7F813DDDB9E7B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id325774CCEF184DBC89E45650B100BC55"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2),
effective with</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF505FB39EE5048F5B8AF072414E3F58E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id093FB5CE51504BE9B35F3D4D209097ED" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79BF931B72D040BC8CE4F4B7338529CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance learning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">International students who participate in
distance learning courses that are at NTID or the University and who are
residing outside of the United States shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B14A20F7A9E4C44A8658274D7E24169"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not be counted as international students
for purposes of the cap on international students under paragraph (1), except
that in any school year no United States citizen who applies to participate in
distance learning courses that are at the University or NTID shall be denied
participation in such courses because of the participation of an international
student in such courses; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72EF46223C464BFEA54F54B2882181D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not be charged a tuition surcharge, as
described in subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3DE1CC831844A89AD14AF87C2366814"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d),
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16FF884FA1F148DE9818C074D50F0A3A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id655C699F47D74DCEBA541C2092B407CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tuition Surcharge</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsections (a)(2)(B)
and (c), the tuition for postsecondary international students enrolled in the
University (including undergraduate and graduate students) or NTID shall
include, for academic year 2008–2009 and any succeeding academic year, a
surcharge of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id507792993F464A289C9ABD526D0FD458"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">100 percent for a postsecondary
international student from a non-developing country; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF1C32FFEB9C44C1BC4D5B88CF6C2419"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent for a postsecondary
international student from a developing country.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id590142BE17E74328BF60F41BCD80909D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction of Surcharge</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE16E9295DE645A18D4919AE42C84AD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with the academic year 2008–2009,
the University or NTID may reduce the surcharge—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01F3F77BB81C4BCABE31DF818DDF1893"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under subsection (b)(1) from 100 percent to
not less than 50 percent if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F9A6FCCA5254F1CAD48FEEDB80ED063"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a student described under subsection (b)(1)
demonstrates need; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAC677E0863A4C5A872A079A69175120"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such student has made a good faith effort
to secure aid through such student’s government or other sources; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16E42A809151436F8A9EF927385CC9A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under subsection (b)(2) from 50 percent to
not less than 25 percent if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14B9576C61F14CB1AE6AC2E7757B1E98"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a student described under subsection (b)(2)
demonstrates need; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1B16701F86743BB9E4382DAD21561DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such student has made a good faith effort
to secure aid through such student’s government or other sources.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74F36851F1D144639AAA740F4ABA2A31"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of sliding scale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The University and NTID shall develop a
sliding scale model that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE747FB4672C6480AAA4134294F57FF55"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will be used to determine the amount of a
tuition surcharge reduction pursuant to paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id221A7675264F487BB6EBE5B694884CF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be approved by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43ABA17581EE4E69A2BF2967E53D1F0D"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>developing
country</term> means a country with a per-capita income of not more than
$4,825, measured in 1999 United States dollars, as adjusted by the Secretary to
reflect inflation since
1999.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF8620B1C10E4023BA4704FF66DB8EE4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>912.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research priorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210(b) of the Education of the Deaf
Act of 1986 (20
U.S.C. 4359b(b)) is amended by striking <quote>Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate</quote> and inserting
<quote>Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7DF36E7822F408A9D08F3D8E45A50EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>913.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212 of
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/4360a">20 U.S.C. 4360a</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF086B2487966472AB3EB424D32D645BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>fiscal years 1998 through 2003</quote> and
inserting <quote>fiscal years 2008 through 2013</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E49BAA0BC054EB7A58DD12ABAA3C7CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking
<quote>fiscal years 1998 through 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years
2008 through 2013</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></part><part commented="no" id="idBFF595F866F14B45A7DD49B613776CEF" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B<?LEXA-Enum B?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">UNITED STATES
INSTITUTE OF PEACE ACT</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA5551685E794C4095E0F15028BC617F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>921.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States Institute of Peace
Act</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45D3627EE36146A1BBEA28756F11A938"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Powers and Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1705(b)(3) of the United States
Institute of Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4604">22 U.S.C. 4604(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF176F3537904014A8A258C2D0A553A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Board of Directors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1706 of the United States Institute
of Peace Act (22
U.S.C. 4605) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04B3D83F011242E48B0D04ADC9B80DBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(b)(5)</quote> each
place the term appears and inserting <quote>(b)(4)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC816AACF07464D34BE5B05CECBB52466"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6510C307743D4DEF9B88FC343B3E3341" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4F3A21CFAD04BB5B6E9FBEFB1EA405B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term of a member of the Board shall not
commence until the member is confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as a member
of the
Board.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D8731AD1F04457FB9AB6E0CFACF2D3E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1710 of the United States Institute
of Peace Act (22
U.S.C. 4609) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC19DEA554556473DA6EEA3F36ED72C7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>to be
appropriated</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting <quote>to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
years 2008 through 2013.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ECC84FC8C7445CF8D40646A8B30C78D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B43D8256AF14826A504E2D746FC9230" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D4AB768223E43329AA6BAB81564B995"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any authorization of appropriations made
for the purposes of carrying out this title shall be extended in the same
manner as applicable programs are extended under section 422 of the General
Education Provisions
Act.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="id3F88FCEF27F74E168E2152BFB992CF16" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C<?LEXA-Enum C?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">THE HIGHER
EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1998</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7256B3E4D054DF2A6F055B91F940D6D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>931.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following provisions of title VIII of
the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/244">Public Law 105–244</external-xref>) are
repealed:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id226FE8216CC94563A8089D8200E60563"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part A.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50F47694CFD2421F9B7DAD04F6CCD55F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part C (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070">20 U.S.C. 1070</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29AC83974FAB4F3C9C9FDAF9825EEBCF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part F (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1862">20 U.S.C. 1862</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8D03F25557B4A17985FEDD483A443EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part J.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1268A4FE94947E6BC0129F156B66BC5"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 861.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24723ACB185047C2888BE6EE8E549989"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 863.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD46ECE3DAA4640AA8FAD3373B60FBD7F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>932.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to States for workplace and
community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 821 of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1151">20 U.S.C. 1151</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id355ED2F973CF46A4A6D7101CC000D124" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68A888D65ABD4DDCAD5E58BDC985B195" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>821.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to States for improved workplace and
community transition training for incarcerated youth offenders</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFED0A4B3FED645DA83B502689983BDE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>youth
offender</term> means a male or female offender under the age of 35, who is
incarcerated in a State prison, including a prerelease facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C14E6B992BA4C20B3E7581D518F5AC4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education (in this section
referred to as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCAAD0D5BA3542AAB6385A969E4329FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall establish a program in accordance
with this section to provide grants to the State correctional education
agencies in the States, from allocations for the States under subsection (h),
to assist and encourage youth offenders to acquire functional literacy, life,
and job skills, through—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C883EFDD48C4AD8A5C3FA26DFB04AC7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the pursuit of a postsecondary education
certificate, or an associate or bachelor’s degree while in prison; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA916D50CB20B4C28A74D5C752B8FAEF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employment counseling and other related
services which start during incarceration and end not later than 1 year after
release from confinement; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D1A7EEC29BF4793A6923EE2283FBB71"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may establish such performance objectives
and reporting requirements for State correctional education agencies receiving
grants under this section as the Secretary determines are necessary to assess
the effectiveness of the program under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE9E91AC06494DEC91A3BD8440E960BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under this
section, a State correctional education agency shall submit to the Secretary a
proposal for a youth offender program that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5370A61AB16943A6B12ADE7C30840ADD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies the scope of the problem,
including the number of youth offenders in need of postsecondary education and
vocational training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id609EB546C4184B838AD7A9C6CDA83A1A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lists the accredited public or private
educational institution or institutions that will provide postsecondary
educational services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D42AA55B2F540EBAA587A65EEE133F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">lists the cooperating agencies, public and
private, or businesses that will provide related services, such as counseling
in the areas of career development, substance abuse, health, and parenting
skills;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97A6DB4108A3424482ECBF3F67CD236E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes specific performance objectives
and evaluation methods (in addition to, and consistent with, any objectives
established by the Secretary under subsection (b)(2)) that the State
correctional education agency will use in carrying out its proposal,
including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34D40EB03BE04D4E8896170DC723E155"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific and quantified student outcome
measures that are referenced to outcomes for non-program participants with
similar demographic characteristics; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46A1FBE5734F495980B8DBE4E1A6446B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measures, consistent with the data elements
and definitions described in subsection (d)(1)(A), of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDB3F107116D4E059A4E61C43EBB012A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">program completion, including an explicit
definition of what constitutes a program completion within the proposal;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64B955C2BF674B749F75A665B272CAE3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">knowledge and skill attainment, including
specification of instruments that will measure knowledge and skill
attainment;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id215BB8287A4B4750B0AC85E8CF2457C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attainment of employment both prior to and
subsequent to release;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id253D0DAB36E4477793355A148DF581AE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">success in employment indicated by job
retention and advancement; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B991A6928C64D919EC397DEC8CCD614"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recidivism, including such subindicators as
time before subsequent offense and severity of offense;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id710677435F2741D98C7960CEE8CE1444"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes how the proposed programs are to
be integrated with existing State correctional education programs (such as
adult education, graduate education degree programs, and vocational training)
and State industry programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC75CDA54C430486AB143A3A4D025D9E1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes how the proposed programs will
have considered or will utilize technology to deliver the services under this
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5B0A9EC2A304815813636F4CE685323"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes how students will be selected so
that only youth offenders eligible under subsection (e) will be enrolled in
postsecondary programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id055CE74FB5FA4027A4D0A50B2E145B76"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State correctional education agency
receiving a grant under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22354CB12E7D484BBC3EF3CAEF78E842"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annually report to the Secretary
regarding—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AECEC4F4D534054A8833DCAA29F9CCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the evaluations conducted
using data elements and definitions provided by the Secretary for the use of
State correctional education programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5AB21520476346A580CBD8FE7EFD2E86"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any objectives or requirements established
by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b)(2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0928148AB7F94D39BFAD5D513616FD20"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the additional performance objectives and
evaluation methods contained in the proposal described in subsection (c)(4) as
necessary to document the attainment of project performance objectives;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6AB996C711943BE80E518C41EF4BEA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to each State for each student
eligible under subsection (e) not more than—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09247CDF011040EB94A032E23961C5CE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000 annually for tuition, books, and
essential materials; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D473B7E39AE495AA216282D20C3FEFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$300 annually for related services such as
career development, substance abuse counseling, parenting skills training, and
health education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CC918838884474B850EC89FF204D470"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A youth offender shall be eligible for
participation in a program receiving a grant under this section if the youth
offender—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6970956DAD7405DB9C5DCD87E0DA85F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is eligible to be released within 5 years
(including a youth offender who is eligible for parole within such
time);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5B6DED5771548778DB48F8C23A9EBC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is 35 years of age or younger; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE52C08A16E514DD3A7C7C4B0724B753D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not been convicted of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1226380a281c43d7b884a1317bf6fa24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a <quote>criminal offense against a victim
who is a minor</quote> or a <quote>sexually violent offense</quote>, as such
terms are defined in the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually
Violent Offender Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 14071 et
seq.); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5f3feb4be3974db490811a6f23cb8e15"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">murder, as described in section 1111 of
title 18, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C966F50FB7048F29D6F8BA9E1C950AF"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Length of participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State correctional education agency
receiving a grant under this section shall provide educational and related
services to each participating youth offender for a period not to exceed 5
years, 1 year of which may be devoted to study in a graduate education degree
program or to remedial education services for students who have obtained a
secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent. Educational and related
services shall start during the period of incarceration in prison or
prerelease, and the related services may continue for not more than 1 year
after release from confinement.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37C36BDB18414BEF96732F840D47DFE2"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education delivery systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State correctional education agencies and
cooperating institutions shall, to the extent practicable, use high-tech
applications in developing programs to meet the requirements and goals of this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09ED6E2F999D4C6CA770E41E5690D940"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the funds appropriated pursuant to
subsection (i) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each State an
amount that bears the same relationship to such funds as the total number of
students eligible under subsection (e) in such State bears to the total number
of such students in all States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54E1162BC9CD4F1BB5191CD280A0B8B3"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 2008 through
2013.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id257A29CE6336484AA471FD39E22E0437" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>933.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Underground railroad educational and
cultural program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
841(c) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1153">20 U.S.C. 1153(c)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>this section</quote> and all that follows through
the period at the end and inserting <quote>this section such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 2008 through 2013.</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E455BC019114E8DA2ECAE9069535F50" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>934.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Olympic scholarships under the Higher
Education Amendments of 1992</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>to be appropriated</quote> and all that follows through the
period at the end and inserting <quote>to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 2008 through 2013.</quote>.</text>
</section></part><part commented="no" id="id188F51CB9F22468D832960A3BDDD44DB" level-type="subsequent"><enum>D<?LEXA-Enum D?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">INDIAN
EDUCATION</header>
<subpart commented="no" id="idA43AF6B8CBA544F5AF434438BC64AD41" level-type="subsequent"><enum>1<?LEXA-Enum 1?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal Colleges
and Universities</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80826D61D4BF499FBA9B81ED8D56EF3B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>941.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reauthorization of the Tribally Controlled
College or University Assistance Act of 1978</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F45CDC4BF584A5580113A214D69D3E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of the Definition of National
Indian Organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
2(a)(6) of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978
(25 U.S.C.
1801(a)(6)) is amended by striking <quote>in the field of
Indian education</quote> and inserting <quote>in the fields of tribally
controlled colleges and universities and Indian higher
education</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15C8B9090FDF40098CD2B2841B216D56"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian Student Count</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(a) of the Tribally Controlled
College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4BE46EDA89B4E4392B587D37342115B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEEFD805F2254D6E9A0C17674C81F5CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F108C2465DA433095AFA1D2492547D0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE085CB168CA47548ADEF35736274D01"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><term>Indian student</term> means a student
who is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAA9D4E02643433C91F84734FF085F84"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a member of an Indian tribe; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id471B3EB26F7C4967A9D9D32EE42B6CB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a biological child of a member of an Indian
tribe, living or
deceased;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99CC51976A214DC99EFE07094DC79BC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuing Education</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(b) of the Tribally Controlled
College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1801">25 U.S.C. 1801(b)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id688EE8B2D2A14678B6A9D193FD0C3C0E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>paragraph (7) of subsection (a)</quote> and inserting
<quote>subsection (a)(8)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25431C5BEC674AED8B671B45C7ACCBE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4B6DB9EE97C4E718863CA3724B29F74" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1299A7E41A154745A0F64FB99CC25CFC"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of credits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible credits earned in a continuing
education program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC134BE41863D4C22AFF196D5D2B91C39"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be determined as 1 credit for every
10 contact hours in the case of an institution on a quarter system, or 15
contact hours in the case of an institution on a semester system, of
participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible
sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction, as described in the
criteria established by the International Association for Continuing Education
and Training; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id231DC1065C1C4348B3DAEF7DAEE126A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be limited to 10 percent of the
Indian student count of a tribally controlled college or
university.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A8BA0AE96824160B12BE65615EE800E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD84B7B8B3FC04204BA241684824FDDC6"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accreditation Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 of the Tribally Controlled
College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1804">25 U.S.C. 1804</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AD0E2EFC72046529872CFF6B7A1C270"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7B5800D6E524F6C93C208125951D6CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id692EB96E87854738BEE58F40712F0EE5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (3), the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECF1B81C915341D2A612866452E6BD23" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E6651B10B6E40BBABF0D9EA50BF8633"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3E33EF4D8FBA4B18895DC9FE4919E2E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is accredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary of Education to
be a reliable authority with regard to the quality of training offered;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAD3DC8706DF4385B9585F040947ACBE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">according to such an agency or association,
is making reasonable progress toward
accreditation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20E3B9740A6F40749F1DDEC6461E1E4B"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical Assistance
contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105 of the
Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C.
1805) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id079149F2BBB44AAC9BD8BB4EA79FB1D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section designation and
heading and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id810D43EA2043460BAC30F7CD075A1A5E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE352867AA7CF4F14A391DB1F5F8213B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance contracts</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD578C9CC52A549A283F19E85B0199AE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA72D1A0DD4AE40C38F7573AE6028C2D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35381C6FCE9F4337BBA7A575DDFA0406"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking
<quote>In the awarding of contracts for technical assistance, preference shall
be given</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DD17FACEC6241C0A5E7F2BA0E5E336C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A7DBDE17523480991BC0617CCA079F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designated organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall require that a contract
for technical assistance under paragraph (1) shall be
awarded</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD148639AE98547178AC0A6F9E3940302"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the third sentence, by striking
<quote>No authority</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A235D4576AC4FC5A6F2BEC0FABBD9D9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF216A6E2F804F6C99A36CF627157FA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of section</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No
authority</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE38480030694558BCBBC41A2E8B96A4"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amount of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 108(a) of the Tribally Controlled
College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1808">25 U.S.C. 1808(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFED7347C4E8C478985DEBD13CBAAA34B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting the subparagraphs
appropriately;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B46CE58F3334DF8AA6204E28C642B52"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a) Except as provided
in section 111,</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBF4FE9101394E79ABAC23EB750EA7E2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id319B02A0964F43F2909239C7A7B9C92E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id620EEFAA419F45CD89184C4624DED8E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2) and
section
111,</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A94B08B645B41D58E4F10FCD83550FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by
paragraphs (1) and (2))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5790C712D1A247C786043C4628C4DA30"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)
(as redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id714C6001EEED47F7AA1D0EA952265734"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>him</quote> and
inserting <quote>the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0FEDFFF3ABF4032AAA9542FA0014DA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>product of</quote> and
inserting <quote>product obtained by multiplying</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70D9B187314E4FEC904FCDDCF20CBC43"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1)), by striking <quote>section 2(a)(7)</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 2(a)(8)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD07F8CCB171D44A1815E0A047FFDAFFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1)), by striking <quote>$6,000,</quote> and inserting <quote>$8,000,
as adjusted annually for inflation.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id639C07DEDD584926BBFDF2263AEF0794"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>except that no grant
shall exceed the total cost of the education program provided by such college
or university.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EB142C0DF8348BB81AF3B3CEED15A8E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0055106FE8554DD68A7D50DE422E7FF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a grant under paragraph (1)
shall not exceed an amount equal to the total cost of the education program
provided by the applicable tribally controlled college or
university.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEADBFD31DF514610952EF93DFC15D58B"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General provisions
reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
110(a) of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978
(25 U.S.C.
1810(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFF427FCB6B449D8B029F76EC0B3957F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), by
striking <quote>1999</quote> and inserting <quote>2008</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80E7DE34AC514BC2B983B83B40C1EE3A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by
striking <quote>4 succeeding</quote> and inserting <quote>5
succeeding</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id046E71AB777E4DD98ACAE14B53697559"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>$40,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>such sums as may be
necessary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0377370E42A4C3D853810E3B14B0684"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>such sums as may be
necessary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97C4722728A04E1EB029A61ECC5C401F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking
<quote>succeeding 4</quote> and inserting <quote>5 succeeding</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC730C7AFA4144814817EE6DE1F316EFA"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Endowment program
reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
306(a) of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978
(25 U.S.C.
1836(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id111BE500CC104CD78FE040C5B83AD00B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1999</quote> and
inserting <quote>2008</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACB63EA026054E4C841FC0D805C781D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>4 succeeding</quote> and
inserting <quote>5 succeeding</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2D2FF6236AC41E7971864B26719F11D"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal economic development
reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403
of the Tribal Economic Development and Technology Related Education Assistance
Act of 1990 (25
U.S.C. 1852) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDFF15803054478DA644ADCBC854CF9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$2,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999</quote> and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2008</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E06141537854086B484A11351432090"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>4 succeeding</quote> and
inserting <quote>5 succeeding</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B713BDF768D46A99E0F6B1119D30679"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribally controlled postsecondary career
and technical institutions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30A8FF56666544A3996D55A06F6CF527"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tribally Controlled College or
University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED804D7A5D3E4D92BA3E0965CAACB8C8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subtitle commented="no" id="id13D076671B5B47738F7D55302D938708" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribally controlled postsecondary career
and technical institutions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86D488315F784BA4AB80903914DD1109" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of tribally controlled
postsecondary career and technical institution</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>tribally
controlled postsecondary career and technical institution</term> has the
meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2302">20 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A22128C3B714F4490E2F0B9E20CD6A3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribally controlled postsecondary career
and technical institutions program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95C2A509D38C4AC3B295149685859DB6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of
appropriations, for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4609C35CA5D04FC8BECFD3D24CAE9393"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to subsection (b), select 2
tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions to receive
assistance under this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BDB48446C6745BBB01CC16F8F712352"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide funding to the selected tribally
controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions to pay the costs
(including institutional support costs) of operating postsecondary career and
technical education programs for Indian students at the tribally controlled
postsecondary career and technical institutions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECBD5D3A0AD74ED2B95B6B7F9CC1E7EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection of certain institutions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5F182C1F3304639926155948BBE7C47"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each fiscal year during which the
Secretary determines that a tribally controlled postsecondary career and
technical institution described in paragraph (2) meets the definition referred
to in section 501, the Secretary shall select that tribally controlled
postsecondary career and technical institution under subsection (a)(1) to
receive funding under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC84187151354C038B7E45DCF4BDE579"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 2 tribally controlled postsecondary
career and technical institutions referred to in paragraph (1) are—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id062BB5909549461F9C59177A2D7BEA07"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United Tribes Technical College;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10988ACBA6BC4739BCFDB31B7E93D440"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Navajo Technical College.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2D329384F6C46288D824391CC0699FA"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Method of payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each applicable fiscal year, the
Secretary shall provide funding under this section to each tribally controlled
postsecondary career and technical institution selected for the fiscal year
under subsection (a)(1) in a lump sum payment for the fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DA33DD748E34B479F069685212CCB2F"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7026A3F23944A4C916F18F616822276"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year
thereafter, of amounts made available pursuant to section 504, the Secretary
shall distribute to each tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical
institution selected for the fiscal year under subsection (a)(1) an amount
equal to the greater of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B040BB62303409780E1184ED6896CC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount appropriated for the
tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institution for fiscal
year 2006; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76F334DA2AD64B3F9637BF123A957340"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount appropriated for the
tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institution for fiscal
year 2008.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15B273B08E6046AEBE3A59AD1AB7F08B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Excess
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, for any fiscal
year, the amount made available pursuant to section 504 exceeds the sum of the
amounts required to be distributed under paragraph (1) to the tribally
controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions selected for the
fiscal year under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall distribute to each
tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institution selected for
that fiscal year a portion of the excess amount, to be determined by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29B74D502A76447894A0DC4B8EDFC471"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">dividing the excess amount by the aggregate
Indian student count (as defined in section 117(h) of the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2327">20 U.S.C. 2327(h)</external-xref>) of such
institutions for the prior academic year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DC7822DF1A2443BAFC97CED3A6A70A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">multiplying the quotient described in
subparagraph (A) by the Indian student count of each such institution for the
prior academic year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50C7C0F612DC476F8FAA319BADD09B94" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability of other laws</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDD4E64E51834EF38C418B3E274B8E69"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (4) and (7) of subsection (a),
and subsection (b), of section 2, sections 105, 108, 111, 112 and 113, and
titles II, III, and IV shall not apply to this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8785082E37E48D0BC48664AA04AB661"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indian self-determination and education
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made
available pursuant to this title shall be subject to the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85EA29C1C264407E9F0E0CA4F6D18F94"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Election To receive</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A tribally controlled postsecondary career
and technical institution selected for a fiscal year under section 502(b) may
elect to receive funds pursuant to section 502 in accordance with an agreement
between the tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institution
and the Secretary under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et
seq.) if the agreement is in existence on the date of enactment
of the Higher Education Amendments of 2007.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id052175A9EFAF4C59B20E53ED461E68EF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligibility for, or receipt of, assistance
under this title shall not preclude the eligibility of a tribally controlled
postsecondary career and technical institutions to receive Federal financial
assistance under—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF07AE61B1EF941B0BBEA76CED370060B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any program under the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C9B1B9B536245C99CE715E4FAD81EA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any program under the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C3C22D685C7485A99F862E801B8D3AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other applicable program under which a
benefit is provided for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94056E8AB93840DABCE3E4CE340BB9B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E031D36EF494C8AB16C9B375B07B992"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">community colleges; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11E86E858DD04510B2FA75B083651B3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">postsecondary educational
institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCBF43FB785A45CEBCF256C01835004E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2008
and each fiscal year thereafter to carry out this
title.</text>
</section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16732D5B6EB243BD9755063E8ED41FD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/2327">20 U.S.C. 2327</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id848B19C96D8647FD98032BC205F420BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAC5A6D8BA4A48AC9909DF7D33D7F2D5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF29FBCEFFE0C42D69335AC6D08DE44A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary shall make grants under this section, to provide
basic support for the education and training of Indian students, to tribally
controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions that are not
receiving Federal assistance as of the date on which the grant is provided
under—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EDE56BE39AE4D52B8DF9A9962970777"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">title I of the Tribally Controlled College
or University Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1802">25 U.S.C. 1802 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1744C5A6C8DA4AA4BF1DD90612534726"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Navajo Community College Act (25 U.S.C.
640a et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A56E4ED5BD6425F8205FF46974030F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id564D19AD606242C0B0E852536520FE62" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id665093D6FD3A49E390211D4B5D5BD56A"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical
institution that is not receiving Federal assistance under title I of the
Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 1802 et
seq.) or the Navajo Community College Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/640a">25 U.S.C. 640a et seq.</external-xref>) shall
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB2FC044C8CD412CA46A16038C464E9E"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC8D6BFC99DD4EC784B3DE4BF4929871"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first section of the Tribally
Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801
note; Public
Law 95–471) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB89C09A6BA014DFC8F1A1DB0712B584A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC16C6BA377214EB395A4ECF4D4348617" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote>Tribally
Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of
1978</quote>.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id631EB831019B4CCAAF45454159D79535"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in law (including
regulations) to the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of
1978 shall be considered to be a reference to the <quote>Tribally Controlled
Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subpart><subpart commented="no" id="idAE41654C32BB470699ECD678854EFAF5" level-type="subsequent"><enum>2<?LEXA-Enum 2?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Navajo Higher
Education</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A42F1412B6C4BA1A9DB0CF9175AB826" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>945.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subpart may be cited as the
<quote>Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2006</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EDED3E2E9A14E0ABB8FB8ADFA849E4F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>946.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reauthorization of Navajo Community College
Act</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ED00957D62E4B71ADFD13ACE4689443"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Navajo Community College
Act (25 U.S.C.
640a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CB60DB5780245BCA8A7D0726375CB54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Navajo Tribe of
Indians</quote> and inserting <quote>Navajo Nation</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47E1D5D31F34403EAB8FCF095141797E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Navajo Community
College</quote> and inserting <quote>Diné College</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29BEF6E9778E467B87FC286FF63AB5D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Navajo Community College
Act (25 U.S.C.
640b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8F06003138E41DA9262018FC71E891E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id353E9F8EFBBB4D959F542E65037B9C3E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>the</quote> before
<quote>Interior</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AC6E4354F86489A8C6E1DEE2E072445"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Navajo Tribe of
Indians</quote> and inserting <quote>Navajo Nation</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1019C07CD4DC4DE3A765AF7EB10114F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Navajo Community
College</quote> and inserting <quote>Diné College</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A29AF6A764943039F8D45BD91EA3C69"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29BFC9EBDB264BD09CAB057D21AF7107"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Navajo Tribe</quote> and
inserting <quote>Navajo Nation</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7754D290F9C846938B496DE45B0AA853"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Navajo Indians</quote>
and inserting <quote>Navajo people</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30510E8F9C3B402FA16077622786BEBD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study of Facilities Needs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Navajo Community College
Act (25 U.S.C.
640c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42332FFB14FE4907ABB6A8533BDA9541"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB1B5AF5B3614B8EB6E756073844016B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF41968D039E44DF5B8951B54AA707FAA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Navajo Community
College</quote> and inserting <quote>Dine College</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9467F1B2076841B0BADBC2F71DC45985"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>August 1, 1979</quote>
and inserting <quote>October 31, 2010</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CA65E2AE6CA49DC8CF1FAE88E5F5626"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence, by striking
<quote>Navajo Tribe</quote> and inserting <quote>Navajo Nation</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD8B05DEE2114FD2854A9C86D94C9891"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking <quote>the
date of enactment of the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act
of 1978</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2007</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB72BBED6810545D786B74EF92CEA34CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), in the first sentence,
by striking <quote>the Navajo Community College</quote> and inserting
<quote>Diné College</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC63E63BAF8B4CBA86176FE223C92E07"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of
the Navajo Community College Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/640c-1">25 U.S.C. 640c–1</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA16626600C484A97BB99FB82FF39F64F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC5343153B7A4C92B9ADBDE57A5C3093"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>$2,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the end of the paragraph
and inserting <quote>such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2008 through
2013.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5371754F7B7C4EFEB1602CBBF6870C5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3FDA25C526C4247A9EBE7614801781B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2CDC3F500AF41B19F65C5FD63471911" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sums described in paragraph (2) shall be
used to provide grants for construction activities, including the construction
of buildings, water and sewer facilities, roads, information technology and
telecommunications infrastructure, classrooms, and external structures (such as
walkways).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC1562FEF512466BB8E5E3FB2C2102F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9E3CA6672AB4CBFB4D3BE410FD212B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D241A34B46346F2BAC89E1AE6B58132"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Navajo Community
College</quote> and inserting <quote>Diné College</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE5ECCE7766247A1856CDB3471A8AC12"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, for each fiscal
year</quote> and all that follows through <quote>for—</quote> and inserting
<quote>such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2008 through 2013 to pay the
cost of—</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA29D3EAE2F04308BB9173389FFC31DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50796BE5B5EA49EAAE9822D8C4E9866F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>college</quote> and
inserting <quote>College</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23C14159806345DFB3207ADABF388087"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clauses (i) and (iii), by striking the
commas at the ends of the clauses and inserting semicolons; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFB8CCB205CA42BF8AC2422588F04E04"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>,
and</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9D1A843F4574127B3306C0021F65C7C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma
at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id492AE69E55EA465984039BB1B883F99E"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>,
and</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3C3651EAA054B2D85D8F47FD143C99B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking the period
at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83C57BD6DAE84947B9A242B79374293C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D3C66AD8321441C8B2A9087A962E14F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id353F7ED4F04049E9B962DFA7D819F0F6"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving and expanding the College,
including by providing, for the Navajo people and others in the community of
the College—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64A79A8562FC47D0953131CF2E949680"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">higher education programs;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D65B91A4BAF41B88C911A5F83F212AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">career and technical education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E398D9A7A74444B926B9FAB0B585499"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities relating to the preservation and
protection of the Navajo language, philosophy, and culture;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7495DE8ECB274DA9A2D75832798DD6E4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employment and training
opportunities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEAD305C6FAB496C87F3E00CA977E73D"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">economic development and community
outreach; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12F063BD2DB94733AB078D2CA6FA6B2C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a safe learning, working, and living
environment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FF4F4A134C14EFF802DB6771707FFFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking <quote>the
Navajo Community College</quote> and inserting <quote>Diné
College</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F9A41A025BB414E93CDB1B384A66AE1"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on Other Laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Navajo Community College
Act (25 U.S.C.
640c–2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB76357E808FA4A54A61E5540D9EBB4EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the Navajo Community
College</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Diné
College</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id756C63FB3FA641678D8F2ECAC762D998"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b), by striking
<quote>college</quote> and inserting <quote>College</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE8B6F4BF063485F9741B71E242F8763"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments; Interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7 of the Navajo Community College
Act (25 U.S.C.
640c–3) is amended by striking <quote>the Navajo Community
College</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Diné
College</quote>.</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC84450EDA59543ADA800AB1E79381386" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id7915ACBE76764998A2BDF690D2E13E0B"><enum>428L.</enum><header>Loan repayment for
civil legal assistance attorneys</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfb695e41145748d78595025b0981bf49"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to encourage
qualified individuals to enter and continue employment as civil legal
assistance attorneys.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc93f170abed46ba8227f76bf05a1826"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7e352da466da49ec9e85b7b04db7bfdb"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil legal assistance
attorney</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>civil
legal assistance attorney</term> means an attorney who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F1F8CE1CD0745CDA7CE322BAE136A55"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a full-time employee of a nonprofit
organization that provides legal assistance with respect to civil matters to
low-income individuals without a fee;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C4D9E26B16B4935BFBF11370A31ED1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as such employee, provides civil legal
assistance as described in subparagraph (A) on a full-time basis; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6c5c7220673a41d8916aadcb7bbb0576"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is continually licensed to practice
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID547ea5660e7847a3b28bf204170b36b7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student loan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>student loan</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID311bf10a84ec4028b89b675fb0f37353"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to subparagraph (B), a loan made,
insured, or guaranteed under part B, D, or E of this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe9c66ba6d9d74c8cbe149fcedbdf9eb5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a loan made under section 428C or 455(g),
to the extent that such loan was used to repay—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E672745DC7D457C905E452940C143E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal
Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a Federal Direct PLUS Loan;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A11E2FE4D2943CE9ADC67FCD1C3CE66"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a loan made under section 428, 428B, or
428H; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id354D40767630473DBB0A21C415AAC8E9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a loan made under part E.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID63cde91945dc474c960d4828068fbb51"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a program of
assuming the obligation to repay a student loan, by direct payments on behalf
of a borrower to the holder of such loan, in accordance with subsection (d),
for any borrower who—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00a1407d7dd440628affc3bee0382af4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is employed as a civil legal assistance
attorney; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6dafc97fe18a4e8ba9c988192aaf90d4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not in default on a loan for which the
borrower seeks repayment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID318fa123d0aa4985a9f58af895a65881"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms of agreement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfd0e8eedf95644eba0ddabe6bdeb3f01"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive repayment
benefits under subsection (c), a borrower shall enter into a written agreement
with the Secretary that specifies that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID156d2835cb9f4b708a1fbcde587a7ac4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower will remain employed as a
civil legal assistance attorney for a required period of service of not less
than 3 years, unless involuntarily separated from that employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDada6efdc6b54420ba85176b37bc1ea44"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the borrower is involuntarily separated
from employment on account of misconduct, or voluntarily separates from
employment, before the end of the period specified in the agreement, the
borrower will repay the Secretary the amount of any benefits received by such
employee under this agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0f78fe56003446eda492571c97fc1d68"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the borrower is required to repay an
amount to the Secretary under subparagraph (B) and fails to repay such amount,
a sum equal to that amount shall be recoverable by the Federal Government from
the employee by such methods as are provided by law for the recovery of amounts
owed to the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb9bbc0a8fcfc41098ea0087e2ace9ccb"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary may waive, in whole or in
part, a right of recovery under this subsection if it is shown that recovery
would be against equity and good conscience or against the public interest;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID58633461221441a588f90bb3d73f6d73"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall make student loan
payments under this section for the period of the agreement, subject to the
availability of appropriations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID080aca08d9ff4a098af0f938a8ac3669"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repayments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6ce1220d6f0f4dd894066b9986a90674"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an
individual under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account
from which the amount involved was originally paid.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb6a4a2fa09ae4183916f27ff2ac74c36"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Merger</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amount credited under subparagraph (A)
shall be merged with other sums in such account and shall be available for the
same purposes and period, and subject to the same limitations, if any, as the
sums with which the amount was merged.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID562fd617e1f94d92949628a8231dcd13"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1111062a4dc243759ae16556204601e5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student loan payment amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student loan repayments made by the
Secretary under this section shall be made subject to such terms, limitations,
or conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the borrower and the Secretary
in an agreement under paragraph (1), except that the amount paid by the
Secretary under this section shall not exceed—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1e35bb9f1f484a86a55dee44487885e1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,000 for any borrower in any calendar
year; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeea67cfd86ff428bb0583edbb60de020"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an aggregate total of $40,000 in the case
of any borrower.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd44aee5584874cccaabed0ceb3a8824d"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning of payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall authorize the
Secretary to pay any amount to reimburse a borrower for any repayments made by
such borrower prior to the date on which the Secretary entered into an
agreement with the borrower under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID664e6ef4a67042d0b920b412157eec30"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional agreements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcdba89b073234c3daa85ea33c7b33c5e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On completion of the required period of
service under an agreement under subsection (d), the borrower and the Secretary
may, subject to paragraph (2), enter into an additional agreement in accordance
with subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3123de6d16994025ae04edb8789d92d5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement entered into under paragraph
(1) may require the borrower to remain employed as a civil legal assistance
attorney for less than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID513e8c9c9db540eaa7be5d631c040890"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award basis; priority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa49fcc2c4faf4154bd0c5cfc80533f25"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
shall provide repayment benefits under this section on a first-come,
first-served basis, and subject to the availability of appropriations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdf665d9fd4cb44c4bc20396d132d2e92"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall give priority in
providing repayment benefits under this section in any fiscal year to a
borrower who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A6ED214D6714A0E89517F72C600356F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has practiced law for 5 years or less and,
for at least 90 percent of the time in such practice, has served as a civil
legal assistance attorney;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfd2d51f073104b569715e98a363a60ca"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">received repayment benefits under this
section during the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa119e99296224013aafbcaa9d2bfb017"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has completed less than 3 years of the
first required period of service specified for the borrower in an agreement
entered into under subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3b48cd05c4aa4096b78f8d134a328402"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to issue such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDddb5428e80d542b09582085a90bccb90"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subpart></part><part id="id8885C2FCA7A04B319D65E324CD8ECBC4"><enum>E</enum><header>Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968</header>
<section id="idB163EAB3A471493299D37208C9271B77" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>951.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This part may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>John R. Justice Prosecutors and
Defenders Incentive Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id43B18DF742AD481C827FF187356A5877" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>952.</enum><header>Loan repayment for
prosecutors and defenders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="OCCSS">Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3711">42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after part II
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3797cc">42 U.S.C. 3797cc et seq.</external-xref>) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71ADBACA813743B3BEA732256D3FC014" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part id="ID577F0C626D7E4CD0B2B3DBF53D7418B7"><enum>JJ</enum><header>Loan repayment for
prosecutors and public defenders</header>
<section id="ID36E3A995A3D345D69E38E6148FF444CC"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Grant
authorization</header>
<subsection id="IDC01FC2312E2E46FBAFD2DADD122C21B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this section is to encourage qualified individuals to enter and
continue employment as prosecutors and public defenders.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID310100FD65E248EFB918B8A8E2C9735E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="IDAD383E260B36473BBFEB0ACDECE2B7E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prosecutor</header><text>The
term <term>prosecutor</term> means a full-time employee of a State or local
agency who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID782C9B2D9919419290BD2FCE3E058500"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is continually licensed
to practice law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4DF9F03B5C534E26AD78E9501452FFED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prosecutes criminal or
juvenile delinquency cases at the State or local
<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>level (including
supervision, education, or training of other persons prosecuting such
cases)<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">.</added-phrase></text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA3E9840930A34D378C7D2C39DEB80F6A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
defender</header><text>The term <term>public defender</term> means an attorney
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID160E0EA0E9AF4707AFAEA6CB7D9C50F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is continually licensed
to practice law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7E7617C7354041368969854D8A9DD412"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is—</text>
<clause id="idF9C01621B7C04A898FA0211E2DA9366C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a full-time employee of a
State or local agency who provides legal representation to indigent persons in
criminal or juvenile delinquency cases (including supervision, education, or
training of other persons providing such representation);</text>
</clause><clause id="idA94404DC946146C8823FA4ACECBC8E5E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a full-time employee of
a nonprofit organization operating under a contract with a State or unit of
local government, who devotes substantially all of his or her full-time
employment to providing legal representation to indigent persons in criminal or
juvenile delinquency cases, (including supervision, education, or training of
other persons providing such representation); or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDE1BBC6FE7D684545BFD909AD5CFA399B"><enum></enum><text>(iii) employed as a full-time Federal
defender attorney in a defender organization established pursuant to subsection
(g) of section
3006A of title 18, United States Code, that provides legal
representation to indigent persons in criminal or juvenile delinquency
cases.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID98EE6963069B400B82B9B8C18A143F19"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Student
loan</header><text>The term <term>student loan</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC6004220AA094851B5C2B2A3F8D83702"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a loan made, insured, or
guaranteed under part B of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 1071
et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5067BDE44B7D4974986D8CDB31C605BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a loan made under part D
or E of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1087a et seq. and 1087aa et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6E0BA3B42638445CB9279B2725E97060"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a loan made under section
428C or 455(g) of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 1078–3 and 1087e(g)) to the extent that such loan
was used to repay a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized
Stafford Loan, or a loan made under section 428 or 428H of such Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDEEC82CC85D4D418CA64644AF55DDAAD2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Attorney General shall establish a program by
which the Department of Justice shall assume the obligation to repay a student
loan, by direct payments on behalf of a borrower to the holder of such loan, in
accordance with subsection (d), for any borrower who—</text>
<paragraph id="IDB5C86C12E28E479FB20DD96B88EF3EA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is employed as a
prosecutor or public defender; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC963875EA4F148A8A4248C8DD581F26E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is not in default on a
loan for which the borrower seeks forgiveness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC93D9DB440AA45098671FDE6E65301C5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Terms of
agreement</header>
<paragraph id="IDF545538F5E294245A1FFF555330D9E6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To be eligible to receive repayment benefits under
subsection (c), a borrower shall enter into a written agreement that specifies
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF9D2F3329A8847148ED1FEEC8CA63867"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the borrower will remain
employed as a prosecutor or public defender for a required period of service of
not less than 3 years, unless involuntarily separated from that
employment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94171E3C930E46C59AD110558C4197CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the borrower is
involuntarily separated from employment on account of misconduct, or
voluntarily separates from employment, before the end of the period specified
in the agreement, the borrower will repay the Attorney General the amount of
any benefits received by such employee under this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF8901B23857F41E1801621EE869D7FAF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the borrower is
required to repay an amount to the Attorney General under subparagraph (B) and
fails to repay such amount, a sum equal to that amount shall be recoverable by
the Federal Government from the employee (or such employee’s estate, if
applicable) by such methods as are provided by law for the recovery of amounts
owed to the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID846A2068E7844134A19A3A12DD758610"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Attorney General may
waive, in whole or in part, a right of recovery under this subsection if it is
shown that recovery would be against equity and good conscience or against the
public interest; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC30E3C8D893A4494B82C02C6BC0A9E25"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Attorney General
shall make student loan payments under this section for the period of the
agreement, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0FB3C51A977B4F46B0580A62615B91F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repayments</header>
<subparagraph id="IDB9B94C30F0C54C308A502A4DE1AD716E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual or
the estate of an individual under this subsection shall be credited to the
appropriation account from which the amount involved was originally
paid.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8A5E34DFDA7B4D26B9071308E9AD8488"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Merger</header><text>Any
amount credited under subparagraph (A) shall be merged with other sums in such
account and shall be available for the same purposes and period, and subject to
the same limitations, if any, as the sums with which the amount was
merged.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4851B700FD544514BDFA06F17B613A0C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3A131C8F641348CB91E6681249DAE701"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Student loan payment
amount</header><text>Student loan repayments made by the Attorney General under
this section shall be made subject to such terms, limitations, or conditions as
may be mutually agreed upon by the borrower and the Attorney General in an
agreement under paragraph (1), except that the amount paid by the Attorney
General under this section shall not exceed—</text>
<clause id="IDE78395EA62FC431F93457B5AB3465978"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$10,000 for any borrower
in any calendar year; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1681B485D55045B983EDC4FCAB194F1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an aggregate total of
$60,000 in the case of any borrower.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID45A721C05A604A67AE1AD0DA21900F4D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Beginning of
payments</header><text>Nothing in this section shall authorize the Attorney
General to pay any amount to reimburse a borrower for any repayments made by
such borrower prior to the date on which the Attorney General entered into an
agreement with the borrower under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID531DF2B939F34627BF9A2E495127F548"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
agreements</header>
<paragraph id="ID5B026ACD98434CAF9B4E126B8AE8F03D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On completion of the required period of service under an
agreement under subsection (d), the borrower and the Attorney General may,
subject to paragraph (2), enter into an additional agreement in accordance with
subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7ABCBAEFE0624CC6ACB19CF8B1564FBA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>An
agreement entered into under paragraph (1) may require the borrower to remain
employed as a prosecutor or public defender for less than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id85E74D3A48E54870805B1158B74030DA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Award basis;
priority</header>
<paragraph id="idA8236007ED384DD4864A3AD7EAC72C5D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Award
basis</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall
provide repayment benefits under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC0623253EEB24196A0A536142EDD47F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>giving priority to
borrowers who have the least ability to repay their loans, except that the
Attorney General shall determine a fair allocation of repayment benefits among
prosecutors and public defenders, and among employing entities nationwide;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5AB2544BDE6A4FDEB175522020A87C01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to the
availability of appropriations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4884B24B8B384D9D9D606AE7097498D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The
Attorney General shall give priority in providing repayment benefits under this
section in any fiscal year to a borrower who—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDAD446D7A66B34F36A78F2C8C663D43D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>received repayment
benefits under this section during the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8FD59F1FC283490DAF479EC2F7CD8B47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has completed less than 3
years of the first required period of service specified for the borrower in an
agreement entered into under subsection (d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDDCA6E773D92C47FD8AE7B8B8CC4C5F25"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Attorney General is authorized to issue such regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8E30DEEF164F4639BB00C13AEC9CA333"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Government
Accountability Office shall study and report to Congress on the impact of law
school accreditation requirements and other factors on law school costs and
access, including the impact of such requirements on racial and ethnic
minorities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9C0E963640E344F0BF62BEB9701B9114"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be
necessary for each succeeding fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></part>
Secretary