1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Nontraditional Student Success
Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—FINANCIAL
PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Federal Pell
Grants.
Sec. 102. Income protection
allowance revised tables.
Sec. 103. Exclusion of the
earned income tax credit (EITC) from financial aid determinations.
Sec. 104. Nontraditional
Students Demonstration Program.
TITLE II—SUPPORT
SERVICES
Sec. 201. Strengthening
institutions.
Sec. 202. Grants to increase
completion by improving remedial education.
Sec. 203. Federal Trio
Programs.
Sec. 204. Student support
services.
Sec. 205. Educational
opportunity centers.
Sec. 206. Early intervention
and college awareness program.
Sec. 207. GEAR UP cohort
requirement.
Sec. 208. Early
intervention.
Sec. 209. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 210. Child Care Access
Means Parents in School program.
Sec. 211. Increased awareness
of financial aid availability.
Sec. 212. Hispanic-serving
institutions.
Sec. 213. Fund for the
improvement of postsecondary education.
Sec. 214. Amendments to special
programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal
farmwork.
TITLE III—LIFETIME LEARNING
CREDIT
Sec. 301. Improvement of
lifetime learning credit.
Sec. 302. Refundability of
lifetime learning credit.
Sec. 303. Advance payment of
lifetime learning credit.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">FINANCIAL PROVISIONS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00A9D8410BF04FB08738C002C94B5C07" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Pell Grants</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA38ECE3031D942DEA102A92F8B9F921A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization and Appropriation of Funds
for Federal Pell Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There
are authorized to be appropriated and there are appropriated, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2007, for carrying out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a), $14,515,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE50DA21CA2D349CAB9976AE085F5E810"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization Amount and Maximum Federal
Pell Grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401(b) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7D8D9BEB927C4E3FB8C85CD64579A8A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by striking clauses
(i) through (v) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC62857B693B34D26ABCEEABD21006AA7" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA316957F55A34169836C195F9087CC2D" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,600 for academic year 2007–2008;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74F3D0CFF2C141ECA69C85E0201A8E21" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,600 for academic year 2008–2009;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID62EB88BDFECA4BA38450941A8FD16F1D" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,600 for academic year 2009–2010;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID483DBB6A76B24A3CA28D47661D957C45" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$11,600 for academic year 2010–2011;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EED5864FD364C829D94A72312EBEF0F" indent="up2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$12,600 for academic year
2011–2012,</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID40C2526EF20C439296E5A0B8B22D3BE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC4473F7327374E93A94C0E52384253FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>appropriation Act</quote> and inserting <quote>appropriation Act or
subparagraph (C)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05236804F87E4060950E0306857D164A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE8C3F7CB3E5B4807BC70984CF96CD003" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61B97528225849ECBA38C7220AB9BB87" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum Federal Pell Grant for which a
student shall be eligible during academic year 2007–2008 shall be $8,600, less
an amount equal to the amount determined to be the expected family contribution
with respect to the student for that
year.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID90A9127E357442DF9FCD03048B2DD066"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Students With Low Family
Incomes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401(b)(2) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a(b)(2)) is amended further by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1A8909CFD62F4698B4EDC01804ADC9A0" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFE423F08129E4E259AB5AD92FE89B1F4" indent="up4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a student with a negative
expected family contribution equal to or less than ^$750, a positive amount
corresponding to the negative expected family contribution amount shall be
added to the maximum basic grant for which the student is qualified, except
that in no case shall the amount of the basic grant exceed the amount permitted
under paragraph
(4).</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID725289D3514247B69F8C3E5CE184A598"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Two Pell Grants in a Single Award
Year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401(b)(6)(A) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a(b)(6)(A)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9578EA1DC0354B868D5E2BA62A4D355F" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE37B9301E74244B58725C7E0959CB037" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDDC4AFF4954494F728C763639B8B16D85"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall allow a student to
receive 2 Federal Pell grants during a single award year, if—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAB09E76F29FA4B27AFD16FFAF22295CC" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the student is enrolled full-time in a
certificate or degree program of study at an eligible institution; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8825A8A137C84E2E85C170AF4A2BDBCF" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the student completes course work toward
completion of a certificate or an associate or baccalaureate degree that
exceeds the requirements for a full academic year as defined by the
institution.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7F6472D51E4047EA9A5126259FE96825" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Income protection allowance revised
tables</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 478(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1087rr(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID53FAD5719154417CB7EAA99E437EDCF3" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF1CE3E896134A6F9DD6974B4B87CACC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Income Protection Allowance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAA03E4276B4040029D29CD144E2D1F96"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revised
tables</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each academic year
after academic year 1993–1994, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register a revised table of income protection allowances for the purpose of
sections 475(c)(4) and 477(b)(4). The revised table for section 475(c)(4) shall
be developed by increasing each of the dollar amounts contained in the table in
such section by a percentage equal to the estimated percentage increase in the
Consumer Price Index (as determined by the Secretary) between December 1992 and
the December next preceding the beginning of such academic year. The revised
table for section 477(b)(4) shall be developed by using a 3-year average of the
median expenses for a family of 4 based on the Consumer Expenditure Survey
data, adjusted for current dollars, calculated for the lower living level. The
results for both tables shall be rounded to the nearest $10.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC42EB82EC58147DEB8156A61E3860D5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revised amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each academic year after academic year
2007–2008, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a revised income
protection allowance for the purpose of section 476(b)(1)(A)(iv)(I). Such
revised allowance shall be developed by increasing the dollar amount contained
in such section by a percentage equal to the estimated percentage increase in
the Consumer Expenditure Survey (as determined by the Secretary) between
December 2005 and the December next preceding the beginning of such academic
year, and rounding the result to the nearest
$10.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9CB2EB77826B40BD988CE8CDC4F221A6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion of the earned income tax credit
(eitc) from financial aid determinations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 480(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1087vv(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE8C3AACE15CB4B848D61ED7380DC6C0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (8); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID780BB9ED60D742F8A52AE2C38C840EDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (9) through
(14) as paragraphs (8) through (13), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID91C630AFEBC346DDBB3AFE21FE6C3244" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nontraditional Students Demonstration
Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID44A91A1572C24ACE82011A9CF70BF8F9" style="OLC">
<part commented="no" id="ID840533E432D349DD84113A64D94ADD44" level-type="subsequent"><enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9CB2F81D512E4C20AD4F0024B0906F3C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>499.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nontraditional Students Demonstration
Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9057EC4472D24D1390B22752ECDCC16D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID456627F1FFA7409CB719265FFD4D8576"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to allow demonstration programs that are
strictly monitored by the Department to test the effectiveness of providing
expanded financial assistance under this title to less than half-time students
for not more than 3 terms over the duration of the students’ course of study,
and to students in compressed, modular, or other alternative schedules;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9AA04CA0E14C415BB86C620DCED9B7EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase graduation rates of
nontraditional students by enabling the nontraditional students to stay
continuously enrolled during periods when the nontraditional students must
temporarily attend college less than half-time; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID213DC0CC269C4008B8FA59C2F3E5B004"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase graduation rates of
nontraditional students by enabling the nontraditional students to enroll in
programs with compressed, modular, or other alternative schedules that allow
the nontraditional students to better balance work, family, and school.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD4E559FFD6F4FC0B0917A9C842CE6E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demonstration Program Authorized</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75F849F708AF49B5BB84542BC158C173"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with the provisions of
subsection (d), the Secretary is authorized to select institutions of higher
education, systems of institutions of higher education, or consortia of
institutions of higher education for voluntary participation in the
Nontraditional Students Demonstration Program. Such program shall provide
participating institutions, consortia, or systems with waivers, as described in
paragraph (2), that provide the ability to offer expanded financial
assistance—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCBABE858DD6C47489DD6D64D239675AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to less than half-time students who have
completed not less than 1 term of coursework, for not more than 3 terms over
the duration of the students’ course of study; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDAC49195354846CCB654DCC113B31F11"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to students enrolled in programs with
compressed, modular, or other alternative schedules.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBC2184580910401F97EA5CE6C549A94D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waivers</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF7813A393B25414395DA90EABB770FAE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Less than half-time students</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to waive, for
any institution of higher education, system of institutions of higher
education, or consortium of institutions of higher education participating in
the Nontraditional Students Demonstration Program, the requirements of section
472 that relate to limiting the definition of the cost of attendance for less
than half-time students, especially paragraphs (2) and (4) of such section,
with the goal of allowing the institution, system, or consortium to use the
same definition of the costs of attendance for less than half-time students as
is used for students attending at least half-time.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID69D3966B34ED44F9B82327942CCF1678"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compressed, modular, or other flexible
schedules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to waive for any institution of higher education, system of
institutions of higher education, or consortium of institutions of higher
education participating in the Nontraditional Students Demonstration Program,
the requirements of subsection (a) or (b)(1) of section 481, except that no
program shall be considered an eligible program under section 481 unless the
program—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID89F7B1B6B48C49EC878E63F4276840FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offers at least 300 clock hours of
instruction, 8 semester hours, or 12 quarter hours, offered during a minimum of
10 weeks; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0903AE8A375845F5B44D12F06264441B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is articulated with a certificate or degree
program of not less than 1 year in length.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID24A1D3C2CE304CD79639E9B528738BDC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible applicants</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD8857B2906684DF59E5BEBD37F564EAF"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an
institution of higher education, a system of institutions of higher education,
or a consortium of institutions of higher education shall be eligible to
participate in the demonstration program authorized under this section only if
the institution, each institution of higher education in the system, or each
institution of higher education participating in the consortium,
respectively—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID060B1620C7B74BDFBDAB08E581E46E63"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is eligible to participate in programs
under this title; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC5756543E546451294F6DC84903AE2F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides a program for which the
institution of higher education awards an associate or bachelor’s
degree.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5AB0F51649E9445A8C119945637A3520"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An institution of higher education
described in section 102(a)(1)(C) shall not be eligible to participate in the
demonstration program authorized under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAEB843866C6741F79D32056D72727F26"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEBDA14A026DD4B56B54A398DBF081470"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each institution, system, or consortium
desiring to participate in a demonstration program under this section shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the
Secretary may require. An institution, system, or consortium may apply for a
waiver of a provision described in subsection (b)(2) (A) or (B), or
both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23E9BF162221461FA1F81F79EF94EB86"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each such application shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID64ABEC3185AD4B0A90BDB0800228C9AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of programs that have
characteristics known to be effective for nontraditional students, which will
be carried out in support of the waiver, including programs related to student
financial aid counseling, academic support services, study skills courses,
remedial courses, English as a Second Language courses, individual mentoring,
skills assessment, addressing child care needs, and creating flexible course
schedules;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID58478C57E96944B2A284DEFDE08F5DC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the statutory and
regulatory requirements described in subsection (b)(2) for which a waiver is
sought and the reasons for which the waiver is sought;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4224307E248E4F7AAB1574DE7D33DBFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an institution, a system, or
a consortium applying for a waiver of a provision described in subsection
(b)(2)(A), a description of the less than half-time students to whom such
expanded financial assistance will be offered;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5569F53EE7904FB8AF956AD995B0529A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an institution, a system, or
a consortium applying for a waiver of a provision described in subsection
(b)(2)(B), a description of the programs with compressed, modular, or other
alternative schedules in which students in the demonstration program will be
enrolled;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID014145EA148F4B3E9153011119A44444"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that the institution, system,
or consortium will offer full cooperation with the ongoing evaluations of the
demonstration program provided for in this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC87084FC8DA2455E81B55D2091D16BE9"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA0A2898D9F7846DBABCFB86103918676"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5042B9C56FB44EEEB2DBAF18BF95AD07"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the first 2 years of the demonstration
program the Secretary is authorized to select for participation in the program
not more than an aggregate of 50 institutions of higher education, systems of
institutions of higher education, or consortia of institutions of higher
education. For the third year of the demonstration program authorized under
this section, not more than an aggregate of 70 institutions, systems, or
consortia, may participate in the demonstration program, if the Secretary
determines that such expansion is warranted based on the evaluations and
oversight conducted in accordance with subsections (f) and (g).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDED57EA6C05A6495BB29D0DEC5EF525F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting institutions, systems, or
consortia to participate in the demonstration program in the first or
succeeding years of the demonstration program, the Secretary shall take into
account—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE4DA3CABBD2E42F0875D39D19E1366B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and quality of applications
received;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4033D0E933D1450382483E243B4F644F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department’s capacity to oversee and
monitor the participation of each institution, system, or consortium;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID822BA082A7D642A59AA101B976FDAD6B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution’s, system’s, or
consortium’s—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID41453F774C3749C7ADF92B3B7A800DD4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial responsibility;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8BD3CD00A2E8480B8D0791F5F5B30E71"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administrative capability;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID90EE221F7A974609A6ECBBEDCF982D15"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">number of matriculated students enrolled
less than half-time, or program or programs to be offered with compressed,
modular, or other alternative schedules; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB5A71FE7A114062953C2F1F38C9B004"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ability to offer programs that have
characteristics known to be effective for nontraditional students, including
programs that provide student financial aid counseling, academic support
services, study skills courses, remedial courses, English as a Second Language
courses, individual mentoring, and skills assessment, programs that address
child care needs, and programs that create flexible course schedules;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09E858390B714273877A61AD062887F4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring the participation of a diverse
group of institutions, systems, and consortia with respect to size, mission,
and geographic distribution.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDABB87EE4DE864976B989F7F9B2E2C7C5"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make available to the
public and to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of
Representatives a list of institutions, systems, or consortia selected to
participate in the demonstration program authorized by this section. Such
notice shall include a listing of the specific statutory and regulatory
requirements waived for each institution, system, or consortium and a
description of the students served or the types of alternative schedule courses
offered.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBDDA26A84C914C81801DF9269224EB48"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluations and Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1073A22424E3421DA3151CAC904D45C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall evaluate the
demonstration program authorized under this section on an annual basis. Such
evaluations specifically shall review—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF1D3C37A1B414F84A17AFE96FD80DFA8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which each institution,
system, or consortium participating in the demonstration program has met the
goals set forth in its application to the Secretary, including the measures of
program quality assurance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID02319ED2FD844EDD81AB814103096FA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and types of students
participating in the less than half-time demonstration programs and in the
alternative schedule programs, including the progress of participating students
toward recognized certificates or degrees and the extent to which participation
in such programs increased;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4E0BD6932BB84DE5BFA57FE75307954B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issues related to student financial
assistance for less than half-time enrollment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB4415516792847DDAF74A8148B9DEBF0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issues related to student financial
assistance for students in compressed, modular, or other alternative schedule
programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF201EAD7C8124A12A9403FEA120579DA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which persistence or
completion increased or decreased for students in the demonstration program as
compared to a comparable group of students.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5E9332EF40BC484CA70E0967E0A45DFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 months after the first
waiver is authorized under this section, the Secretary shall report to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives with
respect to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID795984846A1141029CAE9C05F21A20D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the evaluations of the demonstration
program authorized under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID32D70E71BC814D4883E6DE5E92E4FE60"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any proposed statutory changes designed to
enhance persistence and completion for students.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCDA083342DFA4A7A9F03BC9DF6E3ED5D"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oversight</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting the demonstration program
authorized under this section, the Secretary shall, on a continuing
basis—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF5C13F6FF5B04BCE86BBA2499E52D481"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the compliance of institutions,
systems, and consortia participating in the demonstration program with the
requirements of this title (other than the sections and regulations that are
waived under subsection (b)(2)); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF40705EB7D18417BBEF04B391FA27AEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical
assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SUPPORT SERVICES</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA05DBD97612D40C99DA94149AC4A35CA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strengthening institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311(c) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1057(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66923DE31F9440859CE517038C99E4A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (12) as
paragraph (13); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1008FADEEBA143908CADEAFC4D9DDD44"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (11) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5AA4B3772F5349ABB76C510D1C5241B9" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3937A76BEC994B5BBFC03E563666CC4A"><enum>(12)</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 move rapidly from remedial courses
into core courses and through program
completion.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC5C4CEA544B8468FA3CB23A9E48815A0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to increase completion by improving
remedial education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of
title III of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB43E18370A3F415E9A62DEAAED782D4C" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C2934F471DB4D70B919CB4D3E572C45" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>318.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to increase completion by improving
remedial education</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9336B05FFBAE43EC8DDE91E3B0650482"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts appropriated under subsection
(k), the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible
institutions for the purposes of improving remedial education, including
English language instruction, to customize remedial courses to student goals
and help students move rapidly from remedial courses into core program courses
and through program completion.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID69C22D6E42964AFD87800E647A2A89B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Eligible
Institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section,
the term <term>eligible institution</term> means an institution of higher
education (as defined in section 101(a)) in which not less than 35 percent of
the institution’s entering first-year students are enrolled in remedial courses
to improve reading, writing, or mathematics.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1D450720E4774ED19FFF30AFF916DAC5"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible institution seeking 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="IDE85C3AF95B6C4EC1938B5F70F7BD2CBF"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority for Replication of Proven
Practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
give priority to applications that propose to replicate practices that have
proven effective with adults.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB8E04175291A4564BBA468EB1D35D3CA"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Peer Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall convene a peer review
process to review applications for grants under this section and to make
recommendations to the Secretary regarding the selection of grantees.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE72EC6DAC8F44C1D94FA07FC7576EFCC"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mandatory Activity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible institution that receives a
grant under this section shall use the grant funds to create bridge programs
that customize remedial adult education, English as a Second Language, or
remedial education curricula to the content of the certificate or degree
programs or clusters of programs in which remedial education students
enroll.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID53C909FF68724F01ABAAF8E99CDF799D"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permissible Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible institution that receives a
grant under this section may use the grant funds to carry out the
following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDBBAA6E46D454D57815E8FD7D9405DCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designing and implementing innovative ways
to improve retention in and completion of remedial education courses, such as
enrolling students in cohorts, providing counseling, and giving small, material
incentives for attendance and performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID01ACD5748CEE4FE885B0EBBA7CECD068"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Redesignating class schedules to meet the
needs of working adults, through modular, compressed, repeated, or other
alternative schedules.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC368ACF2C300474796C42EBA8E85C21E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving the quality of teaching in
remedial courses through professional development, reclassification of such
teaching positions, or other means the eligible institution determines
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB341F1D7AAB43FEA5A69FBB369EE6A2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other activities the eligible
institution and the Secretary determine will promote retention of and
completion by students attending eligible institutions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67EC3160907E47F78FA8E3725EBF060E"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant Period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants made under this section shall be for
a period of not less than 36 months and not more than 60 months.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID64FE268FC13949358750812BA286723E"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into a contract
with a private entity to provide such technical assistance to grantees under
this section as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA8B6BD20D0F74D829A19E167A1255FDE"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation
of program impacts under the demonstration program, and shall disseminate to
the public the findings from the evaluation and information on best practices.
The Secretary is encouraged to partner with other funders, such as private
foundations, to allow for use of a random assignment evaluation in at least one
of the demonstration sites.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3CF651A42096450A95FA5103E1AB0AE8"><enum>(k)</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 $50,000,000 for fiscal
year 2008 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years, of which an aggregate of
not more than 5 percent may be used to carry out subsections (i) and
(j).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID01FDFE9F31E443FEB80CA550F20557B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal Trio Programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402A of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a–11) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6ED174EFD8AD43F1A06EC05E8C274B43"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID643A0DA1D9544B5786F717886FEB0E77"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75FFD0EE6E764993B4FEB513737B3F1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>$170,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$190,000</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22B0E19DD2914493B1567D79B74FE375"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>$180,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCB2EF5B529B44ED0984A8E76E1F50091"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking
<quote>$190,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$220,000</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID349E1B5281414107B50AEB1A32901351"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7AC5418103394F0E9B0631F5B6DD8C5B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95A4492146CD477E91027B25984088D6"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increases</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1D1904F7F46A4ABABBC73AA88B04F894"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of any funding increase
described in subparagraph (B) shall be used in part to help first year students
by assigning counselors to the students so that there is consistency and
continuity in the academic and career advice the students receive.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFAAA586E4E5B4BD888C75B7136B2D60A"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding increases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The funding increase referred to in
subparagraph (A) is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3D44CA57A1C449B19AEF1B166CF0C3A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a program authorized by
section 402D, the amount by which the individual grant exceeds $170,000;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE3E436EF73CB40A0AC822D52A6F1D2BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a program authorized by
section 402F, the amount by which the individual grant exceeds
$180,000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID162B538FF3004CB289DEE3B51655C31E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking the first
sentence and inserting the following: <quote>For the purpose of making grants
and contracts under this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated
$1,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77EA544D7E9949F99B09176C168C2C15" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Student support services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402D(b)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a–14(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID993634C8B0004C0BBF16CEC62C109CE3" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8D5E413D546E490FB84DEA073F05966A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent, individualized personal,
career, and academic counseling provided by assigned
counselors;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0D919364D9F74621A84A1F64471F1966" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Educational opportunity
centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402F(b)(6) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a–16(b)(6)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC129A0510F54449F84CF2214686E7F76" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC9794C985031400694568E3510C3C7C6"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consistent, individualized personal,
career, and academic counseling provided by an assigned counselor during the
admissions process that may be continued throughout students’ undergraduate
enrollment;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBCD10D2D3910472A8A8DF46F61514764" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early intervention and college awareness
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404A(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a–21(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0CA664C6223F40B2878A87E38F8AD7CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>6
year</quote> after <quote>shall make</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE4CCFE7FF96E4A9182CB159BEDB8AA88"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph
(B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCEA734DFD87C4555914C3228D6EF4A57" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID16705099948A47A095B727D2DD0E2AE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that students served under this
chapter on the day before the date of enactment of the Nontraditional Student
Success Act continue to receive assistance through the completion of secondary
school and at least through the first year of attendance at a postsecondary
education institution.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7BD92434B69B4AEB94508429B79394A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID842236B04F764CB99E09924E27A641BE" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF7A018E95A8D4E2DBA505AACF04F0560"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Current grantees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity that has received an
award under this section, has performed successfully, and still has need for an
award may apply for an additional award under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3B99E893D2224A44B5D8C9D96EF6DE6A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gear UP cohort requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404B(g)(1)(B) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a–22(g)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6FB05EBC6C4745CB8FB9017DA92C32F2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE9DC0DC8A92C4C2AAE4B060D1F09D9B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the services are provided
through the 12th grade and through the first year of attendance at a
postsecondary education institution to students in the participating grade
level.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8D83B1BB3F184F279FC8E1FF933D4EEF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Early intervention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404D of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a–24) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID900B9D65F22E45F990911CEB398D021E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2)(A), by amending the
matter preceding clause (i) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID13BF320F47E6482DA35A368A865BDC09" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID820B8E71DF1C413FBA4A51CDD81BF974"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing eligible students in preschool
through grade 12 and through the first year of attendance at a postsecondary
education institution with a continuing system of mentoring and advising
that—</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID24EA29F35B814E91A51FB5F8BCBE1ECE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by amending the matter
preceding paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18D3C38E04C042F68DA63DB09A30D7E8" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB25322FDBD3245AC9F29B98DCF2AC91F"><enum>(c)</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
the preschool through grade 12 and through the first year of attendance at a
postsecondary education institution who is
eligible—</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7B4005BD8F3D4585A942DB9AE97D02EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 404H of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a–28) is amended by striking <quote>$200,000,000 for fiscal year
1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal
years</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3FF495F1D51A44C4A4BF9162364B1C30" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child Care Access Means Parents in School
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 419N(g) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070e(g)) is amended by striking <quote>$45,000,000 for fiscal year
1999</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000 for fiscal year
2008</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4910FAD1C1C64632BBD9A9E33E048207" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increased awareness of financial aid
availability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part G of title
IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 1088 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Higher Education Act of 1965" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB0551C63FCBF40F3B8996284D9E47347" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEBE4BB3D25804BC993DB1C031830EA5A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>493C.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increased awareness of financial aid
availability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, and the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a website and brochures
for providing outreach about financial aid and education tax credits. The
outreach shall target employers, one-stop centers, Head Start centers, and
other locations the Secretary of Education determines
appropriate.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF6F69474C5594FCA94739251DE40516F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-serving institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1101b(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA80DE1D2094945F98078E66D542067F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (14) as
paragraph (15); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3B6D3B2FEE0D421B86A760937E53539B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (13) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID96EC074054494ABCA3575AA083FEF356" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0B3A238C038A4C3285FB1DFC914C52C1"><enum>(14)</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 move rapidly from remedial courses
into core courses and through program
completion.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4DE5424D07934BF68EFF29967BB0D387" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fund for the improvement of postsecondary
education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 741(a) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1138(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB093C5C71D414234A380FBC222F2340A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID96C46FAF89CB47BB937D34F70C1DD310"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4950843598D24CF881C5AE10A6052114"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9114BD69DD08487F889966ED86CEACAA" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6C9A145B27A347E1B593DAC75AEAB0D5"><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 move rapidly from remedial courses
into core courses and through program
completion.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3C559E6D4C464005A533BBE37A5A63E4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to special programs for students
whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farmwork</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 418A of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070d–2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID883437DD915D4CD7AA1ABB1D4A626BFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(8), by inserting
<quote>such as childcare and transportation,</quote> after <quote>supportive
services,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3D042B0AFDCE418984C9274AC2CBA1BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF0570D18F3E14272A47D8FB6657D9E3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000
for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6296BB2AF12E4FB1BC908EDD359F8BB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000
for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">LIFETIME LEARNING CREDIT</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID126DD51AC75C4570A2090661FCB7FBC2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improvement of Lifetime Learning
credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8C00A8DCA6104560A9ADB46D4CFC7067"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4658046A0D4642B5B5173C4D149B5952"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increase in amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25A(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to lifetime learning credit) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID570630C14BCB4E869BA5273D05367D9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>20 percent</quote> and
inserting <quote>50 percent</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7AADCA6CC27A4C309E58E7EC27D02F8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>qualified tuition and
related expenses</quote> and inserting <quote>qualified higher education
expenses</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC245D1E53C714AD297D03277CE6F96CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$10,000 ($5,000 in the
case of taxable years beginning before January 1, 2003)</quote> and inserting
<quote>$4,000</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78C2D67C1F354DD7BF336135226F6320"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified higher education
expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25A(f) of
such Code (relating to definitions) is amended by inserting at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6673BFF8F95C45B19CB4358FB114A16A" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID684127C5122E44218B8C917C93A11458"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified higher education
expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>qualified higher education expenses</term> means, with respect to any
individual described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDF4C91944A9F4B92896FA5282D5B7CDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tuition, books, supplies, and equipment
required for the enrollment or attendance at an eligible educational
institution,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD68A602339234DF19E0A3F9700B51AA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an individual with special
needs, expenses for special needs services which are incurred in connection
with such enrollment or attendance,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD92328D73B8D48A584AA223DF8F3B427"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expenses for child care which are incurred
in connection with such enrollment or attendance, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2BF3FB4B44DF4D439F3038BFE2117683"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expenses for food, shelter, and other
living expenses which are incurred during the period of such enrollment or
attendance.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">With respect to expenses described in
subparagraph (D), only the first $250 of such expenses for any month shall be
taken into
account.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35F868ADCC0C4865A74B00CAF0BAB437"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of
section 25A(g) of such Code are each amended by inserting <quote>and qualified
higher education expenses</quote> after <quote>qualified tuition and related
expenses</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC2EFCDF70B4D42B6AAC388F039ADB5E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31,
2006.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID132C6C87A2814AD4A9A00736F17B1E9D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Refundability of Lifetime Learning
credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB0AC357DDDE448989CD5E24DE9D8EC58"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Refundable Credit</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFDA2D3932A3E4F4CB97EC8DB3639CD83"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j) and by
inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0507BF5ED2FE4B4AB4634B0F02DABC70" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0A6EB1EF506D4A94837669C14D8DAF96"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Portion of Credit Refundable</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9961AD10C89249E3A580B325D3C139EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aggregate credits allowed to a taxpayer
under subpart C shall be increased by the amount of the credit allowed under
this section by reason of subsection (a)(2) without regard to this subsection
and the limitation under section 26(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1C6F3954A1DC4DBF9C2325438BF70B90"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No double benefit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the credit allowed under this
subsection shall not be treated as a credit allowed under this subpart and
shall reduce the amount of the credit otherwise allowable under subsection (a)
without regard to section
26(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID328D64FFA1294DF6A391DBF6C9461399"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title
31, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period <quote>or
from section 25A(i) of such Code</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28E78CA3EE8147F2919581198106C8EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31,
2006.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3F769B1D8E9F4F02949A28E48CAD4C86" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advance payment of Lifetime Learning
credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6E99A42D547C4BE69CEB0137044A4D6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to miscellaneous provisions) is amended by redesignating section
7528 as section 7529 and inserting after section 7527 the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB08FFCC7A60449C3A3BCBBB88D8D6B36" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID81DF684E08654A89AB7D0D26186F868B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7528.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advance payment of Lifetime Learning
credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4B8B400EBE4F4518B732D98B58543DE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General Rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than August 1, 2007, the
Secretary shall establish a program for making payments on behalf of certified
individuals to eligible educational institutions.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID53E30104BB7B44FA879FF5942CA2F31D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on Advance Payments During any
Taxable Year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
may make payments under subsection (a) only to the extent that the total amount
of such payments made on behalf of any individual during the taxable year does
not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of so much of the qualified higher
education expenses paid with respect to such individual as does not exceed
$4,000 for such year. For purposes of this section, qualified higher education
expenses taken into account with respect to any individual shall be
reduced—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID373DD12665E94CB99613FEFD6B3E6D07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the amount of qualified tuition and
related expenses taken into account under section 25A(b) (if any), and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID53E2AE070ADD4E01BBE61E8E7930CDC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under rules similar to the rules under
section 25A(g)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2B7E4F44832C4F278D3C4A6115C368A7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certified Individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>certified individual</term> means any individual for whom a qualified
education costs credit eligibility certificate is in effect.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID254B184562924FCAAE027A0899EEF364"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Qualified Education Costs Credit
Eligibility Certificate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
purposes of this section, the term <term>qualified education costs credit
eligibility certificate</term> means a written statement that an individual has
incurred costs which are qualified higher education expenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7214ADA322C543DE857C2AB0A7DA23B6"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Definitions and Special
Rules</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0313E37D29784B228B17E590342DF62A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any term used in this section which is also
used in section 25A shall have the meaning given such term in section
25A.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDCEF648084694853BC5B15F3DB8E2B16"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this
section, payments made under subsection (a) shall be subject to rules similar
to the rules of section
25A.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19A9323952924408A296CE29F048E6DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination of Lifetime Learning Credit
With Advanced Payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 302, is amended
by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k) and by inserting after
subsection (i) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID020D6B254E8D4F99A8C5B4E7C108DD21" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID135D3156E6E1444F94D64FDD29315C9F"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination With Advance Payment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB50CEC4C5EEA464BB342943A41ED6DDF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recapture of excess advance
payments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEFFD419D283D46A7827FE030955823B7"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any payment is made to an eligible
educational institution on behalf of an individual under section 7528 during
any calendar year, then the tax imposed by this chapter on the applicable
taxpayer for the last taxable year beginning in such calendar year shall be
increased by the aggregate amount of such payments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD21A22CF260449B6B59A60FEA1B9E1EB"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable taxpayer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subparagraph (A), the
applicable taxpayer is—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2A1CDF487AB145F4BD8956EE35784722"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such individual, or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF006CAD817F142ECBD7257B36A9A992C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case a taxpayer who is allowed a
deduction with respect to such individual under section 151(c), such
taxpayer.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42F631B0FBED4A97B1BB7C42F9A4E889"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reconciliation of payments advanced and
credit allowed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any increase
in tax under paragraph (1) shall not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter
for purposes of determining the amount of any credit (other than the credit
allowed by subsection (a)) allowable under this part and subpart
C.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCE37D35FADC04B68AF9BB3894C04E136"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of Return Information for
Purposes of Carrying Out a Program for Advance Payment of Lifetime Learning
Credit</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID84550A0B0CA041D2816D92D8BA05E241"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (l) of section 6103 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disclosure of returns and return
information for purposes other than tax administration) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6009DDD1C76D49DABEACBAD45E034126" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID43802166FEFC40508FFC9D538335BD71"><enum>(21)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of return information for
purposes of carrying out a program for advance payment of lifetime learning
credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
disclose to educational institutions for any certified individual (as defined
in section 7528(c)) return information with respect to such certified
individual only to the extent necessary to carry out the program established by
section 7528 (relating to advance payment of Lifetime Learning
credit).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4B16CC2727344691ACBC9FBCC6FC31AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedures and recordkeeping related to
disclosures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (p) of
such section is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA7F880D71E2D4C718FAC83CA258C2B71"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A) by striking <quote>or
(18)</quote> and inserting <quote>(18), or (21)</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9F8ACBA1BBCB43D2BDCA43C832211C48"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4) by striking <quote>or
(20)</quote> and inserting <quote>(20), or (21)</quote> each place it
appears.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9A50416043934C42AFC29C27FA6CC100"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unauthorized inspection of returns or
return information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
7213A(a)(1)(B) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>(l)(18) or
(n)</quote> and inserting <quote>(l)(18), (l)(19), or (n)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7003057A90E844819E6D73BE4506D1C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information Reporting</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAAEC53B25107465EBF86BAC03A109BEB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart B of part III of subchapter A of
chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to information
concerning transactions with other persons) is amended by inserting after
section 6050V the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFAC00D27FBC841AF97224EC9285DFAE2" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC00F73B1DC464814B8D29EED77D6A314" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6050W.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Returns relating to Lifetime Learning
credit</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1FB53EE2203B4342A22B88373A961ACC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement of Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every person who is entitled to receive
payments for any month of any calendar year under section 7528 (relating to
advance payment of Lifetime Learning credit) with respect to any certified
individual (as defined in section 7528(c)) shall, at such time as the Secretary
may prescribe, make the return described in subsection (b) with respect to each
such individual.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2FD16EF8444F442D880451699BDE24EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form and Manner of Returns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A return is described in this subsection if
such return—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18524A701487489E9C5AD3DC644E473A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in such form as the Secretary may
prescribe, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7EECE81456294194B7E79C124421F013"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID539BE97940D0419A88CFD732A7CCD1C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name, address, and TIN of each
individual referred to in subsection (a),</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID628A17BF4A124F8DAAE3ADC828BAC332"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount entitled to be received for each
year with respect to such individual under section 7528, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6F400304DC19450FA5C777E2DE2D25F8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other information as the Secretary may
prescribe.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID150F7BA7200C48228273B9236498AC56"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statements To Be Furnished to Individuals
With Respect to Whom Information Is Required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every person required to make a return
under subsection (a) shall furnish to each individual whose name is required to
be set forth in such return a written statement showing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7D561372CC404C32A064A8AD9FDCAFA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name and address of the person required
to make such return and the phone number of the information contact for such
person, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD905FCD3648C4E3FB23467D4655AC64B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information required to be shown on the
return with respect to such individual.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">The written statement required under
the preceding sentence shall be furnished on or before January 31 of the year
following the calendar year for which the return under subsection (a) is
required to be
made.</continuation-text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4B8C739F04F54FBB9002A20EFD6E2B55"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessable penalties</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC656D2F6CDE34DA39B7C803CC9845B46"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of section 6724(d)(1) of
such Code (relating to definitions) is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at
the end of clause (xix), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause
(xx) and inserting <quote>or</quote>, and by inserting after clause (xx) the
following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID25AA2074C65E40588DDF4C3C06536964" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7F76695C89534A9391F27DE88CCC2FCD"><enum>(xxi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 6050W (relating to returns relating
to Lifetime Learning
credit),</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID266210466AE04719B690C42CDB12CAA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d) of such
Code is amended by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (CC) and
inserting <quote>, or</quote>, and by adding after subparagraph (CC) the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6FD2009864D049A88D495C2E6A3B511D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3D8EB873674E4AA0812703ACB9E48A09"><enum>(DD)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 6050U (relating to returns relating
to Lifetime Learning
credit).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID897BA051BA364B8DAC9CF0748B603D1F"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical Amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD50F86D7FC4F4B9DBA26AC180742DE9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advance payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for chapter 77 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID57EDE6CBE8C44B77B8516ADBCB0CB271" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 7528. Advance payment of
Lifetime Learning
credit.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID093C85B95C3D41C88A0DE052B439713C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart B of part
III of subchapter A of chapter 61 of such Code is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 6050V the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID757F1277D2E14138B69D62028A422263" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 6050W. Returns relating to
Lifetime Learning
credit.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2C401C616E1A4606918EBAE99F6EA857"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section>