<enum>I</enum><header>Adjustments to Federal Pell Grants</header> <section id="H1293F8E4A87F429EA40602C4C7524175"><enum>101.</enum><header>Increase in maximum Federal Pell Grant amount</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(b)(7)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BCA3B7A82C7416A9D5B6D36E0AA9B1A" style="OLC"> <clause id="HF932249E8688453C924CDB5420CF7F88"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Award year 2020–2021</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For award year 2020–2021, the amount determined under this subparagraph for purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be increased to $10,230.</text> </clause><clause id="H0FA2A2DE4FFA406C8E972F59B2EDD47D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Subsequent award years</header><text>For award year 2021–2022 and each subsequent award year, the amount determined under this subparagraph for purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be equal to—</text> <subclause id="HD062236A5731415291C62832907E9CE6"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount determined under this subparagraph for the preceding award year; increased by</text> </subclause><subclause id="H5CAF6F36D34742DEB79C28A59B2DE49B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a percentage equal to the annual adjustment percentage for the award year for which the amount under this subparagraph is being determined; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3EF1AE1D35C44AFA9DEB18827A1A4392"><enum>(III)</enum><text>rounded to the nearest $5.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H95400E5C6A2F4EA59F6F9345BFAAFDBF"><enum>102.</enum><header>Increase in total semesters of Federal Pell Grant eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>12</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>15</quote>.</text> </section><section id="HFFD6F41A9BC446719957DCD907FC4009"><enum>103.</enum><header>Extending Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs</header> <subsection id="HAFB5E6F9E97E4F9899384CF42411C4CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref>), is amended by inserting after subsection (j) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H997F881CE5D241E3A1C65789821FBB3C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9A4A7DFB4109485CB7E22B52D7A56850"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Job training Federal Pell Grant program</header> <paragraph id="H8685174C459E4612A9A1506F86C1E4AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HB0A4F91AB05A4B3F9EDFBDC82904DA3D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible career pathway program</header><text>The term <term>eligible career pathway program</term> means a program that—</text> <clause id="H6096DEB41F1C4F2F835F5B935191E8E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the requirements of section 484(d)(2);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HAAC450A59E624E1A90C50A8D6158CAEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is a program of training services listed under included on the list established under section 122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3152">29 U.S.C. 3152(d)</external-xref>); and</text> </clause><clause id="H7E38970F5CCB4F61A7ED4072A0A5A4AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is part of a career pathway, as defined in section 3 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3102">29 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4AAF1C6D997458FBBB631138D93D9D4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Job training program</header><text>The term <term>job training program</term> means a career and technical education program at an institution of higher education that—</text> <clause id="H1959A3E0A433432BBD6DA65B539BBE64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides not less than 150, and not more than 600, clock hours of instructional time over a period of not less than 8, and not more than 15, weeks;</text> </clause><clause id="H1FA794D1CE8E4C93B2903E47CBCD9E53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides training aligned with the requirements of employers in the State or local area, which may include in-demand industry sectors or occupations, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3102">29 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>), in the State or local area (as defined in such section);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H29178085334E4166B01F52A5B5EC6E72"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is a program of training services that is provided through an eligible provider of training services listed under section 122(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3152">29 U.S.C. 3152(d)</external-xref>);</text> </clause><clause id="HD5B3A5A63ACF41CE9D6162361C635CAF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provides a student, upon completion of the program, with a recognized postsecondary credential, as defined in section 3 of such Act, that is recognized by employers in the relevant industry, including credentials recognized by industry or sector partnerships in the State or local area where the industry is located;</text> </clause><clause id="H991EED568C7D48E4A96A03C14CADBA55"><enum>(v)</enum><text>has been determined, by the institution of higher education, to provide academic content, an amount of instructional time, and a recognized postsecondary credential that are sufficient to—</text> <subclause id="H78671C1733C34821A4A6BDC21802734A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meet the hiring requirements of potential employers; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H587129A213C8469F83921F7DDB1EE8F0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>satisfy any applicable educational prerequisite requirement for professional licensure or certification, so that the student who completes the program and seeks employment qualifies to take any licensure or certification examination needed to practice or find employment in an occupation that the program prepares students to enter;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HDC3C7D8ED15E4F70A6746F2CD9A3ED50"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>may include integrated or basic skills courses; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCC3998C6EDA435AB2DA385D2B74BAAC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>may be offered as part of an eligible career pathway program.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEE96A1F064E43ACBF0F349B09FFFF62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant program</header><text>For the award year beginning on July 1, 2020, and each subsequent award year, the Secretary shall carry out a program through which the Secretary shall award job training Federal Pell Grants to students in job training programs. Each job training Federal Pell Grant awarded under this subsection shall have the same terms and conditions, and be awarded in the same manner, as a Federal Pell Grant awarded under subsection (a), except as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H0929863753B54BE789B5CF1C539B32BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A student who is eligible to receive a job training Federal Pell Grant under this subsection is a student who—</text> <clause id="H94403896EA88442085886D437A9C9619"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has not yet attained a baccalaureate degree or postbaccalaureate degree;</text> </clause><clause id="H0B9BD4FD77AB4D24A853FB51E71013E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>attends an institution of higher education;</text> </clause><clause id="H3D6811928D514F3B9A6F64F4DD78CF41"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in a job training program at such institution of higher education; and</text> </clause><clause id="HC05D3B498B5F49F7ADDF2FFE60C3D4D6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>meets all other eligibility requirements for a Federal Pell Grant (except with respect to the type of program of study, as provided in clause (iii)).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED38EA784BE54E709D6748795C0B7A42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount of a job training Federal Pell Grant for an eligible student shall be determined under subsection (b)(1), except that—</text> <clause id="H84D7DFC6168444C89F40B9E5248CE8E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the maximum Federal Pell Grant awarded under this subsection for an award year shall be 50 percent of the maximum Federal Pell Grant awarded under subsection (b)(5) applicable to that award year; and</text> </clause><clause id="HDC6B02BBF23B40F49B4E37EE612074C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subsection (b)(4) shall not apply.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H06D7EF15FFE4469899596936EFE12BDF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inclusion in total eligibility period</header><text>Any period during which a student receives a job training Federal Pell Grant under this subsection shall be included in calculating the student's period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants under subsection (c), and any regulations under such subsection regarding students who are enrolled in an undergraduate program on less than a full-time basis shall similarly apply to students who are enrolled in a job training program at an eligible institution on less than a full-time basis.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HBCF38772DEBA4195987EC59244097E8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional safeguards</header><text>Section 496(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1099b">20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCF3FF16B9CEE4437A0426E77BBE5B5C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCCFDA8B8D12F4C0C952C337724101B08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1337A59CA44246629D69304112EDD06B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H427AFD6525AA42A388A3F94B6EFAF360" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H36DC77CB24874C448B926CCBE19E4329"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if such agency or association has or seeks to include within its scope of recognition the evaluation of the quality of institutions of higher education participating in the job training Federal Pell Grant program under section 401(k), such agency or association shall, in addition to meeting the other requirements of this subpart, demonstrate to the Secretary that, with respect to such job training programs—</text> <clause id="HC6ED5CC1C9EE4526864F781B0AD109DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the agency or association’s standards include a process for determining whether the program provides training aligned with the requirements of employers in the State or local area served by the program; and</text> </clause><clause id="HA51199D587184E56A324E10FC699E258"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the agency or association requires a demonstration that the program—</text> <subclause id="H1C5DCD9A73BB40B282E5D375F075EEC4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has identified each recognized postsecondary credential offered and the corresponding industry or sector partnership that actively recognizes each credential in the relevant industry in the State or local area where the industry is located; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H441756C9A763404A9DBABFC38F66AFB2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provides the academic content and amount of instructional time that is sufficient to—</text> <item id="HA2F77E3D3E23472F967EA110DFD463A0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>meet the hiring requirements of potential employers; and</text> </item><item id="H7DE64482E7A64368A2A0EE73635CE303"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>satisfy any applicable educational prerequisites for professional licensure or certification requirements so that the student who completes the program and seeks employment qualifies to take any licensure or certification examination that is needed to practice or find employment in an occupation that the program prepares students to enter;</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>

116 HR 3101 IH: Achieving Independence through Degrees Act U.S. House of Representatives 2019-06-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Achieving Independence through Degrees Act

or the

AID Act

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

Title I—Adjustments to Federal Pell Grants

Sec. 101. Increase in maximum Federal Pell Grant amount.

Sec. 102. Increase in total semesters of Federal Pell Grant eligibility.

Sec. 103. Extending Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.

Title II—Financial Aid Counseling for Borrowers

Sec. 201. Annual financial aid counseling.

Sec. 202. Exit counseling.

Sec. 203. Online counseling tools.

Sec. 204. Longitudinal study on the effectiveness of student loan counseling.

Title III—Adjustments to the FAFSA Form

Sec. 301. Provisional independence for certain students.

Sec. 302. Revision of FAFSA form.

Sec. 303. Repeal of suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses.

Title IV—Financial Aid Shopping Sheet

Sec. 401. Secretarial requirements.

Sec. 402. Requirements for institutions of higher education.

Title V—SNAP and Higher Education

Sec. 501. SNAP treatment of living expenses included in educational loans.

Sec. 502. Eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Title VI—Adjustments to Campus-Based Student Financial Aid Programs

Part A—Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants

Sec. 601. Purpose; appropriations authorized.

Sec. 602. Allocation of funds.

Part B—Federal Work-Study Programs

Sec. 610. Purpose; authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 611. Allocation formula.

Sec. 612. Grants for Federal work-study programs.

Sec. 613. Flexible use of funds.

Sec. 614. Job location and development programs.

Sec. 615. Community service.

Sec. 616. Pilot grant program.

Sec. 617. Department activities.

Sec. 618. Study and report.

<enum>I</enum><header>Adjustments to Federal Pell Grants</header> <section id="H1293F8E4A87F429EA40602C4C7524175"><enum>101.</enum><header>Increase in maximum Federal Pell Grant amount</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(b)(7)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BCA3B7A82C7416A9D5B6D36E0AA9B1A" style="OLC"> <clause id="HF932249E8688453C924CDB5420CF7F88"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Award year 2020–2021</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For award year 2020–2021, the amount determined under this subparagraph for purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be increased to $10,230.</text> </clause><clause id="H0FA2A2DE4FFA406C8E972F59B2EDD47D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Subsequent award years</header><text>For award year 2021–2022 and each subsequent award year, the amount determined under this subparagraph for purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii) shall be equal to—</text> <subclause id="HD062236A5731415291C62832907E9CE6"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount determined under this subparagraph for the preceding award year; increased by</text> </subclause><subclause id="H5CAF6F36D34742DEB79C28A59B2DE49B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a percentage equal to the annual adjustment percentage for the award year for which the amount under this subparagraph is being determined; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3EF1AE1D35C44AFA9DEB18827A1A4392"><enum>(III)</enum><text>rounded to the nearest $5.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H95400E5C6A2F4EA59F6F9345BFAAFDBF"><enum>102.</enum><header>Increase in total semesters of Federal Pell Grant eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(c)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a(c)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>12</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>15</quote>.</text> </section><section id="HFFD6F41A9BC446719957DCD907FC4009"><enum>103.</enum><header>Extending Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs</header> <subsection id="HAFB5E6F9E97E4F9899384CF42411C4CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref>), is amended by inserting after subsection (j) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H997F881CE5D241E3A1C65789821FBB3C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9A4A7DFB4109485CB7E22B52D7A56850"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Job training Federal Pell Grant program</header> <paragraph id="H8685174C459E4612A9A1506F86C1E4AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HB0A4F91AB05A4B3F9EDFBDC82904DA3D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible career pathway program</header><text>The term <term>eligible career pathway program</term> means a program that—</text> <clause id="H6096DEB41F1C4F2F835F5B935191E8E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the requirements of section 484(d)(2);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HAAC450A59E624E1A90C50A8D6158CAEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is a program of training services listed under included on the list established under section 122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3152">29 U.S.C. 3152(d)</external-xref>); and</text> </clause><clause id="H7E38970F5CCB4F61A7ED4072A0A5A4AC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is part of a career pathway, as defined in section 3 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3102">29 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4AAF1C6D997458FBBB631138D93D9D4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Job training program</header><text>The term <term>job training program</term> means a career and technical education program at an institution of higher education that—</text> <clause id="H1959A3E0A433432BBD6DA65B539BBE64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides not less than 150, and not more than 600, clock hours of instructional time over a period of not less than 8, and not more than 15, weeks;</text> </clause><clause id="H1FA794D1CE8E4C93B2903E47CBCD9E53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides training aligned with the requirements of employers in the State or local area, which may include in-demand industry sectors or occupations, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3102">29 U.S.C. 3102</external-xref>), in the State or local area (as defined in such section);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H29178085334E4166B01F52A5B5EC6E72"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is a program of training services that is provided through an eligible provider of training services listed under section 122(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/3152">29 U.S.C. 3152(d)</external-xref>);</text> </clause><clause id="HD5B3A5A63ACF41CE9D6162361C635CAF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provides a student, upon completion of the program, with a recognized postsecondary credential, as defined in section 3 of such Act, that is recognized by employers in the relevant industry, including credentials recognized by industry or sector partnerships in the State or local area where the industry is located;</text> </clause><clause id="H991EED568C7D48E4A96A03C14CADBA55"><enum>(v)</enum><text>has been determined, by the institution of higher education, to provide academic content, an amount of instructional time, and a recognized postsecondary credential that are sufficient to—</text> <subclause id="H78671C1733C34821A4A6BDC21802734A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>meet the hiring requirements of potential employers; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H587129A213C8469F83921F7DDB1EE8F0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>satisfy any applicable educational prerequisite requirement for professional licensure or certification, so that the student who completes the program and seeks employment qualifies to take any licensure or certification examination needed to practice or find employment in an occupation that the program prepares students to enter;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HDC3C7D8ED15E4F70A6746F2CD9A3ED50"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>may include integrated or basic skills courses; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCC3998C6EDA435AB2DA385D2B74BAAC"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>may be offered as part of an eligible career pathway program.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEE96A1F064E43ACBF0F349B09FFFF62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant program</header><text>For the award year beginning on July 1, 2020, and each subsequent award year, the Secretary shall carry out a program through which the Secretary shall award job training Federal Pell Grants to students in job training programs. Each job training Federal Pell Grant awarded under this subsection shall have the same terms and conditions, and be awarded in the same manner, as a Federal Pell Grant awarded under subsection (a), except as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H0929863753B54BE789B5CF1C539B32BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A student who is eligible to receive a job training Federal Pell Grant under this subsection is a student who—</text> <clause id="H94403896EA88442085886D437A9C9619"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has not yet attained a baccalaureate degree or postbaccalaureate degree;</text> </clause><clause id="H0B9BD4FD77AB4D24A853FB51E71013E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>attends an institution of higher education;</text> </clause><clause id="H3D6811928D514F3B9A6F64F4DD78CF41"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in a job training program at such institution of higher education; and</text> </clause><clause id="HC05D3B498B5F49F7ADDF2FFE60C3D4D6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>meets all other eligibility requirements for a Federal Pell Grant (except with respect to the type of program of study, as provided in clause (iii)).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED38EA784BE54E709D6748795C0B7A42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount of a job training Federal Pell Grant for an eligible student shall be determined under subsection (b)(1), except that—</text> <clause id="H84D7DFC6168444C89F40B9E5248CE8E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the maximum Federal Pell Grant awarded under this subsection for an award year shall be 50 percent of the maximum Federal Pell Grant awarded under subsection (b)(5) applicable to that award year; and</text> </clause><clause id="HDC6B02BBF23B40F49B4E37EE612074C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subsection (b)(4) shall not apply.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H06D7EF15FFE4469899596936EFE12BDF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inclusion in total eligibility period</header><text>Any period during which a student receives a job training Federal Pell Grant under this subsection shall be included in calculating the student's period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants under subsection (c), and any regulations under such subsection regarding students who are enrolled in an undergraduate program on less than a full-time basis shall similarly apply to students who are enrolled in a job training program at an eligible institution on less than a full-time basis.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HBCF38772DEBA4195987EC59244097E8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional safeguards</header><text>Section 496(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1099b">20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCF3FF16B9CEE4437A0426E77BBE5B5C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCCFDA8B8D12F4C0C952C337724101B08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1337A59CA44246629D69304112EDD06B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H427AFD6525AA42A388A3F94B6EFAF360" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H36DC77CB24874C448B926CCBE19E4329"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if such agency or association has or seeks to include within its scope of recognition the evaluation of the quality of institutions of higher education participating in the job training Federal Pell Grant program under section 401(k), such agency or association shall, in addition to meeting the other requirements of this subpart, demonstrate to the Secretary that, with respect to such job training programs—</text> <clause id="HC6ED5CC1C9EE4526864F781B0AD109DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the agency or association’s standards include a process for determining whether the program provides training aligned with the requirements of employers in the State or local area served by the program; and</text> </clause><clause id="HA51199D587184E56A324E10FC699E258"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the agency or association requires a demonstration that the program—</text> <subclause id="H1C5DCD9A73BB40B282E5D375F075EEC4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has identified each recognized postsecondary credential offered and the corresponding industry or sector partnership that actively recognizes each credential in the relevant industry in the State or local area where the industry is located; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H441756C9A763404A9DBABFC38F66AFB2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provides the academic content and amount of instructional time that is sufficient to—</text> <item id="HA2F77E3D3E23472F967EA110DFD463A0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>meet the hiring requirements of potential employers; and</text> </item><item id="H7DE64482E7A64368A2A0EE73635CE303"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>satisfy any applicable educational prerequisites for professional licensure or certification requirements so that the student who completes the program and seeks employment qualifies to take any licensure or certification examination that is needed to practice or find employment in an occupation that the program prepares students to enter;</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Financial Aid Counseling for Borrowers</header> <section id="HE011AD76D3F64DA0959CECA0BAC960C2"><enum>201.</enum><header>Annual financial aid counseling</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 485(l) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(l)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BA4344A3D8B4E85A52FDE275CBE8FCF" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HAB3CA1F3EC6D428A84CBAAB8560FFA4A"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Annual financial aid counseling</header> <paragraph id="H2CD94683DC294F85958143E9B8DD3972"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual disclosure required</header> <subparagraph id="H7C0951647C3A449085038D89AFC32C59"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each eligible institution shall ensure that each individual who receives a loan made under part D (other than a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan) receives comprehensive information on the terms and conditions of such loan and the responsibilities the individual has with respect to such loan. Such information shall be provided, for each award year for which the individual receives such loan, in a simple and understandable manner—</text> <clause id="H5D270A28CC3D472C9EE47FE1043FB7E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during a counseling session conducted in person;</text> </clause><clause id="H399175CC1E9D4A7B9F7B668AA549672E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">online, with the individual acknowledging receipt of the information; or</text> </clause><clause id="H4B475426E59D448CBB35AAD6610D68C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">through the use of the online counseling tool described in subsection (k)(1)(B).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB080E2B527E43D88D050869F32553BE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of interactive programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of institutions not using the online counseling tool described in subsection (k)(1)(B), the Secretary shall require such institutions to carry out the requirements of subparagraph (A) through the use of interactive programs, during an annual counseling session that is in-person or online, that test the individual’s understanding of the terms and conditions of the loan awarded to the individual, using simple and understandable language and clear formatting.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H93F55830B414431A828959AC5A10317A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>All individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information to be provided under paragraph (1)(A) to each individual receiving counseling under this subsection shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H920963CD070C4BA8ABAA4937C1181428"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An explanation of how the individual may budget for typical educational expenses and a sample budget based on the cost of attendance for the institution.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5381A2878312478E813BA4C3437C66DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An explanation that an individual has a right to annually request a disclosure of information collected by a consumer reporting agency pursuant to section 612(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681j">15 U.S.C. 1681j(a)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB078F8695CCC4F60B5E757D5D3D01236"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the most recent data available from the American Community Survey available from the Department of Commerce, the estimated average income and percentage of employment in the State of domicile of the individual for individuals with—</text> <clause id="H23F5F5792EA54BF3BA377F774DC0932C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a high school diploma or equivalent;</text> </clause><clause id="H3CC0EB78A7C14EA5A29526BFE7C290EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>some post-secondary education without completion of a degree or certificate; and</text> </clause><clause id="H6A4FDD6AADA8431BA8111949312719B1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a bachelor’s degree.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09CF54A806B743A7B5D3F0FDDE61E818"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An introduction to the financial management resources provided by the Financial Literacy and Education Commission.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5745B9C57E04465082EBDF08E1D3664A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Borrowers receiving loans made under part D (other than Parent PLUS Loans)</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information to be provided under paragraph (1)(A) to a borrower of a loan made under part D (other than a Federal Direct PLUS Loan made on behalf of a dependent student) shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H35BAE746CEBE499FB39D7D5C0E38940C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To the extent practicable, the effect of accepting the loan to be disbursed on the eligibility of the borrower for other forms of student financial assistance.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C9D4DAD8F0043C0A7880AAED0893574"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An explanation of the use of the master promissory note.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF377DF596574DC1B159EEA47CD09F3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An explanation that the borrower is not required to accept the full amount of the loan offered to the borrower.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BD256AAE1F74E5E9D61A6E8A9F71970"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An explanation that the borrower should consider accepting any grant, scholarship, or State or Federal work-study jobs for which the borrower is eligible prior to accepting Federal student loans.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB4718C10DFF4C8D9E1571636401054F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recommendation to the borrower to exhaust the borrower’s Federal student loan options prior to taking out private education loans, an explanation that Federal student loans typically offer better terms and conditions than private education loans, an explanation of treatment of loans made under part D and private education loans in bankruptcy, and an explanation that if a borrower decides to take out a private education loan—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H0E8D3B17CA9E4837ADA467455134DC1D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the borrower has the ability to select a private educational lender of the borrower’s choice;</text> </clause><clause id="H336ADB94D3AB454C902BC8D7CF33AAAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the proposed private education loan may impact the borrower’s potential eligibility for other financial assistance, including Federal financial assistance under this title; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HFDBABD668DFE47E1BAEA0E6E7071926D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the borrower has a right—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H31D3BC6C435341489D6599E64A0D900C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to accept the terms of the private education loan within 30 calendar days following the date on which the application for such loan is approved and the borrower receives the required disclosure documents, pursuant to section 128(e) of the Truth in Lending Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1638">15 U.S.C. 1638(e)</external-xref>); and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HEE20362A19954DB2AE7001DF8C2611FE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to cancel such loan within 3 business days of the date on which the loan is consummated, pursuant to section 128(e)(7) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1638">15 U.S.C. 1638(e)(7)</external-xref>).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD86112FD9D14A7999D24493EEA3D362"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An explanation of the approved educational expenses for which the borrower may use a loan made under part D.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F6DABDA180943938EF12700400739F0"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Information on the annual and aggregate loan limits for Federal Direct Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC23C7834165446C9B9CFFAC89701964"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Information on how interest accrues and is capitalized during periods when the interest is not paid by either the borrower or the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B496ACACE3F4E84B594CEF9EB53A6A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>In the case of a Federal Direct PLUS Loan or a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, the option of the borrower to pay the interest while the borrower is in school.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5B08D240EB0C4DFFB630B6FEC240CC02"><enum>(J)</enum><text>The definition of half-time enrollment at the institution, during regular terms and summer school, if applicable, and the consequences of not maintaining at least half-time enrollment.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED835A14D20B40CD92429D89F7BD18E5"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An explanation of the importance of contacting the appropriate offices at the institution of higher education 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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF1100CB8BF44BD397A62140D705B99D"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a first-time borrower—</text> <clause id="H319229A9352E4CCE8FB396163843A31D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a statement of the anticipated balance on the loan for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection;</text> </clause><clause id="HA1EC0F2F8DDE479F8679D6DFC8EEE521"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on such anticipated balance, the anticipated monthly payment amount under, at minimum—</text> <subclause id="HA197FCC526A14D00B50BBF64BABBC4EF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the standard repayment plan; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7CC91E12A9AB4010983C5E52E32E891A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an income-based repayment plan under section 493C, as determined using regionally available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the average starting salary for the occupation in which the borrower has an interest in or intends to be employed;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H3851E921AF2B4B27BCBABAAAA21FA1F7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an estimate of the projected monthly payment amount under each repayment plan described in clause (ii), based on the average cumulative indebtedness at graduation for borrowers of loans made under part D who are in the same program of study as the borrower; and</text> </clause><clause id="H8978C3A0635445A8B103D7EA2E3A28EC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of how interest accrues once a student borrower enters into repayment status.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA232BB39D8554F2D8A91DE7A1CA4ED71"><enum>(M)</enum><text>For a borrower with an outstanding balance of principal or interest due on a loan made under this title—</text> <clause id="H28C31468DEDD4EA29AD8E43FFB96DA53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a current statement of the amount of such outstanding balance and interest accrued;</text> </clause><clause id="HFAC42CBE61434ACE99BEFDCB73C36D41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on such outstanding balance, the anticipated monthly payment amount under, at minimum, the standard repayment plan and, using regionally available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the average starting salary for the occupation the borrower intends to be employed, an income-based repayment plan under section 493C;</text> </clause><clause id="H873AA28C7B404BEAA04A3D26A749C60B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the projected monthly payment amount under each repayment plan described in clause (ii), based on—</text> <subclause id="H32A8F95194E54F02A12D27567568686F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the outstanding balance described in clause (i);</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9855370EAE5640678DB2DFB37E102A37"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the anticipated outstanding balance on the loan for which the student is receiving counseling under this subsection;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0777E53D3F0D49399528959FA630B8A4"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a projection for any other loans made under part D that the borrower is reasonably expected to accept during the borrower’s program of study based on at least the expected increase in the cost of attendance of such program; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HEF5B9B2487294C36B3AF6CEA965350E4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an explanation of how interest accrues once a student borrower enters into repayment status.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71D7EB31F08942748265146C0D91E93F"><enum>(N)</enum><text>The obligation of the borrower to repay the full amount of the loan, regardless of whether the borrower completes or does not complete the program in which the borrower is enrolled within the regular time for program completion.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H826D45A945774BE4BEE59E3A5F001338"><enum>(O)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The likely consequences of default on the loan, including adverse credit reports, delinquent debt collection procedures under Federal law, and litigation, and a notice of the institution’s most recent cohort default rate (defined in section 435(m)), an explanation of the cohort default rate, the most recent national average cohort default rate, and the most recent national average cohort default rate for the category of institution described in section 435(m)(4) to which the institution belongs.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE02AC31D34D4EA0BB8C3C285CA8CCC7"><enum>(P)</enum><text>Information on the National Student Loan Data System and how the borrower can access the borrower's records.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC52DBD7695B345728FC6E52D8EA0C977"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>The contact information for the institution’s financial aid office or other appropriate office at the institution 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><paragraph id="H93BE53B7A2D74987B2195EA3797C77BE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Borrowers receiving Parent PLUS Loans for dependent students</header><text>The information to be provided under paragraph (1)(A) to a borrower of a Federal Direct PLUS Loan made on behalf of a dependent student shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H2A76E790B5E04751B1C9B132A5EEC4D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The information described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) and (N) through (Q) of paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05486F154C9D43D88A9D58E4EA955E90"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The option of the borrower to pay the interest on the loan while the loan is in deferment.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A0B04F1ADBE4964BE00A8E7A69C5139"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a first-time borrower of such loan—</text> <clause id="HD51B5A105F9C470196B81D5E55975451"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a statement of the anticipated balance on the loan for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection;</text> </clause><clause id="H349CAD709DB74DAFA27DFB6F6B3077DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on such anticipated balance, the anticipated monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9BB98AD32A74489A8CAC9ECCCC643A40"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an estimate of the projected monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan, based on the average cumulative indebtedness of other borrowers of Federal Direct PLUS Loans made on behalf of dependent students who are in the same program of study as the student on whose behalf the borrower borrowed the loan.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC484356DCA849938036AD927183AAF9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a borrower with an outstanding balance of principal or interest due on such loan—</text> <clause id="H39933949BA3946FFAE177EB7C1A0680B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a statement of the amount of such outstanding balance;</text> </clause><clause id="HD4D2263D234A432D9F1B50D108533F91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on such outstanding balance, the anticipated monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan; and</text> </clause><clause id="HAA90471A8F97426B86E2A05185445E74"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the projected monthly payment amount under the standard repayment plan, based on—</text> <subclause id="H6EC2DADAB1194A3DBACD9C0F7394533A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the outstanding balance described in clause (i);</text> </subclause><subclause id="H852A88E8275A4BE19206727F0FA3D38B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the anticipated outstanding balance on the loan for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HD00A44EB7F694C0B99E6257181F02C74"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a projection for any other Federal Direct PLUS Loan made on behalf of the dependent student that the borrower is reasonably expected to accept during the program of study of such student based on at least the expected increase in the cost of attendance of such program.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CC8043ABB874512805E4B6AF904C08B"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debt management strategies that are designed to facilitate the repayment of such indebtedness.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2B41D3D69484B87AB4608107A5E9DA2"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An explanation that the borrower has the options to prepay each loan, pay each loan on a shorter schedule, and change repayment plans.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AFA0793E5BB44C6A88C5B74E055AC8B"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each Federal Direct PLUS Loan made on behalf of a dependent student for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection, the contact information for the loan servicer of the loan and a link to such servicer’s website.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7096247AB22441B9C390EF188622B7D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual loan acceptance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to making the first disbursement of a loan made under part D (other than a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan) to a borrower for an award year, an eligible institution, shall, as part of carrying out the counseling requirements of this subsection for the loan, ensure that after receiving the applicable counseling under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) for the loan the borrower accepts the loan for such award year by—</text> <subparagraph id="HB7A17441306D4A259ED955533A4845E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>signing the master promissory note for the loan;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D15E21A8B20413D99FCD7172FAD4A39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>signing and returning to the institution a separate written statement that affirmatively states that the borrower accepts the loan; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB8F997CB4B44790B150FB8040495D17"><enum>(C)</enum><text>electronically signing an electronic version of the statement described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HD3F0A5BA3EC9499CBC205382926BAA44"><enum>202.</enum><header>Exit counseling</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 485(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE1A91532D8FF46DCAA371D91D67402D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H11F0F9C5920043DAB3F73DB8BD8E74BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>through financial aid offices or otherwise</quote> and inserting <quote>through the use of an interactive program, during an exit counseling session that is in-person or online, or through the use of the online counseling tool described in subsection (k)(1)(A)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D7948F8B5664B468672263BC3DBF328"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as clauses (iv) through (xii), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8BDDB47459F4C41939B6D11C6172FF1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting before clause (iv), as so redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB6B5CF2E3A549FCA54CA35BC24F6E7E" style="OLC"> <clause id="H60EEB40C8FCB40F5A628FCEF1A16C970" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on the loans made to the borrower under part B, D, or E;</text> </clause><clause id="HFD3333CA047043A1AFD263E09202271B" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an explanation of the grace period preceding repayment and the expected date that the borrower will enter repayment;</text> </clause><clause id="H7F1B792AC0AA4B64A4A8A5F0C417164D" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation that the borrower has the option to pay any interest that has accrued while the borrower was in school or that may accrue during the grace period preceding repayment or during an authorized period of deferment or forbearance, prior to the capitalization of the interest; and</text> </clause><clause id="H3D71846B9AAE405C90189711B342BFE9" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of how interest accrues once a student borrower enters into repayment status, and an estimation of how much interest will accrue over time under the standard repayment plan and an income-based repayment plan under section 493C;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F1792CC956E4434803888E5D17F2053"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in clause (iv), as so redesignated—</text> <clause id="HBA9B8A50D53A4D5F99CCFC25F7C65889"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>sample information showing the average</quote> and inserting <quote>information, based on the borrower’s outstanding balance described in clause (i), showing the borrower’s</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2459D07059CE42B388E0B903FCECC55A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of each plan</quote> and inserting <quote>of at least the standard repayment plan and the income-based repayment plan under section 493C</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87AB9FA65FB44B12A85F446900F79690"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ix), as so redesignated—</text> <clause id="H6C5AFA87888C4EDFB554B4329B8EE3B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>decreased credit score,</quote> after <quote>credit reports,</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H3DE6215D025E4AF19047FDB9F3C3AC3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>reduced ability to rent or purchase a home or car, potential difficulty in securing employment,</quote> after <quote>Federal law,</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCD6C0A9DAB94C88B07688F64EF45DC1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in clause (x), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>consolidation loan under section 428C or a</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5BE3FC1441248F29281B55A3B83AF7D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in clauses (xi) and (xii), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB37033E397464563AAD4B51121D584F3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H006287CFA3AE44C38C627A535C4B614A" style="OLC"> <clause id="HB6A85ED57725489C948B9A7A546325B7" indent="up2"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each of the borrower’s loans made under part B, D, or E for which the borrower is receiving counseling under this subsection, the contact information for the loan servicer of the loan and a link to such servicer’s website; and</text> </clause><clause id="H72761886B4414B5BB7C064BE2F544658" indent="up2"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>an explanation that an individual has a right to annually request a disclosure of information collected by a consumer reporting agency pursuant to section 612(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681j">15 U.S.C. 1681j(a)</external-xref>).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D106BF341624D72BE4293A4F1BFEF05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H262BCE9F455F4A97BA5725E8DA0E99A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>online or</quote> before <quote>in writing</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFE3882C03DB34A8CA461811F65621DD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding before the period at the end the following: <quote>, except that in the case of an institution using the online counseling tool described in subsection (k)(1)(A), the Secretary shall attempt to provide such information to the student in the manner described in subsection (k)(3)(C)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFE30CBA5CC05429F93C5A7CBC0BEB079"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting <quote>, such as the online counseling tool described in subsection (k)(1)(A),</quote> after <quote>electronic means</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H36121DC7502F4AB4A3F33D45B283020D"><enum>203.</enum><header>Online counseling tools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 485(k) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCCDD36809BE48F286B77402E723194D" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3F23D58AC88143C1B7E69C13CBB12077"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Online counseling tools</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC80F1DEDDEB24FC59507F226E3E54DCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Achieving Independence through Degrees Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall maintain—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE700258E946F41B1B85927880B9FAE66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an online counseling tool that provides the exit counseling required under subsection (b) and meets the applicable requirements of this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H96B7F97C9E2B4FBFAE1C65D02EFF452A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an online counseling tool that provides the annual counseling required under subsection (l) and meets the applicable requirements of this subsection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A525005E47E4AB5B7684C2852E58185"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements of tools</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In maintaining the online counseling tools described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that each such tool is—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB8773CE5BC2E41D69FE524D5A30C3F20"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consumer tested, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, to ensure that the tool is effective in helping individuals understand their rights and obligations with respect to borrowing a loan made under part D;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9558E504B245476895AEF1B25CCEEEE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>understandable to students who are borrowers of loans made under part D; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B712F1A522B440E999E48628AA933F0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>freely available to all eligible institutions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9BC98B0CAB714B87A9038CB1A19C26F1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Record of counseling completion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H987D45AF6E4F48408BD291C2F989AFA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use each online counseling tool described in paragraph (1) to keep a record of which individuals have received counseling using the tool, and notify the applicable institutions of the individual’s completion of such counseling;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5214B3A035B148ED9AA26BD4CE5AF915"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a borrower who receives annual counseling for a loan made under part D using the tool described in paragraph (1)(B), notify the borrower by when the borrower should accept, in a manner described in subsection (l)(6), the loan for which the borrower has received such counseling; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H149DA67EB8224DC2B92F65448A71EB80"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a borrower described in subsection (b)(1)(B) at an institution that uses the online counseling tool described in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, the Secretary shall attempt to provide the information described in subsection (b)(1)(A) to the borrower through such tool.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HA8EDA1804C86424E804AA8575DC10B7C"><enum>204.</enum><header>Longitudinal study on the effectiveness of student loan counseling</header> <subsection id="H3342182F1C664BC6AE4C022EDA96FE7F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall begin conducting a rigorous, longitudinal study of the impact and effectiveness of the student loan counseling—</text> <paragraph id="H3F17FF418F914299AF42429D34CA1435"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provided under subsections (b), (l), and (k) of section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1092">20 U.S.C. 1092</external-xref>), as amended by this Act; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB8709C95145F45869F21054FF3BE3882"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provided through such other means as the Secretary of Education may determine.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F4135D948C14827AB6231FF2FDE5261"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header> <paragraph id="HBCA64F2A121B469895C6B196833561DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Borrower information</header><text>The longitudinal study carried out under subsection (a) shall include borrower information, in the aggregate and disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, income, and status as an individual with a disability, on—</text> <subparagraph id="H26084D3B768A4E60838BC73B49207971"><enum>(A)</enum><text>student persistence;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62A41B99B8CD440B9E844C4580BC2141"><enum>(B)</enum><text>degree attainment;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7FACF047859440C85125F75C93AFA6D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>program completion;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4416BE360F004EF39C31B3C07A2F1ED0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>successful entry into student loan repayment;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6508DA18A6AC4604AFE534C8983DC38B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>cumulative borrowing levels; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C8C8C4F668E4244B26FAFFEFF928246"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other factors as the Secretary of Education may determine.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE48839E7629B4E6989B4796E491551A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The disaggregation under paragraph (1) shall not be required in a case in which the number of borrowers in a category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual borrower.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6672F68F979E4D949C29397B6B3B94AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interim reports</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the commencement of the study under subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Education shall evaluate the progress of the study and report any short-term findings to the appropriate committees of Congress.</text> </subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Adjustments to the FAFSA Form</header> <section id="HBC79FFE709224689AEFBE45A185F43F0"><enum>301.</enum><header>Provisional independence for certain students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1090">20 U.S.C. 1090</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H29226C43260A4A81B51137C14C95BC3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(1), by inserting the following before the semicolon: <quote>, including the special circumstances under which a student may qualify for a determination of independence</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCC3BEC7945C24E99B1F9EC0AC538CE6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B1A2AA93A9649B5A2B57AE48BD51228" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3A078FDC99D04EE4BE0BD4C12CDF5088"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Provisional Independent Students</header> <paragraph id="HBE52190F66374CEF8FABDB816AEEFCC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements for the Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H2F032DA15FD342388A9969B0D5254830"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enable each student who, based on the special circumstance specified in subsection (h)(1), may qualify for an adjustment under section 479A that will result in a determination of independence under such section and section 480(d)(1)(I), to complete the forms developed by the Secretary under subsection (a) as an independent student for the purpose of a provisional determination of the student’s Federal financial aid award, but subject to verification under paragraph (2)(E) for the purpose of the final determination of the award;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4A8F57FB9F34B20A774653BD9B15E61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon completion of the forms developed by the Secretary under subsection (a), provide an estimate of the student’s Federal Pell Grant award, based on the assumption the student is determined to be an independent student;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECB05CACFDC84A88A561A8F2679046EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that, on each form developed under this section, there is a single and easily understood screening question to identify an applicant for aid who wishes to provisionally apply for independent status under sections 479A and 480(d)(1)(I); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B5118110F4640D6B03E4676FE20939D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>specify, on the forms, the consequences under section 490(a) of knowingly and willfully completing the forms as an independent student under subparagraph (A) without meeting the special circumstances to qualify for such a determination.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE710DE4CE5A14DA990AF5E1E46A2CB61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for financial aid administrators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a student accepted for admission who completes the forms as an independent student under paragraph (1)(A), a financial aid administrator—</text> <subparagraph id="H64F7F2CD3E46446FB5C2508585952501"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall notify the student of the institutional process and requirements for an adjustment under sections 479A and 480(d)(1)(I) that will result in a determination of independence under such sections within a reasonable time after the student completes the forms developed by the Secretary under subsection (a) as an independent student for the purpose of a provisional determination of the student’s Federal financial aid award;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8684E34BBC6A43C1ABB44C7B5160546E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may make an adjustment under sections 479A and 480(d)(1)(I) for a determination of independence in the absence of conflicting information;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE46F49DEB1B449DDB189614024EC9544"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall provide a final determination of the student’s Federal financial aid award to the student in the same manner as, and by not later than the date that, the administrator provides most other provisionally independent students their final determinations of Federal financial aid awards, or during the award year in which the student initially submits an application, whichever comes sooner;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9929EF33BE24C2FB1D6F80E6C00A610"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall, in making a final determination of the student’s Federal financial aid award, use the discretion provided under sections 479A and 480(d)(1)(I) to verify whether the student meets the special circumstances to qualify as an independent student;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDF312B65003438E9BADDD5B81CD4F79"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in accordance with paragraph (B), may consider as adequate verification that a student qualifies for an adjustment under sections 479A and 480(d)(1)(I)—</text> <clause id="H23854CEDC4E44BD3A4923361E4F6060C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>submission of a court order or official Federal or State documentation that the student’s parent or legal guardian is incarcerated in any Federal or State penal institution;</text> </clause><clause id="H7B6FD70A44444088BEA392819659CC80"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a documented phone call with, or a written statement from—</text> <subclause id="H8D6DCD90CAF24B3B96573486FF670746"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a child welfare agency authorized by a State or county;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H93CC13D7263F4FE18511CC0D15F8D7CB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a Tribal child welfare authority;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HFE4384A8F09D4F1B8F56D1D08F5C70CD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an independent living case worker; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="HC1576ADAE46C4D1A91D492674340A731"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a public or private agency, facility, or program serving the victims of abuse, neglect, assault, or violence;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HAA31A061E57B40DE98F6349B7EB431F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a documented phone call with, or a written statement from, an attorney, a guardian ad litem, or a court appointed special advocate, documenting that person’s relationship to the student;</text> </clause><clause id="HFEF513FD8714455286D9B7C4968292A2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a documented phone call with, or a written statement from, a representative of a program under chapter 1 or 2 of subpart 2 of part A; or</text> </clause><clause id="HEABD4795D39444D3BB0B5EE7AA474A75"><enum>(v)</enum><text>submission of a copy of the student’s biological or adoptive parents’ or legal guardians’—</text> <subclause id="H07E0935A51FB421FB31007F563D0D7F7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>certificates of death; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H1EE7E448BC2246FC9F1539E0C25002CB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>verified obituaries;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3107F52C953F4801957F72B2ADB2F5A4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>if a student does not have, and cannot get, documentation from any of the designated authorities described in subparagraph (E) of whether a student may qualify for an adjustment under sections 479A and 480(d)(1)(I) that will result in a determination of independence, may base the verification and final determination on—</text> <clause id="H1881B4F79F704CE5A46A057B09385C52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a documented interview with the student that is limited to whether the student meets the requirements, and not about the reasons for the student’s situations; and</text> </clause><clause id="H283BA131DAB642178674943DBAFBBACC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an attestation from the student that they meet the requirements, which includes a description of the approximate dates that the student ended the financial or caregiving relationship with their parent or legal guardian, to the best of the student’s knowledge;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DB8D622C3154061A6DC6C93B0BE8B2E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>retain all documents related to the adjustment under sections 479A and 480(d)(1)(I), including documented interviews, for the duration of the student’s enrollment at the institution and for a minimum of 1 year after the student is no longer enrolled at the institution; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC66E3E4C6E14D4693D2DAC59A34A51C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>shall presume that any student who has obtained an adjustment under sections 479A and 480(d)(1)(I) and a final determination of independence for a preceding award year at an institution to be independent for a subsequent award year at the same institution unless—</text> <clause id="HBBAE3211941C4B33BAE957E674FEE08D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the student informs the institution that circumstances have changed; or</text> </clause><clause id="H6BB4153992FE4AADA0CE84C6C0282BA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the institution has specific conflicting information about the student’s independence.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="H22A014DF785149E8B842C683B3465683"><enum>302.</enum><header>Revision of FAFSA form</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1090">20 U.S.C. 1090</external-xref>), as amended by section 301, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61883BFA3837445EB2BC866B8902F0E6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE61EFABD489B43928289900FB2CA4B5A"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Convictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not include any question about the conviction of an applicant for the possession or sale of illegal drugs on the FAFSA (or any other form developed under subsection (a)).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H056A28A7EC734CBEA778957E5F4A0F47"><enum>303.</enum><header>Repeal of suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses</header> <subsection id="H602CFFC7F8BD4AD98269977BDECEDC6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091">20 U.S.C. 1091</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (r).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H41A066CAC5764429A85FEA77D9EF72F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1091">20 U.S.C. 1091</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating subsections (s), (t), and (u) as subsections (r), (s), and (t), respectively.</text> </subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Financial Aid Shopping Sheet</header> <section id="H08CA9B1ECA704FBC9418E556D4E0E8D6"><enum>401.</enum><header>Secretarial requirements</header> <subsection id="H3F048D7DB523465E9B9988DF5648AEC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, shall develop and finalize a financial shopping sheet that ensures each institution of higher education provides meaningful information about the financial cost and quality of such institution to students (including students who have authorized the Department of Education to send the student’s Institutional Student Information Record to such institution) to assist such students in determining how to use financial aid to attend such institution, and which—</text> <paragraph id="HFD475451CBEE46CD98267F4A15D0BF8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is standardized so that it can be used by all institutions of higher education;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA000EEA864654E8095783B9B18EB1850"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is consumer tested, and presented in a manner that is simple and easily understandable; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB563CA94F9F0450FADED4BF2CE270DA3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is personalized for each student who receives such sheet by including—</text> <subparagraph id="HF0DC8E00C100438584A6226587B5172C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of attendance of the educational program in which the student is enrolled or seeks to be enrolled;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E47BBE776D3401B85FB74FEFB99816A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the type of Federal educational benefits available to assist in covering such cost of attendance, including loans and grants under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H958851D5FB224136835F7D3DF210C513"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the amount of financial aid, including Federal, State, institutional, or other aid that can be used to assist in covering such cost of attendance;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A9E8A000D91447F8410F7BFAF7F7EDC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>information about student outcomes for students who graduate from such educational program, including, based upon the most recent data available—</text> <clause id="HA234F3A15CF847A699CDCF4904CE5403"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the graduation rate;</text> </clause><clause id="H154FC016818445D0A45186744C63AE73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the loan repayment rate; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9BDFA130FD5346BB864784DFC5A7DD81"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the estimated loan debt upon graduation; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8839B521EB11468EB83354505B53C630"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other information that facilitates comparison of aid packages offered by different institutions of higher education.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6627DF9BBB7242C9B65CD935CF5A30EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <paragraph id="HE811353EE766400CA5C3AFB23BCFBD21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost of attendance</header><text>The term <term>cost of attendance</term> has the meaning given the term in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087ll">20 U.S.C. 1087ll</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7999879A9C5947EC8F698438E8BEF08A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institution of higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1C73A066D6C94C20A2A563F6722781E7"><enum>402.</enum><header>Requirements for institutions of higher education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1094">20 U.S.C. 1094(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB726FDB13FD04038BCE13B98B89F8988" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9A4D22180F6D4E568058287B6880FC9D"><enum>(30)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The institution will use a financial aid shopping sheet described in 401(a) of the <short-title>Achieving Independence through Degrees Act</short-title> as its sole financial award letter or include such sheet as a supplemental cover to such financial award letter.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><enum>V</enum><header>SNAP and Higher Education</header> <section id="HC9B0278455C4421E89D8607D466E2593"><enum>501.</enum><header>SNAP treatment of living expenses included in educational loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1B2ABEFD740449549D6CACED4732438C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="H1162595999FA409F81401738E4CA09C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B) by striking <quote>other than</quote> and inserting <quote>including</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE60DCF4E45A44933A8ED9362CAF0FA5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the proviso of paragraph (5) by striking <quote>, and no portion</quote> and all that follows through <quote>expenses,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34AF893DE5E9446486466121ACDD1BFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF66880B549504D36AF0C58C384DD559D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E4D6F73A109411CA721BB1ED488B9F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H8DD3ACB627A9415BB80523FB35E6783E"><enum>502.</enum><header>Eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE3E362E096554E488B435EAADE2E9DF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H46B661C1C9AE417E8B1B76B45FE46936"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4A04672907D242E1B5E57147A4E10DAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H09D1655D91394CFC83F2FCFDC235F58B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HA948B4FCE3FE489D9377F002A064C77F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>has an expected family contribution of zero, as determined by the procedures established in part F of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087kk-1087vv">20 U.S.C. 1087kk–1087vv</external-xref>); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H34073515D7C54F14A3E4AA50568B3A2C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>is determined to be <quote>independent</quote> based on one of the criteria specified in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (G), and (H) of section 480(d)(1) of the Higher Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087vv">20 U.S.C. 1087vv</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Adjustments to Campus-Based Student Financial Aid Programs</header> <part id="H95CBAC0439004A0594281057B77B4BC2"><enum>A</enum><header>Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants</header> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H024B5C884B23458E8F576FC7F620A319" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Purpose; appropriations authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 413A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070b">20 U.S.C. 1070b</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H83DC6E72DE3C45D683D6836931396AAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H73F3E76D76FB429FB2CD2951F6BE2CCC" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H067E583EFE4F4752830E48EE37249F15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose of subpart</header><text>It is the purpose of this subpart to—</text> <paragraph id="H1FEF4915C49D443BA516E8C7CEABEB30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide, through institutions of higher education, supplemental grants to assist in making available the benefits of postsecondary education to qualified students who demonstrate financial need in accordance with the provisions of part F of this title; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6D62243874C4B9D9EEA7913503AF94C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to establish demonstration projects at various institutions of higher education, as defined in section 101, to determine best practices and policies regarding the distribution of emergency grant aid to assist students in completing their program of study, notwithstanding aid they may have received in accordance with the provisions of part F of this title.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H54AD05DB24E547279E38B000936C2328"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>appropriated</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H24DD3B08C00F49B9A16C8A4ABA67F190" style="OLC"> <text>appropriated—</text><subparagraph id="H048B343DB262489CBCC045A9D0F0F2A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA69E591C0984476DA954AE5DA9191950"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H468F95775E604DB089F280530646C47B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$1,450,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCCF4CCE162142EB88995EE24D36BF92"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$1,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2DDD8AB35D340D5BB15E6D18D1C620C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$1,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD7F528492AED4C12BC91DB1D17F3EE6F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC2EF5994B6184EAAA1177AEF6D44AA4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H54F282326F8B4047902AEB4FEDF3BE6E" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HA914E28C90ED477CA2A7FB7D877EB399"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the purpose of enabling the Secretary to fund demonstration projects under section 413(F), there are allocated, from funds authorized under paragraph (b)(1), $1,250,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each of the 3 succeeding fiscal years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="H73187A2F8145454E9846A5368D9349FB"><enum>602.</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 413D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070b-3">20 U.S.C. 1070b–3</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H6CE1FE4C590E4DA3A28AB2A4C0662878" style="OLC"> <section id="H635BCB4740B341E7BFCF47EE3AD308C7"><enum>413D.</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header> <subsection id="H86908D4BEC3F4FD7894EFD95D6EBFE0E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allocation formula for fiscal years 2020 through 2024</header> <paragraph id="HDE5D5FDDE1C24F07ADA4B7D0BC1BD191"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amount appropriated under section 413A(b)(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each institution—</text> <subparagraph id="H6B843965E760486DBA4AF01D23DF2FF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="HABEC75799AFE4867B665422C681CCA79"><enum>(i)</enum><text>90 percent of the amount the institution received under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2019, as such subsection was in effect with respect to such fiscal year (in this subparagraph referred to as <quote>the 2019 amount for the institution</quote>); or</text> </clause><clause id="H0505C49E0F0740EDB8DF2C2B7C5E21B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (c);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H775FC87719E74D4588803961ED80D935"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2021, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="H231790FCC1B04D8E86D16EFFFDF8482C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>80 percent of the 2019 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="HDC7D24B4433C423DA6816E6FF43DCCD6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (c);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90CF6246D2D5427BAF363A0902316EFF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2022, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="H4DE08367FBAA465CB6E663D8DB8601B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>60 percent of the 2019 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="HBFF87BF25A1E4782B3C967D66A8D8492"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (c);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2084A655714429FB441677B49D74F78"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2023, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="H2043BEA7109047F5AE93A0262C2E6E17"><enum>(i)</enum><text>40 percent of the 2019 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="H2E0FDBF3D7774604A7CF3818679123E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (c); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BAEB3AB626E42D68C1A05EC3E698B66"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2024, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="H0A1EAF9FECA94E838D0F81A54C195D40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 percent of the 2019 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="HB7C89FDF0A0647BA94FAC1822B8F4B60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (c).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E5237EBD6B44682A7BA20808743D118"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ratable reduction</header> <subparagraph id="HA46FA30A68F64CC886B9182571BFBA11"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the amount appropriated under section 413A(b)(1) for a fiscal year is less than the amount required to be allocated to the institutions under this subsection, then the amount of the allocation to each institution shall be ratably reduced.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8363E5A4B8F5479CB8BBA2B71E6E1B98"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional appropriations</header><text>If the amounts allocated to each institution are ratably reduced under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year and additional amounts are appropriated for such fiscal year, the amount allocated to each institution from the additional amounts shall be increased on the same basis as the amounts under subparagraph (A) were reduced (until each institution receives the amount required to be allocated under this subsection).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H13F0FB4ED50648C9B46CFAB9D21792F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation formula for fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year</header><text>From the amount appropriated under section 413A(b)(1) for fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each institution the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (c).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H54C32BC22DD54767881F565082595FBA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination of fair share amount</header> <paragraph id="H5CD89AA2E40544F5A8BEFFFFD51FEB79"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the fair share amount for an institution for a fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the institution’s undergraduate student need described in paragraph (2) for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1B400ACCDE974C658569222625F00194"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institutional undergraduate student need</header><text>The undergraduate student need for an institution for a fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HCB1E2CE496604ECA931C12C7CB02BC27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that bears the same proportion to the available appropriated amount for such fiscal year as the total amount of Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at the institution for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at all institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H176FE7362B4146CB9556158C145E8777"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that bears the same proportion to the available appropriated amount for such fiscal year as the total amount of the undergraduate student need at the institution for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of undergraduate student need at all institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H57D7725014F04ED78BB23E864964E422"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility for fair share amount</header><text>The Secretary may not allocate funds under this part to any institution that, for 2 or more fiscal years during any 3 fiscal year period beginning not earlier than the first day of the first fiscal year that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, has a student population with less than 7 percent of undergraduate students who are recipients of Federal Pell Grants.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></part><part id="H7D70ED88F4724750905D8977C5421431"><enum>B</enum><header>Federal Work-Study Programs</header> <section id="H1B7340DD67634508B6E7E297B8802E52"><enum>610.</enum><header>Purpose; authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 441 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-51">20 U.S.C. 1087–51</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1565F84E05FA4411BA4D5F0AC7BF9F1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>part, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.</quote> and inserting</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD21EF1A8563F4980914AB39E1483F068" style="OLC"> <text>part—</text><paragraph id="H03A8414F34814401A0975C9EA8EB3481"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB86B6724AE1645D5B36A921B77BA8650"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H86EA7DF7249F49ACBF623AB4BC92CD05"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3A3EAA10B61041018E58393C489DAC90"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$2,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAD0599CAC9DF4E788E409B0EF349EDDE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF70FB355622440239B9DAA46F707CD22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB60A8351D59C46A9A3D3C635D1AA803B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D6F97A5C2684CE188144363C6595485"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5323E3591719497AA840772D3343B8F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H49030238420E4CBC8171FD5309A2D455" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3CFF1327E58A499E9780ACCCA6E39A69"><enum>(5)</enum><text>work-based learning designed to give students experience in any activity described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), whether or not credit is awarded.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H004E2787B3174642A2356240FC56E6E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HFA34EB4F7A794757B727BE4A5336E0E2" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H4C09B0FD1AFD4CD3B409C9EA3D34ACF2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Work-Based learning defined</header><text>For purposes of this part, the term <term>work-based learning</term> means sustained interactions with industry, community, or academic professionals in real workplace settings that—</text> <paragraph id="H7BE5FB6E3FAE4EB1BA09AFDC2C8C8F4A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>foster in-depth, first-hand engagement with the tasks required of a given career field that are aligned to a student’s field of study; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA551E5E9CFAA4548ADF665080021565A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may include internships, fellowships, and apprenticeships.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="H4C5B456918AA4865816ACE0F45B14031"><enum>611.</enum><header>Allocation formula</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 442 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-52">20 U.S.C. 1087–52</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HA2E057B34FE8422ABD2BC2A4640311E8" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HFE9EDBAD858645368CA05A02A23178A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservations</header> <paragraph id="HD637C7BF1F8E484EB1C1C393AB58AFFC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation for improved institutions</header> <subparagraph id="H950406A46EFB4DC1B2BDBE3C1B502BBA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amount of reservation for improved institutions</header><text>Beginning with the first fiscal year that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of the AID Act, for a fiscal year in which the amount appropriated under section 441(b) exceeds $700,000,000, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="HAD03D23F9F4B44AA8631FC11DB4A1C84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reserve the lesser of—</text> <subclause id="H945600B249924148931A602032476811"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount by which the amount appropriated under section 441(b) exceeds $700,000,000; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="HF6D85424C5414CCFAE7E25CBA3FEA1AC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$150,000,000; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H2D7A4DB7D66D40C4B6CBA5B3B679A28F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>allocate the amount reserved under clause (i) to each improved institution in an amount equal to the greater of the following:</text> <subclause id="HA15AF0C8122042ED86568C955DA1CCB8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The amount that bears the same proportion to the amount reserved under clause (i) as the total amount of all Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at the improved institution for the second preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at improved institutions participating under this part for the second preceding fiscal year.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9B125A91EFE14EBD9F564CC9C8804287"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$5,000.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E3FB54C300E4AF6BA7DE79ABC2A504C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Improved institution described</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, an improved institution is an institution that, on the date the Secretary makes an allocation under subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text> <clause id="H0FFDCDBC53C646E0AA6C439477C802B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is an institution of higher education (as defined under section 101);</text> </clause><clause id="H7EA5DD3239F44C55ABA371D75685EA85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the requirements of subsection (d)(5); and</text> </clause><clause id="HF7A6126AB70A4E26BAE5C4A3BABE09C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is with respect to—</text> <subclause id="H1BBC546B35004A788EE2FADA6DCDE68C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the completion rate or graduation rate of Federal Pell Grant recipients at the institution, in the top 75 percent of all institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H882D79F069C848338F92773DF19B1AA3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the percentage of Federal Pell Grant recipients at the institution, in the top 50 percent of the institutions described in subclause (I); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA615F20154B145AA8D1ACFAA0748E074"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the annual increase in the completion rate or graduation rate of Federal Pell Grant recipients at the institution, in the top 50 percent of the institutions described in subclauses (I) and (II).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5290C49B9E4D428FA8717440EF276675"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Completion rate or graduation rate</header><text>For purposes of determining the completion rate or graduation rate under this section, a Federal Pell Grant recipient who is either a full-time student or a part-time student shall be counted as a completer or graduate if, within 150 percent of the normal time for completion of or graduation from the program, the student has completed or graduated from the program, or enrolled in any program of an institution participating in any program under this title for which the prior program provides substantial preparation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE71C0BA4B36B4EDF8A590AD1C9AA3290"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservation for grant program</header><text>From the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for a fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary reserves funds under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reserve $30,000,000 to carry out grants under section 449.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6099E409F57E4B0798AE231BA91AD1A6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reallocation of amount returned by improved institutions</header><text>If an institution returns to the Secretary any portion of the sums allocated to such institution under this subsection for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallot such excess to improved institutions on the same basis as under paragraph (1)(A).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9905203A92374E49A80CDB4CC22707DA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Beginning 1 year after the first allocations are made to improved institutions under paragraph (1)(A) and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall make publicly available—</text> <subparagraph id="H833B00F2CE274EE9A378B86ABE60AF6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of the improved institutions that received funding under such paragraph in the prior fiscal year;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DB41849EBF54D40AE55DF194D630527"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage of students at each such improved institution that are Federal Pell Grant recipients;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6794D789A56D4F2FB470745BC628A710"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the completion rate or graduation rate for the students described in subparagraph (B) with respect to each such improved institution; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35DB5860BD304735A89AD02BAD67F84D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a comparison between the information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) for the prior fiscal year for such improved institution, and such information for the year prior to such year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA10E5773A7EB4B2E829197319669D1C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation formula for fiscal years 2020 through 2024</header> <paragraph id="H6211568880F54AF5B8B4D8803BA636FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for a fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary reserves funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate to each institution—</text> <subparagraph id="H79C3E9B192B645D2BEF18A3660481D8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="HA618B974131D4BA68B54344D60E50A40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>90 percent of the amount the institution received under this subsection and subsection (a) for fiscal year 2020, as such subsections were in effect with respect to such fiscal year (in this subparagraph referred to as <quote>the 2020 amount for the institution</quote>); or</text> </clause><clause id="H0FFE8EA08ACE438380729824A3EACE90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94C3EE64EB794B3B9A72259ADF98AE29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2021, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="H2ACA6FAD903B401E9CB564354782AC74"><enum>(i)</enum><text>80 percent of the 2020 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="H782460A210B442D89DB2CCE8AF25948D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H860B980CEBF141E499B009A03924CC65"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2022, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="HFA38F47904634E6099E1A0923B538438"><enum>(i)</enum><text>60 percent of the 2020 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="H954FF0801BFC497DBE257A669C8E5C2E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB93015DB0194315A4172354177C6184"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2023, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="HE24ABC86434549FDAF370CDE212923DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>40 percent of the 2020 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="HF62B59CCDA5F4CCDA8E4CB851CA21195"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4ACF88FE7D594A529C957A290A9EAAD9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2024, an amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause id="H402491B2EEDE4D22AE8A4A7C809DA992"><enum>(i)</enum><text>20 percent of the 2020 amount for the institution; or</text> </clause><clause id="H1EE7B885BF944C41BB50ABF1AB6F1806"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E6B953928C9417F8A4E74CAA45C9625"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ratable reduction</header> <subparagraph id="HAD3355E201B644D28AA1478456495162"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for a fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary reserves funds under subsection (a) is less than the amount required to be allocated to the institutions under this subsection, then the amount of the allocation to each institution shall be ratably reduced.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA39F0CE89BAB43F69FB0376BA949E415"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional appropriations</header><text>If the amounts allocated to each institution are ratably reduced under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year and additional amounts are appropriated for such fiscal year, the amount allocated to each institution from the additional amounts shall be increased on the same basis as the amounts under subparagraph (A) were reduced (until each institution receives the amount required to be allocated under this subsection).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H016871E0D7C9457FA94AC409A30B39BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation formula for fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (d)(5), from the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary reserves funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate to each institution the fair share amount for the institution determined under subsection (d).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H356866F9AB1E408DB3348B04A979D4F7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determination of fair share amount</header> <paragraph id="H9432B2B93DCD4A2D98690BAA6B917B22"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the fair share amount for an institution for a fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of—</text> <subparagraph id="HEFFC37868B6C4B759C710261CAF1EA5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>100 percent of the institution’s undergraduate student need described in paragraph (2) for the preceding fiscal year; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED1ADF06C0584937B3F3A71AA3BEA716"><enum>(B)</enum><text>25 percent of the institution’s graduate student need described in paragraph (3) for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9C01FB9F4B76458F9711AC9FBC64D646"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institutional undergraduate student need</header><text>The undergraduate student need for an institution for a fiscal year shall be equal to the sum of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H191B37D326184D84960EE2826DEF8A7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that bears the same proportion to the available appropriated amount for such fiscal year as the total amount of Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at the institution for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of Federal Pell Grant funds awarded at all institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B8AFF126CA64EC483783E38A40ADA71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An amount equal to 50 percent of the amount that bears the same proportion to the available appropriated amount for such fiscal year as the total amount of the undergraduate student need at the institution for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of undergraduate student need at all institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H870EAFD254304D2999791E22A2D61C36"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Institutional graduate student need</header><text>The graduate student need for an institution for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the same proportion to the available appropriated amount for such fiscal year as the total amount of the graduate student need at the institution for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount of graduate student need at all institutions participating under this part for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H598F7410158D46FA99BAAC2CEBF3D3ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility for fair share amount</header><text>The Secretary may not allocate funds under this part to any institution that, for two or more fiscal years during any three fiscal year period beginning not earlier than the first day of the first fiscal year that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, has—</text> <subparagraph id="H5203332928774469BC577A9FA300914A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a student population with less than 7 percent of undergraduate students who are recipients of Federal Pell Grants; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C4FCEB244A04723962CE46AD5DDAD93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the institution only enrolls graduate students, a student population with less than 5 percent of students that have an expected family contribution of zero.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA89EB0A4F2347929BFA5084AC671688"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HCC90F5A147C8478198386D223AAA4D76"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Available appropriated amount</header><text>In this section, the term <term>available appropriated amount</term> means—</text> <clause id="H10EAD3BDCC3644448E17E670D4414645"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for a fiscal year, minus</text> </clause><clause id="HF1DD98222BF24BE2B8A7CDDFC534C2BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amounts reserved under subsection (a) for such fiscal year.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06BB52CE68204F4587B65A150C7E4E34"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Average cost of attendance</header><text>The term <term>average cost of attendance</term> means, with respect to an institution, the average of the attendance costs for a fiscal year for students which shall include—</text> <clause id="H77021733B7A046378DE9FC0EDFA00AE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>tuition and fees, computed on the basis of information reported by the institution to the Secretary, which shall include—</text> <subclause id="H9EBD0F4F84534D76986542B6A512FB18"><enum>(I)</enum><text>total revenue received by the institution from undergraduate and graduate tuition and fees for the second year preceding the year for which it is applying for an allocation; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HCE8BB039AB114714B5D53A3B03A5C164"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the institution’s enrollment for such second preceding year;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HF90A9E74A6C94748B12C6673BDA9B1C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>standard living expenses equal to 150 percent of the difference between the income protection allowance for a family of five with one in college and the income protection allowance for a family of six with one in college for a single independent student; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9156BCD0CF2141409E3818065A552A1D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>books and supplies, in an amount not exceeding $1,000.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7AAE9CD3CE24287BEDBFACDFC7E5AEF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Graduate student need</header><text>The term <term>graduate student need</term> means, with respect to a graduate student for a fiscal year, the lesser of the following:</text> <clause id="HC696858019D74588BD3050B6091537C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The amount equal to (except the amount computed by this clause shall not be less than zero)—</text> <subclause id="H0C7878BF14BC4F679E32401494EAE117"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the average cost of attendance for the preceding fiscal year, minus</text> </subclause><subclause id="H384CE7D83D4441CE892E253737587B49"><enum>(II)</enum><text>each such graduate student’s expected family contribution (computed in accordance with part F of this title) for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H073C592DDCEE4E079CE884433834137A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The total loan limit for a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D9B74A94C9747B09815EF01E0CF4778"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Undergraduate student need</header><text>The term <term>undergraduate student need</term> means, with respect to an undergraduate student for a fiscal year, the lesser of the following:</text> <clause id="H5ED9102FEEF646AA9827CC97E5333FAE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The total of the amount equal to (except the amount computed by this clause shall not be less than zero)—</text> <subclause id="HAD33671593C4435ABBD18D999DE9B8CD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the average cost of attendance for the fiscal year, minus</text> </subclause><subclause id="HE7A8D037AF9047E9AE82CCF707D19584"><enum>(II)</enum><text>each such undergraduate student’s expected family contribution (computed in accordance with part F of this title) for the preceding fiscal year.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H3A8EA3273157490EA6BEB148D8BD1D7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The total loan limit for a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan and a Federal Direct Loan.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0077FF815202474F81885F43C3C04F77"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Return of surplus allocated funds</header> <paragraph id="H6F5083D5290940CD938AE7E56A25D4B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except with respect to funds returned under subsection (a)(3), if an institution returns to the Secretary any portion of the sums allocated to such institution under this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallot such excess to institutions that used at least 10 percent of the total amount of funds granted to such institution under this section to compensate students employed during a qualified period of nonenrollment (as such term is defined in section 443(f)) on the same basis as excess eligible amounts are allocated under subsection (d).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7888AE9A4D6444CB8CAF26BDE6346D7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds received by institutions pursuant to this subsection shall be used to compensate students employed in work-based learning positions.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF92E1E77F4EC4167A460FAC3C972725A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Retained funds</header> <subparagraph id="HE9FF0A5C8EED43399C0DFF012C4EE3FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amount returned</header><text>If an institution returns more than 10 percent of its allocation under paragraph (1), the institution’s allocation for the next fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount returned.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95765128EB6B41F492BF5ADACFEFE207"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive this paragraph for a specific institution if the Secretary finds that enforcing this paragraph would be contrary to the interest of the program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5CCDBF7CF3324750BCA71E874D4FDC0E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Filing deadlines</header><text>The Secretary may require applications under this section, 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> </section><section id="H4EC8C32EA6C44DBB9214455BD3567021"><enum>612.</enum><header>Grants for Federal work-study programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 443 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-53">20 U.S.C. 1087–53</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H55A2D3A479614A6194C306B9B0734153"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDC74B612532241B4BB448FDC3D60154B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HBE3E16DB27CF4CD99A9C12846875C861" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H783A460BCA514C9BBD86DC1B41A7681C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020 and succeeding fiscal years, an institution shall (unless the Secretary determines that enforcing this subparagraph would cause hardship for students at the institution) use—</text> <clause id="H97AE9E39EE8B403AB5D654032641C0FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>at least 7 percent of the total amount of funds granted to such institution under this section for such fiscal year to compensate students employed in work-based learning positions; and</text> </clause><clause id="H82C70D72B2954D63BFB81F62D027E4C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at least 3 percent of the total amount of funds granted to such institution under this section for such fiscal year to compensate students who have exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2)) and are employed in a work-based learning position during a qualified period of nonenrollment, as defined in subsection (f).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A4A6706454145E4BC687C987085ACBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <clause id="H1D062C9B331D4968AA5BD8D737A73E4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$300</quote> and inserting <quote>$500</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H0D9D065AA4D94446A4A7F5C3C3889F5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>except as provided under subsection (f),</quote> before <quote>provide</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H166FE8BAD70A48DABDD3739F3760AD7A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>75 percent</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>75 percent in the first year after the date of the enactment of the AID Act, 65 percent in the first succeeding fiscal year, 60 percent in the second succeeding fiscal year, 55 percent in the third succeeding fiscal year, and 50 percent each succeeding fiscal year</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H423F5E1C064E4BB4B20916EF3E2816F1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <clause id="HB54F840A9C874E3786F75C338B7F8369"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>who demonstrate exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2))</quote> after <quote>students</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HC3AE9EE405E44E2DA5D19891E3F5A85A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>institution</quote>, <quote>and prioritize employment for students who are currently or formerly 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 foster care children and youth</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD19BA79D774D49038D4637756120359A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3028E71E1D064731BE0FC6B1B18A99CE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)(A)(i), by striking <quote>or vocational goals</quote> and inserting <quote>career goals</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45A16A27FD2546ACB258FB53B77F70DD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE16D3CAAF874CAD8133C9FD669D8EC3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14BA337DF6C44831922C14D410AA6627"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0F9B86765A0043B29592EBD981556392" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9EF94A42B62A4D63AB2BF9AF592CCAC5"><enum>(12)</enum><text>provide assurances that compensation of students employed in the work-study program in accordance with the agreement shall include reimbursement for reasonable travel (not including the purchase of a vehicle) directly related to such work-study program;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB5817AD672F443F3BAA31464FA5B0A0A"><enum>(13)</enum><text>provide assurances that the institution will administer and use feedback from the surveys required under section 450, to improve the experiences of students employed in the work-study program in accordance with the agreement;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H23018D15D0114B21893CC485BC0977E5"><enum>(14)</enum><text>provide assurances that the institution will collect data from students and employers such that the employment made available from funds under this part will, to the maximum extent practicable, complement and reinforce the educational goals or career goals of each student receiving assistance under this part; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6BED6582C6984A27A2E884C7A85A0027"><enum>(15)</enum><text>provide assurances that if the institution receives funds under section 442(a)(1)(A), such institution shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H2AEB42DC2499494F90ED658B87683381"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use such funds to compensate students employed in the work-study program in accordance with the agreement; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H293DE47FDAF14891A011486A3885CB72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prioritize the awarding of such funds (and increasing the amount of each award) to students—</text> <clause id="H8A801341475244908ADBA1C110C0EBA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who demonstrate exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2)); and</text> </clause><clause id="HDEFC5D22DECC4154898B4D26ABFABB52"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who are employed in work-based learning opportunities through the work study program in accordance with the agreement.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEDA9E150B7F64C3D948C940CE517E697"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H988B51F19B654371BE7AF4014798DFBF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62EC99A799D2487492B8A6AD6D8B13D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HA7E8D5DEE37F4B2482B72A747F22CF6D" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7374A00504264D16872C0BDB2BB27AC1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide assurances that compensation of students employed in the work-study program in accordance with the agreement shall include reimbursement for reasonable travel (not including the purchase of a vehicle) directly related to such work-study program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB810067449AF4E47843B12384361F1C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>and complement and reinforce the educational goals or career goals of each student receiving assistance under this part</quote> after <quote>academically relevant</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H69935B8DCE874704912D7A6C85A79BF1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H37B1146D866A4065893439B8C83F0B86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In any academic year to which subsection (b)(2)(A) applies, an institution shall ensure that</quote> and inserting <quote>An institution may use the</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD10BE4F8936A4549AE419F7F17075869"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>travel</quote> and inserting <quote>reasonable travel (not including the purchase of a vehicle)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2860E66020241FEBA626C0D86F4CEBC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(3), by striking <quote>75</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H07FF5DDB07AB4B26A5E9A3251F9182E8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HAAD25F6182104119B49D35BBD32B525F" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H633E66D8008B4C3A8B09E95AA39E5490"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Qualified period of nonenrollment</header> <paragraph id="HCDC889CC2565487589A1DBD7069806C9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A student may be awarded work-study employment during a qualified period of nonenrollment if—</text> <subparagraph id="H6EBE71B550F94D7B969C1FD3399D40FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the student demonstrates exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2)) in the award year prior to the qualified period of nonenrollment;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18F8235F8FD6490C85FFEEA254E94C81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the student is employed in a work-based learning position; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06C2E8009CA943F387B22C48550FBAEE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the employment—</text> <clause id="H630EAD52E17D4D1F9375B8CB9F08A656"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involves less than 25 percent administrative work; and</text> </clause><clause id="HE9745DE9B1B24A73A91E434776799A78"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is for at least 20 hours per week, unless the institution waives such requirement—</text> <subclause id="H364490787F7E480F96E4FDEDF98B7155"><enum>(I)</enum><text>at the request of the student; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H098C7E2B91F04AD39FE89D4EC3911BF9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>based on a finding by the institution that such requirement presents a hardship in finding a work-based learning position for the student.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAB8686D63D649E8ADBC415AEF46F0EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funds earned</header> <subparagraph id="H0DE0AA413C5544018D7489835972EAC6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any funds earned by a student (beyond standard living expenses (as such term is described in section 413D(c)(3)(C))) during the qualified period of nonenrollment less than or equal to $2,500 may not be applied to such student’s cost of attendance for the next period in which the student is enrolled.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H375322EB152E4629B780AAF9A692327C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Excess funds</header><text>Any funds earned by a student (beyond standard living expenses (as such term is described in section 413D(c)(3)(C))) during the qualified period of nonenrollment in excess of $2,500 shall be applied to such student’s cost of attendance for the next period in which the student is enrolled.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A9EC550340C424ABC18D0602A7D9ECF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of qualified period of nonenrollment</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>qualified period of nonenrollment</term> means, with respect to a student, a period of nonenrollment that—</text> <subparagraph id="H0F0C4120B68649719AEE14A7CC255427"><enum>(A)</enum><text>occurs between a period of enrollment and a period of anticipated enrollment; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC361201B71814519A1CE1B45648DD498"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the duration of which is no longer than 6 months.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HD4328B9E0EB84AB6AF939500FE3D5FB2"><enum>613.</enum><header>Flexible use of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 445 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-55">20 U.S.C. 1087–55</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5FC23759132E449DB5E327D19ABD2169"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HA9BC6447F5C942D1B62E1BACEE204336" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE18FECBD529D4993A483C0332609505E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In addition to the carry-over sums authorized under paragraph (1) of this section, an institution may permit a student who completed the previous award period to continue to earn unearned portions of the student’s work-study award from that previous period if—</text> <subparagraph id="HA8C22E78FB6749D5AC0CD81890835BFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any reduction in the student’s need upon which the award was based is accounted for in the remaining portion; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16E7A9F91C8B45D38F288723F8DCE031"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the student is currently employed in a work-based learning position.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF0E90204BC4B4FB58179EA9FC7A80998"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>10 percent</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>20 percent</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H276E42FAF5404D3898FE599F92A8115C"><enum>614.</enum><header>Job location and development programs</header> <subsection id="HD479EC269BD04769A0CBE115FA0AC849"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 446 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-56">20 U.S.C. 1087–56</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8EEC5587137047409CEB1A59C92B0BBA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4A61045CCFF04EA8AADAC5D0E79214DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>10 percent or $75,000</quote> and inserting <quote>20 percent or $150,000</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC24129E68CF24568A210421559A2D852"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>vocational</quote> and inserting <quote>career</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4C852A6B62EC46F5A2307570668C0A00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCC0BC3FDE8974C0EAA8226A0B17B6D02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H855EE6DAE1D9401C9F06F3620C0ECA0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H6016DDFAE81C4B4894EADAE80EF01808" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H381BE7ADDD5243A49690506580BD4B30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide satisfactory assurance that the institution will prioritize placing students with exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2)) and Federal work-study recipients in jobs located and developed under this section; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDB5BEA60754245C085B91CDC66BFB32B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide satisfactory assurances that the funds available under this section will be used to locate and develop work-based learning positions;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38490DAC181944E184B3E7034F786FD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting</text> <quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5E30140DF2A54D38A66C876B07DEF083" style="OLC"> <text>, including—</text><subparagraph id="HDA263E95BB3048EEB82D99E0F32C16C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of students employed in work-based learning positions through such program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88FDA3D195074E55B08C2F36B1EC3453"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of students demonstrating exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2)) and Federal work-study recipients employed through such program; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3B45ADC7A1749F09C02E340AD8BC26A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of students demonstrating exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2)) and Federal work-study recipients employed in work-based learning positions through such program.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D4C3AA434E742C0ACE8FD3A6215B967"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification on carry-Over authority</header><text>Of the sums granted to an eligible institution under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-51">20 U.S.C. 1087–51</external-xref>) for any fiscal year, 10 percent may, at the discretion of the institution, remain available for expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year to carry out programs under such part, including the job location and development programs under section 446 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-56">20 U.S.C. 1087–56</external-xref>).</text> </subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA97B012AE27A46E2BA008087CE64581E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>615.</enum><header>Community service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 447 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-57">20 U.S.C. 1087–57</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H184655AC9FBC482ABBE4DF193C27BA35" style="OLC"> <section id="HA88D4310BCF64F49A5EBA1F259231C5D"><enum>447.</enum><header>Additional funds to conduct community service work study programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each institution participating under this part may use up to 10 percent of the funds made available under section 489(a) and attributable to the amount of the institution’s expenditures under this part to conduct that institution’s program of community service-learning, including—</text> <paragraph id="HA89714A396C84EA186A8FFC5B446EE3F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>development of mechanisms to assure the academic quality of the student experience;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2DEA45D5F1914D338589ED1D588FD6A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assuring student access to educational resources, expertise, and supervision necessary to achieve community service objectives;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H726C87CCE5A24A4E997344A9A17A9A2E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assuring, to the maximum extent practicable, that the community service-learning program will support the educational goals or career goals of students participating in such program;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0F24EBC0291140308E771BEC5B00CB95"><enum>(4)</enum><text>collaboration with public and private nonprofit agencies, and programs assisted under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 in the planning, development, and administration of such programs; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H84126B420CDB4F97A98D7FD019829E3E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to recruit and compensate students for community service-learning (including compensation for time spent in training and for reasonable travel (not including the purchase of a vehicle) directly related to such community service).</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HD437A8C0146247E7B1FD98C63404A203"><enum>616.</enum><header>Pilot grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-51">20 U.S.C. 1087–51</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HEB4F3F8ACF1A44F5A6DEE34EDAD3FD66" style="OLC"> <section id="H3121B09ECDC34FFEB9021026C90EEAC7"><enum>449.</enum><header>Work-based learning opportunities pilot grant program</header> <subsection id="HF21D1FA97C8745CAB0BB2C5FEDF23D50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="H54CA0B77A63C4EE29E0B68001D250055"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to eligible institutions participating under this part to establish or expand a program to develop work-based learning positions.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC05A8A7F71104FA8B665811995A4CC45"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subparagraph id="H3D76CA04A8C24AD395F79E3FAE25C490"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of not more than 4 years, but may be renewed by the Secretary for a period of 2 years.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CD85CA3C4ED442ABA856C732F01BBEE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>A grant under this section may not be in an amount greater than $1,000,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85F4DCC60CCF4AF78D660C881F1AF79C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be selected to receive a grant under this section an eligible institution participating under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a plan that describes how the eligible institution will establish or expand a program to develop work-based learning positions that will—</text> <paragraph id="H0E702243B62F4D7597161BDECF974333"><enum>(1)</enum><text>benefit students who demonstrate exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2));</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF278A7148D0947DA89AFE5B95D21C81C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify high-demand occupations (as determined by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, State departments of labor, and local workforce investment boards) and develop partnerships with high-demand employers (including nonprofit organizations, for-profit firms, or public agencies);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2B281502916C4766B3D14AE631DA7FB0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>involve participating employers in evaluating and improving such program;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE79635602B154E779153CC215DC29F1F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>track and report academic and employment outcomes for participating students; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H969CAA8F2EC44B5BAF5A83643BBBAFFC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>be able to continue after the end of the grant term.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H455AB3878E064BA3839699BE492FCA74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Grant funds awarded under this program shall be used to pay wages for students participating under this program and develop work-based learning positions that—</text> <paragraph id="H886F0F9A5DC048FBBF89F53BF417A101"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are for a period of at least 12 weeks;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6DC00C7DBCB14AF685A546F6233EE29B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serve students who demonstrate exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2));</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H00D7B6A1768F44BC971FDC5132943CE1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>limit administrative work to no more than 25 percent of such position;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3128141DF52640A58E45CDC55EF63E32"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide a minimum of 15 hours of work per week during periods of enrollment and 30 hours per week during periods of nonenrollment, except such requirement may be waived by the institution in consultation with a student;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H92861BAD42CB429B9C5B058AAA363024"><enum>(5)</enum><text>include career coaching from participating employers (including mock interviews, resume writing assistance, and counseling on applying for and attaining employment); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4D4AF2FA52494D33A8AD16B98299A9CD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide participating students with opportunities to meet with employers in fields or industries related to those of participating employers.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4595C1BA07044F8B95C279DAE70513C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On a date that is before the date on which the period of the grant received by an eligible institution under this section terminates, such institution shall submit a report to the Secretary including—</text> <paragraph id="HE0B00531BF7E4E0FA8C324EEAEE3B16C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the graduation rate or completion rate (as described under section 442(a)(1)(C)) with respect to students participating in work-based learning positions under the pilot program; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0C8DDC984BF74A2F9B73AF0450F3648E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the results of the work-based learning opportunities program for which such institution received such grant, including—</text> <subparagraph id="H4410FD8915C644229794EE17D413FA5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>participating students’ satisfaction with the program as reported in surveys under section 450;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04F88654494446D4942F4C26714290BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the types of jobs in which participating students were employed and the types of duties performed in such jobs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC350D1E29DBA4234BB077D94B6D34CCB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the academic programs of the participating students;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DC9D31F703143A5A602A771DA855434"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the share of participating students who worked at another job, in addition to the one under the pilot program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6423E7EEB7FE41E5AA01D8DADA3FEC50"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the percentage of participating students who, during the second quarter after completing their academic program, are in education or training activities or unsubsidized employment;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD58EC30B95ED486EA72F5C1DACB87534"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the percentage of participating students employed in high-demand occupations within 2 quarters of completing their academic programs; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80A892BE30194DEAA8C3239908FC39CC"><enum>(G)</enum><text>other items as deemed relevant by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2504164E51514737B3698B411C2E5618"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reservation of funding for such program</header><text>From the amount appropriated under section 441(b) for a fiscal year and remaining after the Secretary reserves funds under section 442(a)(1), the Secretary shall reserve $30,000,000 to carry out grants under this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HF9BE32488EA34E53B43A1FBDF7D55807"><enum>617.</enum><header>Department activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-51">20 U.S.C. 1087–51</external-xref> et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HDE11B20F4EAF4A098E3B22BBD85467D2" style="OLC"> <section id="H119EB026D1EC4274AE7D01DCF7E4D9F4"><enum>450.</enum><header>Department activities</header> <subsection id="H78B30B83632F4ABB813C5CBCB83A75E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Surveys</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall develop, in consultation with work-study administrators from institutions of higher education, participating employers, and participating students—</text> <paragraph id="H8EF2923F5D0E4BE7AF7747E4044FE2D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a consumer-tested electronic survey for students awarded work-study employment under the Federal work-study program under this part that, not less than once every 4 years—</text> <subparagraph id="H73D2B76AEBE448B7B8F8AE9AA2781763"><enum>(A)</enum><text>measures each such student’s satisfaction with the Federal work-study program, including—</text> <clause id="HC1150EDBB7374F329B6FAE54FE4E9A30"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any complaints the student has with respect to the program;</text> </clause><clause id="H3BAB5B478938457297A4C5877DCF367B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount and quality of the on-the-job training the student received;</text> </clause><clause id="H4A2F26EFEF904BE1B7F6653E07A4B9FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount and quality of on-the-job supervision and employer feedback the student received;</text> </clause><clause id="H3DC63392CDE54454AA5114850D1F8D22"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the amount and quality of information provided by the institution about the work-study program and job opportunities and the availability of work-study staff at the institution;</text> </clause><clause id="H726E9955F22145EEB0CABBB9D2FF4406"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the quality of the assistance provided by the institution to the student in finding a work-study job and the availability of types of jobs; and</text> </clause><clause id="H44E23D90EF694ED58367FC97AF2BEF24"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the student’s overall satisfaction with the work-study program;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE58909AF222448E97BD036466CC84A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>measures the applicability of work-study employment to the educational goals and career goals of each such student;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD07C85379D047888DD939FBC0A12860"><enum>(C)</enum><text>elicits an assessment by each such student of the capacity to manage time between work-study employment and coursework;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85DD4623AF11481BA759E18F1FB4E18D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>measures, with respect to the program—</text> <clause id="HFAC8A14F1CBE476AB93071FEDAA2E933"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the award amounts under the program;</text> </clause><clause id="HC028C1F53BED41948D41F5EF598D8939"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the average number of hours students worked per week, and the wages received for such work;</text> </clause><clause id="HE8F91650B2FA43CB902B30F3E60CA9AD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of on campus jobs and off campus jobs;</text> </clause><clause id="HBD6CAB062B7A443182F9D1668404BACF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>how students located work-study positions;</text> </clause><clause id="HA377D8377AC342A38A7A21BEDE864260"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the work performed at each job;</text> </clause><clause id="HED7840A5869D44FF9FABF14E4043BF21"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>whether students worked additional jobs while employed in a work-study job (and the reason for such additional job);</text> </clause><clause id="HFAA8BDF024DA440C859C3F73E33F1D53"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>whether the work-study employment had an impact on the student’s academic performance; and</text> </clause><clause id="H4BF9C415D34E4E9994EB605D4A219224"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the voluntarily disclosed demographics of students awarded work-study employment; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCE71375D0844855ACBD282CBB6D50BB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>includes such information as the Secretary may require;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HADB266BAB41D45209AF50B11E13FD8D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a consumer-tested electronic survey for employers of students described in paragraph (1) that—</text> <subparagraph id="HA8B6263EC2974EFCB50A220A3B21D0C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>measures each such employer’s satisfaction with the Federal work-study program, including—</text> <clause id="H6F41A1980B8248E280DB1E4A33AA09DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which the employer is satisfied with its ability to accommodate students’ schedules;</text> </clause><clause id="H1462A89089374C42B820D897F19FFE34"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent to which student-employees are prepared for the duties advertised for the job; and</text> </clause><clause id="H65B66DCFCE134656921EC776AE4CE3E1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the extent to which the employer is satisfied with opportunities to make recommendations for improving institutions’ academic programs;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1E62E65007F4792BCF87E2A453249C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>elicits an assessment by each such employer of—</text> <clause id="HD243080375804DF0AA15894BDB768DBE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any complaints the employer had with respect to the program;</text> </clause><clause id="H555B8E4B19A24C09955C2244BD1A164C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any skills or knowledge necessary for the job that student-employees are lacking; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF07A7FFBC1534EB085A2ECA6C572F989"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the extent of outreach from institutions to the employer; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA448F8673CE94828A24AF4038B309512"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes such information as the Secretary may require; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B809D2EC04D44EC94A71D5F4980F96A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a consumer-tested electronic survey that, not less than once every 4 years, with respect to each institution of higher education participating in the Federal work-study program, measures—</text> <subparagraph id="H7033B0C14C4F4D2091B53B4B66B4AF99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>methods used to recruit on-campus and off-campus employers;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53E99C71AC504C7F82D1694CA99027F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if an institution operates a job location development program—</text> <clause id="HF765103E21EE432D94C6E3C291EE3391"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the share of jobs filled on-campus and off-campus;</text> </clause><clause id="HFD82F974D4D54916A1E1ED3697F1A230"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the share of jobs filled by—</text> <subclause id="H4E71586B9B2E4DC080623AE80CED237C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>work-study recipients; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H36CE73260192413EA46059A3029C5E24"><enum>(II)</enum><text>students who demonstrate exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2));</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HCC349BEBBCC5431AA4495C974122C652"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the primary factors considered in matching work-study students and jobs;</text> </clause><clause id="HEB6DC44A22364B4CACFB23C921F8DF15"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the share of students employed in work-based learning opportunities; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2A210ADE04B7431598759FDEF00FEC7C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the share of students employed during qualified periods of nonenrollment, including the share of students with exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2)) employed during qualified periods of nonenrollment;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAE6034E7C054606BC99A19962256CD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the institution’s Federal and non-Federal contributions toward work-study wages;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8537415981B43E3B8732B74768F7F5B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the primary factors considered in awarding students work-study and in determining the amount of the award;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AD1C4A340B640E6B45B0CFE7C813562"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the acceptance rate among students who were offered work-study aid; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H607FEF757C2945608D84D443409EB46E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other information the Secretary may require.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBFD5690677B44EE6B3B73056725A3685"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Results</header><text>The Secretary shall develop an online portal—</text> <paragraph id="H0965E6B2D1B248DA8D3D68636803B967"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for students, employers, and institutions of higher education to access the surveys required under subsection (a); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5E0A3BA983674A8F90C8FBB510B77542"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to compile the results of such surveys.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8A09471A375D4A889143546DBA871F44"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not less than once every 4 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that includes—</text> <paragraph id="H14E2CE7026CE4E20BFD03255C5E66DBF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the data collected under this section (redacted for personal information);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7C8CDA4AE8EC46F5952103E71209E621"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to students employed in work-study through the Federal work-study program—</text> <subparagraph id="HC11AE4272CE0454D9E1CC0BE6EF5014A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the types of jobs such students participated in;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11BC0FDA28754D16BDDC3762B573FBCA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the average hours worked per week;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H908A993EB9494D6FA60FD562787109EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the average award amount;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83C2C48252B54E75A56AA50475E77FFD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the average wage rates;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E36D6C665F348328F71BBFFB1B3E4CF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the extent to which students enter employment with skills and knowledge gained from work-study participation that have prepared them for the job; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9028101AD25C47AE9D998FBBD1407FA8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the students’ satisfaction with the program and primary complaints;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9657D4499D894D2FAA336986EBC7C4F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent to which institutions conduct outreach to employers and engage them in discussions on improving academic programs;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H44B740178C864818B179EE8B180A2019"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent to which institutions conduct outreach to students and make jobs readily available;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCC23E9DC901043F8B1B79EA6CE7D2CF8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the extent to which the work-study employment aligns with students’ academic programs or career goals;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBE2AD25434CC496DB670DCE503F1D4E8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the employers’ satisfaction with the program and primary complaints; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAC94BCD615D7469288D68566890197F4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>recommendations for improving the program.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H29689DF6ECB6442AB8AE7DE4F1A0166E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In consulting with the entities described in subsection (a) to create the electronic surveys required under such subsection, the Secretary shall engage with—</text> <paragraph id="H70042C13FF484629A3661FCFCC96B5A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a representative sample of institutions of higher education participating in the Federal work-study program;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB39202A65D7142AA9581A2E6F8FEEA25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a representative sample of employers participating in the Federal work-study program; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5428969AD06E4A6CA15A768C41FF09A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a representative sample of students participating in the Federal work-study program.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF7A8193EFE14E628C9B6FA3CAE633EF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H9D41A80F48504DACA0B32D65A15A9A00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide technical assistance to institutions participating under the Federal work-study program under this part to—</text> <subparagraph id="HFD72EB4B87F14136A7F32094713EC11A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>comply with the amendments made by part B of title VI of the AID Act and the regulations issued pursuant to this subtitle;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H195BD9C4D2D747529BFFC7563571C8C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>administer the surveys described in subsection (a) to students and employers participating in the Federal work-study program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0967608CBD7453EA30753CFD6A1ED64"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that Federal work-study positions align with students’ educational goals or career goals to the maximum extent practicable; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69DCA0F0B57847BE9213BB4D15A9BD34"><enum>(D)</enum><text>satisfy the requirements under section 443(b)(7); and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H96CC000FCA1B4464AFDD73C84230A503"><enum>(2)</enum><text>issue guidance and provide technical assistance to institutions to support improved partnerships and coordination among financial aid, career services, and academic advisors to administer the Federal work-study program.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2B3519EBE8814CE99A954A6CC80EEDB4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Response rate</header><text>In the case of an institution participating under the Federal work-study program under this part with a response rate for students and employers with respect to the surveys described in subsection (a)(1) of less than 75 percent, the Secretary shall require such institution—</text> <paragraph id="H61D02C88D1EF4DD494AFCB75A525C43C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to submit to the Secretary an improvement plan to increase such response rate; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D1F2803F05C45EB864F3DAD8F995C98"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the response rate has not improved 2 years after the date on which an improvement plan was submitted under paragraph (1), submit to the Secretary a revised improvement plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6AD873BCCF5047F580746698F396DB0C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HFCF49803BE1B4D93AD3765202768BA45"><enum>618.</enum><header>Study and report</header> <subsection id="H311E22E7BEDB449696FEFEC2FC2E2270"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on best practices for assisting students participating in the Federal work-study program under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1087-51">42 U.S.C. 1087–51</external-xref> et seq.) with—</text> <paragraph id="HE7661BA19AFE4D508ED8122771F1A4F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>connecting to off-campus employers;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8D1588A72C9747999C9EF0A9E55A7C6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>procuring work-based learning opportunities through such program;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE505178F332B419482E6F4EEB97606D7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>procuring employment that aligns with students’ educational goals or career goals;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3FACE6D4A63444438F394C5334E34009"><enum>(4)</enum><text>locating employment through job location and development programs;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H31113BCE70E143D28E77764C20FE1D0A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>procuring employment in high-demand occupations;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H99C5A5B83531435E9E7BD3B89BF17B7B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>balancing employment with academic programs to improve graduation and completion rates; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3DC0BAD9FFB84C40A3E47226599FA5CC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>with respect to students with exceptional need (as defined in section 413C(c)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070b-2">20 U.S.C. 1070b–2(c)(2)</external-xref>))—</text> <subparagraph id="HA0004B9A1F8E48788968558257921A06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>locating and coordinating work-study employment during qualified periods of nonenrollment;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CA9AC559D984DBCB98F8E410B53D4B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increasing participation of such students in such work-study program; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3125849EFC044858C505C0C39018501"><enum>(C)</enum><text>limiting the need for additional employment outside the work-study program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF467C4E283694A63BD53480C63CB7E5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date on which the study required under subsection (a) is completed, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report summarizing the findings of such study.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H201553A3695B476683CEE52C590C6C1A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publish report</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall make the report required under subsection (b) available to the public on the website of the Government Accountability Office.</text> </subsection></section></part>