CHAPTER 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance
435 sections.
SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS 32 sections
Part A — Definitions 3 sections
Part B — Additional General Provisions 14 sections
- § 1011. — Antidiscrimination
- § 1011a. — Protection of student speech and association rights
- § 1011b. — Territorial waiver authority
- § 1011c. — National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
- § 1011d. — Student representation
- § 1011e. — Financial responsibility of foreign students
- § 1011f. — Disclosures of foreign gifts
- § 1011g. — Application of peer review process
- § 1011h. — Binge drinking on college campuses
- § 1011i. — Drug and alcohol abuse prevention
- § 1011j. — Prior rights and obligations
- § 1011k. — Recovery of payments
- § 1011l. — Diploma mills
- § 1011m. — Certification regarding the use of certain Federal funds
Part C — Cost of Higher Education 7 sections
- § 1015. — Improvements in market information and public accountability in higher education
- § 1015a. — Transparency in college tuition for consumers
- § 1015b. — Textbook information
- § 1015c. — Database of student information prohibited
- § 1015d. — In-State tuition rates for members of qualifying Federal service
- § 1015e. — State higher education information system pilot program
- § 1015f. — State commitment to affordable college education
Part D — Administrative Provisions for Delivery of Student Financial Assistance 3 sections
Part E — Lender and Institution Requirements Relating to Education Loans 5 sections
- § 1019. — Definitions
- § 1019a. — Responsibilities of covered institutions, institution-affiliated organizations, and lenders
- § 1019b. — Loan information to be disclosed and model disclosure form for covered institutions, institution-affiliated organizations, and lenders participating in preferred lender arrangements
- § 1019c. — Loan information to be disclosed and model disclosure form for institutions participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
- § 1019d. — Self-certification form for private education loans
SUBCHAPTER II — TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT 21 sections
Part A — Teacher Quality Partnership Grants 9 sections
- § 1022. — Purposes
- § 1022a. — Partnership grants
- § 1022b. — Administrative provisions
- § 1022c. — Accountability and evaluation
- § 1022d. — Accountability for programs that prepare teachers
- § 1022e. — Teacher development
- § 1022f. — State functions
- § 1022g. — General provisions
- § 1022h. — Authorization of appropriations
Part B — Enhancing Teacher Education 10 sections
subpart 1 — preparing teachers for digital age learners 4 sections
subpart 2 — honorable augustus f. hawkins centers of excellence 2 sections
subpart 3 — preparing general education teachers to more effectively educate students with disabilities 1 sections
subpart 4 — adjunct teacher corps 1 sections
subpart 5 — graduate fellowships to prepare faculty in high-need areas at colleges of education 1 sections
Part C — General Provisions 1 sections
SUBCHAPTER III — INSTITUTIONAL AID 54 sections
Part A — Strengthening Institutions 10 sections
- § 1057. — Program purpose
- § 1058. — Definitions; eligibility
- § 1059. — Duration of grant
- § 1059a. — Applications
- § 1059b. — Goals for financial management and academic program
- § 1059c. — American Indian tribally controlled colleges and universities
- § 1059d. — Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions
- § 1059e. — Predominantly Black Institutions
- § 1059f. — Native American-serving, nontribal institutions
- § 1059g. — Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions
Part B — Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities 9 sections
- § 1060. — Findings and purposes
- § 1061. — Definitions
- § 1062. — Grants to institutions
- § 1063. — Allotments to institutions
- § 1063a. — Applications
- § 1063b. — Professional or graduate institutions
- § 1063c. — Reporting and audit requirements
- § 1063d. — Strengthening HBCUs through Federal agency plans
- § 1063e. — President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs
Part C — Endowment Challenge Grants for Institutions Eligible for Assistance Under Part A or Part B 2 sections
Part D — Historically Black College and University Capital Financing 8 sections
- § 1066. — Findings
- § 1066a. — Definitions
- § 1066b. — Federal insurance for bonds
- § 1066c. — Limitations on Federal insurance for bonds issued by designated bonding authority
- § 1066d. — Authority of Secretary
- § 1066e. — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title III, § 306(d), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1647
- § 1066f. — HBCU Capital Financing Advisory Board
- § 1066g. — Minority business enterprise utilization
Part E — Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program 14 sections
subpart 1 — minority science and engineering improvement program 5 sections
subpart 2 — programs in stem fields 3 sections
subpart 3 — administrative and general provisions 6 sections
Part F — Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority-Serving Institutions 1 sections
Part G — General Provisions 9 sections
- § 1068. — Applications for assistance
- § 1068a. — Waiver authority and reporting requirement
- § 1068b. — Application review process
- § 1068c. — Cooperative arrangements
- § 1068d. — Assistance to institutions under other programs
- § 1068e. — Limitations
- § 1068f. — Penalties
- § 1068g. — Continuation awards
- § 1068h. — Authorization of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER IV — STUDENT ASSISTANCE 166 sections
Part A — Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education 36 sections
subpart 1 — federal pell grants 3 sections
subpart 2 — federal early outreach and student services programs 0 sections
subpart 3 — federal supplemental educational opportunity grants 5 sections
subpart 4 — leveraging educational assistance partnership program 7 sections
- § 1070c. — Purpose; appropriations authorized
- § 1070c–1. — Allotment among States
- § 1070c–2. — Applications for leveraging educational assistance partnership programs
- § 1070c–3. — Administration of State programs; judicial review
- § 1070c–3a. — Grants for access and persistence
- § 1070c–4. — “Community service” defined
- §§ 1070d to 1070d–1d. — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 402(a)(1), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 482
subpart 5 — special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farmwork 1 sections
subpart 6 — robert c. byrd honors scholarship program 11 sections
- § 1070d–31. — Statement of purpose
- § 1070d–32. — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 406(a), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 508
- § 1070d–33. — Scholarships authorized
- § 1070d–34. — Allocation among States
- § 1070d–35. — Agreements
- § 1070d–36. — Eligibility of scholars
- § 1070d–37. — Selection of scholars
- § 1070d–38. — Stipends and scholarship conditions
- § 1070d–39. — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 406(g)(1), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 509
- § 1070d–40. — Construction of needs provisions
- § 1070d–41. — Authorization of appropriations
subpart 7 — child care access means parents in school 1 sections
subpart 8 — [Repealed] 1 sections
subpart 9 — teach grants 5 sections
subpart 10 — scholarships for veteran’s dependents 1 sections
Part B — Federal Family Education Loan Program 39 sections
- § 1071. — Statement of purpose; nondiscrimination; and appropriations authorized
- § 1072. — Advances for reserve funds of State and nonprofit private loan insurance programs
- § 1072a. — Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund
- § 1072b. — Agency Operating Fund
- § 1073. — Effects of adequate non-Federal programs
- § 1074. — Scope and duration of Federal loan insurance program
- § 1075. — Limitations on individual federally insured loans and on Federal loan insurance
- § 1076. — Sources of funds
- § 1077. — Eligibility of student borrowers and terms of federally insured student loans
- § 1077a. — Applicable interest rates
- § 1078. — Federal payments to reduce student interest costs
- § 1078–1. — Voluntary flexible agreements with guaranty agencies
- § 1078–2. — Federal PLUS loans
- § 1078–3. — Federal consolidation loans
- § 1078–4. — Commingling of funds
- § 1078–5. — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–164, title VI, § 605(b)(1), Nov. 15, 1991, 105 Stat. 1068
- § 1078–6. — Default reduction program
- § 1078–7. — Requirements for disbursement of student loans
- § 1078–8. — Unsubsidized Stafford loans for middle-income borrowers
- § 1078–9. — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–84, title III, § 302(a), Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 796
- § 1078–10. — Loan forgiveness for teachers
- § 1078–11. — Loan forgiveness for service in areas of national need
- § 1078–12. — Loan repayment for civil legal assistance attorneys
- § 1079. — Certificate of Federal loan insurance—effective date of insurance
- § 1080. — Default of student under Federal loan insurance program
- § 1080a. — Reports to consumer reporting agencies and institutions of higher education
- § 1081. — Insurance fund
- § 1082. — Legal powers and responsibilities
- § 1083. — Student loan information by eligible lenders
- § 1083a. — Consumer education information
- § 1084. — Participation by Federal credit unions in Federal, State, and private student loan insurance programs
- § 1085. — Definitions for student loan insurance program
- § 1086. — Delegation of functions
- § 1087. — Repayment by Secretary of loans of bankrupt, deceased, or disabled borrowers; treatment of borrowers attending schools that fail to provide a refund, attending closed schools, or falsely certified as eligible to borrow
- § 1087–0. — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 432, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1710
- § 1087–1. — Special allowances
- § 1087–2. — Student Loan Marketing Association
- § 1087–3. — Reorganization of Student Loan Marketing Association through formation of Holding Company
- § 1087–4. — Discrimination in secondary markets prohibited
Part C — Federal Work-Study Programs 8 sections
- § 1087–51. — Purpose; appropriations authorized
- § 1087–52. — Allocation of funds
- § 1087–53. — Grants for Federal work-study programs
- § 1087–54. — Sources of matching funds
- § 1087–55. — Flexible use of funds
- § 1087–56. — Job location and development programs
- § 1087–57. — Additional funds to conduct community service work-study programs
- § 1087–58. — Work colleges
Part D — William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program 12 sections
- § 1087a. — Program authority
- § 1087b. — Funds for origination of direct student loans
- § 1087c. — Selection of institutions for participation and origination
- § 1087d. — Agreements with institutions
- § 1087e. — Terms and conditions of loans
- § 1087f. — Contracts
- § 1087g. — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–39, title IV, § 404(b)(3), July 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 1946
- § 1087h. — Funds for administrative expenses
- § 1087i. — Authority to sell loans
- § 1087i–1. — Temporary authority to purchase student loans
- § 1087i–2. — Temporary loan consolidation authority
- § 1087j. — Loan cancellation for teachers
Part E — Federal Perkins Loans 10 sections
- § 1087aa. — Appropriations authorized
- § 1087bb. — Allocation of funds
- § 1087cc. — Agreements with institutions of higher education
- § 1087cc–1. — Student loan information by eligible institutions
- § 1087dd. — Terms of loans
- § 1087ee. — Cancellation of loans for certain public service
- § 1087ff. — Distribution of assets from student loan funds
- § 1087gg. — Collection of defaulted loans: Perkins Loan Revolving Fund
- § 1087hh. — General authority of Secretary
- § 1087ii. — Definitions
Part F — Need Analysis 14 sections
- § 1087kk. — Amount of need
- § 1087ll. — Cost of attendance
- § 1087mm. — Special rules for student aid index
- § 1087nn. — Determination of student aid index
- § 1087oo. — Student aid index for dependent students
- § 1087pp. — Student aid index for independent students without dependents other than a spouse
- § 1087qq. — Student aid index for independent students with dependents other than a spouse
- § 1087rr. — Regulations; updated tables
- § 1087ss. — Eligible applicants exempt from asset reporting
- § 1087tt. — Discretion of student financial aid administrators
- § 1087uu. — Disregard of student aid in other programs
- § 1087uu–1. — Native American students
- § 1087uu–2. — Special rules for independent students
- § 1087vv. — Definitions
Part G — General Provisions Relating to Student Assistance Programs 35 sections
- § 1088. — Definitions
- § 1088a. — Clock and credit hour treatment of diploma nursing schools
- § 1089. — Master calendar
- § 1090. — Free Application for Federal Student Aid
- § 1091. — Student eligibility
- § 1091a. — Statute of limitations, and State court judgments
- § 1091b. — Institutional refunds
- § 1091c. — Readmission requirements for servicemembers
- § 1092. — Institutional and financial assistance information for students
- § 1092a. — Combined payment plan
- § 1092b. — National Student Loan Data System
- § 1092c. — Simplification of lending process for borrowers
- § 1092d. — Scholarship fraud assessment and awareness activities
- § 1092e. — College access initiative
- § 1092f. — Early awareness and outreach of financial aid eligibility
- § 1093. — Distance education demonstration programs
- § 1093a. — Articulation agreements
- § 1094. — Program participation agreements
- § 1094a. — Regulatory relief and improvement
- § 1094b. — Assignment of identification numbers
- § 1095. — Transfer of allotments
- § 1095a. — Wage garnishment requirement
- § 1096. — Administrative expenses
- § 1096a. — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 494, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 631
- § 1097. — Criminal penalties
- § 1097a. — Administrative subpoenas
- § 1098. — Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
- § 1098a. — Regional meetings and negotiated rulemaking
- § 1098b. — Authorization of appropriations for administrative expenses
- § 1098c. — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–315, title IV, § 494E, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3324
- § 1098d. — Procedures for cancellations and deferments for eligible disabled veterans
- § 1098e. — Income-based repayment
- § 1098f. — Deferral of loan repayment following active duty
- § 1098g. — Exemption from State disclosure requirements
- § 1098h. — Procedure and requirements for requesting tax return information from the Internal Revenue Service
Part G–1 — Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students 6 sections
Part H — Program Integrity 5 sections
subpart 1 — state role 1 sections
subpart 2 — accrediting agency recognition 1 sections
subpart 3 — eligibility and certification procedures 3 sections
Part I — Competitive Loan Auction Pilot Program 1 sections
SUBCHAPTER V — DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONS 17 sections
Part A — Hispanic-Serving Institutions 5 sections
Part B — Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans 4 sections
Part C — General Provisions 8 sections
- § 1103. — Eligibility; applications
- § 1103a. — Waiver authority and reporting requirement
- § 1103b. — Application review process
- § 1103c. — Cooperative arrangements
- § 1103d. — Assistance to institutions under other programs
- § 1103e. — Limitations
- § 1103f. — Penalties
- § 1103g. — Authorizations of appropriations
SUBCHAPTER VI — INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS 31 sections
Part A — International and Foreign Language Studies 10 sections
- § 1121. — Findings; purposes; consultation; survey
- § 1122. — Graduate and undergraduate language and area centers and programs
- § 1123. — Language resource centers
- § 1124. — Undergraduate international studies and foreign language programs
- § 1125. — Research; studies; annual report
- § 1126. — Technological innovation and cooperation for foreign information access
- § 1127. — Selection of certain grant recipients
- § 1128. — Equitable distribution of certain funds
- § 1128a. — American overseas research centers
- § 1128b. — Authorization of appropriations
Part B — Business and International Education Programs 4 sections
Part C — Institute for International Public Policy 9 sections
- § 1131. — Minority foreign service professional development program
- § 1131–1. — Institutional development
- § 1131a. — Study abroad program
- § 1131b. — Advanced degree in international relations
- § 1131c. — Internships
- § 1131c–1. — Financial assistance
- § 1131d. — Report
- § 1131e. — Gifts and donations
- § 1131f. — Authorization of appropriations
Part D — General Provisions 8 sections
SUBCHAPTER VII — GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 42 sections
Part A — Graduate Education Programs 16 sections
subpart 1 — jacob k. javits fellowship program 5 sections
subpart 2 — graduate assistance in areas of national need 6 sections
subpart 3 — thurgood marshall legal educational opportunity program 1 sections
subpart 4 — masters degree programs at historically black colleges and universities and predominantly black institutions 3 sections
subpart 5 — general provisions 1 sections
Part B — Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education 5 sections
Part C — Urban Community Service 1 sections
Part D — Programs To Provide Students With Disabilities With a Quality Higher Education 18 sections
subpart 1 — demonstration projects to support postsecondary faculty, staff, and administrators in educating students with disabilities 5 sections
subpart 2 — transition programs for students with intellectual disabilities into higher education 4 sections
subpart 3 — commission on accessible materials; programs to support improved access to materials 5 sections
- § 1140k. — Definition of student with a print disability
- § 1140l. — Establishment of Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities
- § 1140m. — Model demonstration programs to support improved access to postsecondary instructional materials for students with print disabilities
- § 1140n. — Rule of construction
- § 1140o. — Authorization of appropriations
subpart 4 — national technical assistance center; coordinating center 3 sections
Part E — College Access Challenge Grant Program 1 sections
SUBCHAPTER VIII — MISCELLANEOUS 5 sections
- § 1151. — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–128, title V, § 511(b), July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1705
- § 1152. — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–162, title III, § 304(f), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3016
- § 1153. — Underground Railroad educational and cultural program
- § 1154. — Contract authority
- § 1155. — Connie Lee privatization
SUBCHAPTER IX — ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS 45 sections
Part A — Project GRAD 1 sections
Part B — Mathematics and Science Scholars Program 1 sections
Part C — Business Workforce Partnerships for Job Skill Training in High-Growth Occupations or Industries 1 sections
Part D — Capacity for Nursing Students and Faculty 1 sections
Part E — American History for Freedom 1 sections
Part F — Teach For America 1 sections
Part G — Patsy T. Mink Fellowship Program 1 sections
Part H — Improving College Enrollment By Secondary Schools 1 sections
Part I — Early Childhood Education Professional Development and Career Task Force 8 sections
- § 1161i. — Purpose
- § 1161i–1. — Definition of early childhood education program
- § 1161i–2. — Grants authorized
- § 1161i–3. — State Task Force establishment
- § 1161i–4. — State Task Force activities
- § 1161i–5. — State application and report
- § 1161i–6. — Evaluations
- § 1161i–7. — Authorization of appropriations
Part J — Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education With a Focus On Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Students 1 sections
Part K — Pilot Programs To Increase College Persistence and Success 1 sections
Part L — Student Safety and Campus Emergency Management 7 sections
- § 1161l. — Student safety and campus emergency management
- § 1161l–1. — Model emergency response policies, procedures, and practices
- § 1161l–2. — Preparation for future disasters plan by the Secretary
- § 1161l–3. — Education Disaster and Emergency Relief Loan Program
- § 1161l–4. — Guidance on mental health disclosures for student safety
- § 1161l–5. — Rule of construction
- § 1161l–6. — Online survey tool for campus safety