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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1397 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To modify the Federal TRIO programs. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | MAY2, 2023 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Ms. C |
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| 9 | 9 | | OLLINS(for herself, Mr. TESTER, Mrs. CAPITO, and Ms. BALDWIN) in- |
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| 10 | 10 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 11 | 11 | | mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To modify the Federal TRIO programs. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Educational Oppor-4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tunity and Success Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORITY AND AUTHORIZATION OF AP-6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | PROPRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL TRIO PRO-7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | GRAMS. 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) M |
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| 23 | 23 | | INIMUMGRANTS.—Section 402A(b)(3) of the 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 11(b)(3)) is amended— 11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) by striking ‘‘$200,000’’ and inserting 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘$220,000’’; and 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) by striking ‘‘$170,000’’ and inserting 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘$190,000’’. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) P |
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| 34 | 34 | | ROCEDURES FOR AWARDINGGRANTS ANDCON-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | TRACTS.—Section 402A(c) of the Higher Education Act 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(c)) is amended— 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ing ‘‘P |
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| 40 | 40 | | RIOR EXPERIENCE ’’ and inserting 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘P |
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| 42 | 42 | | RIOR SUCCESS’’; 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘prior 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | experience of high quality service delivery’’ and 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | inserting ‘‘prior success in achieving high qual-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ity service delivery’’; and 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (C) in the second sentence— 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (i) by striking ‘‘prior experience shall 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | not’’ and inserting ‘‘prior success in 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | achieving high quality service delivery shall 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | not’’; and 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘shall not be given 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | prior experience consideration’’ and insert-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ing ‘‘shall not be given such consider-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ation’’; 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ‘‘prior expe-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | rience’’ and inserting ‘‘prior success’’; 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (3) in paragraph (4)(A), in the second sentence, 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | by inserting ‘‘as well as first-generation college grad-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | uates’’ after ‘‘readers’’; and 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (4) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | following: 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(8) R |
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| 67 | 67 | | EVIEW AND NOTIFICATION BY THE SEC -8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | RETARY.— 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(A) G |
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| 70 | 70 | | UIDANCE.—Not less than 90 days 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | before the commencement of each competition 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | for a grant under this chapter, the Secretary 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | shall issue nonregulatory guidance regarding 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | the rights and responsibilities of applicants with 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | respect to the application and evaluation proc-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ess for programs and projects assisted under 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | this chapter, including applicant access to peer 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | review comments. The guidance shall describe 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | the procedures for the submission, processing, 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | and scoring of applications for grants under 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | this chapter, including the information de-21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | scribed in subparagraph (B). 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(B) T |
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| 84 | 84 | | ECHNICAL COMPONENTS OF APPLI -23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | CATIONS.— 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | •S 1397 IS |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT AND TREAT -1 |
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| 90 | 90 | | MENT OF NONSUBSTANTIVE TECHNICAL 2 |
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| 91 | 91 | | COMPONENTS OF APPLICATIONS .—With re-3 |
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| 92 | 92 | | spect to any competition for a grant under 4 |
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| 93 | 93 | | this chapter, the Secretary may only estab-5 |
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| 94 | 94 | | lish voluntary page limit and formatting 6 |
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| 95 | 95 | | requirements for grant applications and 7 |
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| 96 | 96 | | may not reject grant applications that do 8 |
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| 97 | 97 | | not meet those voluntary requirements. 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | The Secretary may suggest page limits and 10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | formatting standards, (including with re-11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | spect to font size, font style, font type, line 12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | spacing, paragraph justification, and page 13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | margins), but may not use noncompliance 14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | with these suggested requirements as a 15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | basis to reject or penalize grant applica-16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | tions. 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(ii) I |
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| 107 | 107 | | DENTIFICATION AND TREAT -18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | MENT OF TECHNICAL BUDGET ERRORS IN 19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | APPLICATIONS.— 20 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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| 111 | 111 | | N GENERAL.—With respect 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | to any competition for a grant under 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | this chapter, the Secretary may not 23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | reject or penalize grant applications 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | on the basis of a typographical or 25 |
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| 118 | 118 | | •S 1397 IS |
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| 119 | 119 | | rounding error in a proposed budget 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | until the Secretary has given the ap-2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | plicant an opportunity for correction 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | in accordance with subclause (II). 4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(II) N |
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| 124 | 124 | | OTICE AND OPPORTUNITY 5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | FOR CORRECTION .—The Secretary 6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | shall provide notice and identification 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | of an error described in subclause (I) 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | by email and phone to the applicant 9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | before awarding grants for each com-10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | petition. During a period of not fewer 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | than 14 days, the Secretary shall 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | allow the applicant to submit a re-13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | vised application that corrects the 14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | identified error. 15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘(III) T |
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| 136 | 136 | | REATMENT OF REVISED 16 |
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| 137 | 137 | | APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | treat the revised application in the 18 |
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| 139 | 139 | | same manner as a timely submitted 19 |
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| 140 | 140 | | application. 20 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ‘‘(IV) F |
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| 142 | 142 | | AILURE TO CORRECT.—If 21 |
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| 143 | 143 | | an applicant has received a notice and 22 |
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| 144 | 144 | | opportunity for correction of a typo-23 |
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| 145 | 145 | | graphical or rounding error in a pro-24 |
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| 146 | 146 | | posed budget in accordance with sub-25 |
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| 150 | 150 | | clause (II) and the applicant fails to 1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | correct the error and submit a revised 2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | application before the deadline de-3 |
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| 153 | 153 | | scribed in that subclause, the Sec-4 |
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| 154 | 154 | | retary may reject or penalize that 5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | grant application. 6 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(C) R |
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| 157 | 157 | | EVIEW.— 7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(i) R |
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| 159 | 159 | | EQUEST FOR REVIEW .—With 8 |
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| 160 | 160 | | respect to any competition for a grant 9 |
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| 161 | 161 | | under this chapter, an applicant may re-10 |
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| 162 | 162 | | quest a review if the applicant— 11 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ‘‘(I) has evidence that a specific 12 |
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| 164 | 164 | | technical, administrative, or scoring 13 |
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| 165 | 165 | | error was made by the Department, 14 |
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| 166 | 166 | | an agent of the Department, or a peer 15 |
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| 167 | 167 | | reviewer, with respect to the scoring 16 |
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| 168 | 168 | | or processing of a submitted applica-17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | tion; and 18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(II) has otherwise met all of the 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | requirements for submission of the 20 |
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| 172 | 172 | | application. 21 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(ii) E |
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| 174 | 174 | | RROR MADE BY THE DEPART -22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | MENT.—In the case of evidence of error by 23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | the Department or an agent of the Depart-24 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ment, other than a peer reviewer, the Sec-25 |
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| 181 | 181 | | retary shall review any evidence submitted 1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | by the applicant and provide a timely re-2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | sponse to the applicant. All applicants, re-3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | gardless of score, shall have this right of 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | review. If the Secretary determines that an 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | error was made by the Department or an 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | agent of the Department, other than a 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | peer reviewer, the Secretary shall correct 8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the error and accordingly adjust the appli-9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | cant score. 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(iii) E |
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| 192 | 192 | | RROR MADE BY A PEER RE -11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | VIEWER.— 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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| 195 | 195 | | N GENERAL.—In the case 13 |
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| 196 | 196 | | of evidence of error by a peer re-14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | viewer, a secondary review panel shall 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | automatically and promptly evaluate 16 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the application for consideration in 17 |
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| 200 | 200 | | the applicable grant competition upon 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | receipt of a request by any such appli-19 |
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| 202 | 202 | | cant. The Department shall allow this 20 |
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| 203 | 203 | | right of review to any applicant that 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | scored five points or less below the 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | cut-off score. Examples of errors war-23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ranting secondary review may in-24 |
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| 207 | 207 | | clude— 25 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ‘‘(aa) points withheld for 1 |
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| 212 | 212 | | criteria not required in statute, 2 |
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| 213 | 213 | | regulation, or guidance governing 3 |
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| 214 | 214 | | a program under this chapter or 4 |
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| 215 | 215 | | the application for a grant for 5 |
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| 216 | 216 | | such program; or 6 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(bb) information pertaining 7 |
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| 218 | 218 | | to selection criteria that was in-8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | correctly determined to be miss-9 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ing from an application. 10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(II) T |
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| 222 | 222 | | IMELY REVIEW AND RE -11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | PLACEMENT SCORE .—The secondary 12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | review panel described in subclause (I) 13 |
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| 225 | 225 | | shall conduct a secondary review in a 14 |
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| 226 | 226 | | timely fashion, and the score resulting 15 |
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| 227 | 227 | | from the secondary review shall re-16 |
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| 228 | 228 | | place the score from the initial peer 17 |
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| 229 | 229 | | review. 18 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(III) C |
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| 231 | 231 | | OMPOSITION OF SEC -19 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ONDARY REVIEW PANEL .—The sec-20 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ondary review panel shall be composed 21 |
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| 234 | 234 | | of reviewers each of whom— 22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(aa) did not review the ap-23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | plication in the original peer re-24 |
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| 237 | 237 | | view; 25 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ‘‘(bb) is a member of the co-1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | hort of peer reviewers for the 2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | grant program that is the subject 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | of such secondary review; and 4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ‘‘(cc) to the extent prac-5 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ticable, has conducted peer re-6 |
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| 247 | 247 | | views in not less than 2 previous 7 |
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| 248 | 248 | | competitions for the grant pro-8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | gram that is the subject of such 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | secondary review. 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ‘‘(IV) F |
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| 252 | 252 | | INAL SCORE.—The final 11 |
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| 253 | 253 | | peer review score of an application 12 |
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| 254 | 254 | | subject to a secondary review under 13 |
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| 255 | 255 | | this clause shall promptly be adjusted 14 |
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| 256 | 256 | | appropriately using the score awarded 15 |
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| 257 | 257 | | by the secondary review panel, so as 16 |
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| 258 | 258 | | not to interfere with the timely award-17 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ing of grants for the applicable grant 18 |
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| 260 | 260 | | competition. 19 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ‘‘(iv) F |
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| 262 | 262 | | INALITY.— 20 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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| 264 | 264 | | N GENERAL.—A determina-21 |
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| 265 | 265 | | tion by the Secretary under clause (ii) 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | shall not be reviewable by any officer 23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | or employee of the Department other 24 |
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| 268 | 268 | | than the Secretary. 25 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘(II) SCORING.—The score 1 |
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| 273 | 273 | | awarded by a secondary review panel 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | under clause (iii) shall not be review-3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | able by any officer or employee of the 4 |
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| 276 | 276 | | Department other than the Secretary. 5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(v) F |
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| 278 | 278 | | UNDING OF APPLICATIONS 6 |
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| 279 | 279 | | WITH CERTAIN ADJUSTED SCORES .—Appli-7 |
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| 280 | 280 | | cations with scores that are adjusted up-8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ward under clause (ii) or (iii) that equal or 9 |
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| 282 | 282 | | exceed the minimum cut-off score for the 10 |
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| 283 | 283 | | applicable grant competition shall be fund-11 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ed by the Secretary using general or ad-12 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ministrative funds available to the Sec-13 |
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| 286 | 286 | | retary other than those funds appropriated 14 |
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| 287 | 287 | | or allocated for the programs authorized 15 |
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| 288 | 288 | | by this chapter.’’. 16 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (c) O |
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| 290 | 290 | | UTREACH.—Section 402A(d)(3) of the Higher 17 |
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| 291 | 291 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(d)(3)) is 18 |
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| 292 | 292 | | amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Sec-19 |
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| 293 | 293 | | retary shall also host at least one virtual, interactive train-20 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ing using telecommunications technology to ensure that 21 |
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| 295 | 295 | | interested applicants have access to technical assistance.’’. 22 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (d) D |
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| 297 | 297 | | OCUMENTATION OF STATUS AS ALOW-INCOME 23 |
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| 298 | 298 | | I |
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| 299 | 299 | | NDIVIDUAL.—Section 402A(e) of the Higher Education 24 |
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| 300 | 300 | | Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(e)) is amended— 25 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 1 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 2 |
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| 306 | 306 | | after the semicolon; 3 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 4 |
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| 308 | 308 | | period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 5 |
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| 309 | 309 | | and 6 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(E) documentation that the student has 8 |
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| 312 | 312 | | been determined to be eligible for a Federal Pell 9 |
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| 313 | 313 | | Grant under section 401; or 10 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ‘‘(F) for grants authorized under section 11 |
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| 315 | 315 | | 402B and 402F of this chapter, documentation 12 |
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| 316 | 316 | | that a student is attending a school that had a 13 |
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| 317 | 317 | | percentage of enrolled students who are identi-14 |
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| 318 | 318 | | fied students (as defined in section 15 |
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| 319 | 319 | | 11(a)(1)(F)(i) of the Richard B. Russell Na-16 |
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| 320 | 320 | | tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 17 |
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| 321 | 321 | | 1759a(a)(1)(F)(i))) that meets or exceeds the 18 |
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| 322 | 322 | | threshold described in section 11(a)(1)(F)(viii) 19 |
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| 323 | 323 | | of that Act during the school year prior to the 20 |
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| 324 | 324 | | first year of the period for which such grant is 21 |
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| 325 | 325 | | awarded.’’; and 22 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (2) in paragraph (2)— 23 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 24 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 1 |
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| 333 | 333 | | period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 2 |
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| 334 | 334 | | and 3 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(E) documentation that the student has 5 |
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| 337 | 337 | | been determined to be eligible for a Federal Pell 6 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Grant under section 401; or 7 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(F) for grants authorized under section 8 |
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| 340 | 340 | | 402B and 402F of this chapter, documentation 9 |
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| 341 | 341 | | that a student is attending a school that had a 10 |
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| 342 | 342 | | percentage of enrolled students who are identi-11 |
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| 343 | 343 | | fied students (as defined in section 12 |
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| 344 | 344 | | 11(a)(1)(F)(i) of the Richard B. Russell Na-13 |
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| 345 | 345 | | tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 346 | 346 | | 1759a(a)(1)(F)(i))) that meets or exceeds the 15 |
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| 347 | 347 | | threshold described in section 11(a)(1)(F)(viii) 16 |
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| 348 | 348 | | of that Act during the school year prior to the 17 |
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| 349 | 349 | | first year of the period for which such grant is 18 |
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| 350 | 350 | | awarded.’’. 19 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (e) O |
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| 352 | 352 | | UTCOMECRITERIA.—Section 402A(f) of the 20 |
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| 353 | 353 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(g)) 21 |
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| 354 | 354 | | is amended— 22 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 23 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ‘‘ |
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| 361 | 361 | | PRIOR EXPERIENCE ’’ and inserting ‘‘PRIOR 2 |
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| 362 | 362 | | SUCCESS’’; 3 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (B) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2009’’ and in-4 |
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| 364 | 364 | | serting ‘‘the date of enactment of the Edu-5 |
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| 365 | 365 | | cational Opportunity and Success Act of 2023’’; 6 |
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| 366 | 366 | | and 7 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (C) by striking ‘‘prior experience of’’ and 8 |
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| 368 | 368 | | inserting ‘‘prior success in achieving’’; and 9 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (2) in paragraph (3)— 10 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)— 11 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (i) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘that will 12 |
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| 372 | 372 | | make such students eligible for programs 13 |
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| 373 | 373 | | such as the Academic Competitiveness 14 |
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| 374 | 374 | | Grants Program’’ and inserting ‘‘that in-15 |
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| 375 | 375 | | cludes at least 4 years of mathematics, 3 16 |
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| 376 | 376 | | years of science, and 2 years of a foreign 17 |
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| 377 | 377 | | language’’; 18 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (ii) by redesignating clauses (v) and 19 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (vi) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; 20 |
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| 380 | 380 | | and 21 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (iii) inserting after clause (iv), the fol-22 |
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| 382 | 382 | | lowing: 23 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ‘‘(v) the completion of financial aid 24 |
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| 384 | 384 | | applications, including the Free Applica-25 |
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| 388 | 388 | | tion for Federal Student Aid described in 1 |
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| 389 | 389 | | section 483(a) and college admissions ap-2 |
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| 390 | 390 | | plications’’; 3 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (B) in subparagraph (B)— 4 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 5 |
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| 393 | 393 | | by inserting ‘‘except in the case of pro-6 |
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| 394 | 394 | | grams that are specifically designed for 7 |
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| 395 | 395 | | veterans,’’ after ‘‘402C’’; 8 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (ii) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘that will 9 |
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| 397 | 397 | | make such students eligible for programs 10 |
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| 398 | 398 | | such as the Academic Competitiveness 11 |
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| 399 | 399 | | Grants Program’’ and inserting ‘‘that in-12 |
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| 400 | 400 | | cludes at least 4 years of mathematics, 3 13 |
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| 401 | 401 | | years of science, and 2 years of a foreign 14 |
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| 402 | 402 | | language’’; 15 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (iii) by redesignating clauses (vi) and 16 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (vii) as clauses (vii) and (viii), respectively; 17 |
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| 405 | 405 | | and 18 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (iv) inserting after clause (v), the fol-19 |
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| 407 | 407 | | lowing: 20 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ‘‘(vi) the completion of financial aid 21 |
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| 409 | 409 | | applications, including the Free Applica-22 |
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| 410 | 410 | | tion for Federal Student Aid described in 23 |
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| 411 | 411 | | section 483(a) and college admissions ap-24 |
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| 412 | 412 | | plications;’’; 25 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 1 |
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| 417 | 417 | | through (E) as subparagraphs (D) through (F), 2 |
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| 418 | 418 | | respectively; 3 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 4 |
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| 420 | 420 | | the following: 5 |
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| 421 | 421 | | ‘‘(C) For programs authorized under sec-6 |
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| 422 | 422 | | tion 402C that are specifically designed for vet-7 |
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| 423 | 423 | | erans, the extent to which the eligible entity 8 |
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| 424 | 424 | | met or exceeded the entity’s objectives for such 9 |
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| 425 | 425 | | program regarding— 10 |
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| 426 | 426 | | ‘‘(i) the delivery of service to a total 11 |
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| 427 | 427 | | number of students who are veterans 12 |
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| 428 | 428 | | served by the program, as agreed upon by 13 |
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| 429 | 429 | | the entity and the Secretary for the period 14 |
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| 430 | 430 | | of the program; 15 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ‘‘(ii) such students’ academic perform-16 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ance as measured by standardized tests; 17 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ‘‘(iii) the retention and completion of 18 |
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| 434 | 434 | | participants in the program; 19 |
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| 435 | 435 | | ‘‘(iv) the provision of assistance to 20 |
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| 436 | 436 | | students served by the program in com-21 |
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| 437 | 437 | | pleting financial aid applications, including 22 |
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| 438 | 438 | | the Free Application for Federal Student 23 |
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| 439 | 439 | | Aid described in section 483(a) and college 24 |
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| 440 | 440 | | admission applications; 25 |
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| 444 | 444 | | ‘‘(v) the enrollment of such students 1 |
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| 445 | 445 | | in an institution of higher education; and 2 |
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| 446 | 446 | | ‘‘(vi) to the extent practicable, the 3 |
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| 447 | 447 | | postsecondary completion of such stu-4 |
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| 448 | 448 | | dents;’’; 5 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (E) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated 6 |
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| 450 | 450 | | by subparagraph (C), by striking clause (ii) and 7 |
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| 451 | 451 | | inserting the following: 8 |
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| 452 | 452 | | ‘‘(ii)(I) in the case of an entity that is 9 |
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| 453 | 453 | | an institution of higher education offering 10 |
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| 454 | 454 | | a baccalaureate degree, the extent to which 11 |
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| 455 | 455 | | the entity met or exceeded the entity’s ob-12 |
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| 456 | 456 | | jectives regarding the percentage of such 13 |
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| 457 | 457 | | students’ completion of a baccalaureate de-14 |
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| 458 | 458 | | gree at any baccalaureate granting institu-15 |
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| 459 | 459 | | tion within 6 years of initial enrollment in 16 |
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| 460 | 460 | | the project; or 17 |
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| 461 | 461 | | ‘‘(II) in the case of an entity that is 18 |
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| 462 | 462 | | an institution of higher education that does 19 |
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| 463 | 463 | | not offer a baccalaureate degree, the extent 20 |
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| 464 | 464 | | to which such students met or exceeded— 21 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ‘‘(aa) the entity’s objective re-22 |
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| 466 | 466 | | garding the transfer of such students 23 |
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| 467 | 467 | | to institutions of higher education 24 |
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| 468 | 468 | | that offer baccalaureate degrees, re-25 |
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| 472 | 472 | | gardless of whether the transferring 1 |
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| 473 | 473 | | student completes a degree or certifi-2 |
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| 474 | 474 | | cate; and 3 |
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| 475 | 475 | | ‘‘(bb) the entity’s objective re-4 |
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| 476 | 476 | | garding the completion of a degree or 5 |
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| 477 | 477 | | certificate by such students at the in-6 |
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| 478 | 478 | | stitution or any accredited institution 7 |
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| 479 | 479 | | within 4 years of initial enrollment in 8 |
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| 480 | 480 | | the project;’’; 9 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (F) by amending subparagraph (E), as re-10 |
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| 482 | 482 | | designated by subparagraph (C), to read as fol-11 |
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| 483 | 483 | | lows: 12 |
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| 484 | 484 | | ‘‘(E) For programs authorized under sec-13 |
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| 485 | 485 | | tion 402E, the extent to which the entity met 14 |
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| 486 | 486 | | or exceeded— 15 |
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| 487 | 487 | | ‘‘(i) the entity’s objective regarding 16 |
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| 488 | 488 | | the delivery of service to a total number of 17 |
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| 489 | 489 | | students served by the program, as agreed 18 |
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| 490 | 490 | | upon by the entity and the Secretary for 19 |
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| 491 | 491 | | the period; 20 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ‘‘(ii) the entity’s objective regarding 21 |
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| 493 | 493 | | the provision of appropriate scholarly and 22 |
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| 494 | 494 | | research activities for the students served 23 |
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| 495 | 495 | | by the program; 24 |
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| 499 | 499 | | ‘‘(iii) the entity’s objective regarding 1 |
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| 500 | 500 | | the acceptance and enrollment of such stu-2 |
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| 501 | 501 | | dents in graduate programs within 2 years 3 |
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| 502 | 502 | | of receiving the baccalaureate degree; 4 |
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| 503 | 503 | | ‘‘(iv) the entity’s objective regarding 5 |
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| 504 | 504 | | the continued enrollment of such students 6 |
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| 505 | 505 | | in graduate study; and 7 |
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| 506 | 506 | | ‘‘(v) the entity’s objective regarding 8 |
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| 507 | 507 | | the attainment of doctoral degrees by 9 |
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| 508 | 508 | | former program participants within 10 10 |
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| 509 | 509 | | years of receiving the baccalaureate de-11 |
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| 510 | 510 | | gree.’’; and 12 |
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| 511 | 511 | | (G) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated 13 |
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| 512 | 512 | | by subparagraph (C)— 14 |
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| 513 | 513 | | (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘within 15 |
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| 514 | 514 | | 2 years of participation in the program’’ 16 |
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| 515 | 515 | | after ‘‘such diploma or equivalent’’; and 17 |
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| 516 | 516 | | (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or re- 18 |
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| 517 | 517 | | enrollment’’ after ‘‘the enrollment’’. 19 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (f) A |
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| 519 | 519 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 20 |
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| 520 | 520 | | 402A(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 521 | 521 | | 1070a–11(g)) is amended to read as follows: 22 |
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| 522 | 522 | | ‘‘(g) A |
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| 523 | 523 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—For the 23 |
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| 524 | 524 | | purpose of making grants and contracts under this chap-24 |
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| 525 | 525 | | ter, there are authorized to be appropriated 25 |
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| 529 | 529 | | $1,191,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and such sums as 1 |
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| 530 | 530 | | may be necessary for each of the five succeeding fiscal 2 |
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| 531 | 531 | | years. Of the amount appropriated under this chapter, the 3 |
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| 532 | 532 | | Secretary may use no more than 1 percent of such amount 4 |
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| 533 | 533 | | to obtain additional qualified readers and additional staff 5 |
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| 534 | 534 | | to review applications, to increase the level of oversight 6 |
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| 535 | 535 | | monitoring, to support impact studies, program assess-7 |
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| 536 | 536 | | ments, and reviews, and to provide technical assistance to 8 |
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| 537 | 537 | | potential applicants and current grantees.’’. 9 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (g) D |
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| 539 | 539 | | EFINITIONS.—Section 402A(h) of the Higher 10 |
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| 540 | 540 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(h)) is 11 |
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| 541 | 541 | | amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-12 |
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| 542 | 542 | | lowing: 13 |
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| 543 | 543 | | ‘‘(4) L |
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| 544 | 544 | | OW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL .—The term 14 |
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| 545 | 545 | | ‘low-income individual’ means— 15 |
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| 546 | 546 | | ‘‘(A) an individual from a family whose ad-16 |
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| 547 | 547 | | justable gross income for the preceding year did 17 |
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| 548 | 548 | | not exceed 150 percent of an amount equal to 18 |
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| 549 | 549 | | the poverty level determined by using criteria of 19 |
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| 550 | 550 | | poverty established by the Bureau of the Cen-20 |
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| 551 | 551 | | sus; 21 |
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| 552 | 552 | | ‘‘(B) an individual from a family whose ad-22 |
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| 553 | 553 | | justable gross income, as reported on the indi-23 |
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| 554 | 554 | | vidual’s most recently completed Free Applica-24 |
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| 555 | 555 | | tion for Federal Student Aid, did not exceed 25 |
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| 560 | 560 | | level determined by using criteria of poverty es-2 |
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| 561 | 561 | | tablished by the Bureau of the Census for that 3 |
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| 562 | 562 | | year; 4 |
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| 563 | 563 | | ‘‘(C) an individual who has been deter-5 |
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| 564 | 564 | | mined to be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant 6 |
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| 565 | 565 | | under section 401; or 7 |
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| 566 | 566 | | ‘‘(D) for grants authorized under section 8 |
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| 567 | 567 | | 402B and 402F of this chapter, a student who 9 |
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| 568 | 568 | | is attending a school that had a percentage of 10 |
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| 569 | 569 | | enrolled students who are identified students 11 |
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| 570 | 570 | | (as defined in section 11(a)(1)(F)(i) of the 12 |
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| 571 | 571 | | Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 13 |
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| 572 | 572 | | (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)(i))) that meets or 14 |
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| 573 | 573 | | exceeds the threshold described in section 15 |
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| 574 | 574 | | 11(a)(1)(F)(viii) of that Act during the school 16 |
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| 575 | 575 | | year prior to the first year of the period for 17 |
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| 576 | 576 | | which such grant is awarded.’’. 18 |
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| 577 | 577 | | SEC. 3. UPWARD BOUND. 19 |
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| 578 | 578 | | Section 402C of the Higher Education Act of 1965 20 |
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| 579 | 579 | | (20 U.S.C. 1070a–13) is amended— 21 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (1) in subsection (d)— 22 |
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| 581 | 581 | | (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ 23 |
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| 582 | 582 | | after the semicolon; 24 |
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| 586 | 586 | | (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 1 |
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| 587 | 587 | | paragraph (8); 2 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 3 |
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| 589 | 589 | | following: 4 |
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| 590 | 590 | | ‘‘(7) continued services through the student’s 5 |
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| 591 | 591 | | first year of attendance at an institution of higher 6 |
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| 592 | 592 | | education, to the extent the provision of such service 7 |
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| 593 | 593 | | was described in the eligible entity’s application for 8 |
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| 594 | 594 | | assistance; and’’; and 9 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (D) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by 10 |
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| 596 | 596 | | subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or paragraphs 11 |
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| 597 | 597 | | (1) through (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘or paragraphs 12 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (1) through (7)’’; 13 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (2) in subsection (f)— 14 |
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| 600 | 600 | | (A) by striking ‘‘$60’’ and inserting 15 |
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| 601 | 601 | | ‘‘$90’’; 16 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (B) by striking ‘‘$300’’ and inserting 17 |
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| 603 | 603 | | ‘‘$450’’; 18 |
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| 604 | 604 | | (C) by striking ‘‘$40’’ and inserting 19 |
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| 605 | 605 | | ‘‘$60’’; and 20 |
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| 606 | 606 | | (D) by adding at the end the following: 21 |
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| 607 | 607 | | ‘‘Adults participating in a project that is spe-22 |
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| 608 | 608 | | cifically designed for veterans under this section 23 |
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| 609 | 609 | | may be paid stipends not in excess of $100 per 24 |
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| 610 | 610 | | month during the year.’’; and 25 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (3) by striking subsection (g) and redesignating 1 |
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| 615 | 615 | | subsection (h) as subsection (g). 2 |
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| 616 | 616 | | SEC. 4. POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM 3 |
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| 617 | 617 | | AUTHORITY. 4 |
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| 618 | 618 | | Section 402E of the Higher Education Act of 1965 5 |
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| 619 | 619 | | (20 U.S.C. 1070a–15) is amended— 6 |
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| 620 | 620 | | (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘summer 7 |
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| 621 | 621 | | internships’’ and inserting ‘‘internships or faculty- 8 |
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| 622 | 622 | | led research experiences’’; 9 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘summer 10 |
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| 624 | 624 | | research internships’’ and inserting ‘‘research intern-11 |
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| 625 | 625 | | ships or faculty-led research experiences’’; 12 |
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| 626 | 626 | | (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘$2,800’’ 13 |
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| 627 | 627 | | and inserting ‘‘$4,000’’; 14 |
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| 628 | 628 | | (4) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-15 |
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| 629 | 629 | | section (h); and 16 |
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| 630 | 630 | | (5) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-17 |
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| 631 | 631 | | lowing: 18 |
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| 632 | 632 | | ‘‘(g) D |
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| 633 | 633 | | ETERMINATION OF NEED.—A stipend pro-19 |
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| 634 | 634 | | vided to a student under subsection (f)(1) shall not be con-20 |
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| 635 | 635 | | sidered in determining that student’s need for grant or 21 |
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| 636 | 636 | | work assistance under this title, except that in no case 22 |
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| 637 | 637 | | shall the total amount of student financial assistance 23 |
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| 641 | 641 | | awarded to a student under this title exceed that student’s 1 |
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| 642 | 642 | | cost of attendance, as defined in section 472.’’. 2 |
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