P.L. 105-244
P.L. 105-244
Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965
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One Hundred Fifth Congress of the United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled
,SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Higher Education Amendments of 1998'.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Revision of title I.
`Part B--Additional General Provisions
`Part C--Cost of Higher Education
`Part D--Administrative Provisions for Delivery of Student Financial Assistance [Performance-Based Organization]
TITLE II--TEACHER QUALITY
TITLE III--INSTITUTIONAL AID
Sec. 301. Transfers and redesignations.
Sec. 303. Strengthening institutions.
Sec. 304. Strengthening HBCU's.
Sec. 305. Endowment challenge grants.
Sec. 306. HBCU capital financing.
Sec. 307. Minority science and engineering improvement program.
TITLE IV--STUDENT ASSISTANCE
Part A--Grants to Students
Sec. 401. Federal Pell Grants.
Sec. 402. Federal TRIO programs.
Sec. 404. Academic achievement incentive scholarships.
Sec. 406. Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants.
Sec. 407. Leveraging educational assistance partnership program.
Sec. 408. Special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant and seasonal farmwork.
Sec. 409. Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program.
Part B--Federal Family Education Loan Program
Sec. 411. Limitation repealed.
Sec. 412. Advances to reserve funds.
Sec. 413. Guaranty agency reforms.
Sec. 414. Scope and duration of Federal loan insurance program.
Sec. 415. Limitations on individual federally insured loans and Federal loan insurance.
Sec. 416. Applicable interest rates.
Sec. 417. Federal payments to reduce student interest costs.
Sec. 418. Voluntary flexible agreements with guaranty agencies.
Sec. 420. Federal consolidation loans.
Sec. 421. Default reduction program.
Sec. 422. Requirements for disbursements of student loans.
Sec. 424. Loan forgiveness for teachers.
Sec. 425. Loan forgiveness for child care providers.
Sec. 426. Notice to Secretary and payment of loss.
Sec. 427. Legal powers and responsibilities.
Sec. 428. Student loan information by eligible lenders.
Sec. 430. Delegation of functions.
Part C--Federal Work-study Programs
Sec. 441. Authorization of appropriations; community services.
Sec. 442. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 443. Grants for Federal work-study programs.
Part D--William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
Sec. 451. Selection of institutions.
Sec. 452. Terms and conditions.
Sec. 454. Funds for administrative expenses.
Part E--Federal Perkins Loans
Sec. 461. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 462. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 463. Agreements with institutions of higher education.
Sec. 465. Cancellation for public service.
Part F--Need Analysis
Sec. 473. Family contribution for dependent students.
Sec. 474. Family contribution for independent students without dependents other than a spouse.
Sec. 475. Family contribution for independent students with dependents other than a spouse.
Sec. 476. Regulations; updated tables and amounts.
Sec. 477. Simplified needs test; zero expected family contribution.
Sec. 478. Discretion of student financial aid administrators.
Sec. 479. Treatment of other financial assistance.
Part G--General Provisions
Sec. 482. Forms and regulations.
Sec. 483. Student eligibility.
Sec. 484. State court judgments.
Sec. 485. Institutional refunds.
Sec. 486. Institutional and financial assistance information for students.
Sec. 487. National student loan data system.
Sec. 488. Distance education demonstration programs.
Sec. 489. Program participation agreements.
Sec. 490. Regulatory relief and improvement.
Sec. 490A. Garnishment requirements.
Sec. 490B. Administrative subpoena authority.
Sec. 490C. Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.
Sec. 490D. Meetings and negotiated rulemaking.
Sec. 490E. Year 2000 requirements at the Department of Education.
Sec. 490F. Procedures for cancellations and deferments for eligible disabled veterans.
Part H--Program Integrity
Sec. 491. State role and responsibilities.
Sec. 492. Accrediting agency recognition.
Sec. 493. Eligibility and certification procedures.
TITLE V--DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONS
TITLE VI--INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Sec. 601. International and foreign language studies.
Sec. 602. Business and international education programs.
TITLE VII--GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
TITLE VIII--STUDIES, REPORTS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Part A--Studies
Sec. 801. Study of market mechanisms in Federal student loan programs.
Sec. 803. Student-related debt study required.
Sec. 804. Study of transfer of credits.
Sec. 805. Study of opportunities for participation in athletics programs.
Part B--Advanced Placement Incentive Program
Part C--Community Scholarship Mobilization
Sec. 814. Purpose; endowment grant authority.
Part D--Grants to States for Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders
Part E--Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women on Campuses
Sec. 826. Grants to combat violent crimes against women on campuses.
Sec. 827. Study of institutional procedures to report sexual assaults.
Part F--Improving United States Understanding of Science, Engineering, and Technology in East Asia
Part G--Olympic Scholarships
Part H--Underground Railroad
Sec. 841. Underground Railroad educational and cultural program.
Part I--Summer Travel and Work Programs
Sec. 846. Authority to administer summer travel and work programs.
Part J--Web-based Education Commission
Sec. 851. Short title; definitions.
Sec. 852. Establishment of Web-Based Education Commission.
Sec. 853. Duties of the Commission.
Sec. 854. Powers of the Commission.
Sec. 855. Commission personnel matters.
Part K--Miscellaneous
Sec. 861. Education-welfare study.
Sec. 863. Sense of Congress regarding good character.
Sec. 864. Educational merchandise licensing codes of conduct.
TITLE IX--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS
Part A--Extension and Revision of Indian Higher Education Programs
Part B--Education of the Deaf
Sec. 912. Elementary and secondary education programs.
Sec. 913. Agreement with Gallaudet University.
Sec. 914. Agreement for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Sec. 918. Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
Sec. 919. Federal endowment programs.
Sec. 920. Scholarship program.
Sec. 921. Oversight and effect of agreements.
Sec. 922. International students.
Sec. 923. Research priorities.
Part C--United States Institute of Peace
Sec. 931. Authorities of the United States Institute of Peace.
Part D--Voluntary Retirement Incentive Plans
Part E--General Education Provisions Act Amendment
Sec. 951. Amendment to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
Part F--Liaison for Proprietary Institutions of Higher Education
Sec. 961. Liaison for proprietary institutions of higher education.
Part G--Amendments to Other Statutes
Part H--Repeals
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