100 STAT. 1328
PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986
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"(B) The term 'unusual medical and dental expenses', in the case of an independent student with dependents, means an amount equal to the amount by which the sum of unreimbursed medical and dental expenses exceeds 20 percent of the effective family income of the independent student with dependents. The expenses of both the student and the student's spouse are included only if the incomes of both are included in determining effective family income.
"SUBPART 2—SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANTS PURPOSE; APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED
20 USC 1070b.
"SEC. 413A. (a) PURPOSE OF SUBPART.—It is the purpose of this
subpart to 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. "(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) For the purpose of
enabling the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education which have made agreements with the Secretary in accordance with section 413C(a), for use by such institutions for payments to undergraduate students of supplemental grants awarded to them under this subpart, there are authorized to be appropriated $490,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, and such sums as may be necessary for the 4 succeeding fiscal years. "(2) Sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection for any fiscal year shall be available for payments to institutions until the end of the second fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which they were appropriated. ,£ ,
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20 USC 1070b-l.
"AMOUNT AND DURATION OF GRANTS "SEC. 413B. (a) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—(1) From the funds received
by it for such purpose under this subpart, an institution which awards a supplemental grant to a student for an academic year under this subpart shall, for each year, pay to that student an amount not to exceed the lesser of (A) the amount determined by the institution, in accordance with the provisions of part F of this title, to be needed by that student to enable the student to pursue a course of study at the institution, or (B) $4,000. "(2) If the amount determined under paragraph (1) with respect to a student for any academic year is less than $100, no payment shall be made to that student for that year. For a student enrolled for less than a full academic year, the minimum payment required shall be reduced proportionately. "(b) PERIOD FOR RECEIPT OF GRANTS; CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—(1)
The period during which a student may receive supplemental grants shall be the period required for the completion of the first undergraduate baccalaureate course of study being pursued by that student. "(2) A supplemental grant awarded under this subpart shall entitle the student (to whom it is awarded) to payments pursuant to such grant only if the student meets the requirements of section 484, except as provided in section 413C(c). "(c) DISTRIBUTION OP GRANT DURING ACADEMIC YEAR.—Nothing in
this section shall be construed to prohibit an institution from making payments of varying amounts from a supplemental grant to
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