 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
   Part A--Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher 
                                Education
 
     subpart 2--federal early outreach and student services programs
 
  Division 2--Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
                                Programs
 
Sec. 1070a-26. 21st Century Scholar Certificates


(a) Authority

    The Secretary, using funds appropriated under section 1070a-28 of 
this title that do not exceed $200,000 for a fiscal year--
        (1) shall ensure that certificates, to be known as 21st Century 
    Scholar Certificates, are provided to all students participating in 
    programs under this division; and
        (2) may, as practicable, ensure that such certificates are 
    provided to all students in grades 6 through 12 who attend schools 
    at which at least 50 percent of the students enrolled are eligible 
    for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell 
    National School Lunch Act [42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.].

(b) Information required

    A 21st Century Scholar Certificate shall be personalized for each 
student and indicate the amount of Federal financial aid for college 
which a student may be eligible to receive.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 404F, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title 
IV, Sec. 403, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1662; amended Pub. L. 106-78, 
title VII, Sec. 752(b)(8), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1169.)

                       References in Text

    The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, referred to in 
subsec. (a)(2), is act June 4, 1946, ch. 281, 60 Stat. 230, as amended, 
which is classified generally to chapter 13 (Sec. 1751 et seq.) of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1751 of 
Title 42 and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1070a-26, Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 404F, as 
added Pub. L. 102-325, title IV, Sec. 402(a)(4), July 23, 1992, 106 
Stat. 496; amended Pub. L. 103-208, Sec. 2(b)(21), (22), Dec. 20, 1993, 
107 Stat. 2459, related to evaluation and report, prior to the general 
amendment of this division by Pub. L. 105-244. See section 1070a-27 of 
this title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 106-78 substituted ``Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act'' for ``National School Lunch Act''.
