 
      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 3--federal supplemental educational opportunity grants
 
Sec. 1070b-1. Amount and duration of grants


(a) Amount of grant

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), 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 E of this subchapter, to be needed by that 
student to enable the student to pursue a course of study at the 
institution or in a program of study abroad that is approved for credit 
by the institution at which the student is enrolled, 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.
    (3) For students participating in study abroad programs, the 
institution shall consider all reasonable costs associated with such 
study abroad when determining student eligibility. The amount of grant 
to be awarded in such cases may exceed the maximum amount of $4,000 by 
as much as $400 if reasonable study abroad costs exceed the cost of 
attendance at the home institution.

(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 1091 of this 
title, except as provided in section 1070b-2(c) of this title.

(c) Distribution of 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 a student during an academic year to cover costs for a period 
which are not applicable to other periods of such academic year.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 413B, as added Pub. L. 99-498, title IV, 
Sec. 401(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1328; amended Pub. L. 102-325, 
title IV, Sec. 403(c), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 505.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1070b-1, Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 413B, as 
added Pub. L. 92-318, title I, Sec. 131(b)(1), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 
252; amended Pub. L. 96-374, title IV, Sec. 403(c), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 
Stat. 1405, related to amount and duration of supplemental educational 
opportunity grants, prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. 
L. 99-498.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-325, Sec. 403(c)(1), substituted 
``Except as provided in paragraph (3), from'' for ``From'' in 
introductory provisions and inserted ``or in a program of study abroad 
that is approved for credit by the institution at which the student is 
enrolled'' after ``course of study at the institution'' in subpar. (A).
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102-325, Sec. 403(c)(2), added par. (3).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1070b-2 of this title.
