Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§1070d–38 Stipends and scholarship conditions
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Part Part A— - Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education › Subpart subpart 6— - robert c. byrd honors scholarship program › § 1070d–38
Summary
Each scholarship recipient gets a $1,500 stipend for the academic year, but total aid cannot exceed the student’s cost of attendance. The State educational agency must make rules to ensure scholars enroll at a higher-education institution.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §1070d–38
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(a)Each student awarded a scholarship under this subpart shall receive a stipend of $1,500 for the academic year of study for which the scholarship is awarded, except that in no case shall the total amount of financial aid awarded to such student exceed such student’s total cost-of-attendance.
(b)The State educational agency shall establish procedures to assure that a scholar awarded a scholarship under this subpart pursues a course of study at an institution of higher education.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1070d–38, Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 419H, as added Pub. L. 98–558, title VIII, § 801(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2902, related to stipends and scholarship conditions for students receiving scholarships under Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program, prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 99–498.
Amendments
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–325 inserted before period at end “, except that in no case shall the total amount of financial aid awarded to such student exceed such student’s total cost-of-attendance”.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 1070d–38
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73