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§1070d–40 Construction of needs provisions

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–40

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Scholarships under this subpart can't be counted in financial-need tests for federal grants or loans, unless section 1087kk allows it.

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Title 20, §1070d–40

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Except as provided in section 1087kk of this title, nothing in this subpart, or any other Act, shall be construed to permit the receipt of a scholarship under this subpart to be counted for any needs test in connection with the awarding of any grant or the making of any loan under this chapter or any other provision of Federal law relating to educational assistance.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 1070d–40, Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 419J, as added Pub. L. 98–558, title VIII, § 801(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2902, provided that receipt of scholarship under Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program not be counted for needs test for education grant or loan, prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 99–498.

Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–325 substituted “Except as provided in section 1087kk of this title, nothing” for “Nothing”.

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20 U.S.C. § 1070d–40

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73