§1092e College access initiative

Summary

The Secretary must require each guaranty agency to give the information needed to make web links and online access for students and families to a complete list of postsecondary education options and related resources available in the States those agencies serve. Each guaranty agency must make a plan, gather that information, and share it with the public and the Secretary in the form the Secretary sets. Agencies must also provide and promote information on college planning, careers, and how to pay for college, and work with other groups in their States to do this. Agencies may pay for these activities from their Operating Fund and, if money remains, from earnings on a restricted account. They do not have to repeat work already meeting these rules as of February 8, 2006. The Secretary must make the information available online or by other methods and the agencies must give printed copies free on request. By 270 days after February 8, 2006, the Secretary and agencies must publicize the information, focusing on groups that are historically underrepresented in higher education.