Title 20EducationRelease 119-73not60

§10004 Uses of Funds by Institutions of Higher Education

Title 20 › Chapter 80— STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND › § 10004

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

A public college or university that gets these federal funds must use them for teaching and general expenses and to help avoid raising tuition for in-State students. The money can also pay to modernize, renovate, or repair buildings mostly used for classes, research, or student housing, including upgrades that meet a recognized green building rating system. The school may not add the money to its endowment. The funds also cannot pay for routine maintenance, for stadiums or other facilities used mainly for athletic events or paid public events, or for buildings used for religious worship or religious instruction or whose main purpose is religious.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §10004

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(a)A public institution of higher education that receives funds under this chapter shall use the funds for education and general expenditures, and in such a way as to mitigate the need to raise tuition and fees for in-State students, or for modernization, renovation, or repair of institution of higher education facilities that are primarily used for instruction, research, or student housing, including modernization, renovation, and repairs that are consistent with a recognized green building rating system.
(b)An institution of higher education may not use funds received under this chapter to increase its endowment.
(c)No funds awarded under this chapter may be used for—
(1)the maintenance of systems, equipment, or facilities;
(2)modernization, renovation, or repair of stadiums or other facilities primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions or other events for which admission is charged to the general public; or
(3)modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities—
(A)used for sectarian instruction or religious worship; or
(B)in which a substantial portion of the functions of the facilities are subsumed in a religious mission.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 10004

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60