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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§1059 Duration of Grant

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — INSTITUTIONAL AID › Part A — Strengthening Institutions › § 1059

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give a grant to an eligible institution for up to 5 years. Priority goes to applicants who are not already getting a grant under this part, but a one-year planning grant and a grant under section 1068c(a)(1) do not count as having a current grant for that priority rule. The Secretary may also award a one-year planning grant to help prepare plans and applications. If an institution had a 5-year grant, it must wait 2 years after that grant ends before it can get another.

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Title 20, §1059

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(a)Award period
The Secretary may award a grant to an eligible institution under this part for 5 years.
(b)Limitations
In awarding grants under this part the Secretary shall give priority to applicants who are not already receiving a grant under this part, except that for the purpose of this subsection a grant under subsection (c) and a grant under section 1068c(a)(1) of this title shall not be considered a grant under this part.
(c)Planning grants
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may award a grant to an eligible institution under this part for a period of one year for the purpose of preparation of plans and applications for a grant under this part.
(d)Wait-out-period
Each eligible institution that received a grant under this part for a 5-year period shall not be eligible to receive an additional grant under this part until 2 years after the date on which the 5-year grant period terminates.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1059, Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 96–374, title III, § 301, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1392, provided for duration of grants under this part, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 99–498.

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–244, § 303(c)(1), inserted “subsection (c) and a grant under” after “this subsection a grant under”. Pub. L. 105–244, § 301(c)(3), substituted “section 1068c(a)(1)” for “section 1069(a)(1)”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–244, § 303(c)(2), added subsec. (d). 1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–208 inserted before period at end “, except that for the purpose of this subsection a grant under section 1069(a)(1) of this title shall not be considered a grant under this part”. 1992—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 102–325 amended subsecs. (a) and (b) generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which related: in subsec. (a), to the awarding of grants for not to exceed 3, 4, or 5 years; and in subsec. (b), to waiting periods for awarding of subsequent grants.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1993 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–208 effective as if included in the Higher Education

Amendments

of 1992, Pub. L. 102–325, except as otherwise provided, see section 5(a) of Pub. L. 103–208, set out as a note under section 1051 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1992 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 102–325 effective Oct. 1, 1992, see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 1059

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110