§1061 — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

Gives plain meanings for several key terms used in this part. Graduate means a person who has been at a school for at least three semesters and finished undergraduate requirements within no more than five back-to-back school years. Part B institution means a historically Black college or university set up before 1964 whose main mission then and now was to educate Black Americans, and that is either accredited by a national agency the Secretary finds reliable or is clearly working toward accreditation; a special rule says a branch campus that got a special-needs grant before September 30, 1986 and was listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an HBCU but was later found not to be a part B institution on or after October 17, 1986 is treated as a part B institution starting July 18, 1988. Pell Grant recipient means someone who gets financial aid under subpart 1 of part A of subchapter IV of this chapter. Professional and academic areas in which Blacks are underrepresented are chosen by the Secretary, with help from the Education Statistics and Labor Statistics commissioners, using the latest good data where the share of Black Americans educated, trained, and working in those fields is smaller than their share of the overall population. School year means the 12-month period that starts July 1 and ends June 30.

Title 20, §1061

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For the purpose of this part:

(1)The term “graduate” means an individual who has attended an institution for at least three semesters and fulfilled academic requirements for undergraduate studies in not more than 5 consecutive school years.

(2)The term “part B institution” means any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of Black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined by the Secretary to be a reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation,,11 So in original. except that any branch campus of a southern institution of higher education that prior to September 30, 1986, received a grant as an institution with special needs under section 1060 of this title and was formally recognized by the National Center for Education Statistics as a Historically Black College or University but was determined not to be a part B institution on or after October 17, 1986, shall, from July 18, 1988, be considered a part B institution.

(3)The term “Pell Grant recipient” means a recipient of financial aid under subpart 1 of part A of subchapter IV of this chapter.

(4)The term “professional and academic areas in which Blacks are underrepresented” shall be determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Commissioner for Education Statistics and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the basis of the most recent available satisfactory data, as professional and academic areas in which the percentage of Black Americans who have been educated, trained, and employed is less than the percentage of Blacks in the general population.

(5)The term “school year” means the period of 12 months beginning July 1 of any calendar year and ending June 30 of the following calendar year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1061, Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 322, as added Pub. L. 96–374, title III, § 301, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1393, defined terms used in this part, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 99–498. Another prior section 1061, Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 401, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1232; Pub. L. 90–575, title I, § 101(a), (b)(1), Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1017; Pub. L. 91–95, § 4, Oct. 22, 1969, 83 Stat. 143; Pub. L. 92–318, title I, § 131(a)(1)(A),

June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 247, related to statement of purpose and authorization of appropriations for educational opportunity grants, prior to the general revision of part A of subchapter IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 92–318, title I, § 131(b)(1),

June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 247.

Amendments

2008—Par. (4). Pub. L. 110–315 inserted “, in consultation with the Commissioner for Education Statistics” before “and the Commissioner”. 1988—Par. (2). Pub. L. 100–369 inserted “,, except that any branch campus of a southern institution of higher education that prior to

September 30, 1986, received a grant as an institution with special needs under section 1060 of this title and was formally recognized by the National Center for Education Statistics as a Historically Black College or University but was determined not to be a part B institution on or after

October 17, 1986, shall, from

July 18, 1988, be considered a part B institution” after “accreditation”.

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