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§1068d Assistance to Institutions Under Other Programs

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — INSTITUTIONAL AID › Part G — General Provisions › § 1068d

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can let schools that qualify under part A or part B get special help for certain federal programs. If a school's application would otherwise be approved, the Secretary may waive the school’s required nonfederal share of the cost or give its application priority. This applies to programs under part D or subchapter IV. The Secretary cannot waive the nonfederal share if doing so would make approved applications spend more than 10 percent of a program’s annual appropriations.

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Title 20, §1068d

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(a)Assistance eligibility
Each institution which the Secretary determines to be an institution eligible under part A or an institution eligible under part B may be eligible for waivers in accordance with subsection (b).
(b)Waiver applicability
(1)Subject to, and in accordance with, regulations promulgated for the purpose of this section, in the case of any application by an institution referred to in subsection (a) for assistance under any programs specified in paragraph (2), the Secretary is authorized, if such application is otherwise approvable, to waive any requirement for a non-Federal share of the cost of the program or project, or, to the extent not inconsistent with other law, to give, or require to be given, priority consideration of the application in relation to applications from other institutions.
(2)The provisions of this section shall apply to any program authorized by part D or subchapter IV of this chapter.
(c)Limitation
The Secretary shall not waive, under subsection (b), the non-Federal share requirement for any program for applications which, if approved, would require the expenditure of more than 10 percent of the appropriations for the program for any fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1069b of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 105–244.

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105–244, § 308(f), substituted “part D or subchapter IV of this chapter” for “subchapter IV, VII, or VIII of this chapter”. 1996—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–208 struck out “II,” after “authorized by subchapter”. 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–325 substituted “may be eligible” for “shall be eligible”.

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 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. § 1068d

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110