20 U.S.C. § 1070a–27: Evaluation and report

§1070a–27 Evaluation and Report

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER IV — STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Part A — Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education › subpart 2 — federal early outreach and student services programs › § 1070a–27

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Grant recipients must evaluate the grant-funded activities every two years and send a copy to the Secretary. The evaluations must let service providers follow eligible students while they take part in the activities and must follow standards the Secretary creates. The Secretary’s standards must get input from grant recipients and service providers and must make data methods consistent. The Secretary must use up to 0.75% of the program funds each year to pay outside groups to study how well the program works. That study must separately look at the scholarship part and at how matching requirements were met. Every two years the Secretary must report the results to Congress.

Title 20, §1070a–27

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(a)Evaluation

Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this division shall biennially evaluate the activities assisted under this division in accordance with the standards described in subsection (b) and shall submit to the Secretary a copy of such evaluation. The evaluation shall permit service providers to track eligible student progress during the period such students are participating in the activities and shall be consistent with the standards developed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b).

(b)Evaluation standards

The Secretary shall prescribe standards for the evaluation described in subsection (a). Such standards shall—

(1)provide for input from eligible entities and service providers; and

(2)ensure that data protocols and procedures are consistent and uniform.

(c)Federal evaluation

In order to evaluate and improve the impact of the activities assisted under this division, the Secretary shall, from not more than 0.75 percent of the funds appropriated under section 1070a–28 of this title for a fiscal year, award one or more grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to or with public and private institutions and organizations, to enable the institutions and organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and, as appropriate, disseminate the results of the evaluation. Such evaluation shall include a separate analysis of— (1)

(2)the use of methods for complying with matching requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1070a–23(c) of this title.

(d)Report

The Secretary shall biennially report to Congress regarding the activities assisted under this division and the evaluations conducted pursuant to this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1070a–27, Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 404G, as added Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 402(a)(4), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 496; amended Pub. L. 103–208, § 2(b)(23), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2459; Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 354, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3967, authorized appropriations for grants under this division, prior to the general amendment of this division by Pub. L. 105–244. See section 1070a–28 of this title.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–315 inserted at end “Such evaluation shall include a separate analysis of—” and pars. (1) and (2).