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§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 Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Grant recipients must evaluate the grant-funded activities every two years and send the results to the Secretary. The checks must let service providers follow students while they take part in the activities and must follow standards the Secretary creates. The Secretary’s standards must include input from recipients and providers and require consistent, uniform data rules. The Secretary may use up to 0.75 percent of the funds from section 1070a–28 each year to pay outside groups to study how well the program works and share the findings. Those studies must separately look at the scholarship part (section 1070a–25) and the ways entities meet the matching rules in section 1070a–23(c)(1) and (2). Every two years the Secretary must report to Congress on the activities and the evaluations.

Title 20, §1070a–27

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(a)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)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)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)the implementation of the scholarship component described in section 1070a–25 of this title; and

(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)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).