20 U.S.C. § 1070d–38: Stipends and scholarship…

§1070d–38 Stipends and Scholarship Conditions

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 6 — robert c. byrd honors scholarship program › § 1070d–38

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each student awarded one of these scholarships must get a $1,500 stipend for the academic year the scholarship covers, but the student’s total financial aid can never be more than their total cost of attendance. The State educational agency must create rules to make sure each scholar is enrolled in a course of study at a college or other institution of higher education.

Title 20, §1070d–38

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(a)Amount of award

Each student awarded a scholarship under this subpart shall receive a stipend of $1,500 for the academic year of study for which the scholarship is awarded, except that in no case shall the total amount of financial aid awarded to such student exceed such student’s total cost-of-attendance.

(b)Use of award

The State educational agency shall establish procedures to assure that a scholar awarded a scholarship under this subpart pursues a course of study at an institution of higher education.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1070d–38, Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 419H, as added Pub. L. 98–558, title VIII, § 801(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2902, related to stipends and scholarship conditions for students receiving scholarships under Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program, prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 99–498.

Amendments

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–325 inserted before period at end “, except that in no case shall the total amount of financial aid awarded to such student exceed such student’s total cost-of-attendance”.