20 U.S.C. § 1092e — College access initiative
submitted 20 years ago by Pub. L. 89-329 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 410 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires guaranty agencies to gather and publish State-by-State college-access information and requires the Secretary to make it available.
(a) State* information. The Secretary* must direct each agreed guaranty agency to provide information needed for Internet links giving students and families a comprehensive list of postsecondary opportunities, programs, publications, websites, and services in the States the agency serves.
(b) Agency work. (1) Each agency must make a plan and gather the information in the form and manner the Secretary requires, and make it public and available to the Secretary. (2) It must promote postsecondary access through college-planning, career-preparation, and college-payment information, publicize it, and coordinate with other entities providing or distributing it. (3) Required work may be funded from the Operating Fund and, to the extent money remains, restricted-account earnings. (4) This does not require duplicating qualifying work already underway on February 8, 2006.
(c) Access. (1) The Secretary must make the information available to students, parents, and other interested people through links or other prescribed methods. (2) Agencies must provide it free in print to requesting students and parents. (3) Within 270 days after February 8, 2006, the Secretary and agencies must publicize it, emphasizing people traditionally underrepresented in postsecondary education.
The Secretary* shall direct each guaranty agency with which the Secretary has an agreement under section 1078(c) of this title to provide to the Secretary the information necessary for the development of Internet web links and access for students and families to a comprehensive listing of the postsecondary education opportunities, programs, publications, Internet web sites, and other services available in the States for which such agency serves as the designated guarantor.
Each guaranty agency with which the Secretary has an agreement under section 1078(c) of this title shall develop a plan, and undertake the activity necessary, to gather the information required under subsection (a) and to make such information available to the public and to the Secretary in a form and manner as prescribed by the Secretary.
Each guaranty agency shall undertake such activities as are necessary to promote access to postsecondary education for students through providing information on college planning, career preparation, and paying for college. The guaranty agency shall publicize such information and coordinate such activities with other entities that either provide or distribute such information in the States for which such guaranty agency serves as the designated guarantor.
The activities required by this section may be funded from the guaranty agency’s Operating Fund established pursuant to section 1072b of this title and, to the extent funds remain, from earnings on the restricted account established pursuant to section 1072(h)(4) of this title.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a guaranty agency to duplicate any efforts under way on February 8, 2006, that meet the requirements of this section.
The Secretary shall ensure the availability of the information provided, by the guaranty agencies in accordance with this section, to students, parents, and other interested individuals, through Internet web links or other methods prescribed by the Secretary.
The guaranty agencies shall ensure that the information required by this section is available without charge in printed format for students and parents requesting such information.
Not later than 270 days after February 8, 2006, the Secretary and guaranty agencies shall publicize the availability of the information required by this section, with special emphasis on ensuring that populations that are traditionally underrepresented in postsecondary education are made aware of the availability of such information.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 485D, as added Pub. L. 109–171, title VIII, § 8023, Feb. 8, 2006, 120 Stat. 179.)
- 2006Enacted · Pub. L. 89-329 · 120 Stat. 179
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