Federal

Title 20 — Education

2,029 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1, 2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 92–318, title III, § 301(b)(2)(A) , June 23, 1972 , 86 Stat. 332
• § 10001 — Allocations
• § 10002 — State uses of funds
• § 10003 — Uses of funds by local educational agencies
• § 10004 — Uses of funds by institutions of higher education
• § 10005 — State applications
• § 10006 — State incentive grants
• § 10007 — Innovation Fund
• § 10008 — State reports
• § 10009 — Evaluation
• § 1001 — General definition of institution of higher education
• § 10010 — Secretary’s report to Congress
• § 10011 — Prohibition on provision of certain assistance
• § 10012 — Fiscal relief
• § 10013 — Definitions
• § 1002 — Definition of institution of higher education for purposes of student assistance programs
• § 1003 — Additional definitions
• § 101 — Annual appropriations
• § 1011 — Antidiscrimination
• § 1011a — Protection of student speech and association rights
• § 1011b — Territorial waiver authority
• § 1011c — National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
• § 1011d — Student representation
• § 1011e — Financial responsibility of foreign students
• § 1011f — Disclosures of foreign gifts
• § 1011g — Application of peer review process
• § 1011h — Binge drinking on college campuses
• § 1011i — Drug and alcohol abuse prevention
• § 1011j — Prior rights and obligations
• § 1011k — Recovery of payments
• § 1011l — Diploma mills
• § 1011m — Certification regarding the use of certain Federal funds
• § 1015 — Improvements in market information and public accountability in higher education
• § 1015a — Transparency in college tuition for consumers
• § 1015b — Textbook information
• § 1015c — Database of student information prohibited
• § 1015d — In-State tuition rates for members of qualifying Federal service
• § 1015e — State higher education information system pilot program
• § 1015f — State commitment to affordable college education
• § 1018 — Performance-Based Organization for delivery of Federal student financial assistance
• § 1018a — Procurement flexibility
• § 1018b — Administrative simplification of student aid delivery
• § 1019 — Definitions
• § 1019a — Responsibilities of covered institutions, institution-affiliated organizations, and lenders
• § 1019b — Loan information to be disclosed and model disclosure form for covered institutions, institution-affiliated organizations, and lenders participating in preferred lender arrangements
• § 1019c — Loan information to be disclosed and model disclosure form for institutions participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
• § 1019d — Self-certification form for private education loans
• § 102 — Application of appropriations
• § 1021 — Definitions
• § 1022 — Purposes
• § 1022a — Partnership grants
• § 1022b — Administrative provisions
• § 1022c — Accountability and evaluation
• § 1022d — Accountability for programs that prepare teachers
• § 1022e — Teacher development
• § 1022f — State functions
• § 1022g — General provisions
• § 1022h — Authorization of appropriations
• § 103 — Publications for National Library for the Blind
• § 1031 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1032 — Program authorized
• § 1032a — Uses of funds
• § 1032b — Application requirements
• § 1032c — Evaluation
• § 1033 — Definitions
• § 1033a — Augustus F. Hawkins centers of excellence
• § 1034 — Teach to reach grants
• § 1035 — Adjunct teacher corps
• § 1036 — Graduate fellowships to prepare faculty in high-need areas at colleges of education
• § 104 — Annual reports by trustees
• § 1041 — Limitations
• § 105 — Books for Library of Congress
• § 1051 — Findings and purpose
• § 1057 — Program purpose
• § 1058 — Definitions; eligibility
• § 1059 — Duration of grant
• § 1059a — Applications
• § 1059b — Goals for financial management and academic program
• § 1059c — American Indian tribally controlled colleges and universities
• § 1059d — Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions
• § 1059e — Predominantly Black Institutions
• § 1059f — Native American-serving, nontribal institutions
• § 1059g — Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions
• § 106 — Purchases through the General Services Administration
• § 1060 — Findings and purposes
• § 1061 — Definitions
• § 1062 — Grants to institutions
• § 1063 — Allotments to institutions
• § 1063a — Applications
• § 1063b — Professional or graduate institutions
• § 1063c — Reporting and audit requirements
• § 1063d — Strengthening HBCUs through Federal agency plans
• § 1063e — President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs
• § 1064 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title III, § 304(a)(2) , July 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 476
• § 1065 — Endowment challenge grants
• § 1066 — Findings
• § 1066a — Definitions
• § 1066b — Federal insurance for bonds
• § 1066c — Limitations on Federal insurance for bonds issued by designated bonding authority
• § 1066d — Authority of Secretary
• § 1066e — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title III, § 306(d) , Oct. 7, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1647
• § 1066f — HBCU Capital Financing Advisory Board
• § 1066g — Minority business enterprise utilization
• § 1067 — Findings
• § 1067a — Purpose; authority
• § 1067b — Grant recipient selection
• § 1067c — Use of funds
• § 1067d — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–39, title III, § 302 , July 1, 2009 , 123 Stat. 1938
• § 1067e — YES partnerships grant program
• § 1067e–1 — Promotion of entry into STEM fields
• § 1067e–2 — Evaluation and accountability plan
• § 1067g — Eligibility for grants
• § 1067h — Grant application
• § 1067i — Cross program and cross agency cooperation
• § 1067j — Administrative provisions
• § 1067k — Definitions
• § 1067l — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title III, § 301(a)(8) , Oct. 7, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1636
• § 1067q — Investment in historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions
• § 1068 — Applications for assistance
• § 1068a — Waiver authority and reporting requirement
• § 1068b — Application review process
• § 1068c — Cooperative arrangements
• § 1068d — Assistance to institutions under other programs
• § 1068e — Limitations
• § 1068f — Penalties
• § 1068g — Continuation awards
• § 1068h — Authorization of appropriations
• § 106a — Financial and program audit by Secretary
• § 107 — Operation of vending facilities
• § 1070 — Statement of purpose; program authorization
• § 1070a — Federal Pell Grants: amount and determinations; applications
• § 1070a–1 — Omitted
• § 1070a–11 — Program authority; authorization of appropriations
• § 1070a–12 — Talent search
• § 1070a–13 — Upward bound
• § 1070a–14 — Student support services
• § 1070a–15 — Postbaccalaureate achievement program authority
• § 1070a–16 — Educational opportunity centers
• § 1070a–17 — Staff development activities
• § 1070a–18 — Reports, evaluations, and grants for project improvement and dissemination
• § 1070a–2 to 1070a–6 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 401(i) , July 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 482
• § 1070a–21 — Early intervention and college awareness program authorized
• § 1070a–22 — Requirements
• § 1070a–23 — Applications
• § 1070a–24 — Activities
• § 1070a–25 — Scholarship component
• § 1070a–26 — 21st Century Scholar Certificates
• § 1070a–27 — Evaluation and report
• § 1070a–28 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1070a–31 to 1070a–35 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–315, title IV, § 405 , Aug. 14, 2008 , 122 Stat. 3215
• § 1070a–41 to 1070a–43 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 405 , Oct. 7, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1664
• § 1070a–51 to 1070a–53 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 405 , Oct. 7, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1664
• § 1070a–61 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 405 , Oct. 7, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1664
• § 1070a–71 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 405 , Oct. 7, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1664
• § 1070a–81 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 405 , Oct. 7, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1664
• § 1070b — Purpose; appropriations authorized
• § 1070b–1 — Amount and duration of grants
• § 1070b–2 — Agreements with institutions; selection of recipients
• § 1070b–3 — Allocation of funds
• § 1070b–4 — Carryover and carryback authority
• § 1070c — Purpose; appropriations authorized
• § 1070c–1 — Allotment among States
• § 1070c–2 — Applications for leveraging educational assistance partnership programs
• § 1070c–3 — Administration of State programs; judicial review
• § 1070c–3a — Grants for access and persistence
• § 1070c–4 — “Community service” defined
• § 1070d to 1070d–1d — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 402(a)(1) , July 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 482
• § 1070d–2 — Maintenance and expansion of existing programs
• § 1070d–31 — Statement of purpose
• § 1070d–32 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 406(a) , July 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 508
• § 1070d–33 — Scholarships authorized
• § 1070d–34 — Allocation among States
• § 1070d–35 — Agreements
• § 1070d–36 — Eligibility of scholars
• § 1070d–37 — Selection of scholars
• § 1070d–38 — Stipends and scholarship conditions
• § 1070d–39 — Repealed. Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 406(g)(1) , July 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 509
• § 1070d–40 — Construction of needs provisions
• § 1070d–41 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1070e — Child care access means parents in school
• § 1070f to 1070f–6 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–315, title IV, § 411 , Aug. 14, 2008 , 122 Stat. 3226
• § 1070g — Definitions
• § 1070g–1 — Program established
• § 1070g–2 — Applications; eligibility
• § 1070g–3 — Program period and funding
• § 1070g–4 — Program report
• § 1070h — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–103, div. R, § 103(c)(2) , Mar. 15, 2022 , 136 Stat. 821
• § 1071 — Statement of purpose; nondiscrimination; and appropriations authorized
• § 1072 — Advances for reserve funds of State and nonprofit private loan insurance programs
• § 1072a — Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund
• § 1072b — Agency Operating Fund
• § 1073 — Effects of adequate non-Federal programs
• § 1074 — Scope and duration of Federal loan insurance program
• § 1075 — Limitations on individual federally insured loans and on Federal loan insurance
• § 1076 — Sources of funds
• § 1077 — Eligibility of student borrowers and terms of federally insured student loans
• § 1077a — Applicable interest rates
• § 1078 — Federal payments to reduce student interest costs
• § 1078–1 — Voluntary flexible agreements with guaranty agencies
• § 1078–10 — Loan forgiveness for teachers