Sec. 4. Online counseling tools
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Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1092 ) is further amended by adding at the end the following: Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act , the Secretary shall maintain— an online counseling tool that provides the exit counseling required under subsection
(b)and meets the applicable requirements of this subsection; and an online counseling tool that provides the annual counseling required under subsection
(l)and meets the applicable requirements of this subsection. In maintaining the online counseling tools described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that each such tool is— consumer tested, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, to ensure that the tool is effective in helping individuals understand their rights and obligations with respect to borrowing a loan made under part D or receiving a Federal Pell Grant; understandable to students receiving Federal Pell Grants and borrowers of loans made under part D; and freely available to all eligible institutions. The Secretary shall— use each online counseling tool described in paragraph
(1)to keep a record of which individuals have received counseling using the tool, and notify the applicable institutions of the individual’s completion of such counseling; in the case of a borrower who receives annual counseling for a loan made under part D using the tool described in paragraph (1)(B), notify the borrower by when the borrower should accept, in a manner described in section 485(l)(6), the loan for which the borrower has received such counseling; and in the case of a borrower described in subsection (b)(1)(B) at an institution that uses the online counseling tool described in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, the Secretary shall attempt to provide the information described in subsection (b)(1)(A) to the borrower through such tool. .
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