Sec. 20027. Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and freely associated States college access
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Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Beginning with award year 2023–2024, from amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall award grants to the Governors of each outlying area for such Governors to award grants to eligible institutions that enroll eligible students to pay the difference between the tuition and fees charged for in-State students and the tuition and fees charged for out-of-State students on behalf of each eligible student enrolled in the eligible institution.
The amount paid on behalf of an eligible student under this section shall be— not more than $15,000 for any one award year (as defined in section 481(a)(1)); and not more than $75,000 in the aggregate. The Governor shall prorate payments under this section with respect to eligible students who attend an eligible institution on less than a full-time basis. Each Governor desiring a grant under this section shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary for the purposes of administering the grant program.
The authority to make grants under this section shall expire at the end of award year 2029–2030. Section 422 of the General Education Provisions Act shall not apply to this section. No individual shall be determined, by a Governor, an eligible institution, or the Secretary, to be ineligible for benefits provided under this section except on the basis of eligibility requirements under this section. In this section: The term eligible institution means an institution that— is a public four-year institution of higher education located in one of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or an outlying area; enters into an agreement with the Governor of an outlying area, or with two or more of such Governors (except that such institution may not enter into an agreement with the Governor of the outlying area in which such institution is located), to carry out the grant program under this section; and submits an assurance to the Governor and to the Secretary that the institution shall use funds made available under this section to supplement, and not supplant, assistance that otherwise would be provided to eligible students from outlying areas.
The term eligible student means a student who— was domiciled in an outlying area for not less than 12 consecutive months preceding the commencement of the freshman year at an institution of higher education supported by a grant awarded under this section; has not completed an undergraduate baccalaureate course of study; and is enrolled as an undergraduate student in an eligible program (as defined in section 481(b)) on at least a half-time basis. The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 101.
The term Governor means the chief executive of an outlying area. The term outlying area means the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Freely Associated States. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until September 30, 2030, for carrying out this section. .