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 106 STAT. 682 PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 20 USC 1104h. 20 USC 11041. contracts. "(7) satisfies the provisions of additional repayment exceptions that may be prescribed by the Secretary in regulations issued pursuant to mis subpcirt. "(b) FORGIVENESS IF PERMANENTLY TOTALLY DISABLED.— A recipient shall be excused from repayment of any scholarship assistance received under this subpart if the recipient becomes permanently totally disabled as established by sworn affidavit of a qualified physician. «SEC. 529. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PROGRAMS; JUDICIAL REVIEW. "(a) DISAPPROVAL HEARING REQUIRED. —The Secretary shall not finally disapprove any application for a State program submitted under section 523, or any modification thereof, without first affording the State agency submitting the program reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. "(b) SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY. — Whenever the Secretary, after resisonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to the State agency administering a State program approved under this subpart, finds— "(1) that the State program has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of this subpart, or "(2) that in the administration of the program there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provisions, the Secretary shall notify such State agency that the State will not be regarded as eligible to participate in the program under this subp£urt until the Secretary is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply. "(c) COURT REVIEW.— " (1) IN GENERAL.— If any State is dissatisfied with the Secretary's final action under subsection (b)(1) or (2), such State may appeal to the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such State is located. The summons and notice of appeal may be served at any place in the United States. The Secretary shall forthwith certify and file in the court the transcript of the proceedings and the record on which the action was based. "(2) FINDINGS.— The findings of fact by the Secretary, if supported by substanticQ evidence, shall be conclusive; but the court, for good cause shown, may remsuid the case to the Secretary to take further evidence, and the Secretary may thereupon make new or modified findings of fact and may modify any previous action, and shall certify to the court the transcript and record of further proceedings. Such new or modified findings of fact shall likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence. "(3) JURISDICTION. —The court shall have jurisdiction to afOrm the action of the Secretary or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code. «SEC. 630. EVALUATION. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall conduct, by grant or contract, an independent evaluation of recipients of scholarship assistance under this subpart, which shall summarize and evaluate the State activities assisted under this subpart and the performance of such recipients. The evaluation shall assess the impact of the

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