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 PUBLIC LAW 105-244r-OCT. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1735 (d) TOLL-FREE lNFORMATlON. --Section 483(d) is amended by 20 USC 1090. striking "section 633(cr and inserting "section 685(d)(2)(Cr. (e) REPEAL.—Subsection (f) of section 483 is repealed. SEC. 483. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY. (a) IN GENERAL. — Section 484(a) (20 U.S.C. 1091(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking "the institution" and every- thing that follows through "lender), a document" and inserting ^he Secretary, as part of the original financial aid application process, a certification,"; and (2) in paragraph (5), by striking "or a permanent resident of the Trust Territory of the PacSic Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands" and inserting "a citizen of any one of the Freely Associated States". (b) HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS.— Section 484(d) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "either"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(3) The student has completed a secondary school education in a home school setting that is treated as a home school or private school under State law.". (c) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.— Section 484(j) is amended to read as follows: "(j) ASSISTANCE UNDER SUBPARTS 1 AND 3 OF PART A, AND PART C.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a student shall be eligible until September 30, 2004, for assistance under subparts 1 and 3 of part A, and part C, if the student is otherwise qualified and— "(1) is a citizen of any one of the Freely Associated States and attends an institution of higher education in a State or a public or nonprofit private institution of higher education in the Freely Associated States; or "(2) meets the requirements of subsection (a)(5) and attends a public or nonprofit private institution of higher education in any one of the Freely Associated States. ". (d) CORRESPONDENCE COURSES. —Paragraph (1) of section 484(1) is amended to read as follows: "(1) RELATION TO CORRESPONDENCE COURSES.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— ^A student enrolled in a course of instruction at an institution of higher education that is offered in whole or in part through telecommunications and leads to a recognized certificate for a program of study of 1 year or longer, or a recognized associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree, conferred by such institution, shall not be considered to be enrolled in correspondence courses unless the total amount of telecommunications and correspondence courses at such institution equeds or exceeds 50 percent of the total amount of all courses at the institution. "(B) REQUIREMENT.— An institution of higher education referred to in subparagraph (A) is an institution of higher education— "(i) that is not an institute or school described in section 521(4)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act; and

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