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 PUBLIC LAW 110–84—SEPT. 27, 2007

121 STAT. 787

‘‘SEC. 420M. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.

20 USC 1070g–1.

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‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.— ‘‘(1) PAYMENTS REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall pay to each eligible institution such sums as may be necessary to pay to each teacher candidate who files an application and agreement in accordance with section 420N, and who qualifies under paragraph (2) of section 420N(a), a TEACH Grant in the amount of $4,000 for each academic year during which that teacher candidate is in attendance at the institution. ‘‘(2) REFERENCES.—Grants made under paragraph (1) shall be known as ‘Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants’ or ‘TEACH Grants’. ‘‘(b) PAYMENT METHODOLOGY.— ‘‘(1) PREPAYMENT.—Not less than 85 percent of any funds provided to an eligible institution under subsection (a) shall be advanced to the eligible institution prior to the start of each payment period and shall be based upon an amount requested by the institution as needed to pay teacher candidates until such time as the Secretary determines and publishes in the Federal Register with an opportunity for comment, an alternative payment system that provides payments to institutions in an accurate and timely manner, except that this sentence shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to place an institution on a reimbursement system of payment. ‘‘(2) DIRECT PAYMENT.—Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the Secretary from paying directly to teacher candidates, in advance of the beginning of the academic term, an amount for which teacher candidates are eligible, in cases where the eligible institution elects not to participate in the disbursement system required by paragraph (1). ‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS TO TEACHER CANDIDATES.— Payments under this subpart shall be made, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary for such purpose, in such manner as will best accomplish the purposes of this subpart. Any disbursement allowed to be made by crediting the teacher candidate’s account shall be limited to tuition and fees and, in the case of institutionally-owned housing, room and board. The teacher candidate may elect to have the institution provide other such goods and services by crediting the teacher candidate’s account. ‘‘(c) REDUCTIONS IN AMOUNT.— ‘‘(1) PART-TIME STUDENTS.—In any case where a teacher candidate attends an eligible institution on less than a fulltime basis (including a teacher candidate who attends an eligible institution on less than a half-time basis) during any academic year, the amount of a grant under this subpart for which that teacher candidate is eligible shall be reduced in proportion to the degree to which that teacher candidate is not attending on a full-time basis, in accordance with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for the purposes of this subpart, computed in accordance with this subpart. Such schedule of reductions shall be established by regulation and published in the Federal Register in accordance with section 482 of this Act. ‘‘(2) NO EXCEEDING COST.—The amount of a grant awarded under this subpart, in combination with Federal assistance

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