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 12 2 STA T .749PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 227 —M A Y 7, 200 8‘ ‘ (a)ACADEMI C CO M P E T ITI V E N E S S GR ANT P RO G RAM A U T H OR - I Z ED .—TheS e cr e t ar ys ha l la w ar dg ra n ts ,i nthea mou nts s p eci f ied in su b section (d)( 1 ), to eligible students to assist the eligible stu- dents in paying their college education e x penses. ’ ’ ( 2 ) in subsection (b)— (A) by stri k ing ‘‘academic year’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘year’’; and ( B ) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘third or fourth’’ and inserting ‘‘third, fourth, or fifth’’; ( 3 ) in subsection (c)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (i) by striking ‘‘full – time’’; (ii) by striking ‘‘academic’’ and inserting ‘‘award’’; and (iii) by striking ‘‘is made’’ and inserting ‘‘is made for a grant under this section’’; (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following

‘‘(1) is eligible for a F ederal Pell Grant; ‘‘(2) is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an institution of higher education on not less than a half-time basis; and’’; and (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking ‘‘academic’’ each place the term appears; (ii) in subparagraph (A)— ( I ) by striking the matter preceding clause (i) and inserting the following: ‘‘(A) the first year of a program of undergraduate education at a two- or four-year degree-granting institution of higher education (including a program of not less than one year for which the institution awards a certificate)—’’; (II) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following: ‘‘(i) has successfully completed, after J anuary 1, 2 0 0 6, a rigorous secondary school program of study that prepares students for college and is recogni z ed as such by the State official designated for such rec- ognition, or with respect to any pri v ate or home school, the school official designated for such recognition for such school, consistent with State law, which recog- nized program shall be reported to the Secretary; and’’; and (III) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, except as part of a secondary school program of study’’ before the semicolon; (iii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘year of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘higher education’’ and inserting ‘‘year of a pro- gram of undergraduate education at a two- or four- year degree-granting institution of higher edu- cation (including a program of not less than two years for which the institution awards a certifi- cate)’’; and

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