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PUBLIC LAW 89-751-NOV. 3, 1966

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that have agreements with him entered into under section 867, for use by such schools for payments to undergraduate students for the nursing educational opportunity grants awarded to them under this part. Sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection for any fiscal year shall be available for payment to institutions until the close of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which they were appropriated. " A M O U N To r NURSING EDUCATIONAL OPrORTUNITY GRANT DETERMINATION

ANNUAL

"SEC. 862. From the funds received by it for such purpose under this part, a school of nursing which awards a nursing educational opportunity grant to a student under this part shall, for the duration of the grant, pay to that student for each academic year during which he is in need of grant aid to pursue a course of study at such school, an amount determined by the institution for such student with respect to that year, which amount shall not exceed— "(1) the lesser of $800 or one-half of the sum of the amount of student financial aid (including assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965,hut excluding assistance under ^o us^c mi^work-study programs) provided such student by such school and loss. any assistance provided such student under any scholarship program established by a State or a private institution or organization, as determined in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, or "(2) in the case of a student who during the preceding academic year at a school of nursing received grades placing him in the upper half of his class, the amount determined under paragraph (1) plus $200. If the amount of the payment, determined pursuant to this section, for an academic year is less than $200 for any student, no payment shall be made under this part to such student for such year. The Secretary shall, subject to the foregoing limitation, prescribe for the guidance of participating institutions basic criteria or schedules (or both) for the determination of the amount of any such nursing educational opportunity grant, taking into account the objective of limiting grant aid under this part to students of exceptional financial need and such other factors, including the number of dependents in the family, as the Secretary may deem relevant. a DURATION OF NURSING EDUCATIONAL OPrORTUNlTT GRANT

"SEC. 863. The duration of a nursing educa-tional opportunity grant awarded under this part shall be the period required for completion by the recipient of his undergraduate course of study in the nursing school from which he received such grant, except that such period shall not exceed four academic years less any such period with respect to which the recipient has previously received payments under this part pursuant to a prior nursing educational opportunity grant (whether made by the same or another school of nursing). An educational opportunity grant awarded under this part shall entitle the recipient to payments only if he (1) is maintaming satisfactory progress in the course of nurse training which he is pursuing, according to the regularly prescribed standards and practices of the school of nursing from which he received the grant, and (2) is devoting essentially full time to such course of study, during the academic year, in attendance at such school. Failure to be in attendance at the school of nursing during vacation periods or periods of military service, or during other periods during which the Secretary determines in accordance with regulations that there is good cause for his nonattendance

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