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Title 20 — Education

Part G–1 · Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance

§ 1098dd. Use of professional judgment

Statutory text

A financial aid administrator shall be considered to be making a necessary adjustment in accordance with section 1087tt(a) of this title if the administrator makes adjustments with respect to the calculation of the expected student or parent contribution (or both) of an affected individual, and adequately documents the need for the adjustment.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003

    Pub. L. 108–76 § 4 · 117 Stat. 904

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1098dd

    (Pub. L. 108–76, § 4, Aug. 18, 2003, 117 Stat. 906.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 108–76, § 4, Aug. 18, 2003, 117 Stat. 906.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 4. USE OF PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT.   A financial aid administrator shall be considered to be making a necessary adjustment in accordance with section 479A(a) of the Act if the administrator makes adjustments with respect to the calculation of the expected student or parent contribution (or both) of an affected individual, and adequately documents the need for the adjustment.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly set out in a note under section 1070 of this title.

Section was enacted as part of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, and not as part of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which comprises this subchapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 108–76, § 4, , 117 Stat. 906.)

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