PUBLIC LAW 96-374—OCT. 3, 1980
94 STAT. 1445
NEED ANALYSIS
"SEC. 482. (a)(1) For the purpose of determining a student's need for financial assistance under this title (other than under subpart 3 of part A and under part B), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, no later than July 1, 1981, April 1, 1982, and on April 1 of each succeeding calendar year, a proposed schedule of expected family contributions for the academic year which begins after July 1 of the calendar year which succeeds such calendar year for various levels of family income, which, except as is otherwise provided in paragraph (2), together with any amendments thereto, shall become effective July 1 of the calendar year which succeeds such calendar year. During the thirty-day period following such publication the Secretary shall provide interested parties with an opportunity to present their views and make recommendations with respect to such schedule. Such schedule shall be adjusted annually. "(2) The schedule of expected family contributions required for each academic year shall be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives not later than the time of its publication in the Federal Register. If either the Senate or the House of Representatives adopts, prior to October 1, 1981, July 1, 1982, or July 1 of any succeeding year following the submission of such schedule as required by this paragraph, a resolution of disapproval of such schedule, in whole or in part, the Secretary shall publish a new schedule of expected family contributions in the Federcd Register not later than fifteen days after the adoption of such resolution of disapproval. Such new schedule shall take into consideration such recommendations as may be made in either House in connection with such resolution. If within fifteen days following the submission of the revised schedule either the Senate or the House of Representatives again adopts a resolution of disapproval, in whole or in part, of such revised schedule, the Secretary shall publish a new schedule of expected family contributions in the Federal Register not later than fifteen days after the adoption of such resolution of disapproval. This procedure shall be repeated until neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives adopts a resolution of disapproval. The Secretary shall publish together with each new schedule a statement identifying the recommendations made in either House in connection with such resolution of disapproval and explaining his reasons for the new schedule. '(3) The Secretary, in cooperation with representatives of agencies and organizations involved in student financial assistance, shall develop a proposed schedule of expected family contributions each year for publication in the Federal Register. "(b)(1) For the purposes of this section, the term 'family contribution' with respect to any student means the amount which the student and his family may be reasonably expected to contribute toward his postsecondary education for the academic year for which the determination is made, as determined in accordance with regulations. In promulgating such regulations, the Secretary shall follow the basic criteria set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection. "(2) The basic criteria to be followed in promulgating regulations with respect to expected family contributions are as follows: "(A) The amount of the effective income of the student or the effective family income of the student's parents. "(B) The number of dependents of the family of the student. "(C) The number of dependents of the student s family who are in attendance in a program of postsecondary education and for
Publication in Federal Register. 20 USC 1089. 20 USC 1070c, 1071.
Effective date.
Expected family contributions schedule. Publication in Federal Register.
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