PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986
100 STAT. 1311
the pursuit of a first undergraduate baccalaureate degree or certificate or, in the case of courses in English language instruction, to be necessary to enable the student to utilize already existing knowledge, training, or skills. "(3) No student is entitled to receive Pell Grant payments concurrently from more than one institution or from the Secretary and an institution. "(d) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.—(1) The Secretary shall from time to time set dates by which students shall file applications for basic grants under this subpart. "(2) Each student desiring a basic grant for any year shall file an application therefor containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may deem necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out the functions and responsibilities of this subpart. "(e) DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS TO STUDENTS.—Payments under this section shall be made in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary for such purpose, in such manner as will best accomplish the purpose of this section. Any disbursement allowed to be made by crediting the student's account shall be limited to tuition and fees and, in the case of institutionally owned housing, room and board. The student may elect to have the institution provide other such goods and services by crediting the student's account. "(1) CALCULATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Each contractor processing applications for awards under this subpart (including a central processor, if any, designated by the Secretary) shall, in a timely manner, furnish to the student financial aid administrator (at each institution of higher education which a student awarded a basic grant under this subpart is attending) an estimate of the eligibility index for each such student. Each such student financial aid administrator shall— "(A) examine and assess the data used to calculate the eligibility index of the student furnished pursuant to this subsection; "(B) recalculate the eligibility index of the student if there has been a change in circumstances of the student or in the data submitted; "(C) make the award to the student in the correct amount; and "(D) after making such award report the corrected data to such contractor and to a central processor (if any) designated by the Secretary for a confirmation of the correct computation of amount of the eligibility index for each such student. « "(2) Whenever a student receives an award under this subpart that, due to recalculation errors by the institution of higher education, is in excess of the amount which the student is entitled to receive under this subpart, such institution of higher education shall pay to the Secretary the amount of such excess unless such excess can be resolved in a subsequent disbursement to the institution. "(3) Each contractor processing applications for awards under this Reports, subpart shall for each academic year after academic year 1986-1987 prepare and submit a report to the Secretary on the correctness of the computations of amount of the eligibility index, and on the accuracy of the questions on the application form under this subpart for the previous academic year for which the contractor is responsible. The Secretary shall transmit the report, together with the
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