PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986
100 STAT. 1431
institution's eligible undergraduate students and the self-help need of the institution's eligible graduate and professional students. "(2) To determine the self-help need of an institution's eligible undergraduate students, the Secretary shall— "(A) establish various income categories for dependent and independent undergraduate students; "(B) establish an expected family contribution for each income category of dependent and independent undergraduate students, determined on the basis of the average expected family contribution (computed in accordance with part F of this title) of a representative sample within each income category for the second preceding fiscal year; "(C) compute 25 percent of the average cost of attendance for g all undergraduate students; "(D) multiply the number of eligible dependent students in each income category by the lesser of— "(i) 25 percent of the average cost of attendance for all undergraduate students determined under subparagraph (C);or "(ii) the average cost of attendance for all undergraduate students minus the expected family contribution determined under subparagraph (B) for that income category, except that the amount computed by such subtraction shall not be less than zero; "(E) add the amounts determined under subparagraph (D) for each income category of dependent students; and "(F) multiply the number of eligible independent students in each income category by the lesser of— r "(i) 25 percent of the average cost of attendance for all undergraduate students determined under subparagraph (C); or i. "(ii) the average cost of attendance for all undergraduate students minus the expected family contribution determined under subparagraph (B) for that income category, except that the amount computed by such subtraction for any income category shall not be less than zero; "(G) add the amounts determined under subparagraph (F) for each income category of independent students; and "(H) add the amounts determined under subparagraphs (E) and (G). "(3) To determine the self-help need of an institution's eligible graduate and professional students, the Secretary, for academic year 1988-1989 shall use the procedures employed for academic year 1986-1987, and, for any subsequent academic years, the Secretary shall— "(A) establish various income categories of graduate and professional students; "(B) establish an expected family contribution for each 'i- income category of graduate and professional students, determined on the basis of the average expected family contribution (computed in accordance with part F of this title) of a representative sample within each income category for the second preceding fiscal year; "(C) determine the average cost of attendance for all graduate and professional students; "(D) subtract from the average cost of attendance for all graduate and professional students (determined under subpara-
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