PUBLIC LAW 105-244 —OCT. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1737 note. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendment made by paragraph Applicability. (1), regarding suspension of eligibility for drug-related offenses, 20^80 1091 shall apply with respect to financial assistance to cover the costs 01 attendance for periods of enrollment beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 484. STATE COURT JUDGMENTS. Section 484A (20 U.S.C. 1091a) is amended— (1) in the heading of the section by inserting ", AND STATE COURT JUDGMENTS'* after "UMTTATIONS"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(c) STATE COURT JUDGMENTS.—A judgment of a State court for the recovery of money provided as grant, loan, or work assistance under this title that has been assigned or transferred to the Secretary under this title may be registered in any district court of the United States by flung a certified copy of the judgment and a copy of the assignment or transfer. A judgment so registered shall have the same force and effect, and may be enforced in the same manner, as a judgment of the district court of the district in which the judgment is registered.", SEC. 485. INSTITUTIONAL REFUNDS. Section 484B (20 U.S.C. 1091b) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 484B. INSTITUTIONAL REFUNDS. " (a) RETURN OF TITLE IV FUNDS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—If a recipient of assistance under this title withdraws from an institution during a payment period or period of enrollment in which the recipient began attendance, the amount of grant or loan assistance (other than assistance received under part C) to be returned to the title IV programs is calculated according to paragraph (3) and returned in accordance with subsection (b). " (2) LEAVE OF ABSENCE.— "(A) LEAVE NOT TREATED AS WITHDRAWAL. — In the case of a student who taikes a leave of absence from an institution for not more than a total of 180 days in any 12- month period, the institution may consider the student as not naving withdrawn from the institution during the leave of absence, and not calculate the amount of grant and loan assistance provided under this title that is to be returned in accordance with this section if— "(i) the institution has a formal policy regarding leaves of absence; "(ii) the student followed the institution's policy in requesting a leave of absence; and "(iii) the institution approved the student's request in accordance with the institution's policy. "(B) CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO RETURN.— If a student does not return to the institution at the expiration of an approved leave of absence that meets the requirements of subparagraph (A), the institution shall calculate the amount of grant and loan assistance provided under this title that is to be returned in accordance with this section based on the day the student withdrew (as determined under subsection (c)). "(3) CALCULATION OF AMOUNT OF TITLE IV ASSISTANCE EARNED.—
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