•'tfpi-5*!'%-;- -• -':s5*;" PUBLIC LAW 105-244—OCT. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1793 of higher education) at any point in their graduate study to provide stipends for the length of time necessary for a student to complete the course of graduate study, but in no case longer than 5 years. "(2) SPECIAL RULE.— No such commitments shall be made to students under this subpart unless the academic department, program or unit has determined adequate funds are available to nilfill the commitment from funds received or anticipated under this subpart, or from institutional funds.
- (b) AMOUNT OF STIPENDS. —The Secretary shall make pay-
ments to institutions of higher education for the purpose of paying stipends to individuals who are awarded fellowships under this subpart. The stipends the Secretary establishes shall reflect the purpose of the program under this subpart to encourage highly talented students to undertake graduate study as described in this subpart. In the case of an individual who receives such individual's first stipend under this subpart in academic year 1999-2000 or any succeeding academic year, such stipend shall be set at a level of support equal to that provided by the National Science Foundation graduate fellowships, except such amount shall be adjusted as necessary so as not to exceed the fellow's demonstrated level of need as determined under part F of title IV. "(c) TREATMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL PAYMENTS.—An institution of higher education that makes institutional payments for tuition and fees on behalf of individuals supported by fellowships under this subpart in amounts that exceed the institutional payments made by the Secretary pursuant to section 716(a) may count such excess toward the amounts the institution is required to provide pursuant to section 714(b)(2). "(d) ACADEMIC PROGRESS REQUIRED. —Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), no student shall receive an award— "(1) except during periods in which such student is maintaining satisfactory progress in, and devoting essentially full time to, study or research in the field in which such fellowship was awarded; or "(2) if the student is engaging in gainful employment other than part-time employment involved in teaching, research, or similar activities determined by the institution to be in support of the student's progress towards a degree. 'SEC. 715. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR COST OF EDUCATION. 20 USC 1135cL "(a) INSTITUTIONAL PAYMENTS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall (in addition to stipends paid to individuals under this subpart) pay to the institution of higher education, for each individual awarded a fellowship under this subpart at such institution, an institutional allowance. Except as provided in paragraph (2), such allowance shall be, for 1999-2000 and succeeding academic years, the same amount as the institutional payment made for 199S- 1999 adjusted annually thereafter in accordance with inflation as determined by the Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index for the previous cedendar year. "(2) REDUCTION. —The institutional allowance paid under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the amount the institution charges and collects from a fellowship recipient for tuition and other expenses as part of the recipient's instructional program.
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