United States Code

20 U.S.C. § 1094a

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HR 9272 Parent PLUS Loan Fairness and Responsibility Act of 2026 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 9134 Protecting Student Privacy Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 8351 Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2026 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
S 4169 Student Loan Interest Elimination Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 8045 Student Loan Interest Elimination Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 5084 Teacher Loan Forgiveness Enhancement Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 4862 LOAN Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 3298 Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2025 Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
S 1559 Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2025 Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 2899 PROTECT Students Act of 2025 Amends its part 1094a(b) · introduced · 119th Congress
S 994 PROTECT Students Act of 2025 Amends its part 1094a(b) · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 1739 Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
S 801 Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 937 Protecting Taxpayers from Student Loan Bailouts Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 6951 College Cost Reduction Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 8660 Student Loan Servicers Accountability Act of 2024 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 8468 No Debt Forgiveness for SPOILED Students Act No Debt Forgiveness for Self-Centered Pupils at Overpriced Institutions Lacking Effectively ... Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 7495 Empowering Learners through Competency-Based Education Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
S 3675 Innovation Zone Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 6809 Parent PLUS Loan Fairness and Responsibility Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
S 3404 Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
S 3355 COLLEGE Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 5042 Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 4986 Student Loan Interest Elimination Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
S 2557 Student Loan Interest Elimination Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
S 2629 Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 4711 Protecting Taxpayers from Student Loan Bailouts Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 4635 Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 4144 FAIR Act Amends its part 1094a(d), 1094a(b)(9)(C) · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 2811 Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 1216 Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
S 530 Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
S 72 Debt Cancellation Accountability Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 509 Debt Cancellation Accountability Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
S 4897 Student Loan Reform Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 8923 Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2022 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 8729 Debt Cancellation Accountability Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 8700 Simplifying Student Loans Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 8655 Responsible Education Assistance through Loan Reforms Act Amends its part 1094a(e), 1094a(a) · introduced · 117th Congress
S 4772 COLLEGE Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
S 4459 Student Debt Relief and College Affordability Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
S 4483 Debt Cancellation Accountability Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 7982 Parent PLUS Loan Fairness and Responsibility Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 7825 No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 7729 CFPB Student Loan Integrity and Transparency Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
S 3953 Affordable Loans for Any Student Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 7288 Affordable Loans for Any Student Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 6749 Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
S 3350 Helping Foster and Homeless Youth Achieve Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 6125 No Double Debt for Disaster Survivors Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress

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From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

(a) Quality Assurance Program (1) In general The Secretary is authorized to select institutions for voluntary participation in a Quality Assurance Program that provides participating institutions with an alternative management approach through which individual schools develop and implement their own comprehensive systems, related to processing and disbursement of student financial aid, verification of student financial aid application data, and entrance and exit interviews, thereby enhancing program integrity within the student aid delivery system. (2) Criteria and consideration The Quality Assurance Program authorized by this section shall be based on criteria that include demonstrated institutional performance, as determined by the Secretary, and shall take into consideration current quality assurance goals, as determined by the Secretary. The selection criteria shall ensure the participation of a diverse group of institutions of higher education with respect to size, mission, and geographical distribution. (3) Waiver The Secretary is authorized to waive for any institution participating in the Quality Assurance Program any regulations dealing with reporting or verification requirements in this subchapter that are addressed by the institution’s alternative management system, and may substitute such quality assurance reporting as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure accountability and compliance with the purposes of the programs under this subchapter. The Secretary shall not modify or waive any statutory requirements pursuant to this paragraph. (4) Determination The Secretary is authorized to determine— (A) when an institution that is unable to administer the Quality Assurance Program shall be removed from such program; and (B) when institutions desiring to cease participation in such program will be required to complete the current award year under the requirements of the Quality Assurance Program. (5) Review and evaluation The Secretary shall review and evaluate the Quality Assurance Program conducted by each participating institution and, on the basis of that evaluation, make recommendations regarding amendments to this chapter that will streamline the administration and enhance the integrity of Federal student assistance programs. Such recommendations shall be submitted to the authorizing committees. (b) Regulatory improvement and streamlining experiments (1) In general The Secretary shall continue the voluntary participation of any experimental sites in existence as of July 1, 2007, unless the Secretary determines that such site’s participation has not been successful in carrying out the purposes of this section. Any experimental sites approved by the Secretary prior to such date that have not been successful in carrying out the purposes of this section shall be discontinued not later than June 30, 2010. (2) Report The Secretary shall review and evaluate the experience of institutions participating as experimental sites and shall, on a biennial basis, submit a report based on the review and evaluation to the authorizing committees. Such report shall include— (A) a list of participating institutions and the specific statutory or regulatory waivers granted to each institution; (B) the findings and conclusions reached regarding each of the experiments conducted; and (C) recommendations for amendments to improve and streamline this chapter, based on the results of the experiment. (3) Selection (A) In general The Secretary is authorized to periodically select a limited number of additional institutions for voluntary participation as experimental sites to provide recommendations to the Secretary on the impact and effectiveness of proposed regulations or new management initiatives. (B) Waivers The Secretary is authorized to waive, for any institution participating as an experimental site under subparagraph (A), any requirements in this subchapter, including requirements related to the award process and disbursement of student financial aid (such as innovative delivery systems for modular or compressed courses, or other innovative systems), verification of student financial aid application data, entrance and exit interviews, or other management procedures or processes as determined in the negotiated rulemaking process under section 1098a of this title, or regulations prescribed under this subchapter, that will bias the results of the experiment, except that the Secretary shall not waive any provisions with respect to award rules (other than an award rule related to an experiment in modular or compressed schedules), grant and loan maximum award amounts, and need analysis requirements unless the waiver of such provisions is authorized by another provision under this subchapter. (4) Determination of success For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make a determination of success regarding an institution’s participation as an experimental site based on— (A) the ability of the experimental site to reduce administrative burdens to the institution, as documented in the Secretary’s biennial report under paragraph (2), without creating costs for the taxpayer; and (B) whether the experimental site has improved the delivery of services to, or otherwise benefitted, students. (c) “Current award year” defined For purposes of this section, the term “current award year” means the award year during which the participating institution indicates the institution’s intention to cease participation.

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