20 USC § 1011e - Financial responsibility of foreign students

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title: "20 USC § 1011e - Financial responsibility of foreign students"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1011e"
section_name: "Financial responsibility of foreign students"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Additional General Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1593.)"
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# § 1011e. Financial responsibility of foreign students

Nothing in this chapter or any other Federal law shall be construed to prohibit any institution of higher education from requiring a student who is a foreign national (and not admitted to permanent residence in the United States) to guarantee the future payment of tuition and fees to such institution by—

**(1)** making advance payment of such tuition and fees;

**(2)** making deposits in an escrow account administered by such institution for such payments; or

**(3)** obtaining a bond or other insurance that such payments will be made.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1593.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in  prior to repeal by .

A prior section 1011e, , as added , , , related to State administrative costs, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .