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20 USC § 1087nn - Determination of student aid index 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1087nn"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1087nn - Determination of student aid index"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1087nn"
section_name: "Determination of student aid index"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Need Analysis"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 474, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1456; amended Pub. L. 100–369, § 7(c), July 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 837; Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 471(a), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 472, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1729; Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title VII, § 702(c), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3141.)"
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# § 1087nn. Determination of student aid index

The student aid index—

**(1)** for a dependent student shall be determined in accordance with section 1087*oo* of this title;

**(2)** for a single independent student or a married independent student without dependents (other than a spouse) shall be determined in accordance with section 1087pp of this title; and

**(3)** for an independent student with dependents other than a spouse shall be determined in accordance with section 1087qq of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 474, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1456; amended Pub. L. 100–369, § 7(c), July 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 837; Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 471(a), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 472, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1729; Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title VII, § 702(c), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3141.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2020— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to determination of expected family contribution and the data elements to be considered.

1998—Subsec. (b)(3).  inserted “, excluding the student’s parents,” after “family of the student”.

1992— substituted “Determination of expected family contribution; data elements” for “Data elements used in determining expected family contribution” in section catchline and amended text generally, adding subsec. (a), designating existing provisions as subsec. (b) and inserting heading, adding the age of the older parent, in the case of a dependent student, and the student as a data element and striking out consideration of any unusual medical and dental expenses and consideration of the number of dependent children other than the student enrolled in a private elementary or secondary institution and the unreimbursed tuition paid as data elements.

1988—Par. (8).  substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2020 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise expressly provided, and applicable with respect to award year 2024–2025 and each subsequent award year, as determined under this chapter, see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by , effective , and applicable with respect to determinations of need under this part for academic years beginning on or after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable with respect to determinations of need under this part for award years beginning on or after , see , set out as a note under .