20 USC § 1098dd - Use of professional judgment

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title: "20 USC § 1098dd - Use of professional judgment"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1098dd"
section_name: "Use of professional judgment"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "G–1"
part_name: "Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 108–76, § 4, Aug. 18, 2003, 117 Stat. 906.)"
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# § 1098dd. Use of professional judgment

section 1087tt(a) of this title

A financial aid administrator shall be considered to be making a necessary adjustment in accordance with  if the administrator makes adjustments with respect to the calculation of the expected student or parent contribution (or both) of an affected individual, and adequately documents the need for the adjustment.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 108–76, § 4, Aug. 18, 2003, 117 Stat. 906.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly set out in a note under .

Section was enacted as part of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, and not as part of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which comprises this subchapter.