20 USC § 1101c - Duration of grant

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s1101c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 1101c - Duration of grant"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "1101c"
section_name: "Duration of grant"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Hispanic-Serving Institutions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–329, title V, § 504, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title V, § 501, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1769; amended Pub. L. 109–292, § 4(b), Sept. 30, 2006, 120 Stat. 1341.)"
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# § 1101c. Duration of grant

**(a)** **Award period** The Secretary may award a grant to a Hispanic-serving institution under this subchapter for 5 years.

**(b)** **Planning grants** Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may award a grant to a Hispanic-serving institution under this subchapter for a period of 1 year for the purpose of preparation of plans and applications for a grant under this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title V, § 504, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title V, § 501, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1769; amended Pub. L. 109–292, § 4(b), Sept. 30, 2006, 120 Stat. 1341.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was classified to  prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .

Another prior  was classified to  prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a).  reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:

“(1) .—The Secretary may award a grant to a Hispanic-serving institution under this subchapter for 5 years.

“(2) .—A Hispanic-serving institution shall not be eligible to secure a subsequent 5-year grant award under this subchapter until 2 years have elapsed since the expiration of the institution’s most recent 5-year grant award under this subchapter, except that for the purpose of this subsection a grant under  shall not be considered a grant under this subchapter.”