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Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 as enacted in the US Statutes at Large S.2590 on Congress.gov WashingtonWatch.com – P.L. 109–282, The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine information on the bill, including estimated cost per person
It required that a for-profit school receive no more than 85% of its revenue from Title IV financial aid sources. This rule was modeled after the earlier Veteran Administration regulation. [4] During the 1998 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, Congress changed the 85–15 rule to the 90–10 rule.
In the United States, federal assistance, also known as federal aid, federal benefits, or federal funds, is defined as any federal program, project, service, or activity provided by the federal government that directly assists domestic governments, organizations, or individuals in the areas of education, health, public safety, public welfare, and public works, among others.
The cost of one year at an in-state, four-year college keeps rising each year — surpassing $20,000 during the 2016-2017 school year.
If the EFC is less than the cost of attending a college, the student has a financial need (as the term is used in the U.S. financial aid system). Students can file an appeal with their college financial aid office to seek additional financial aid, though the information about the process is not always clear or available online.
A well-to-do family's EFC may exceed the cost of attendance at a school, and in that case the student does not have financial need, as defined by the federal financial aid system. In some cases, despite financial hardship for the student, the student's family will simply be unwilling to pay the full amount, leaving the student to find their own ...
The investigation, which included an analysis of financial records from 201 public universities, reveals a large and growing divide between a handful of colleges with elite sports programs — and those like James Madison that overwhelmingly finance their ambitions with student money. This is what that divide looks like.
To expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for other purposes. Announced in: the 113th United States Congress: Sponsored by: Sen. Mark R. Warner (D, VA) Number of co-sponsors: 1: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 113–101 (text) Statutes at Large ...