student financial assistance

student financial assistance For carrying out subparts 1, 2, and 3 of part A and parts C, D, and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $5,884,671,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 1990: Provided, That the maximum Pell grant that a student may receive in the 1989–90 award year shall be $2,300: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 479A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), student financial aid administrators shall be authorized, on the basis of adequate documentation, to make necessary adjustments to the cost of attendance and expected student or parent contribution (or both) and to use supplementary information about the financial status or personal circumstances of eligible applicants only for purposes of selecting recipients and determining the amount of awards under subpart 2 of part A, and parts B, C, and E of title IV of the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 411F(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq ), the term “annual adjusted family income” shall, under special circumstances prescribed by the Secretary of Education, mean the sum received in the first calendar year of the award year from the sources described in that section: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), in order for a student to be eligible to receive grant, loan, or work assistance under title IV of that Act, that student shall be required to have earned a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent if (1) that student is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a course of study of less than one year in preparation for an occupation for which the student must be certified by an agency other than the eligible institution or institution of higher education in order to begin practice or service, and (2) a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent is a requirement for that certification.