To provide relief to students, schools, and student borrowers affected by natural disaster.
Katrina College Student Relief Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to waive certain requirements for repayment of federal student grant assistance by students if: (1) they were residing in, employed in, or attending an institution of higher education located in a major disaster area; (2) their attendance was interrupted because of the disaster's impact on them or the institution; and (3) their withdrawal ended within the academic year during which the major disaster designation occurred or during the next succeeding academic year.
Provides such students with deferments for certain student loan obligations for up to six months.
Directs the Secretary to recalculate the expected family contribution for such students.
Became Public Law No: 109-67.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Became Public Law No: 109-66.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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