**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this part, to assist in making available the benefits of postsecondary education to eligible students (defined in accordance with [section 1091 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1091&num=0&edition=prelim)) in institutions of higher education by—
(1) providing Federal Pell Grants to all eligible students;
(2) providing supplemental educational opportunity grants to those students who demonstrate financial need;
(3) providing for payments to the States to assist them in making financial aid available to such students;
(4) providing for special programs and projects designed (A) to identify and encourage qualified youths with financial or cultural need with a potential for postsecondary education, (B) to prepare students from low-income families for postsecondary education, and (C) to provide remedial (including remedial language study) and other services to students; and
(5) providing assistance to institutions of higher education.
**(b) Secretary required to carry out purposes** The Secretary shall, in accordance with subparts 1 through 9 of this part, carry out programs to achieve the purposes of this part.
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**(a) Purpose** It is the purpose of this part, to assist in making available the benefits of postsecondary education to eligible students (defined in accordance with [section 1091 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1091&num=0&edition=prelim)) in institutions of higher education by—
(1) providing Federal Pell Grants to all eligible students;
(2) providing supplemental educational opportunity grants to those students who demonstrate financial need;
(3) providing for payments to the States to assist them in making financial aid available to such students;
(4) providing for special programs and projects designed (A) to identify and encourage qualified youths with financial or cultural need with a potential for postsecondary education, (B) to prepare students from low-income families for postsecondary education, and (C) to provide remedial (including remedial language study) and other services to students; and
(5) providing assistance to institutions of higher education.
**(b) Secretary required to carry out purposes** The Secretary shall, in accordance with subparts 1 through 9 of this part, carry out programs to achieve the purposes of this part.
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§ 1070a. Federal Pell Grants: amount and deter-
minations; applications
(a) Purpose; definitions
(1) Purpose
The purpose of this subpart is to provide a
Federal Pell Grant to low-income students.
(2) Definitions
In this section—
(A) the term ‘‘adjusted gross income’’
means—
(i) in the case of a dependent student,
the adjusted gross income (as defined in
section 62 of title 26) of the student’s par-
ents in the second tax year preceding the
academic year; and
(ii) in the case of an independent stu-
dent, the adjusted gross income (as defined
in section 62 of title 26) of the student (and
the student’s spouse, if applicable) in the
second tax year preceding the academic
year;
(B) the term ‘‘family size’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 1087vv(k) of
this title;
(C) the term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the
poverty line (as determined under the pov-
erty guidelines updated periodically in the
Federal Register by the Department of
Health and Human Services under the au-
thority of section 9902(2) of title 42) applica-
ble to the student’s family size and applica-
ble to the second tax year preceding the aca-
demic year;
(D) the term ‘‘single parent’’ means—
(i) a parent of a dependent student who
was a head of household (as defined in sec-
tion 2(b) of title 26) or a surviving spouse
(as defined in section 2(a) of title 26) or
was an eligible individual for purposes of
the credit under section 32 of such title, in
the second tax year preceding the aca-
demic year; or
(ii) an independent student who is a par-
ent and was a head of household (as de-
fined in section 2(b) of title 26) or a sur-
viving spouse (as defined in section 2(a) of
title 26) or was an eligible individual for
purposes of the credit under section 32 of
such title, in th