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lege Access and Opportunity Act of 2005’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘1993 through 1998’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1998 through 2004’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(as such section’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘Amendments of 
1998)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Higher Education 
Amendments of 1998.’’ and inserting ‘‘Col-
lege Access and Opportunity Act of 
2005.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Upon the submission’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘limited num-
ber of additional institutions for voluntary 
participation’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary is authorized to continue the vol-
untary participation of institutions partici-
pating as of July 1, 2005,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, and shall continue 
the participation of any such institution 
unless the Secretary determines that such 
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institution’s participation has not been 
successful in carrying out the purposes of 
this section’’. 
(6) Section 491(c) (20 U.S.C. 1098(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The appointment of members under subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall be effective 
upon publication of the appointment in the Congressional 
Record.’’. 
(7) Section 491(h)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1098(h)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the rate authorized for GS–18 
of the General Schedule’’ and inserting ‘‘the max-
imum rate payable under section 5376 of such title’’. 
(8) Section 491(k) (20 U.S.C. 1098(k)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
(9) Section 493A (20 U.S.C. 1098c) is re-
pealed. 
(10) Section 498 (20 U.S.C. 1099c) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘for 
profit,’’ and inserting ‘‘for-profit,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end thereof. 
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SEC. 489. PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY PROVISION. 
Section 484 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(s) PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY PROVISION.—A stu-
dent who does not have a certificate of graduation from 
a school providing secondary education may be eligible for 
assistance under subpart 1 of Part A of this title for no 
more than two academic years, if such student— 
‘‘(1) meets all eligibility requirements for such 
assistance (other than not being enrolled in an ele-
mentary or secondary school) and is an academically 
gifted and talented student, as defined in section 
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act; 
‘‘(2) is in the junior or senior year of secondary 
school, and has not received any assistance under 
this title; 
‘‘(3) is selected for participation and is enrolled 
full-time and resides on campus in a residential col-
lege gifted student program for early enrollment, 
leading to fully transferable college academic credit; 
‘‘(4) does not and will not participate in any 
secondary school course work during or after such 
program; and 
‘‘(5) has entered into an agreement that, if the 
student fails to complete the entirety of the aca-
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demic program for which assistance under subpart 1 
of Part A of this title was received, or participates 
in secondary school course work after participating 
in such program, the student will repay all funds re-
ceived under such subpart pursuant to this sub-
section to the Federal Government in accordance 
with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.’’. 
PART H—PROGRAM INTEGRITY 
SEC. 495. ACCREDITATION. 
(a) 
STANDARDS
FOR
ACCREDITATION.—Section 
496(a) (20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) is a State agency approved by the 
Secretary for the purpose described in subpara-
graph (A) and the State does not, for purposes 
of this title, directly or indirectly— 
‘‘(i) require any institution of higher 
education to obtain accreditation by such 
State agency, rather than another accred-
iting agency or association approved by the 
Secretary for the purpose described in sub-
paragraph (A); or 
‘‘(ii) provide any exemption or other 
privilege or benefit to any institution of 
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higher education by reason of its accredita-
tion by such State agency rather than an-
other accrediting agency or association ap-
proved by the Secretary for the purpose 
described in subparagraph (A); or’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(4)’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘consistently applies 
and enforces standards’’ the following: ‘‘that 
consider the stated mission of the institution of 
higher education, including religious missions, 
and’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end thereof; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) if such agency or association already has 
or seeks to include within its scope of recognition 
the evaluation of the quality of institutions or pro-
grams offering distance education, such agency or 
association shall, in addition to meeting the other re-
quirements of this subpart, demonstrate to the Sec-
retary that— 
‘‘(i) the accreditation agency’s or associa-
tion’s standards effectively address the quality 
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of an institution’s distance education programs 
in the areas identified in paragraph (5) of this 
subsection, except that the agency or associa-
tion shall not be required to have separate 
standards, procedures, or policies for the eval-
uation of distance education institutions or pro-
grams in order to meet the requirements of this 
subparagraph; and 
‘‘(ii) the agency or association requires 
that an institution that offers distance edu-
cation programs to have processes by which it 
establishes that the student who registers in a 
distance education course or program is the 
same student who participates, completes aca-
demic work, and receives academic credit;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) success with respect to student 
achievement in relation to the institution’s mis-
sion, including, as appropriate, consideration of 
student academic achievement as determined by 
the institution (in accordance with standards of 
the accrediting agency or association), reten-
tion, course and program completion, State li-
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