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20 U.S.C. § 4359a

International students

United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective

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20 U.S.C. § 4359a, International students, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/453111
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Except as provided in paragraph (2), effective with new admissions for academic year 1993–1994 and each succeeding academic year, the University (including undergraduate and graduate students) and NTID shall limit the enrollment of international students to approximately 15 percent of the total postsecondary student population enrolled respectively at the University or NTID, except that in any school year no United States citizen who is qualified to be admitted to the University or NTID and applies for admission to the University or NTID shall be denied admission because of the admission of an international student. International students who participate in distance learning courses that are at the University or the NTID, who are residing outside of the United States, and are not enrolled in a degree program at the University or the NTID shall— Except as provided in subsections (a)(2)(B) and (c), the tuition for postsecondary international students enrolled in the University (including undergraduate and graduate students) or NTID shall include, for academic year 2009–2010 and any succeeding academic year, a surcharge of— Beginning with the academic year 2009–2010, the University or NTID may reduce the surcharge— under subsection (b)(1) from 100 percent to not less than 50 percent if— under subsection (b)(2) from 50 percent to not less than 25 percent if— The University and NTID shall develop a sliding scale model that— In this section, the term “developing country” means a country with a per-capita income of not more than $5,345, measured in 2005 United States dollars, as adjusted by the Secretary to reflect inflation since 2005.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 99-371(S. 1874)1986-08-04
    Education of the Deaf Act of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-421(H.R. 5483)1992-10-16
    Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-73(S. 1295)1993-08-11
    Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1993
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-244(H.R. 6)1998-10-07
    Higher Education Amendments of 1998
  • Amended byPub. L. 110-315(H.R. 4137)2008-08-14
    Higher Education Opportunity Act