---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1059b"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1059b"
heading: "Goals for financial management and academic program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1059b"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter III — Institutional Aid"
  - "Part A — Strengthening Institutions"
---

# §1059b. Goals for financial management and academic program

- (a) **Goals—** Any application for a grant under this part shall describe measurable goals for the institution’s financial management and academic programs, and include a plan of how the applicant intends to achieve those goals.
- (b) **Continuation requirements—** Any continuation application shall demonstrate the progress made toward achievement of the goals described pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 315, as added Pub. L. 102–325, title III, § 302(d)(1), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 472.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1992, see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.