[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR668.21]



[Page 421-422]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 668_STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart B_Standards for Participation in Title IV, HEA Programs

 

Sec. 668.21  Treatment of Federal Perkins Loan, FSEOG, and Federal Pell 



Grant program funds if the recipient withdraws, drops out, or is expelled 

before his or 

          her first day of class.



    (a)(1) If a student officially withdraws, drops out, or is expelled 

before his or her first day of class of a payment period, all funds paid 

to the student for that payment period for institutional or 

noninstitutional costs under the Federal Pell Grant, FSEOG, and Federal 

Perkins Loan programs are an overpayment.

    (2) The institution shall return that overpayment to the respective 

title IV, HEA programs in the amount that the student received from each 

program.

    (b) For purposes of this section, the Secretary considers that a 

student drops out before his or her first day of



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class of a payment period if the institution is unable to document the 

student's attendance at any class during the payment period.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1094)



[52 FR 45727, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 63 FR 40624, July 29, 1998]