[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR690.6]

[Page 898]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 690_FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A_Scope, Purpose and General Definitions
 
Sec. 690.6  Duration of student eligibility--undergraduate course of study 

and eligible postbaccalaureate program.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, a 
student is eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant for the period of 
time required to complete his or her first undergraduate baccalaureate 
course of study.
    (b) An institution shall determine when the student has completed 
the academic curriculum requirements for that first undergraduate 
baccalaureate course of study. Any noncredit or remedial course taken by 
a student, including a course in English language instruction, is not 
included in the institution's determination of that student's period of 
Federal Pell Grant eligibility.
    (c) An otherwise eligible student who has a baccalaureate degree and 
is enrolled in a postbaccalaureate program is eligible to receive a 
Federal Pell Grant for the period of time necessary to complete the 
program if--
    (1) The postbaccalaureate program consists of courses that are 
required by a State for the student to receive a professional 
certification or licensing credential that is required for employment as 
a teacher in an elementary or secondary school in that State;
    (2) The postbaccalaureate program does not lead to a graduate 
degree;
    (3) The institution offering the postbaccalaureate program does not 
also offer a baccalaureate degree in education;
    (4) The student is enrolled as at least a half-time student; and
    (5) The student is pursuing an initial teacher certification or 
licensing credential within a State.
    (d) An institution must treat a student who receives a Federal Pell 
Grant under paragraph (c) of this section as an undergraduate student 
enrolled in an undergraduate program for title IV purposes.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a)

[52 FR 38207, Oct. 14, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 54730-54731, Nov. 1, 
1994; 64 FR 58294, Oct. 28, 1999]