34 CFR § 601.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s601.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 601.1 - Scope."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "601.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "601"
part_name: "INSTITUTION AND LENDER REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EDUCATION LOANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1019-1019d, 1021, 1094(a) and (h)."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 55643, Oct. 28, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "601"
---


# 601.1 Scope.

This part establishes disclosure and reporting requirements for covered institutions, institution-affiliated organizations, and lenders that provide, issue, recommend, promote, endorse, or provide information relating to education loans. Education loans include loans authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) and private education loans.

(Authority:20 U.S.C. 1019-1019d, 1021, 1094(a)(25) and (e)).