34 CFR § 646.33 - What are the matching requirements for a grantee that uses Student Support Services program funds for student grant aid?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s646.33"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 646.33 - What are the matching requirements for a grantee that uses Student Support Services program funds for student grant aid?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "646.33"
section_name: "What are the matching requirements for a grantee that uses Student Support Services program funds for student grant aid?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "646"
part_name: "STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM"
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. 1070a-11 and 1070a-14, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 38537, July 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "646"
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# 646.33 What are the matching requirements for a grantee that uses Student Support Services program funds for student grant aid?
(a) Except for grantees described in paragraph (b) of this section, a grantee that uses Student Support Services program funds for grant aid to eligible students described in § 646.30(i) must—
(1) Match the Federal funds used for grant aid, in cash, from non-Federal funds, in an amount that is not less than 33 percent of the total amount of Federal grant funds used for Grant aid; and
(2) Use no more than 20 percent of the Federal program funds awarded the grantee each year for grant aid.
(b) A grant recipient that is an institution of higher education eligible to receive funds under part A or B of title III or title V of the HEA, as amended, is not required to match the Federal funds used for grant aid.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1840-NEW10)
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11)
[75 FR 65794, Oct. 26, 2010]