34 CFR § 675.1 - Purpose and identification of common provisions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s675.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 675.1 - Purpose and identification of common provisions."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "675.1"
section_name: "Purpose and identification of common provisions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "675"
part_name: "FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1070g, 1094; 42 U.S.C. 2751-2756b; unless otherwise noted"
regulatory_source: "52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "675"
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# 675.1 Purpose and identification of common provisions.
(a) The Federal Work-Study (FWS) program provides part-time employment to students attending institutions of higher education who need the earnings to help meet their costs of postsecondary education and encourages students receiving FWS assistance to participate in community service activities.
*(b) Provisions in these regulations that are common to all campus-based programs are identified with an asterisk.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2751-2756b)
[52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 61416, Nov. 30, 1994]