34 CFR § 675.22 - Employment provided by a Federal, State, or local public agency, or a private nonprofit organization.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s675.22"
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title: "34 CFR § 675.22 - Employment provided by a Federal, State, or local public agency, or a private nonprofit organization."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "675.22"
section_name: "Employment provided by a Federal, State, or local public agency, or a private nonprofit organization."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "675"
part_name: "FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
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# 675.22 Employment provided by a Federal, State, or local public agency, or a private nonprofit organization.

(a) If a student is employed by a Federal, State, or local public agency, or a private nonprofit organization, the work that the student performs must be in the public interest.

(b) *FWS employment in the public interest.* The Secretary considers work in the public interest to be work performed for the national or community welfare rather than work performed to benefit a particular interest or group. Work is not in the public interest if—

(1) It primarily benefits the members of a limited membership organization such as a credit union, a fraternal or religious order, or a cooperative;

(2) It is for an elected official who is not responsible for the regular administration of Federal, State, or local government;

(3) It is work as a political aide for any elected official;

(4) A student's political support or party affiliation is taken into account in hiring him or her;

(5) It involves any partisan or nonpartisan political activity or is associated with a faction in an election for public or party office; or

(6) It involves lobbying on the Federal, State, or local level.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2753)

[52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 32356, July 21, 1992; 59 FR 61419, Nov. 30, 1994]