34 CFR § 675.23 - Employment provided by a private for-profit organization.

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title: "34 CFR § 675.23 - Employment provided by a private for-profit organization."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "675.23"
section_name: "Employment provided by a private for-profit organization."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "675"
part_name: "FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 675.23 Employment provided by a private for-profit organization.

(a) An institution may use up to 25 percent of its FWS allocation and reallocation for an award year to pay the compensation of FWS students employed by a private for-profit organization.

(b) If a student is employed by a private, for-profit organization—

(1) The work that the student performs must be academically relevant to the student's educational program, to the maximum extent practicable; and

(2) The private for-profit organization—

(i) Must provide the non-Federal share of the student's compensation; and

(ii) May not use any FWS funds to pay an employee who would otherwise be employed by that organization.

(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; 64 FR 58294, Oct. 28, 1999]