34 CFR § 676.1 - Purpose and identification of common provisions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s676.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 676.1 - Purpose and identification of common provisions."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "676.1"
section_name: "Purpose and identification of common provisions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "676"
part_name: "FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANT 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. 1070b—1070b-3, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 45778, Dec. 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "676"
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# 676.1 Purpose and identification of common provisions.

(a) The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program awards grants to financially needy students attending institutions of higher education to help them pay their educational costs.

*(b) Provisions in these regulations that are common to all campus-based programs are identified with an asterisk.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070b)

[52 FR 45778, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 61420, Nov. 30, 1994]