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Federal Student Aid Programs (Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and the Federal Direct Loan Program)
The Education Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 24, 2024. It took effect on January 24, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Secretary is issuing updates of longstanding waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory requirements governing the Federal student financial aid programs under the authority of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act). The HEROES Act requires the Secretary to publish a document in the Federal Register providing notice of the waivers or modifications of statutory or regulatory requirements applicable to the student financial assistance programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to assist individuals who are performing qualifying military service, and individuals who are affected by a disaster, war or other military operation, or national emergency, as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-01227
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory requirements
- Agency
- Education Department
- Published
- January 24, 2024
- Takes effect
- January 24, 2024
- Dates
- Effective January 24, 2024. The waivers and modifications in this document expire on January 24, 2029.
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 34 CFR 668; 34 CFR 674; 34 CFR 682; 34 CFR 685
- Pages
- 7
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