# Eligibility To Receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students Under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Programs
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2021-05-14 · Effective 2021-05-14 · 86 FR 26608
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-10190
- **Category:** education-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 26608
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 668
- **Publication date:** 2021-05-14
- **Effective date:** 2021-05-14
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2020-OPE-0078
## Abstract

The Secretary amends the Department of Education regulations so that an institution of higher education (IHE) may appropriately determine which individuals currently or previously enrolled at an institution are eligible to receive emergency financial aid grants to students under the Higher Education Emergency Relief programs, as originally enacted under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (March 27, 2020).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/14/2021-10190/eligibility-to-receive-emergency-financial-aid-grants-to-students-under-the-higher-education)
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