Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Family Education Loan, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan, and Federal Pell Grant Programs

The Secretary announces regulatory relief from specific regulations governing the Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study (FWS), Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL), William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan), and Federal Pell Grant programs, for the 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98 award years, to assist institutions and individuals who suffered financial harm from the following natural disasters: the Texas floods in October 1994; the California floods in January and March 1995; the Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri floods in May 1995; the Hurricanes in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina in September and October 1995; the Idaho, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia floods in January and February 1996; and the Hurricanes in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virginia, and West Virginia in September 1996.