# 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
> **US Department of Education** · Notice of relief from regulatory provisions. · Published 1996-11-19 · Effective 1996-12-19 · 61 FR 58926
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-29489
- **Category:** education-loans
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 58926
- **Publication date:** 1996-11-19
- **Effective date:** 1996-12-19
## Abstract

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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/11/19/96-29489/student-assistance-general-provisions-federal-perkins-loan-federal-work-study-federal-supplemental)
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