Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of l965, as Amended and Student Assistance General Provisions

We amend the regulations that govern institutional eligibility for and participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (Title IV, HEA programs). These programs include the Federal Pell Grant Program, the campus-based programs (Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study (FWS), and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Programs), the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs, and the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program (formerly known as the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) Program). These final regulations implement statutory changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (1998 Amendments). Many of the final regulatory changes merely conform current regulatory provisions to the statutory changes.