We amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (Title IV, HEA programs) and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program regulations. The student financial assistance 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) Program, and the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program (formerly called the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) Program). The Federal Family Education Loan Program regulations govern the Federal Stafford Loan Program (subsidized and unsubsidized), the Federal Supplemental Loans for Students Program (no longer active), the Federal PLUS Program, and the Federal Consolidation Loan Program (formerly collectively known as the Guaranteed Student Loan Programs). These regulations implement statutory changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 105-244, enacted October 7, 1998) (the 1998 Amendments) for the treatment of Title IV, HEA program funds when a student withdraws from an institution.