# Student Assistance General Provisions; Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program; Federal Pell Grant Program; Academic Competitiveness Grant Program and National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant Program
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2009-11-23 · Effective 2010-01-22 · 74 FR 61240
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-28050
- **Category:** education-loans
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 61240
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 668
- **Publication date:** 2009-11-23
- **Effective date:** 2010-01-22
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2009-OPE-0001
## Abstract

The Secretary is adopting as final, with changes, interim final regulations for the Academic Competitiveness (ACG) and National Science and Mathematics to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant) programs; Student Assistance General Provisions; Federal Pell Grant Program; and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program. These final regulations are needed to implement provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (ECASLA) and the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA). The new statutory provisions became effective July 1, 2009.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/11/23/E9-28050/student-assistance-general-provisions-teacher-education-assistance-for-college-and-higher-education)
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