CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 600 to 694) > PART 690—FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM > SUBPART A—Scope, Purpose and General Definitions (§690.1 to §690.11) > 690.1—Scope and purpose.

690.1—Scope and purpose.

The Federal Pell Grant Program awards grants to help financially needy students meet the cost of their postsecondary education.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a )

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[50 FR 10717, Mar. 15, 1985, as amended at 59 FR 54730, Nov. 1, 1994]