---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 646.33"
title: "34"
number: "646.33"
heading: "What are the matching requirements for a grantee that uses Student Support Services program funds for student grant aid?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/646.33"
---

# §646.33. What are the matching requirements for a grantee that uses Student Support Services program funds for student grant aid?

- (a) Except for grantees described in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, a grantee that uses Student Support Services program funds for grant aid to eligible students described in [§ 646.30(i)](/cfr/34/646.30.md?p=i) must—
  - (1) Match the Federal funds used for grant aid, in cash, from non-Federal funds, in an amount that is not less than 33 percent of the total amount of Federal grant funds used for Grant aid; and
  - (2) **Use no more than 20 percent of the Federal program funds awarded the grantee each year for grant aid.**
- (b) A grant recipient that is an institution of higher education eligible to receive funds under part A or B of title III or title V of the HEA, as amended, is not required to match the Federal funds used for grant aid.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 65794, Oct. 26, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-14, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 38537, July 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 65794, Oct. 26, 2010]