---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 675.21"
title: "34"
number: "675.21"
heading: "Institutional employment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/675.21"
---

# §675.21. Institutional employment.

- (a) An institution, other than a proprietary institution, may employ a student to work for the institution itself, including those operations, such as food service, cleaning, maintenance, or security, for which the institution contracts, if the contract specifies—
  - (1) The number of students to be employed; and
  - (2) **That the institution selects the students to be employed and determines each student's pay rate.**
- (b) A proprietary institution may employ a student to work for the institution, but only in jobs that—
  - (1) Are in community services as defined in [§ 675.2](/cfr/34/675.2.md); or
  - (2) **Are on campus and that—**
    - (i) Involve the provision of student services as defined in [§ 675.2(b)](/cfr/34/675.2.md?p=b) that are directly related to the work-study student's training or education;
    - (ii) To the maximum extent possible, complement and reinforce the educational program or vocational goals of the student; and
    - (iii) **Do not involve the solicitation of potential students to enroll at the proprietary institution.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 61417, Nov. 30, 1994; 67 FR 67078, Nov. 1, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070g, 1094; 42 U.S.C. 2751-2756b; unless otherwise noted

### Source

Source: 52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 61417, Nov. 30, 1994; 67 FR 67078, Nov. 1, 2002]