---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 675.22"
title: "34"
number: "675.22"
heading: "Employment provided by a Federal, State, or local public agency, or a private nonprofit organization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/675.22"
---

# §675.22. Employment provided by a Federal, State, or local public agency, or a private nonprofit organization.

- (a) If a student is employed by a Federal, State, or local public agency, or a private nonprofit organization, the work that the student performs must be in the public interest.
- (b) **FWS employment in the public interest.** The Secretary considers work in the public interest to be work performed for the national or community welfare rather than work performed to benefit a particular interest or group. Work is not in the public interest if—
  - (1) It primarily benefits the members of a limited membership organization such as a credit union, a fraternal or religious order, or a cooperative;
  - (2) It is for an elected official who is not responsible for the regular administration of Federal, State, or local government;
  - (3) It is work as a political aide for any elected official;
  - (4) A student's political support or party affiliation is taken into account in hiring him or her;
  - (5) It involves any partisan or nonpartisan political activity or is associated with a faction in an election for public or party office; or
  - (6) **It involves lobbying on the Federal, State, or local level.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 32356, July 21, 1992; 59 FR 61419, Nov. 30, 1994]

### 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 57 FR 32356, July 21, 1992; 59 FR 61419, Nov. 30, 1994]