---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 676.16"
title: "34"
number: "676.16"
heading: "Payment of an FSEOG."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/676.16"
---

# §676.16. Payment of an FSEOG.

- (a)
  - (1) Except as provided in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(e)](#e) of this section, an institution shall pay in each payment period a portion of an FSEOG awarded for a full academic year.
  - (2) The institution shall determine the amount paid each payment period by the following fraction:
  - (3) An institution may pay the student, within each payment period, at such times and in such amounts as it determines best meets the student's needs.
- (b) If a student incurs uneven cost or estimated financial assistance amounts during an academic year and needs additional funds in a particular payment period, the institution may pay FSEOG funds to the student for those uneven costs.
- (c) An institution shall disburse funds to a student or the student's account in accordance with the provisions in [§ 668.164](/cfr/34/668.164.md).
- (d)
  - (1) The institution shall return to the FSEOG account any funds paid to a student who, before the first day of classes—
    - (i) Officially or unofficially withdraws; or
    - (ii) **Is expelled.**
  - (2) **A student who does not begin class attendance is deemed to have withdrawn.**
- (e) A correspondence student shall submit his or her first completed lesson before receiving an FSEOG payment.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 45778, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 49147, Dec. 6, 1988; 57 FR 32357, July 21, 1992; 59 FR 61420, 61421, Nov. 30, 1994; 59 FR 61722, Dec. 1, 1994; 61 FR 60396, Nov. 27, 1996; 61 FR 60608, Nov. 29, 1996; 71 FR 45698, Aug. 9, 2006; 72 FR 62030, Nov. 1, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070b—1070b-3, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 45778, Dec. 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 45778, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 49147, Dec. 6, 1988; 57 FR 32357, July 21, 1992; 59 FR 61420, 61421, Nov. 30, 1994; 59 FR 61722, Dec. 1, 1994; 61 FR 60396, Nov. 27, 1996; 61 FR 60608, Nov. 29, 1996; 71 FR 45698, Aug. 9, 2006; 72 FR 62030, Nov. 1, 2007]