---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 690.1"
title: "34"
number: "690.1"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/690.1"
---

# §690.1. Scope and purpose.


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


## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Source

Source: 50 FR 10717, Mar. 15, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a, 1070g, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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