---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 690.5"
title: "34"
number: "690.5"
heading: "Ineligibility due to non-Federal grant or scholarship assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/690.5"
---

# §690.5. Ineligibility due to non-Federal grant or scholarship assistance.

- (a) A student shall not be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant for an award year during which the student receives grant or scholarship assistance from non-Federal sources, including States, eligible institutions, or private sources, in an amount that equals or exceeds the student's cost of attendance for the award year.
- (b) Grant or scholarship assistance from non-Federal sources does not include sources that are excluded under Section 480(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

## Notes

### Amendments

[91 FR 29334, May 19, 2026]

### Source

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

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[91 FR 29334, May 19, 2026]