---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 690.75"
title: "34"
number: "690.75"
heading: "Determination of eligibility for payment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/690.75"
---

# §690.75. Determination of eligibility for payment.

- (a) For each payment period, an institution may pay a Federal Pell Grant to an eligible student only after it determines that the student—
  - (1) Qualifies as an eligible student under [34 CFR part 668](/cfr/34/part668.md), [subpart C](/cfr/34/subpartC.md);
  - (2) Is enrolled in an eligible program as an undergraduate student; and
  - (3) If enrolled in a credit hour program without terms or a clock hour program, has completed the payment period as defined in [§ 668.4](/cfr/34/668.4.md) for which he or she has been paid a Federal Pell Grant.
- (b) If an institution determines at the beginning of a payment period that a student is not maintaining satisfactory progress, but reverses that determination before the end of the payment period, the institution may pay a Federal Pell Grant to the student for the entire payment period.
- (c) If an institution determines at the beginning of a payment period that a student is not maintaining satisfactory progress, but reverses that determination after the end of the payment period, the institution may neither pay the student a Federal Pell Grant for that payment period nor make adjustments in subsequent Federal Pell Grant payments to compensate for the loss of aid for that period.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 45736, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 56916, Nov. 6, 1991; 59 FR 54730, 54735, Nov. 1, 1994; 60 FR 30789, June 12, 1995; 61 FR 60397, Nov. 27, 1996; 61 FR 60610, Nov. 29, 1996; 65 FR 65676, Nov. 1, 2000; 67 FR 67083, Nov. 1, 2002; 85 FR 49828, Aug. 14, 2020]

### Source

Source: 50 FR 10724, Mar. 15, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[52 FR 45736, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 56916, Nov. 6, 1991; 59 FR 54730, 54735, Nov. 1, 1994; 60 FR 30789, June 12, 1995; 61 FR 60397, Nov. 27, 1996; 61 FR 60610, Nov. 29, 1996; 65 FR 65676, Nov. 1, 2000; 67 FR 67083, Nov. 1, 2002; 85 FR 49828, Aug. 14, 2020]