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§1087–54 Sources of matching funds

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Part Part C— - Federal Work-Study Programs › § 1087–54

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Institutions may use money from sources other than the program to pay their part of a student's work-study pay, and they can provide that share as services or items like tuition, room, board, and books.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §1087–54

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Nothing in this part shall be construed as restricting the source (other than this part) from which the institution may pay its share of the compensation of a student employed under a work-study program covered by an agreement under this part, and such share may be paid to such student in the form of services and equipment (including tuition, room, board, and books) furnished by such institution.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2754 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to transfer to this section. See note below. Section was originally enacted as section 124 (and later renumbered section 144) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Pub. L. 88–452, at which time it was classified to section 2754 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. It was renumbered as section 444 of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Pub. L. 89–329, by Pub. L. 90–575, § 131(a), (b)(1), and later editorially transferred to this section to merge with the rest of the Act, which is classified to this chapter.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 444 of Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, formerly Pub. L. 88–452, title I, § 144, formerly § 124, Aug. 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 514; Pub. L. 89–253, § 10, Oct. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 974; Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 441(1), (4), (5), Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1249; Pub. L. 90–82, §§ 1, 2, Sept. 6, 1967, 81 Stat. 194; renumbered § 144, Pub. L. 90–222, title I, § 111(a), Dec. 23, 1967, 81 Stat. 726; renumbered Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 444, and amended Pub. L. 90–575, title I, §§ 131(a), (b)(1), 133(a), (c), 134, 136, 137, 138, 139(2), Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1028, 1029, 1030; Pub. L. 92–318, title I, §§ 135C(a)(1), 135D, 135E, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 271; Pub. L. 94–482, title I, § 128(c), Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2143, set out conditions required of agreements with eligible institutions, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–374, title IV, § 434, title XIII, § 1393, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1434, 1504, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. See section 1087–53(b) of this title. Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1087–55 of this title prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 99–498.

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20 U.S.C. § 1087–54

Title 20Education

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Apr 6, 2026

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