Current HEA Waiver Authority and Flexibility: Regulatory Flexibility and Waivers under the HEA Federal Student Aid Programs.

The article focuses on the regulatory flexibility and waivers under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) federal student aid programs. Existing statutory and regulatory authorities are to support Title IV aid recipients and their families who at the time of the disaster were residing in an area designated as a federally declared disaster area as defined in the Stafford Act.