Here are the sections of Title 34 that pertain to your request.

As part of our continued effort to look into your situation, I have consulted with the Vice President of the Division of Student Affairs. He has confirmed to me that you need to provide Cal Poly Pomona with a Social Security card bearing the new name of Olympia in order for the Registrar’s Office to change your official name on file.

Take care,

Maria
 
 
 
 
 
 

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR668.32]
 
 

[Page 441-442]
 

TITLE 34--EDUCATION

CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

PART 668_STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents

Subpart C_Student Eligibility

Sec. 668.32 Student eligibility--general.

A student is eligible to receive title IV, HEA program assistance if the student--
(a)(1) (i) Is a regular student enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in an eligible program at an eligible institution;
(ii) For purposes of the FFEL and Direct Loan programs, is enrolled for no longer than one twelve-month period in a course of study necessary for enrollment in an eligible program; or
(iii) For purposes of the Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, FFEL, and Direct Loan programs, is enrolled or accepted for enrollment as at least a half-time student at an eligible institution in a program necessary for a professional credential or certification from a State that is required for employment as a teacher in an elementary or secondary school in that State;
(2) For purposes of the FFEL and Direct Loan programs, is at least a half-time student;
(b) Is not enrolled in either an elementary or secondary school;
(c)(1) For purposes of the FSEOG Program, does not have a baccalaureate or first professional degree;
(2) For purposes of the Federal Pell Grant Program--
(i)(A) Does not have a baccalaureate or first professional degree;
or
(B) Is enrolled in a postbaccalaureate teacher certificate or
licensing program as described in 34 CFR 690.6(c); and
(ii) Is not incarcerated in a Federal or State penal institution;
and
(3) For purposes of the Federal Perkins Loan, FFEL, and Direct Loan programs, is not incarcerated;
(d) Satisfies the citizenship and residency requirements contained in Sec. 668.33 and subpart I of this part;
(e)(1) Has a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent;
(2) Has obtained a passing score specified by the Secretary on an independently administered test in accordance with subpart J of this part;
(3) Is enrolled in an eligible institution that participates in a State ``process'' approved by the Secretary under subpart J of this part; or
(4) Was home-schooled, and either--
(i) Obtained a secondary school completion credential for home school (other than a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent) provided for under State law; or
(ii) If State law does not require a home-schooled student to obtain the credential described in paragraph (e)(4)(i) of this section, has completed a secondary school education in a home school setting that qualifies as an exemption from compulsory attendance requirements under State law;
(f) Maintains satisfactory progress in his or her course of study according to the institution's published standards of satisfactory progress that satisfy the provisions of Sec. 668.16(e), and, if
applicable, the provisions of Sec. 668.34;
(g) Except as provided in Sec. 668.35--
(1) Is not in default, and certifies that he or she is not in default, on a loan made under any title IV, HEA loan program;
(2) Has not obtained loan amounts that exceed annual or aggregate loan limits made under any title IV, HEA loan program;
(3) Does not have property subject to a judgment lien for a debt owed to the United States ; and
(4) Is not liable for a grant or Federal Perkins loan overpayment. A student receives a grant or Federal Perkins loan overpayment if the student received grant or Federal Perkins loan

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payments that exceeded the amount he or she was eligible to receive; or if the student withdraws, that exceeded the amount he or she was entitled to receive for non-institutional charges;
(h) Files a Statement of Educational Purpose in accordance with the instructions of the Secretary;
(i) Has a correct social security number as determined under Sec. 668.36, except that this requirement does not apply to students who are residents of the Federated States of Micronesia , Republic of the Marshall Islands , or the Republic of Palau;
(j) Satisfies the Selective Service registration requirements contained in Sec. 668.37, and, if applicable, satisfies the requirements of Sec. 668.38 and Sec. 668.39 involving enrollment in
telecommunication and correspondence courses and a study abroad program, respectively;
(k) Satisfies the program specific requirements contained in--
(1) 34 CFR 674.9 for the Federal Perkins Loan program;
(2) 34 CFR 675.9 for the FWS program;
(3) 34 CFR 676.9 for the FSEOG program;
(4) 34 CFR 682.201 for the FFEL programs;
(5) 34 CFR 685.200 for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan programs;
(6) 34 CFR 690.75 for the Federal Pell Grant program; and
(7) 34 CFR 692.40 for the LEAP program; and
(l) Is not ineligible under Sec. 668.40.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1091, 28 U.S.C. 3201(e))
 

[60 FR 61810, Dec. 1, 1995, as amended at 63 FR 40624, July 29, 1998; 64 FR 57358, Oct. 22, 1999; 64 FR 58291, Oct. 28, 1999; 67 FR 67073, Nov. 1, 2002]

Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR668.36]

[Page 444-445]

TITLE 34--EDUCATION

CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

PART 668_STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents

Subpart C_Student Eligibility

Sec. 668.36 Social security number.
(a)(1) Except for residents of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, the Secretary attempts to confirm the social security number a student provides on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) under a data match with the Social Security Administration. If the Social Security Administration confirms that number, the Secretary notifies the institution and the student of that confirmation.
(2) If the student's verified social security number is the same number as the one he or she provided on the FAFSA, and the institution has no reason to believe that the verified social security number is inaccurate, the institution may consider the number to be accurate.
(3) If the Social Security Administration does not verify the student's social security number on the FAFSA, or the institution has reason to believe that the verified social security number is
inaccurate, the student can provide evidence to the institution, such as the student's social security card, indicating the accuracy of the student's social security number. An institution must give a student at least 30 days, or until the end of the award year, whichever is later, to produce that evidence.
(4) An institution may not deny, reduce, delay, or terminate a student's eligibility for assistance under the title IV, HEA programs because verification of that student's social security number is
pending.
(b)(1) An institution may not disburse any title IV, HEA program funds to a student until the institution is satisfied that the student's reported social security number is accurate.
(2) The institution shall ensure that the Secretary is notified of the student's accurate social security number if the student demonstrates the accuracy of a social security number that is not the
number the student included on the FAFSA.

(c) If the Secretary determines that the social security number provided to an institution by a student is incorrect, and that student has not provided evidence under paragraph (a)(3) of this section
indicating the accuracy of the social security number, and a loan has been guaranteed for the student under the FFEL program, the institution shall notify and instruct the lender and guaranty agency making and guaranteeing the loan, respectively, to cease further disbursements of the loan, until the Secretary or the institution determines that the social security number provided by the student is correct, but the guaranty may not be
 

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voided or otherwise nullified before the date that the lender and the guaranty agency receive the notice.
(d) Nothing in this section permits the Secretary to take any compliance, disallowance, penalty or other regulatory action against--
(1) Any institution of higher education with respect to any error in a social security number, unless the error was the result of fraud on the part of the institution; or
(2) Any student with respect to any error in a social security number, unless the error was the result of fraud on the part of the student.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1091)