| AwardYear: 1995-1996 EnterChapterNo: 5 EnterChapterTitle: Campus-Based Programs SectionNumber: 1 SectionTitle: Selecting Eligible Recipients PageNumbers: 7-10 GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS All students receiving campus-based aid must meet the general eligibility requirements listed in Chapter Two, Section One. Additional student eligibility requirements under each campus-based program are discussed in Chapters Six through Eight. A student enrolled as an undergraduate, graduate, or professional student is eligible to receive assistance from the Federal Perkins Loan and FWS programs. Only undergraduate students are eligible to receive FSEOGs. [[Written selection procedures]] In choosing its aid recipients, a school must develop written selection procedures that are uniformly applied, and that are kept on file at the school. A school must make campus-based funds reasonably available--to the extent of available funds--to all eligible students who demonstrate financial need. (Two of the campus-based programs, the Federal Perkins Loan and FSEOG programs, require eligible students to have EXCEPTIONAL financial need.) A school is reminded that no payment of a campus-based award can be made if the student did not receive an official EFC. FURTHER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE [[HEA '92]] [[Final Rule 11-29-94]] Students who have earned a bachelor's or first professional degree are eligible to receive aid from the Federal Perkins Loan or FWS programs to pursue a FURTHER undergraduate degree. The Final Rule published in the Federal Register November 30, 1994 incorporates this provision of the law by revising the definition of "undergraduate student" in section 674.2 of the Federal Perkins Loan and section 675.2 of the FWS Program regulations (see Chapter Eight, Section One); therefore, students who have earned a bachelor's or first professional degree are NOT eligible to receive a FSEOG to pursue another undergraduate degree. TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS [[Other professional credential programs required ' by borrower's state]] A school may award a Federal Perkins Loan and/or FWS to a student who is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at an eligible school on at least a half-time basis in a program that is required by a state for a professional credential or certificate for employment as an elementary or secondary teacher in that state. This provision of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 is effective retroactively to December 1, 1987 and is included in Section 668.7 of the General Provisions Final Rule published in the Federal Register on June 8, 1993. The provision is not intended to cover optional courses that a student may elect to take for professional recognition or advancement or additional optional courses recommended or required by the school. The school should document that the courses the student enrolls in are required by the state for teacher certification. A student enrolled in a teacher certification program may be considered either an undergraduate or graduate student, depending on the school's policy. That decision is left to the school. Information about Federal Perkins Loan limits for students in teacher certification programs is included in Chapter Six, Section Two. LESS-THAN-FULL-TIME AND INDEPENDENT STUDENTS [[Exceptions to aid for less-than-full-time or independent students]] If a school's FSEOG allocation, FWS grant, or Federal Perkins Loan federal capital contribution is directly or indirectly based in part on the financial need of less-than-full-time or independent students and if the need of all of these students exceeds 5 percent of the total need of all students at the school, then the school must OFFER to those students at least 5 percent of that allotment for FSEOG, 5 percent of that grant for FWS, or 5 percent of the dollar amount of the loans made under the Federal Perkins Loan Program. Determining whether a school must offer at least 5 percent of the allotment, grant, or dollar amount of the loans for the 1995-96 award year to these students is based on eligible aid applicant data filed for the 1993-94 award year. For subsequent award years, this requirement will be governed by data filed for the award year that precedes the application year by two years. Part-time students include correspondence students. To be considered enrolled in a program of correspondence study, the student must be enrolled in a degree seeking program and must have completed and submitted the first lesson. A school that offers funds to part-time students on the home campus must also offer funds to part-time students on its eligible branch campuses. If any one of the following circumstances applies to a school, the school is not required to offer aid to less-than-full-time or independent students-- - under the Federal Perkins Loan Program if the school is not receiving any federal capital contribution for 1995-96 or - under any campus-based program for which the school received a 1995-96 allocation of $5,000 or less. If a school's allocation for the 1995-96 award year is NOT based on the need of less-than-full-time or independent students, the school MAY offer part of each allotment to those students, but is not required to do so. SPECIAL SESSIONS A student who enrolls as a regular student in an eligible program during a special session, such as summer school, may receive campus-based aid if he or she meets the same general eligibility requirements that apply to a student enrolled in a regular session (general eligibility requirements are discussed in Chapter Two and in the General Provisions regulations). If a student is NOT enrolled during the special session, the student is not eligible to receive campus-based aid during the period of NONENROLLMENT, except in the case of an FWS job, which may be awarded only if the student has attended the school during the preceding term or has been accepted by the school for the subsequent term (refer to Chapter Seven, Section Four, under "FWS Employment During Periods of Nonenrollment.") LATE PAYMENT TO A STUDENT WHO DROPS OUT Under certain conditions, a student who drops out before receiving his or her funds from the Federal Perkins Loan or FSEOG program can receive a payment. The conditions for making such a late payment are discussed below and in sections 674.16 and 676.16 of the November 30, 1994 Final Rule. The school may disburse funds from the relevant program to the student-- - only if the student is AWARDED while he or she is still an eligible student and - only if the funds are used to cover documented educational costs that were incurred for a payment period for which the award was intended and during which the student was actually enrolled; costs that may be included are those normally included in a student's cost of attendance under section 472 of the HEA, as amended. A school that disburses campus-based funds to a student after he or she has dropped out must document in the student's file the reason for the late disbursement. If a student drops out AFTER receiving an award from the Federal Perkins Loan or FSEOG Program, but before the end of the payment period, the school determines the amount of any refund and repayment as discussed in Chapter Three, Section Four. |