AwardYear: 1998-1999 EnterChapterNo: 5 EnterChapterTitle: Campus-based Programs (Common Elements) SectionNumber: 1 SectionTitle: Selecting Recipients PageNumbers: 5-8 GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS -------------------------------------- All students receiving campus-based aid must meet the general eligibility requirements listed in Chapter 2, Section 1. Additional student eligibility requirements under each campus-based program are discussed in Chapters 6 through 8. A student enrolled as an undergraduate, graduate, or professional student is eligible to receive assistance from the Federal Perkins Loan and Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs. Only undergraduate students are eligible to receive Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOGs). [[Written selection procedures]] In choosing 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 Expected Family Contribution (EFC). FURTHER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE -------------------------------- A student who has earned a bachelor's or first professional degree is eligible to receive aid from the Federal Perkins Loan or FWS program to pursue an additional undergraduate degree. However, a student who has earned a bachelor's or first professional degree is not eligible to receive an FSEOG to pursue another undergraduate degree. TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS ---------------------------------- 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. A student is not allowed to receive aid to cover optional courses that he or she 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 Perkins Loan limits for students in teacher certification programs is included in Chapter 6, Section 2. LESS-THAN-FULL-TIME AND INDEPENDENT STUDENTS -------------------------------------------------- If a school's FSEOG allocation, FWS authorization, or Federal Perkins Loan federal capital contribution (FCC) 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% of the total need of all students at the school, then the school must offer to those students at least 5% of that allotment for FSEOG, 5% of the authorization for FWS, or 5% of the dollar amount of the loans made under the Federal Perkins Loan Program. Determining whether a school must offer at least 5% of the allotment, grant, or dollar amount of the loans for the 1998-99 award year to these students is based on eligible aid applicant data filed for the 1996-97 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. [[Correspondence students]] 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. [[Aid offering requirement exceptions]] A 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 FCC for 1998-99 or - under any campus-based program for which the school received a 1998-99 allocation of $5,000 or less. If a school's allocation for the 1998-99 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 2 and in 34 CFR 668.32. [[Periods of nonattendance]] If a student is not enrolled during the special session, the student is not eligible to receive campus-based aid during the period of nonattendance, except in the case of an FWS job, which may be awarded only if the student attended the school during the preceding term or has been accepted by the school for the subsequent term. (Refer to Chapter 7, Section 4, under "FWS Employment During Periods of Nonattendance.") LATE PAYMENT TO A STUDENT WHO DROPS OUT --------------------------------------------- [[Late disbursement regulations removed from 34 CFR 674.16(g) and 34 CFR 676.16(e)--revised regulations in 34 CFR 668.164(g)]] Regulations regarding late disbursements of Perkins Loans and FSEOGs have been revised. A school may make a late disbursement of a Perkins Loan and/or an FSEOG to an ineligible student if the student became ineligible solely because the student is no longer enrolled at the school for the award year. Before the student dropped out, the school must have received a Student Aid Report (SAR) or Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) for the student with an official EFC and have awarded the student the Perkins Loan or FSEOG. The school may make that late disbursement only if the funds are used to pay for educational costs that the school determines the student incurred for the period in which the student was enrolled and eligible, and the school must make the late disbursement no later than 90 days after the date the student became ineligible because he or she was no longer enrolled. [[Refunds and repayments]] If a student drops out after receiving an award from the Federal Perkins Loan Program or the FSEOG Program, but before the end of the payment period, the school determines the amount of any refund and repayment as discussed in Chapter 3, Section 4. |