| DCLPublicationDate: 5/1/96 DCLID: SG-96-2 AwardYear: Summary: This letter conveys the application that each participating State must submit to receive fiscal year 1996 funds for the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) Program. MAY 1996 SG-96-2 SUMMARY: This letter conveys the application that each participating State must submit to receive fiscal year 1996 funds for the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) Program. FEDERAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID HANDBOOK REFERENCE: This letter supplements the information contained in Chapter 9 of the 1995-96 Federal Student Financial Aid Handbook. Dear State Colleague: We are forwarding with this letter your State's fiscal year 1996 application (Enclosure A) to participate in the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) Program. In accordance with the Notice of Application Closing Date for State Applications published in the Federal Register on May 6 (See Enclosure B), you should submit the completed form to the following address not later than June 6, to assure receiving program funds for the academic year 1996-97: Fred H. Sellers Chief, Grants Branch U.S. Department of Education Student Financial Assistance Programs 600 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 3045, ROB-3 Washington, DC 20202-5447 Please note that the Department of Education again requires you to provide on the consolidated certifications form (ED Form 80-0013; Enclosure C) the following certifications, as appropriate, with your application to receive funds for fiscal year 1996: (1) Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension Certification. (2) Drug-Free Workplace Certification. (3) Lobbying Certification. We are providing the estimated fiscal year 1996 allotment table (Enclosure D) for your use in answering item 5 on the application. To assist you in assuring that the application is completed properly, we are enclosing an application review sheet (Enclosure E). If you have any questions about completing the application form or submitting the certifications, please call the SSIG Program office on (202) 708-4607. Sincerely, Elizabeth M. Hicks Deputy Assistant Secretary, Student Financial Assistance Programs Enclosures: A Application to Participate in the SSIG Program (with instructions) B Notice of Closing Date for State Applications C Consolidated Certifications (ED Form 80-0013) D Estimated Allotment Table E 1996-97 Application Review Sheet ENCLOSURE E STATE STUDENT INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM 1996-97 APPLICATION REVIEW SHEET Before you mail the SSIG Program 1996-97 application, check the following: SECTION III. Item 6. Be sure you enter the total State (non- Federal) funds you expect to expend for the 1996-97 award year for both need-based and non-need-based grants and work-study awards to undergraduate and graduate students. This amount should at least equal the amount you entered in Section II. Item 5. plus your State's base-year amount, if any. Item 7. Be sure that the amount you enter is at least equal to each amount you enter in Sections II. Item 5 and IV. Item 10. SECTION IV. Item 10. Be sure that the amount you enter is equal to or greater than the average of the amounts you enter in Section IV. Item 8(a), (b), and (c). The amount you enter in Section IV. Item 8(c) must equal the amount you reported as the total in Section III., "Total State Funds" on your 1994-95 SSIG Program Performance Report. Item 11. If you cannot check the blank space in Item 11 then be sure that the amount you enter in Item 11(e) is equal to or greater than the average of the amounts you enter in Item 11(a), (b), and (c). Note: States are required by section 415C(b)(8) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to meet or exceed the maintenance-of-effort (MOE) requirement. The minimum MOE requirement is the average expenditure for the past three completed years as demonstrated by State appropriated funds in Items 8-10 or by full-time equivalents in Item 11. SECTION V. Item 12(f). You must fully describe your State's "independent student" definition used in the SSIG Program if defined differently than section 480(d) of the HEA. In addition, you must provide a justification, with accompanying supporting documentation, demonstrating why the variant definition should be approved. For further guidance, see the preamble discussion concerning this requirement in the final regulations for the SSIG Program published on January 28, 1994. SECTION V. Item 13. You must fully describe the criteria (standards) used by your State to determine whether a student's need is substantial. SECTION VII. The assurances must be signed and dated by the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of the agency designated to administer the program in the State's Federal-State Relationship Agreement, as provided under section 1203 of the HEA. CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING LOBBYING; DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS; AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS CERTIFICATIONS. Please be sure to sign and return the consolidated certification form in Enclosure C. (See Enclosure C for details.) TENTATIVE FISCAL YEAR 1996 ALLOTMENTS STATE STUDETN INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM STATE ALLOTMENT ALABAMA $466,562 ALASKA $49,809 ARIZONA $533,810 ARKANSAS $198,382 CALIFORNIA $4,817,507 COLORADO $428,165 CONNECTICUT $408,328 DELAWARE $83,653 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA $228,390 FLORIDA $981,353 GEORGIA $544,512 HAWAII $128,841 IDAHO $105,003 ILLINOIS $1,694,737 INDIANA $627,063 IOWA $337,110 KANSAS $347,450 KENTUCKY $382,952 LOUISIANA $446,444 MAINE $112,385 MARYLAND $571,891 MASSACHUSETTS $1,008,186 MICHIGAN $1,296,079 MINNESOTA $606,381 MISSISSIPPI $265,408 MISSOURI $619,673 MONTANA $86,444 NEBRASKA $224,808 NEVADA $85,523 NEW HAMPSHIRE $109,302 NEW JERSEY $822,338 NEW MEXICO $159,173 NEW YORK $2,650,403 NORTH CAROLINA $680,942 NORTH DAKOTA $83,998 OHIO $1,243,136 OKLAHOMA $422,234 OREGON $402,762 PENNSYLVANIA $1,378,018 RHODE ISLAND $165,476 SOUTH CAROLINA $339,208 SOUTH DAKOTA $89,008 TENNESSEE $507,708 TEXAS $1,710,408 UTAH $232,962 VERMONT $78,751 VIRGINIA $667,810 WASHINGTON $711,464 WEST VIRGINIA $227,728 WISCONSIN $653,918 WYOMING $52,592 AMERICAN SAMOA $2,239 GUAM $9,938 NORTHERN MARIANAS $383 PUERTO RICO $280,307 TRUST TERRITORY-PALAU $261 VIRGIN ISLANDS $5,684 __________________________________________ TOTAL $31,375,000 Note: The 1996-97 amount for Palau has been reduced by 25% per OGC Prepared by OPE/SFAP/PTAS/DPD/GB/PSGS. **[Enclosures "A. B, and C" are currently not available on the BBS, but may be requested by contacting the Student Financial Aid Information Center at 1-800-433-3243.]** |