| DCLPublicationDate: 5/1/97 DCLID: CB-97-3 AwardYear: Summary: This letter provides procedures for submitting a request for a waiver of the 1997-98 FWS community service expenditure requirement. May 1997 CB-97-3 SUMMARY: This letter provides procedures for submitting a request for a waiver of the 1997-98 FWS community service expenditure requirement. REFERENCE: Chapter 7 of the Student Financial Aid Handbook. Dear Financial Aid Administrator: The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the regulations require that each institution participating in the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program during the current 1997-98 award year must spend at least 5 percent of its total 1997-98 FWS initial and supplemental allocations to compensate students employed in community service activities. An institution may request a waiver of this FWS community service requirement in writing. We will approve a waiver only if we determine that an institution has demonstrated that enforcing the requirement would cause a hardship for students at the institution. If your institution wants to request a waiver for the 1997-98 award year, you must send detailed information regarding the nature of the hardship for your students to be employed in community service activities. The waiver request must be signed by an appropriate institutional official and above the signature the official must include the statement: "I CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION THE INSTITUTION PROVIDED IN THIS WAIVER REQUEST IS TRUE AND ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO AUDIT AND PROGRAM REVIEW BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION." The institution must send the waiver request and any supporting information or documents postmarked on or before June 20, 1997, to: Ms. Sandra Donelson Institutional Financial Management Division U.S. Department of Education P.O. Box 23781 Washington, DC 20026-0781 Requests submitted after June 20, 1997, will not be considered. We plan to inform an institution requesting a waiver of the FWS community service requirement of our decision to either approve or deny the waiver request by July 7, 1997. If you have any questions regarding the FWS community service expenditure requirements or waiver procedures, please direct them to your Campus-Based Programs Financial Management Specialist identified on the attached listing. Sincerely, Michele Selvage, Director Institutional Financial Management Division, Accounting and Financial Management Service INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION CAMPUS-BASED PROGRAMS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS Mrs. C. Franklin-Jones (202) 708-9183 alternate - Carolyn Short AL,AK,AZ,CO,CT,DE, GA KY,RI,VT Mrs. Rhonda Herbert (202) 708-9191 alternate - Jim Porter AR,DC,HI,TN,TX,VA,PI, GU Mr. Joseph Morris (202) 708-8745 ID,IL,IN,IA,KS,MO alternate - Alice Payne Ms. Dinah Nelson (202) 708-8759 FL,MS,OH,PA alternate - Vicki Roberson Mrs. Alice Payne (202) 708-9754 CA,SC alternate - Joseph Morris Mr. Jim Porter (202) 708-7752 alternate - Rhonda Herbert NC,ND,OK,OR,SD,WA, WV,WI,WY Ms. Vicki Roberson (202) 708-7747 alternate - Dinah Nelson LA,ME,MD,MA,MI, MN,MT Ms. Carolyn Short (202) 708-9184 alternate - C. Franklin-Jones NE,NV,NH,NJ,NM, NY,PR,UT,VI Financial Management Specialist Fax (202) 260-0522 (202) 401-0387 If ultimately you are unable to reach your Financial Management Specialist at the above telephone number, you may call the alternate identified below the name of your specialist, or call (202) 708-7741 for assistance. |