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(CB-98-05) (CB-98-05) This letter provides procedures for submitting a request for a waiver of the1998-99 FWS community service expenditure requirement.

DCLPublicationDate: 5/1/98
DCLID: CB-98-5
AwardYear:
Summary: This letter provides procedures for submitting a request for a waiver of
the1998-99 FWS community service expenditure requirement.


May 1998

CB-98-5 (LD)

SUMMARY: This letter provides procedures for submitting a request for a waiver of
the1998-99 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 1998-99 award year must spend at least 5 percent of its total 1998-99 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 1998-99 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 19, 1998, to:

Ms. Sandra Donelson
Institutional Financial Management Division
US Department of Education
PO Box 23781
Washington, DC 20026-0781

Requests submitted after June 19, 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, 1998.

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


Campus-Based Programs

INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION
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: Mary Hubbard
AR, DC, HI, TN, TX, VA. PI, GU


Mrs. Mary Hubbard (202) 708-9230
Alternate: Rhonda Herbert
NC, ND, OK, OR, SD, WA, WV, WI, WY


Mr. Joseph Morris (202) 708-8745
Alternate: Alice Payne
ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MO


Ms. Dinah Nelson (202) 708-8759
Alternate: Vicki Roberson
FL, MS, OH, PA


Ms. Alice Payne (202) 708-9754
Alternate: Joseph Morris
CA, SC

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 SpecialistsÂ’ FAX: (202) 260-0522


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 Financial Management Specialist, or call (202) 708-7741.