Dear Colleague:
We are pleased to announce an upcoming webinar from Federal Student Aid on one of the major changes included in the FAFSA Simplification Act: the elimination of the ban on incarcerated students receiving Federal Pell Grants (Pell Grants). Beginning July 1, 2023, all incarcerated students who are enrolled in eligible prison education programs will once again be eligible for Pell Grants. These changes have the potential to increase access to postsecondary education in prisons and give many of our nation’s incarcerated persons a second chance. Join us as we discuss the new statutory provisions that will restore Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students and what we have learned through the Department’s Second Chance Pell experiment about offering Title IV funds to students in a prison setting.
The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, May 26, 2022, from 1–2:30 p.m. Eastern time (ET). There may be a difference between your local time and Eastern time. To determine local time and its Eastern time zone equivalent, go to time.gov.
Pell Grant Eligibility for Incarcerated Students Webinar
Date/Time: Thursday, May 26, 2022, 1–2:30 p.m. ET
Link to Join Webinar: Microsoft Teams Link
You do not need to register for the webinar. Participation will be available on a first come, first-served basis and we can accommodate up to 10,000 attendees in the webinar.
Refer to the sections below for more information about the webinar, including instructions to add a reminder to your calendar for the upcoming session.
Adding a Webinar Invitation to Your Calendar
To add an iCalendar invitation to your calendar now, to remind you of the webinar details, follow the instructions below:
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Log into the FSA Training Center (fsatraining.ed.gov).
Note: If you do not have a username and password for the FSA Training Center, click on "Create new account" at the bottom of the login page and follow the instructions to create a username and password.
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From the main menu bar, choose “Recorded Training.”
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Select “Training Videos.”
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Choose the “Grants, Loans, and Work Study” category.
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Locate the webinar and select the iCalendar file to download and save the invitation to your calendar. The invitation includes the webinar link. If Outlook is not your default calendar, you may download the iCalendar (.ics) file and then upload it to your system calendar.
Additional Webinar Resources: Handout, Recording, and Q&A Transcript
A PDF of the presentation slides will be posted in the same FSA Training Center location as the iCalendar invitation (described above) the day before the live webinar.
A recording of the webinar will be posted in the same location the day after the live webinar.
A transcript of the Q&A session will be posted in the same location early the following week of the live webinar.
We look forward to your participation in this webinar series. If you have questions, please contact us at helpdesk.fsatraining@ed.gov.
Sincerely,
Federal Student Aid