| PublicationDate: 6/1/2000 Summary: Implementation of 2000-2001 Federal Pell Grant Disbursements Author: General Manager: SFA School Channel Posted on June 1, 2000 TO: All Destination Points FROM Pell Grant Processing RE: Implementation of 2000-2001 Federal Pell Grant Disbursements THIS MESSAGE: Informs you of when you may begin to submit disbursements for the Federal Grant Program for the 2000-2001 award year The Federal Pell Grant Program will begin accepting disbursement records for the 2000-2001 award year beginning June 21, 2000. Please do not submit disbursement records prior to June 21, 2000. June 21, 2000 is the first date of the valid date range for disbursements submitted to RFMS for the 2000-2001 award year. Please keep in mind that while disbursement records will be accepted, processed and acknowledgements will be returned, funds will not be available for drawdown until July 1, 2000. While the Recipient Financial Management System (the system that processes records for the Federal Pell Grant Program) will be accepting disbursement records beginning on June 21, 2000, it is possible if you are: - using a homegrown system - using third party software - a combo school - a school using a combination of institutional or third party software and EDExpress that you might not yet be able to submit those records. Please consult with your internal Information Systems department or software provider to determine when you will be able to submit disbursement records. EDExpress users using version 6.2 can submit disbursement records beginning June 21, 2000. If you have further questions or concerns please call the Pell Customer Service Hotline at 1-800-4PGRANT (800-474-7268) or e-mail us at pell_systems@ed.gov. |