Notice; deadline and submission dates for receipt of applications, reports, and other documents for the 2000-2001 award year.

[Federal Register: July 10, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 132)]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION



Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan, 

Federal Work-Study, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, 

Federal Family Education Loan, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan, 

Federal Pell Grant, and Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership 

Programs


AGENCY: Department of Education.


ACTION: Notice; deadline and submission dates for receipt of 

applications, reports, and other documents for the 2000-2001 award 

year.


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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the deadline and submission dates for 

receiving documents from persons applying for assistance under the 

Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study (FWS), Federal Supplemental 

Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Family Education Loan 

(FFEL), William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan), Federal Pell 

Grant, and Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) 

programs for the 2000-2001 award year.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, FSEOG, FFEL, 

Direct Loan, Federal Pell Grant, and LEAP programs, administered by the 

U.S. Department of Education (Department), provide assistance to 

students attending eligible institutions of higher education to help 

them pay for their educational costs.


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    The following table provides the earliest submission and deadline 

dates for submitting Federal Pell Grant Disbursement Records to the 

Department's Recipient Financial Management System (RFMS). The 2000-


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2001 award year is the second year of RFMS. A disbursement record: (1) 

reports a disbursement or expected disbursement for each student, and 

(2) requests funds for those institutions that participate in the Just-

in-Time payment method pilot. The ``regular'' disbursement record 

includes an origination record unique identifier and the amount and 

date of the disbursement. RFMS uses totals of the accepted disbursement 

record data in the funding process as either the basis for adjusting an 

institution's authorization level or as a request for funds. An 

institution may submit a disbursement record earlier than the reported 

disbursement date in the record. The Department considers a 

disbursement of Federal Pell Grant funds to have occurred on the 

earlier of the date that the institution: (a) credits a student's 

account at the institution's general ledger or any subledger of the 

general ledger, or (b) pays a student directly with funds received from 

the Department. The Department considers a disbursement to have 

occurred even if institutional funds are used in advance of receiving 

the program funds from the Department (34 CFR ?? 668.164(a)).

    Table B provides the earliest date an institution can submit a 

disbursement record to the Department. Any disbursement record received 

prior to the earliest submission date is rejected. Table B also 

includes the latest date an institution may submit a disbursement 

record. The Department may impose an adverse action such as a fine or 

other penalty for an institution's failure to submit a Federal Pell 

Grant disbursement record within the required 30-day timeframe. Also, 

failing to submit a disbursement record within the required 30-day 

timeframe may result in an audit or program review finding for an 

institution.


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Proof of Delivery


    The Department accepts as proof of delivery, if the documents were 

submitted by mail or by non-U.S. Postal Service courier, one of the 

following:

    (1) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 

U.S. Postal Service.

    (2) A legibly-dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.


    Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated 

postmark. Before relying on this method of proof of mailing, check 

with the post office at which the submission was mailed. The 

Department strongly encourages the use of First Class Mail.


    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 

courier.

    (4) Other proof of mailing or delivery acceptable to the Secretary.

    When submitting a written request for administrative relief, the 

Department accepts commercial couriers or hand deliveries between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday except Federal 

holidays. The address for hand deliveries is listed in Table B.


Other Sources for Detailed Information on the Application and 

Automated Processes


    A more detailed discussion of the student application process for 

the Federal Pell Grant Program is contained in the 2000-2001 Student 

Guide, Funding Your Education, the 2000-2001 High School Counselor's 

Handbook, A Guide to 2000-2001 SARs and ISIRs, and the 2000-2001 

Student Financial Aid Handbook. A more detailed discussion of the 

institutional reporting requirements for the Federal Pell Grant Program 

is contained in the Federal Student Financial Aid Handbook and the 

Information for Financial Aid Professionals web site at http://

www.ifap.ed.gov.


Applicable Regulations


    The following regulations apply: (1) Federal Pell Grant Program, 34 

CFR part 690, (2) Student Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR part 

668, and (3) Institutional Eligibility, 34 CFR part 600.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacquelyn C. Butler, Program 

Specialist, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Student Financial 

Assistance Programs, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW (ROB-3, Room 3045), 

Washington, DC 20202-5447. Telephone: (202) 708-8242. Individuals who 

use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 

alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) on request to Katie Mincey, Director of Alternate Format 

Center, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW (Switzer 

Bldg., Room 1000), Washington, DC 20202-4560. Telephone: (202) 260-

9895.


Electronic Access to This Document


    You may view this document in text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://ifap.ed.gov/csb_html/fedlreg.htm


To use the PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available 

free at the first of the previous sites. If you have questions about 

using the PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll 

free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC area, at (202) 512-

1530.


    Note: The official version of this document is the document 

published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register and the code of Federal 

Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html



    Program Authority:  20 U.S.C. 421-429, 1070a, 1070b-1070b-3, 

1070c-1070c-4, 1071-1087-2, 1087a, and 1087aa-1087ii; 42 U.S.C. 

2751-2756b.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance numbers: 84.007 Federal 

Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program; 84.032 

Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Programs; 84.033 Federal Work-

Study (FWS) Program; 84.038 Federal Perkins (Perkins) Loans; 84.063) 

Federal Pell Grant (Pell) Program; 84.069 Leveraging Educational 

Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program; and 84.268 William D. Ford 

Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Programs)


    Dated: July 5, 2000.

Greg Woods,

Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial Assistance.

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