Pell Grant - LEU and Other Issues
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Karen Krause
Executive Director, Financial Aid, Scholarships, and VA
University of Texas at Arlington
Just what we needed – another acronym!
LEU – Lifetime Eligibility Used
Effective July 1, 2012, students may receive Federal Pell
Grant funds for up to 6 full time years or 600%.
This includes all Federal Pell Grant or Basic
Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) funds ever
received by the student.
A weekly LEU report is available through COD for
schools to pull LEU data for all students who have used
at least 450% of the Lifetime Eligibility Usage.
Report will include students who have indicated your
school code on the 2012-2013 FAFSA.
Prior to June, 2012
No indication on ISIR record of Pell LEU
Student received an e-mail from DOE informing them
of the LEU
Beginning in June, 2012
ISIR records now contain a “C” flag for students with an
LEU percentage of 450% or greater – “C” flag must be
cleared
A message appears on the SAR and ISIR record but no
specific e-mail sent to student
ISIR record does not contain the percentage of LEU for
the student
New ISIR records were sent to schools for every
students who filed a 2012-2013 FAFSA prior to the
beginning of June, and the updated record contains
the “C” flag
Awarding 2012-2013 Federal Pell Grants to
Students with LEU
Students with LEU percentages of more than 500% are
not eligible for a full scheduled award during 20122013.
The first disbursement of the scheduled award should
be for the maximum amount allowed and the second
disbursement for the remaining eligibility
Example – student with a 0 EFC and an LEU of 525%
attending a traditional term based school enrolled full
time
Total Pell eligibility for 2012-2013 - $4,162.50
Fall disbursement for full time enrollment- $2,775
Spring disbursement for enrollment of 6 hours or more -
$1,387.50
NSLDS will still reflect the “Scheduled Award” as $5,550
Guidance recently issued from DOE regarding
students who want to decline a current year Federal
Pell Grant to receive it in the future
May be done on a case by case basis at the request of
the student
Treat such a request like any professional judgment
decision – document and retain the documentation
FAOs may view individual student records of Federal
Pell Grant LEU data in both NDSLS and in COD
If the records differ, COD is the “official” source
Students do not have access to COD
Currently there is no dispute process if the student
disagrees with the LEU information that DOE has on
record
Issues for 2012-2013
ISIR record does not contain individual LEU
percentages
NSLDS data initially came out in April after many of us
had begun packaging
COD data was added in June which changed the LEU
information and therefore awards for some students
No warning to students ahead of this year, so students
were surprised by reduced eligibility at the end of their
academic careers
Issues for 2012-2013
Mid year changes in how information was handled –
no flag on the ISIR prior to June but e-mail to student;
now flag and comment on ISIR but no e-mail to
student
Schools received updated ISIR records with “C” flags in
June for all previously filed ISIRs
Fall Pell payments create new LEU information –
difficult to sort out which LEU information we need to
honor and which is actually reflecting our own awards
Issues for 2012-2013
COD and LEU figures may differ
No student appeal process
Issues for the Future
How will software vendors handle tracking of LEU –
b0th initial information and subsequent LEU records
that include our own institutional payments
Packaging – institutions will need to consider what
grant funds they will award to students who have little
or no Federal Pell Grant eligibility left
Consumer information – how will we alert students
early enough to affect enrollment and academic
performance behavior
References
www.ifap.ed.gov
www.nasfaa.org
We have not succeeded in answering all of our
problems. Indeed, we have not completely answered
any of them. The answers we have found have only
served to raise a whole new set of questions. In some
ways we are as confused as ever. However, we feel we
are confused on a much higher level and about much
more important things.
Discussion and Questions
Karen Krause
Executive Director, Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Veteran’s Affairs
University of Texas at Arlington
[email protected]