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Student Eligibility

Student Eligibility. ILASFAA Springfield, IL April 3, 2006. Regular Student In An Eligible Program. Student is enrolled: in a program of study that is Title IV eligible for the purpose of receiving a degree or certificate Remedial program of study is not Title IV eligible.

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Student Eligibility

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  1. Student Eligibility ILASFAA Springfield, IL April 3, 2006

  2. Regular Student In An Eligible Program • Student is enrolled: • in a program of study that is Title IV eligible • for the purpose of receiving a degree or certificate • Remedial program of study is not Title IV eligible

  3. Academic Qualifications • Student must have high school diploma or it’s recognized equivalent OR • Student must be beyond age of compulsory school attendance and pass ability-to-benefit test

  4. Satisfactory Academic Progress • Student must be meeting school’s satisfactory academic progress standards • Progress must be reviewed at least once per academic year • For programs shorter than an academic year, review at midpoint

  5. Satisfactory Academic Progress • Qualitative: work quality • Grades, work projects completed, or comparable factors that are measurable against a norm • Quantitative: timing • On pace to complete course within 150% of published length of the educational program

  6. Drug Conviction • Student was convicted of violation of federal or state law for possession or sale of illegal drugs • Student self-certifies – no documentation required • Ineligibility begins with date of conviction • Approved drug rehabilitation program is only cure for indefinite period of ineligibility

  7. Citizenship • U.S. citizen or national • U.S. permanent resident • Citizens of the Freely Associated States, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the Marshall Islands • Other eligible non-citizens

  8. Who Are Eligible Non-Citizens? • Refugees • Persons granted asylum • Conditional entrants • Persons paroled into the U.S for one year • Cuban-Haitian entrants

  9. Database Match • U.S. citizenship match done with Social Security Administration • Eligible n-Non-citizenship match done with Department of Homeland Security

  10. Social Security Number • Student must have a valid Social Security Number • Exception: residents of Marshall Islands, Federated States Of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau

  11. Selective Service Registration • Male students born since 1960 are required to register with Selective Service • Exceptions • Not yet 18 when FAFSA completed • Citizens of Republic of Palau, Marshall Islands, and Federated States of Micronesia • Active duty military • Non-citizens who first entered U.S. after turning 26 • Unable to register due to incarceration, hospitalization, or institutionalization

  12. Should Have Registered & Didn’t • School’s FAO makes final decision on student’s aid eligibility • Request Status Information Letter from Selective Service • www.sss.gov • Determine if failure to register was knowing and willful

  13. Financial Aid History • Default on Title IV loan • Overpayment on Pell, FSEOG and/or Perkins Loan • Borrowed in excess of annual and/or aggregate loan limits

  14. Default On Title IV Loan • Pay loan in full Or • Make satisfactory payment arrangements with holder of loan • Makes six voluntary, consecutive monthly payments

  15. Overpayment/Exceeds Loan Limits • Pay in full Or • Make satisfactory payment arrangements with holder of debt • Holder decides what is satisfactory

  16. Incarceration • No Title IV loan eligibility • Pell eligibility only if not in Federal or State penal institution • Half-way house, home detention, and weekends only are not considered incarceration

  17. Resources • FSA Handbook, 2005-2006, Volume 1: Student Eligibility • FSA Assessments, Students Module • www.ifap.ed.gov/qamodule/StudentEligibility/AssessmentC.html

  18. Jamie A. Malone Training Officer U.S. Department of Education 312-886-8731 jamie.malone@ed.gov

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