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| FR Document | 2016-07510 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 19157-19161] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07510] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Deadline Dates for Reports and Other Records Associated With the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA[supreg]), the Federal Pell Grant Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant Program for the 2016-2017 Award Year AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Catalog Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program; 84.033 Federal Work Study (FWS) Program; 84.038 Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program; 84.063 Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program; 84.268 William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program; 84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program; 84.408 Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant Program. SUMMARY: The Secretary announces deadline dates for the receipt of documents and other information from applicants and institutions participating in certain Federal student aid programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), for the 2016-2017 award year. The Federal student aid programs covered by this deadline date notice are the Pell Grant, Direct Loan, TEACH Grant, and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant programs. The FSEOG, FWS, and Perkins Loan programs are only covered by this deadline date notice to the extent that a student receiving FSOEG, FWS, or Perkins Loan funds must submit a FAFSA, to the extent that the institution must receive the student's Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) or Student Aid Report (SAR) for students requesting those funds, or to the extent that the institution must submit verification outcomes for students requesting those funds. These programs, administered by the U.S. Department of Education (Department), provide financial assistance to students attending eligible postsecondary educational institutions to help them pay their educational costs. DATES: Deadline and Submission Dates: See Tables A and B at the end of this notice. Table A--Deadline Dates by Which a Student Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the Institution Must Receive the Student's Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) or Student Aid Report (SAR), and by Which the Institution Must Submit Verification Outcomes for Certain Students for the 2016-2017 Award Year Table A provides information and deadline dates for receipt of the FAFSA, corrections to and signatures for the FAFSA, ISIRs, and SARs, and verification documents. The deadline date for the receipt of a FAFSA by the Department's Central Processing System is June 30, 2017, regardless of the method that the applicant uses to submit the FAFSA. The deadline date for the receipt of a signature page for the FAFSA (if required), correction, notice of change of address or school, or request for a duplicate SAR is September 9, 2017. For all Federal student aid programs, an ISIR or SAR for the student must be received by the institution no later than the student's last date of enrollment for the 2016-2017 award year or September 23, 2017, whichever is earlier. As a reminder, a FAFSA must be submitted for the dependent student for whom a parent is applying for a Direct PLUS Loan. Verification documents must be received by the institution no later than 120 days after the student's last date of enrollment for the 2016- 2017 award year or September 23, 2017, whichever is earlier. For all Federal student aid programs except for (1) Direct PLUS Loans that will be made to parent borrowers, and (2) Direct Unsubsidized Loans that will be made to dependent students who have been determined by the institution, pursuant to section 479A(a) of the HEA, to be eligible for such a loan without providing parental information on the FAFSA, the ISIR or SAR must have an official expected family contribution (EFC) and must be received by the institution no later than the earlier of the student's last date of enrollment for the 2016-2017 award year or September 23, 2017. For a student who is requesting aid through the Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and Federal Perkins Loan programs or for a student requesting Direct Subsidized Loans, who does not meet the conditions for a late disbursement under 34 CFR 668.164(g), a valid ISIR or valid SAR must be received by the student's last date of enrollment for the 2016-2017 award year or September 23, 2017, whichever is earlier. In accordance with 34 CFR 668.164(g)(4)(i), an institution may not make a late disbursement of title IV student assistance funds later than 180 days after the date of the institution's determination that the student was no longer enrolled. Table A provides that, to make a late disbursement of title IV student assistance funds, an institution must receive a valid ISIR or valid SAR no later than 180 days after its determination that the student was no longer enrolled, but not later than September 23, 2017. Table B--Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant Programs' Deadline Dates for Disbursement Information by Institutions for the 2016-2017 Award Year or Processing Year Table B provides the earliest and latest dates for institutions to submit Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant disbursement records to the Department's Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System and deadline dates for such records if an institution requests and receives approval to submit such records after the established deadline. An institution must submit Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant disbursement records to COD, as applicable, no later than 15 days after making the disbursement or becoming aware of the need to adjust a previously reported disbursement. In accordance with 34 CFR 668.164(a), title IV funds are disbursed on the date that the institution: (a) Credits those funds to a student's account in the institution's general ledger or any subledger of the general ledger; or (b) pays those funds to a student directly. Title IV funds are disbursed even if an institution uses its own funds in advance of receiving program funds from the Secretary. An institution's failure to submit disbursement records within the required timeframe may result in the Secretary rejecting all or part of the reported disbursement. Such failure may also result in an audit or program review finding or the initiation of an adverse action, such as a fine or other penalty for such failure, in accordance with subpart G of the General Provisions regulations in 34 CFR part 668. Other Sources for Detailed Information We publish a detailed discussion of the Federal student aid application process in the 2016-2017 Federal [[Page 19158]] Student Aid Handbook and in the 2016-2017 ISIR Guide. Additional information on the institutional reporting requirements for the Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant programs is included in the 2016-2017 Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) Technical Reference. You may access these publications by selecting the ``iLibrary'' link at the Information for Financial Aid Professionals Web site at: www.ifap.ed.gov. Applicable Regulations: The following regulations apply: (1) Student Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR part 668. (2) Federal Pell Grant Program, 34 CFR part 690. (3) William D. Ford Direct Loan Program, 34 CFR part 685. (4) Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program, 34 CFR part 686. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Foss, U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, 830 First Street NE., Union Center Plaza, Room 113H2, Washington, DC 20202-5345. Telephone: (202) 377-3681 or by email: [email protected]. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800- 877-8339. Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Electronic Access to This Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System at: www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a, 1070a-1, 1070b-1070b-4, 1070g, 1070h, 1087a-1087j, and 1087aa-1087ii; 42 U.S.C. 2751-2756b. Dated: March 29, 2016. James W. Runcie, Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. Table A--Deadline Dates by Which a Student Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the Institution Must Receive the Student's Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) or Student Aid Report (SAR), and by Which the Institution Must Submit Verification Outcomes for Certain Students for the 2016-2017 Award Year ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the deadline Who submits? What is submitted? Where is it submitted? date for receipt? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student.............................. FAFSA--``FAFSA on the Electronically to the June 30, 2017 \1\. Web'' (original or Department's Central renewal). Processing System (CPS). Signature page (if To the address printed September 9, 2017. required). on the signature page. Student through an Institution....... An electronic FAFSA Electronically to the June 30, 2017 \1\. (original or renewal). Department's CPS using the ``Electronic Data Exchange'' (EDE) or ``FAA Access to CPS Online''. Student.............................. A paper original FAFSA. To the address printed June 30, 2017. on the FAFSA or envelope provided with the form. Student.............................. Electronic corrections Electronically to the September 9, 2017 \1\. to the FAFSA using Department's CPS. ``Corrections on the Web''. Signature page (if To the address printed September 9, 2017. required). on the signature page. Student through an Institution....... Electronic corrections Electronically to the September 9, 2017 \1\. to the FAFSA. Department's CPS using the EDE or ``FAA Access to CPS Online''. Student.............................. Paper corrections to To the address printed September 9, 2017. the FAFSA using a SAR, on the SAR. including change of mailing and email addresses and change of institutions. Student.............................. Change of mailing and To the Federal Student September 9, 2017. email addresses, Aid Information Center change of by calling 1-800-433- institutions, or 3243. requests for a duplicate SAR. Student.............................. An ISIR with an To the institution..... The earlier of: official EFC --The student's last calculated by the date of enrollment for Department's CPS, the 2016-2017 award except for Parent PLUS year; or Loans and Direct --September 23, 2017 Unsubsidized Loans \2\. made to a dependent student under HEA section 479A(a), for which the ISIR does not need to have an official EFC. Student through CPS.................. An ISIR with an To the institution from The earlier of: official EFC the Department's CPS. --The student's last calculated by the date of enrollment for Department's CPS, the 2016-2017 award except for Parent PLUS year; or Loans and Direct --September 23, 2017 Unsubsidized Loans \2\. made to a dependent student under HEA section 479A(a), for which the ISIR does not need to have an official EFC. Student.............................. Valid SAR (Pell Grant, To the institution..... Except for a student Student through CPS.................. FSEOG, FWS, Perkins To the institution from meeting the conditions Loan, and Direct the Department's CPS. for a late Subsidized Loans). disbursement under 34 Valid ISIR (Pell Grant, CFR 668.164(g), the FSEOG, FWS, Perkins earlier of: Loan, and Direct --The student's last Subsidized Loans). date of enrollment for the 2016-2017 award year; or --September 23, 2017 \2\. Student.............................. Valid SAR (Pell Grant, To the institution..... For a student receiving Student through CPS.................. FSEOG, FWS, Perkins To the institution from a late disbursement Loan, and Direct the Department's CPS. under 34 CFR Subsidized Loans). 668.164(g)(4)(i), the Valid ISIR (Pell Grant, earlier of: FSEOG, FWS, Perkins --180 days after the Loan, and Direct date of the Subsidized Loans). institution's determination that the student withdrew or otherwise became ineligible; or -- September 23, 2017 \2\. [[Page 19159]] Student.............................. Verification documents. To the institution..... The earlier of: \3\ --120 days after the student's last date of enrollment for the 2016-2017 award year; or --September 23, 2017 \2\. Institution.......................... Identity and high Electronically to the 60 days following the school completion Department's CPS using institution's first verification results ``FAA Access to CPS request to the student for a student selected Online''. to submit the required for verification by V4 or V5 identity and the Department and high school completion placed in Verification documentation \4\. Tracking Group V4 or V5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The deadline for electronic transactions is 11:59 p.m. (Central Time) on the deadline date. Transmissions must be completed and accepted before 12:00 midnight to meet the deadline. If transmissions are started before 12:00 midnight but are not completed until after 12:00 midnight, those transmissions do not meet the deadline. In addition, any transmission submitted on or just prior to the deadline date that is rejected may not be reprocessed because the deadline will have passed by the time the user gets the information notifying him or her of the rejection. \2\ The date the ISIR/SAR transaction was processed by CPS is considered to be the date the institution received the ISIR or SAR regardless of whether the institution has downloaded the ISIR from its Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) mailbox or when the student submits the SAR to the institution. \3\ Although the Secretary has set this deadline date for the submission of verification documents, if corrections are required, deadline dates for submission of paper or electronic corrections and, for Pell Grant applicants and applicants selected for verification, deadline dates for the submission of a valid SAR or valid ISIR to the institution must still be met. An institution may establish an earlier deadline for the submission of verification documents for purposes of the campus-based programs and the Direct Loan Program, but it cannot be later than this deadline date. \4\ Note that changes to previously submitted Identity Verification Results must be updated within 30 days. Table B--Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant Programs Deadline Dates for Disbursement Information by Institutions for the 2016-2017 Award Year or Processing Year \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are the deadlines for Under what Where is it disbursement and Which program? What is submitted? circumstances is submitted? for submission of it submitted? records and information? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pell Grant, Direct Loan, TEACH An origination or The institution To the Common The earliest Grant, and Iraq and Afghanistan disbursement has made or Origination and disbursement date Service Grant programs. record. intends to make a Disbursement is January 29, disbursement. (COD) System 2016. using the Student The earliest Aid Internet submission date Gateway (SAIG); for anticipated or to the COD disbursement System using the information is COD Web site at: March 14, 2016. www.cod.ed.gov. The earliest submission date for actual disbursement information is March 14, 2016, but no earlier than: (a) 7 calendar days prior to the disbursement date under the advance payment method or the cash monitoring number one payment method; or (b) The disbursement date under the reimbursement or cash monitoring number two payment method Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan An origination or The institution To COD using SAIG; The deadline Service Grant, and TEACH Grant disbursement has made a or to COD using submission date programs. record. disbursement and the COD Web site \2\ is the will submit at: earlier of: records on or www.cod.ed.gov. (a) 15 calendar before the days after the deadline institution makes submission date. a disbursement or becomes aware of the need to make an adjustment to previously reported disbursement data, except that records for disbursements made between January 29, 2016 and March 14, 2016 must be submitted no later than March 29, 2016; or (b) September 29, 2017 [[Page 19160]] Direct Loan Program............. An origination or The institution To COD using SAIG; The deadline disbursement has made a or to COD using submission date record. disbursement and the COD Web site \2\ is the will submit at: earlier of: records on or www.cod.ed.gov.. (a) 15 calendar before the days after the deadline institution makes submission date.. a disbursement or becomes aware of the need to make an adjustment to previously reported disbursement data, except that records of disbursements made between January 1, 2016, and March 30, 2016, may be submitted no later than March 29, 2016; or (b) July 31, 2018. Pell Grant and Iraq and A downward It is after the To COD using SAIG; No later than Afghanistan Service Grant adjustment to an deadline or to COD using September 30, programs. origination or submission date. the COD Web site 2022. disbursement at: record. www.cod.ed.gov. Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan An origination or It is after the Via the COD Web The earlier of: Service Grant programs. disbursement deadline site at:. (a) When the record. submission date www.cod.ed.gov.... institution is and the fully reconciled institution has and is ready to received approval submit all of its request additional data for an extension for the program to the deadline and the award submission date. year; or Requests for (b) September 30, extensions to the 2022. established submission deadlines may be made for reasons, including, but not limited to:. TEACH Grant and Direct Loan (a) A program When the programs. review or initial institution is audit finding fully reconciled under 34 CFR and is ready to 690.83;. submit all (b) A late additional data disbursement for the program under 34 CFR and the award 668.164(g); or. year. (c) Disbursements previously blocked as a result of another institution failing to post a downward adjustment. Pell Grant and Iraq and An origination or It is after the Via the COD Web The earlier of: Afghanistan Service Grant disbursement deadline site at:. (a) A date programs. record. submission date www.cod.ed.gov.... designated by the and the Secretary after institution has consultation with received approval the institution; of its request or for an extension (b) February 1, to the deadline 2018. submission date based on a natural disaster, other unusual circumstances, or an administrative error made by the Department. An origination or It is after the Via the COD Web The earlier of: disbursement deadline site at:. (a) 15 days after record. submission date www.cod.ed.gov.... the student and the reenrolls; or institution has (b) May 3, 2018. received approval of its request for administrative relief to extend the deadline submission date based on a student's reentry to the institution within 180 days after initially withdrawing \3\. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ A COD Processing Year is a period of time in which institutions are permitted to submit Direct Loan records to the COD System that are related to a given award year. For a Direct Loan, the period of time includes loans that have a loan period covering any day in the 2016-2017 award year. \2\ Transmissions must be completed and accepted before the designated processing time on the deadline submission date. The designated processing time is published annually via an electronic announcement posted to the Information for Financial Aid Professionals Web site (www.ifap.ed.gov). If transmissions are started at the designated time, but are not completed until after the designated time, those transmissions will not meet the deadline. In addition, any transmission submitted on or just prior to the deadline date that is rejected may not be reprocessed because the deadline will have passed by the time the user gets the information notifying him or her of the rejection. \3 \Applies only to students enrolled in clock-hour and nonterm credit-hour educational programs. NOTE: The COD System must accept origination data for a student from an institution before it accepts disbursement information from the institution for that student. Institutions may submit origination and disbursement data for a student in the same transmission. However, if the origination data is rejected, the disbursement data is rejected. [[Page 19161]] [FR Doc. 2016-07510 Filed 4-1-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Contact | Ian Foss, U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, 830 First Street NE., Union Center Plaza, Room 113H2, Washington, DC 20202-5345. Telephone: (202) 377-3681 or by email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 19157 |