Financial Aid Office
CSSC Building, # 702
25555 Hesperian Boulevard, Hayward, CA 94545
(510) 723-6748 • Info Line (510) 723-6746 • Fax (510) 723-7103
www.chabotcollege.edu/finaid
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PELL - LIFETIME ELIGIBILITY USED (LEU) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2016-2017
Name: ______________________________________
Student ID: _______________________________
Phone (Home or Cell)#: _________________________
E-Mail: __________________________________
Pell Lifetime Eligibility Used (LEU) Effective July 1, 2012, students are limited to a lifetime maximum Pell Grant of 12 semesters / six years or full time
equivalent (600%) at any community college, vocational school or four year/bachelor program. Once you reach the 600% Pell LEU, you are ineligible for
any additional Pell Grant. Log onto www.nslds.ed.gov using your FAFSA PIN and view your LEU, found on the Financial Aid Review page. For more
information: http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/PellLimit.jsp
What this means for you: You must plan now for your future, especially if you plan to transfer to a four year college for a Bachelors degree. The six year
limit is a LIFETIME limit, regardless of completion of your academic goals or Bachelors degree. This regulation is in effect even if you have had an appeal
approved for failure to meet academic progress, it supersedes any prior offer of aid/award, and the Department of Education allows for no appeal or exception.
You must view your Pell grant history at www.nslds.ed.gov. If your LEU is at or above 300%, but below 600%,
understand that it limits your eligibility now and/or in the future. If your LEU is 600% or more, you are simply ineligible
for any additional Pell Grant. The eligibility calculation includes all Pell grants you have received at any college or
university in your lifetime.
My LEU is _______%. (www.nslds.ed.gov)
I understand that I am close to my Lifetime Pell Eligibility of 600%. I wish to receive my remaining Pell Grant at
Chabot for the 2016-17 academic year, if academically and financially eligible.
 Please consider me for awarding and disbursement of the maximum amount of Pell grant that the FAO determines
me to be eligible to receive during the 2016-2017 academic year. I understand the total amount may be less than
100% of the normal award.
 The Financial Aid Office determines my eligibility.
 I understand that I may have little or NO Pell Grant eligibility in the future, including when I transfer to a four
year, tuition-charging college or university.
 I will be responsible for repayment of any Pell Grant received in excess of 600% during 2016-17 or thereafter.
I understand that I am close to my Lifetime Pell Eligibility of 600%, and/or I do not want to receive my remaining
Pell grant at Chabot for the 2016-2017 academic year. If this notification is received after a disbursement is made, I
will repay the amount disbursed.
If you do nothing, you will be considered for awarding and disbursement of maximum Pell Grant based on both financial
and academic eligibility.
________________________________________________________
Student Signature
Award Year
2013-2014
Fall
Spring
2014-2015
2015-2016
______________________
Date
*EXAMPLE LIFETIME PELL ELIGIBILITY CALCULATION*
Enrollment
Semesters Used
% Used
Full time
1
50%
Full time
Lifetime Pell Used
50%
1
50%
100%
Fall
Full time
1
50%
150%
Spring
Half time
.5
25%
175%
Summer
Half time
.5
25%
200%
Fall
Full time
1
50%
250%
Spring
Full time
1
50%
300%
Totals
6.0
300%
Revised 02/16/16