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
kkrause@uta.edu