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Summer Pell Policy and Procedures

Effective Summer 2011

 

If students use their first scheduled award and they enroll in a minimum of 6 credit hours and show academic progress, they can be eligible for a 2nd scheduled award. Student must have one hour which would go into their second year. For example, MU defines its year as 24 credit hours; if the student receives a fulltime award in fall 2010 and spring 2011 and enrolls in 6 hours or more in summer they would receive Pell grant for the summer payment period from the 2010-11 award year. For the summer 2011, students will also need to meet applicable academic progression requirements for 2011-2012.

Transfer Students for 2 scheduled Pell Awards beginning 2010-2011

  •  MU will use the assumption method to determine acceleration toward the second Scheduled Pell Award.
  • If student received 100% of the first Scheduled Pell Award at prior school(s), we will assume the student completed the first academic year.
  • If student received less than 100% we will use the same ratio to MU's academic year as the % of the Scheduled Award that was received from the other school(s) and round down.

Example

Assume student completed the same ratio of the academic year as the % of Pell received

 

  • Prior school disbursed $2,007 of $5,350 Scheduled Award at that school.
  • MU's academic year is defined as 24 credit hours
  •  $2,007 X 24/$5,350 = 9 credits assumed earned at prior school
  •  Student is given 9 credits toward completion of the first academic year.

Special Circumstances for Academic Year Completion Requirement for Second Scheduled Award

  • Can be waived
  • FAA determines that student was unable to complete the hours of the first academic year due to "circumstances beyond the student's control."

May include but are not limited to:

  • Student withdrawing from classes due to a verifiable illness.
  • Student being unable to register for classes necessary to complete his or her eligible program because classes were not offered.

Determination must be documented and made on a student by student basis.

Special circumstances beyond a student's control do not include:

  • Withdrawing to avoid a particular grade.
  • Failing to register for necessary class that is offered during the term to avoid a particular instructor.
  • Classes are full and student is unable to register.

Procedures

The MU Office of Financial Aid will determine your eligibility for Pell grant for the summer term automatically. There is nothing you need to do. Please note: students with Pell grant eligibility who are not meeting the requirements of the satisfactory academic progress policy, are on probation or close to exceeding the maximum timeframe in which to earn a degree will not be awarded Pell grant for summer automatically. If this is your situation, you need to check with the Office of Financial Aid once grades are posted for the spring semester to determine if your eligibility will extend to summer. If you are considered “probation on appeal”, you will be awarded summer aid but we will calculate whether you met the conditions of your spring appeal in order to be eligible to keep your summer aid. If you have any questions about your requirements, please check with the Office of Financial Aid.

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