<p>Can anyone tell me what's going on with the summer pell? Is it officially cut?</p>
<p>Jay, I am not sure and would also be interested in any updates, but my understanding it that the summer Pell for this summer (2011) was not on the chopping block, but after this summer it may be cut. Not sure if that is correct, but I hope so.</p>
<p>It is not cut for this summer.</p>
<p>My summer FA info just came out and has the Pell listed so I’m pretty sure it’s still around.</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>If your school is a trailer (uses 10-11 FAFSA for summer), it is there. You will have to meet progression requirements and enroll in at least 6 credits to receive any portion of your second Pell award in summer.</p>
<p>If your school is a header (uses 11-12 FAFSA for summer), you will also get Pell … but you will be using Pell from next year, and there will NOT be any second Pell award next year. This means that you will have a reduced award or no award for the term that begins in January (depending on how much of the award you use each term).</p>
<p>ouch - glad we’re a trailer!</p>
<p>Me too, SCM! Lucky for us, D’s school is a trailer.</p>
<p>Mine too. I hope headers are upfront with their students about the situation. That would not be a pleasant surprise to find out come spring!</p>
<p>If the crossover regulations had been left in place, they would have required schools to use the higher payment (10-11 or 11-12) even if using the 11-12 would have meant cutting into the next year (since the determination had been made to discontinue 2nd Pell). At least those regs did not remain in place.</p>
<p>Kelsmom, what would have happened if the two awards were exactly the same, ie. for a 0 EFC kid, since it doesn’t look like Pell is increasing? It seems a bit lopsided for kids at header schools to lose a semester worth of Pell doesn’t it? I’ll never understand how/why they come up with these complicated rules but this one seems designed to exclude those kids.</p>
<p>Okay, I’m not an ace at interpreting these things, but it seems from this recent announcement that the schools aren’t required to use the crossover regs this year but are still meant/allowed to assign the Pell to whichever year benefits the student. The second paragraph on page 3 states that schools may assign Pell for this summer to either year, is that right?</p>
<p><a href=“http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/P1102.pdf[/url]”>http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/P1102.pdf</a></p>
<p>That is old stuff … the Continuing Resolution suspends those regs. Under the old regs, the schools HAD to compare the two awards. That is, they had to look to see what the award would be if they used 10-11 (taking into account progression & 6 credit minimum) and what the award would be if they used 11-12 (only if 11-12 was on file & verified). If they were the same, the student would be paid from 10-11, which would be second Pell award. The problem with this was that it was dynamic … each student had to be monitored through September, and any updates such as filing or completing verification or dropping/adding classes over the course of the summer had to be reviewed & awards adjusted accordingly (even adjusting award year assignment) … AND the EFC used for Pell might differ from that used for other programs (that is, all other aid would follow the header/trailer rules). This was going to be a nightmare for schools. I am not 100% sure if a school “can” decide to do it the other way (I don’t think so …), but I can’t imagine any school would be crazy enough to choose to.</p>