Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (84.007)

 

Program

84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants

 

Federal Agency

FEDERAL STUDENT AID, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

Authorization

Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title IV, Part A, Subpart 3, 20 U.S.C. 1070b-1070b-3.

 

Program Number

84.007

 

Last Known Status

Active

 

Objectives

To provide eligible undergraduate postsecondary students with demonstrated financial need with grant assistance to help meet educational expenses.

 

Types of Assistance

Direct Payments for Specified Use.

 

Uses and Use Restrictions

Grants are for undergraduate study, and range from $100 to $4,000 per academic year. However, if reasonable study abroad costs exceed the cost of attendance at the home institution, the amount of the grant may exceed the $4,000 maximum by as much as $400. A student is eligible to receive a FSEOG for the period of time needed to complete the first undergraduate baccalaureate course of study being pursued by that student. If it awards grants to students in that year an institution is entitled to an administrative cost allowance for an award year of 5 percent of the first $2,750,000, expended plus 4 percent of expenditures greater than $2,750,000 but less than $5,500,000, plus 3 percent of expenditures in excess of $5,500,000.

 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

Higher education institutions (public, private nonprofit, postsecondary vocational, and proprietary) meeting eligibility requirements may apply.

Beneficiary Eligibility

Undergraduate students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as regular students; are maintaining satisfactory academic progress in accordance with the standards and practices of the institution, have financial need, do not owe a refund on a Title IV grant, are not in default on a Title IV loan, file a statement of educational purpose, file a statement of registration compliance (Selective Service) and meet citizen/resident requirements may benefit.

Credentials/Documentation

Institutions must document their eligibility and students must demonstrate financial need. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

 

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Representatives of the appropriate ED Regional Office are available for consultation (see listing of ED Regional Offices in Appendix IV). Students should contact the institution(s) they attend or wish to attend. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102.

Application Procedure

Participating institutions submit the Fiscal Operations Report/Application to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs (ED Form 646-1) which is mailed to institutions of postsecondary education each summer by the Federal Student Aid office. New institutions submit only the application form. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 110.

Award Procedure

The Federal Student Aid office determines final awards and notifies participating institutions.

Deadlines

Specified on the application (usually October 1). Contact the program office for additional information.

 

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

Appeals

None.

Renewals

There are annual renewals.

 

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

Funds are allocated to institutions on the basis of the insitution's base guarantee and pro rata share and then on demonstrated need for funding. Institutions award funds to students on the basis of financial need as determined by the Federal Needs Analysis Methodology specified in statute. This program requires institutional matching funds. The Federal share may not exceed 75 percent unless waived based on objective criteria established in regulations.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Funds are awarded for use by participating institutions for one award year at a time following the year of application.

 

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

A single combined Fiscal Operations Report/Application form for Federal Perkins Loans, FSEOG, and FWS (ED 646-1) is submitted by each institution at the close of each award year (June 30).

Audits

Institutions must have a nonfederal audit done on at least an annual basis at its own expense. Audits are performed at Government expense by the Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General as often as its time schedule will allow or when deemed necessary by the Secretary.

Records

All records pertaining to the activities of a given fiscal year must be retained for a period of three years following the institution's submission of its Fiscal Operations Report for an award year or until resolution of an applicable audit, whichever is later.

 

Program Accomplishments

In fiscal year 2002, institutions awarded $917,722,000 in aid to 1,188,000 students.

 

Financial Information

Account Identification

91-0200-0-1-502.

Obligations

(Grants) FY 02 $725,000,000; FY 03 est $760,000,000; and FY 04 est $760,000,000.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

In 2002 the estimated average award to students was approximately $778.

 

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

34 CFR 676, Student Guide fact sheet, no charge; Student Financial Aid Handbook, no charge; Notification to Members of Congress, list of grantees, published annually or as required, no charge; Federal Needs Analysis Methodology Booklet, no charge; Verification Handbook, no charge; training materials, no charge.

 

Related Programs

64.117, Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance; 84.031, Higher Education_Institutional Aid; 84.032, Federal Family Education Loans; 84.033, Federal Work-Study Program; 84.038, Federal Perkins Loan Program_Federal Capital Contributions; 84.042, TRIO_Student Support Services; 84.044, TRIO_Talent Search; 84.047, TRIO_Upward Bound; 84.063, Federal Pell Grant Program; 84.066, TRIO_Educational Opportunity Centers; 84.069, Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership.

 

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

Students should contact the educational institution(s) they attend or plan to attend. Educational institutions should contact the Regional Administrator for Student Financial Assistance in the appropriate ED Regional Office (see Appendix IV of the Catalog).

Headquarters Office

Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-5446. Telephone: (800) 443-3243.

Web Site Address

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFA

 

Examples of Funded Projects

Not applicable.

 

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Not applicable.