2020-2021 Award Year Deadline Dates for Reports and Other Records Associated With the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program, the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Programs, the Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program, the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant Program, 42365-42369 [2020-15142]
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comments received by August 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela James, 571–372–7574, or
whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title; Associated Form; and OMB
Number: Overseas Citizen Population
Survey; OMB Control Number 0704–
0539.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Number of Respondents: 18,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 18,000.
Average Burden per Response: 15
minutes.
Annual Burden Hours: 4,500 hours.
Needs and Uses: The primary
objective of the Overseas Citizen
Population Survey (OCPS), conducted
on behalf of FVAP, is to refine FVAP’s
methodology for estimating the number
of overseas U.S. civilians who are
eligible to vote and who have registered
and participated in the past. These
estimates are then used to address the
question of whether the registration and
voting propensity of the overseas
civilian population differs from that of
comparable domestic or military
populations. Subsequent to each
Presidential election year, FVAP must
report to Congress voter registration and
participation rates for Uniformed
Services voters and overseas citizens.
Previous attempts to collect
information on the overseas citizen
population to identify and measure its
voter registration and participation rates
in Federal elections suffered from
significant bias; this effort is focused on
refining a well-established method to
report voter registration and
participation rates from a more welldefined subgroup of overseas civilians.
Conducting this research will help
FVAP meet its federal and congressional
mandates in terms of reporting annually
on its activities and overall voter
registration and participation rates after
each Presidential election. The data
obtained through this study is also
intended to provide insights into
existing barriers to UOCAVA voting and
recommendations for addressing these
challenges. In 2018, data from the 2016
survey was used to identify the barriers
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that overseas citizens face in requesting,
casting and returning their ballots—and,
along with the 2018 data, which is just
becoming available, will help shape
FVAP’s outreach to these voters in 2020
and beyond. The 2020 version of the
OCPS will test awareness and efficacy of
these efforts. The survey also identified
that overseas voters are more likely to
avail themselves of electronic options
when requesting their ballots (compared
to active duty military, who rely more
often on postal mail). These results
guided changes to the 2020 survey,
which further probes this difference.
Finally, the 2018 survey allows for a
midterm-to-midterm comparison of the
overseas voting experience from 2014 to
2018—and the 2020 version will permit
a similar comparison to the 2016
presidential election.
To obtain the necessary information,
the OCPS will use data collected from
a sample of registered overseas civilian
voters in conjunction with previous
country level estimates developed by
FVAP research and establish a research
method to assist FVAP in reporting
voter registration and participation rates
for the 2020 election.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Biennially.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet
Seehra.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
2020–2021 Award Year Deadline Dates
for Reports and Other Records
Associated With the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the
Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program,
the Federal Work-Study (FWS)
Programs, the Federal Pell Grant (Pell
Grant) Program, the William D. Ford
Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan)
Program, the Teacher Education
Assistance for College and Higher
Education (TEACH) Grant Program,
and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service
Grant Program
Federal Student Aid,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Secretary announces
deadline dates for the receipt of
documents and other information from
applicants and institutions participating
in certain Federal student aid programs
authorized under title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA), for the 2020–2021 award year.
These programs, administered by the
U.S. Department of Education
(Department), provide financial
assistance to students attending eligible
postsecondary educational institutions
to help pay their educational costs.
DATES: Deadline and Submission Dates:
See Tables A and B at the end of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Travis Sturlaugson, U.S. Department of
Education, Federal Student Aid, 830
First Street NE, Union Center Plaza,
Room 113H3, Washington, DC 20202–
5345. Telephone: (202) 377–4174.
Email: travis.sturlaugson@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal student aid programs (title IV,
HEA programs) covered by this deadline
date notice are the Pell Grant, Direct
Loan, TEACH Grant, Iraq and
Afghanistan Service Grant, and campusbased (FSEOG and FWS) programs,
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
numbers 84.007 FSEOG Program; 84.033
FWS Program; 84.063 Pell Grant
Program; 84.268 Direct Loan Program;
84.379 TEACH Grant Program; 84.408
Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant
Program.
Table A. 2020–2021 Award Year
Deadline Dates by Which a Student
Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the
Institution Must Receive the Student’s
Institutional Student Information
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Record (ISIR) or Student Aid Report
(SAR), and by Which the Institution
Must Submit Verification Outcomes for
Certain Students.
Table A provides information and
deadline dates for receipt of the FAFSA,
corrections to and signatures for the
FAFSA, ISIRs, and SARs, and
verification documents.
The deadline date for the receipt of a
FAFSA by the Department’s Central
Processing System is June 30, 2021,
regardless of the method that the
applicant uses to submit the FAFSA.
The deadline date for the receipt of a
signature page for the FAFSA (if
required), corrections, notices of change
of address or institution, or requests for
a duplicate SAR is September 11, 2021.
For all title IV, HEA programs, an ISIR
or SAR for the student must be received
by the institution no later than the
student’s last date of enrollment for the
2020–2021 award year or September 18,
2021, whichever is earlier. Note that a
FAFSA must be submitted and an ISIR
or SAR received for the dependent
student for whom a parent is applying
for a Direct PLUS Loan.
Except for students selected for
Verification Tracking Groups V4 and
V5, verification documents must be
received by the institution no later than
120 days after the student’s last date of
enrollment for the 2020–2021 award
year or September 18, 2021, whichever
is earlier. For students selected for
Verification Tracking Groups V4 and
V5, institutions must submit identity
and high school completion status
verification results no later than 60 days
following the institution’s first request
to the student to submit the
documentation.
For all title IV, HEA programs except
for (1) Direct PLUS Loans that will be
made to parent borrowers, and (2) Direct
Unsubsidized Loans that will be made
to dependent students who have been
determined by the institution, pursuant
to section 479A(a) of the HEA, to be
eligible for such a loan without
providing parental information on the
FAFSA, the ISIR or SAR must have an
official expected family contribution
(EFC) and the ISIR or SAR must be
received by the institution no later than
the earlier of the student’s last date of
enrollment for the 2020–2021 award
year or September 18, 2021. For the two
exceptions mentioned above, the ISIR or
SAR must be received by the institution
by the same dates noted in this
paragraph but the ISIR or SAR is not
required to have an official EFC.
In accordance with 34 CFR
668.164(j)(4)(i), an institution may not
make a late disbursement of title IV,
HEA program funds later than 180 days
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after the date of the institution’s
determination that the student was no
longer enrolled. Table A provides that,
to make a late disbursement of Pell
Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and Direct
Subsidized Loans, an institution must
receive a valid ISIR or valid SAR by the
earlier of 180 days after its
determination that the student was no
longer enrolled, or September 18, 2021.
Table B. Pell Grant, Iraq and
Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan,
and TEACH Grant Programs Deadline
Dates for Disbursement Information by
Institutions for the 2020–2021 Award
Year or Processing Year.
For the Pell Grant, Iraq and
Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan,
and TEACH Grant programs, Table B
provides the earliest disbursement date,
the earliest dates for institutions to
submit disbursement records to the
Department’s Common Origination and
Disbursement (COD) System, and
deadline dates by which institutions
must submit disbursement and
origination records.
An institution must submit Pell Grant,
Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant,
Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant
disbursement records to COD, no later
than 15 days after making the
disbursement or becoming aware of the
need to adjust a previously reported
disbursement. In accordance with 34
CFR 668.164(a), title IV, HEA program
funds are disbursed on the date that the
institution: (a) Credits those funds to a
student’s account in the institution’s
general ledger or any subledger of the
general ledger; or (b) pays those funds
to a student directly. Title IV, HEA
program funds are disbursed even if an
institution uses its own funds in
advance of receiving program funds
from the Department.
An institution’s failure to submit
disbursement records within the
required timeframe may result in the
Department rejecting all or part of the
reported disbursement. Such failure
may also result in an audit or program
review finding or the initiation of an
adverse action, such as a fine or other
penalty for such failure, in accordance
with subpart G of the General Provisions
regulations in 34 CFR part 668.
Deadline Dates for Enrollment
Reporting by Institutions
In accordance with 34 CFR 674.19(f),
682.610(c), 685.309(b), and 690.83(b)(2),
upon receipt of an enrollment report
from the Secretary, institutions must
update all information included in the
report and return the report to the
Secretary in a manner and format
prescribed by the Secretary and within
the timeframe prescribed by the
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Secretary. Consistent with the National
Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
Enrollment Reporting Guide, the
Secretary has determined that
institutions must report at least every
two months. Institutions may find the
NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide on
the Information for Financial Aid
Professionals website at https://
ifap.ed.gov.
Other Sources for Detailed Information
We publish a detailed discussion of
the FAFSA application process in the
Application and Verification Guide
volume of the 2020–2021 Federal
Student Aid Handbook and in the 2020–
2021 ISIR Guide.
Information on the institutional
reporting requirements for the Pell
Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service
Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant
programs is included in the 2020–2021
Common Origination and Disbursement
(COD) Technical Reference. Also, see
the NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide.
You may access these publications by
visiting the ‘‘iLibrary’’ at the
Information for Financial Aid
Professionals website at: https://
ifap.ed.gov/ilibrary.
Additionally, the 2020–2021 award
year reporting deadline dates for the
Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, and FSEOG
programs were published in the Federal
Register on January 03, 2020 (85 FR
303).
Applicable Regulations: The
following regulations apply:
(1) Student Assistance General
Provisions, 34 CFR part 668.
(2) Federal Pell Grant Program, 34
CFR part 690.
(3) William D. Ford Direct Loan
Program, 34 CFR part 685.
(4) Teacher Education Assistance for
College and Higher Education Grant
Program, 34 CFR part 686.
(5) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34
CFR part 675.
(6) Federal Supplemental Education
Opportunity Grant, 34 CFR part 676.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. You may access the official
edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations at
www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can
view this document, as well as all other
documents of this Department
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(PDF). To use PDF you must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a,
1070b–1070b–4, 1070g, 1070h, 1087a–
1087j; 42 U.S.C. 2751–2756b.
Mark A. Brown,
Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid.
TABLE A—2020–2021 AWARD YEAR DEADLINE DATES BY WHICH A STUDENT MUST SUBMIT THE FAFSA, BY WHICH THE
INSTITUTION MUST RECEIVE THE STUDENT’S INSTITUTIONAL STUDENT INFORMATION RECORD (ISIR) OR STUDENT AID
REPORT (SAR), AND BY WHICH THE INSTITUTION MUST SUBMIT VERIFICATION OUTCOMES FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS
Who submits?
What is submitted?
Where is it submitted?
Student .......................
FAFSA—‘‘FAFSA on the Web’’ (original or
renewal).
Signature page (if required) ...........................
An electronic FAFSA (original or renewal) ....
Electronically to the Department’s Central
Processing System (CPS).
To the address printed on the signature page
Electronically to the Department’s CPS using
‘‘Electronic Data Exchange’’ (EDE) or
‘‘FAA Access to CPS Online’’.
To the address printed on the FAFSA ...........
Electronically to the Department’s CPS .........
.........................................................................
To the address printed on the signature page.
Electronically to the Department’s CPS using
EDE or ‘‘FAA Access to CPS Online’’.
To the address printed on the SAR ...............
Student through an Institution.
Student .......................
Student .......................
Student through an Institution.
Student .......................
Student .......................
Student .......................
Student through CPS
Student .......................
Student through CPS
Student .......................
Student through CPS
Student .......................
Institution ....................
A paper original FAFSA .................................
Electronic corrections to the FAFSA using
‘‘Corrections on the Web’’.
Signature page (if required) ...........................
Electronic corrections to the FAFSA ..............
Paper corrections to the FAFSA using a
SAR, including change of mailing and
email addresses and change of institutions.
Change of mailing and email addresses,
change of institutions, or requests for a duplicate SAR.
A SAR with an official EFC calculated by the
Department’s CPS, except for Parent
PLUS Loans and Direct Unsubsidized
Loans made to a dependent student under
HEA section 479A(a), for which the SAR
does not need to have an official EFC.
An ISIR with an official EFC calculated by
the Department’s CPS, except for Parent
PLUS Loans and Direct Unsubsidized
Loans made to a dependent student under
HEA section 479A(a), for which the ISIR
does not need to have an official EFC.
Valid SAR (Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and
Direct Subsidized Loans).
June 30, 2021. 1
September 11, 2021.
June 30, 2021. 1
June 30, 2021.
September 11, 2021.1
September 11, 2021.
September 11, 2021.1
September 11, 2021.
To the Federal Student Aid Information Center by calling 1–800–433–3243.
September 11, 2021.
To the institution .............................................
The earlier of:
—The student’s last date of enrollment
for the 2020–2021 award year; or
—September 18, 2021.2
To the institution from the Department’s CPS.
To the institution .............................................
Valid ISIR (Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and
Direct Subsidized Loans).
Valid SAR (Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and
Direct Subsidized Loans).
To the institution from the Department’s CPS.
Valid ISIR (Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and
Direct Subsidized Loans).
Verification documents ...................................
To the institution from the Department’s CPS.
Identity and high school completion
verification results for a student selected
for verification by the Department and
placed in Verification Tracking Group V4
or V5.
What is the deadline date for receipt?
To the institution .............................................
To the institution .............................................
Electronically to the Department’s CPS using
‘‘FAA Access to CPS Online’’.
Except for a student meeting the conditions
for a late disbursement under 34 CFR
668.164(j), the earlier of:
—The student’s last date of enrollment
for the 2020–2021 award year; or
—September 18, 2021.2
For a student receiving a late disbursement
under 34 CFR 668.164(j)(4)(i), the earlier
of:
—180 days after the date of the institution’s determination that the student
withdrew or otherwise became ineligible; or
—September 18, 2021.2
The earlier of: 3
—120 days after the student’s last date
of enrollment for the 2020–2021
award year; or
—September 18, 2021.2
60 days following the institution’s first request to the student to submit the required
V4 or V5 identity and high school completion documentation.4
1 The deadline for electronic transactions is 11:59 p.m. (Central Time) on the deadline date. Transmissions must be completed and accepted before 12:00 midnight
to meet the deadline. If transmissions are started before 12:00 midnight but are not completed until after 12:00 midnight, those transmissions do not meet the deadline. In addition, any transmission submitted on or just prior to the deadline date that is rejected may not be reprocessed because the deadline will have passed by
the time the user gets the information notifying him or her of the rejection.
2 The date the ISIR/SAR transaction was processed by CPS is considered to be the date the institution received the ISIR or SAR regardless of whether the institution has downloaded the ISIR from its Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) mailbox or when the student submits the SAR to the institution.
3 Although the Secretary has set this deadline date for the submission of verification documents, if corrections are required, deadline dates for submission of paper
or electronic corrections and, for Pell Grant applicants and applicants selected for verification, deadline dates for the submission of a valid SAR or valid ISIR to the institution must still be met. An institution may establish an earlier deadline for the submission of verification documents for purposes of the campus-based programs
and the Direct Loan Program, but it cannot be later than this deadline date.
4 Note that changes to previously submitted Identity Verification Results must be updated within 30 days of the institution becoming aware that a change has
occurred.
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TABLE B—PELL GRANT, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SERVICE GRANT, DIRECT LOAN, AND TEACH GRANT PROGRAMS DEADLINE DATES FOR DISBURSEMENT INFORMATION BY INSTITUTIONS FOR THE 2020–2021 AWARD YEAR OR PROCESSING
YEAR 1
Which program?
What is submitted?
Under what circumstances
is it submitted?
Where is it submitted?
What are the deadlines for disbursement
and for submission of records
and information?
Pell Grant, Direct Loan,
TEACH Grant, and Iraq
and Afghanistan Service
Grant programs.
An origination or disbursement record.
The institution has made or
intends to make a disbursement.
To the Common Origination
and Disbursement (COD)
System using the Student
Aid Internet Gateway
(SAIG); or to the COD
System using the COD
website at: https://
cod.ed.gov.
Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, and
TEACH Grant programs.
An origination or disbursement record.
The institution has made a
disbursement and will
submit records on or before the deadline submission date.
To COD using SAIG; or to
COD using the COD
website at: https://
cod.ed.gov.
Direct Loan Program ...........
An origination or disbursement record.
The institution has made a
disbursement and will
submit records on or before the deadline submission date.
To COD using SAIG; or to
COD using the COD
website at: https://
cod.ed.gov.
Pell Grant and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant
programs.
A downward adjustment to
an origination or disbursement record.
It is after the deadline submission date.
Pell Grant and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant
programs.
An origination or disbursement record.
It is after the deadline submission date and the institution has received approval of its request for
an extension to the deadline submission date.
Requests for extensions to
the established submission deadlines may be
made for reasons including, but not limited to:
(a) A program review or
initial audit finding
under 34 CFR
690.83;
(b) A late disbursement
under 34 CFR
668.164(j); or
(c) Disbursements previously blocked as a
result of another institution failing to post a
downward adjustment.
To COD using SAIG; or to
COD using the COD
website at: https://
cod.ed.gov.
Via the COD website at:
https://cod.ed.gov.
TEACH Grant and Direct
Loan programs.
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The earliest disbursement date is January
31, 2020.
The earliest submission date for anticipated disbursement information is April
26, 2020.
The earliest submission date for actual
disbursement information is April 26,
2020, but no earlier than:
(a) 7 calendar days prior to the disbursement date under the advance
payment method or the Heightened
Cash Monitoring Payment Method
1 (HCM1); or
(b) The disbursement date under the
reimbursement or the Heightened
Cash Monitoring Payment Method
2 (HCM2).
The deadline submission date 2 is the earlier of:
(a) 15 calendar days after the institution
makes a disbursement or becomes
aware of the need to make an adjustment to previously reported disbursement data, except that records for disbursements made between January 31,
2020 and April 26, 2020 must be submitted no later than May 11, 2020; or
(b) September 30, 2021.
The deadline submission date 2 is the earlier of:
(a) 15 calendar days after the institution makes a disbursement or becomes aware of the need to make
an adjustment to previously reported disbursement data, except
that records of disbursements
made between October 1, 2019
and April 26, 2020, may be submitted no later than May 11, 2020;
or
(b) July 29, 2022.
No later than September 30, 2026.
The earlier of:
(a) When the institution is fully reconciled and is ready to submit all
additional data for the program and
the award year; or
(b) September 30, 2026.
When the institution is fully reconciled and
is ready to submit all additional data for
the program and the award year.
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TABLE B—PELL GRANT, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SERVICE GRANT, DIRECT LOAN, AND TEACH GRANT PROGRAMS DEADLINE DATES FOR DISBURSEMENT INFORMATION BY INSTITUTIONS FOR THE 2020–2021 AWARD YEAR OR PROCESSING
YEAR 1—Continued
Which program?
Under what circumstances
is it submitted?
What is submitted?
Pell Grant and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant
programs.
An origination or disbursement record.
Pell Grant and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant
programs.
An origination or disbursement record.
It is after the deadline submission date and the institution has received approval of its request for
an extension to the deadline submission date
based on a natural disaster, other unusual circumstances, or an administrative error made by
the Department.
It is after the deadline submission date and the institution has received approval of its request for
administrative relief to extend the deadline submission date based on a student’s reentry to the institution within 180 days
after initially withdrawing 3.
Where is it submitted?
What are the deadlines for disbursement
and for submission of records
and information?
Via the COD website at:
https://cod.ed.gov.
The earlier of:
(a) A date designated by the Secretary after consultation with the institution; or
(b) February 1, 2022.
Via the COD website at:
https://cod.ed.gov.
The earlier of:
(a) 15 days after the student reenrolls; or
(b) May 2, 2022.
1 A COD Processing Year is a period of time in which institutions are permitted to submit Direct Loan records to the COD System that are related to a given award
year. For a Direct Loan, the period of time includes loans that have a loan period covering any day in the 2020–2021 award year.
2 Transmissions must be completed and accepted before the designated processing time on the deadline submission date. The designated processing time is published annually via an electronic announcement posted to the Information for Financial Aid Professionals website (https://ifap.ed.gov). If transmissions are started at
the designated time, but are not completed until after the designated time, those transmissions will not meet the deadline. In addition, any transmission submitted on
or just prior to the deadline date that is rejected may not be reprocessed because the deadline will have passed by the time the user gets the information notifying
him or her of the rejection.
3 Applies only to students enrolled in clock-hour and nonterm credit-hour educational programs.
Note: The COD System must accept origination data for a student from an institution before it accepts disbursement information from the institution for that student.
Institutions may submit origination and disbursement data for a student in the same transmission. However, if the origination data is rejected, the disbursement data is
rejected.
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Centers
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On April 21, 2020, we
published in the Federal Register a
notice inviting applications (NIA) for
the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Parent Training
and Information Centers program,
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) 84.328M. The NIA established a
deadline date of June 22, 2020, for the
transmittal of applications. This notice
reopens the competition for five days.
DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 20, 2020.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 14, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carmen Sanchez, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 5162, Potomac Center Plaza,
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Telephone: (202) 245–6595. Email:
Carmen.Sanchez@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
21, 2020, we published a notice inviting
applications (NIA) for the fiscal year
(FY) 2020 Parent Training and
Information Centers program, Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
84.328M (85 FR 22153).
We did not receive timely
applications that met all of the
applicable requirements in the NIA from
eligible applicants to serve all States
listed in the notice prior to the closing
date. Therefore, we are reopening the
competition to allow applicants to
submit or resubmit applications that
meet the requirements in the NIA, in
order to ensure that parents in all States
can be served by a Parent Training and
Information Center.
Note: This notice does not reopen the
Parent Information and Training program
competition, CFDA number 84.235F,
published in the same NIA.
Applicants that have already
submitted applications under the FY
2020 Parent Training and Information
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are encouraged to review their
applications and confirm that they have
met all eligibility and other
requirements contained in the NIA and
the application package, which is
available at www.grants.gov/web/grants/
view-opportunity.html?oppId=326384.
Applicants may review two recorded
webinars that discuss the application
requirements at https://
osepideasthatwork.org/resourcesgrantees/informational-webinars-osepfunding-opportunities.
Applicants that already submitted
timely applications that meet all of the
eligibility and other requirements do not
have to resubmit their applications. If a
new application is not submitted, the
Department will use the application that
was submitted before the June 22, 2020,
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time deadline.
Note: Applications that did not meet the
submission deadline must be submitted to be
considered for review.
Note to Applicants: The NIA provides
other information that applies to this
competition. Specifically, the NIA identifies
the requirements for applications submitted
in response to the priority titled ‘‘Parent
Training and Information Centers,’’ CFDA
84.328M, including the eligible entities, the
States from which we are accepting
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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42365-42369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15142]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
2020-2021 Award Year Deadline Dates for Reports and Other Records
Associated With the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA),
the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program,
the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Programs, the Federal Pell Grant (Pell
Grant) Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan)
Program, the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher
Education (TEACH) Grant Program, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service
Grant Program
AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces deadline dates for the receipt of
documents and other information from applicants and institutions
participating in certain Federal student aid programs authorized under
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), for the
2020-2021 award year. These programs, administered by the U.S.
Department of Education (Department), provide financial assistance to
students attending eligible postsecondary educational institutions to
help pay their educational costs.
DATES: Deadline and Submission Dates: See Tables A and B at the end of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Travis Sturlaugson, U.S. Department of
Education, Federal Student Aid, 830 First Street NE, Union Center
Plaza, Room 113H3, Washington, DC 20202-5345. Telephone: (202) 377-
4174. Email: [email protected].
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-
877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal student aid programs (title IV,
HEA programs) covered by this deadline date notice are the Pell Grant,
Direct Loan, TEACH Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, and
campus-based (FSEOG and FWS) programs, Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance numbers 84.007 FSEOG Program; 84.033 FWS Program; 84.063
Pell Grant Program; 84.268 Direct Loan Program; 84.379 TEACH Grant
Program; 84.408 Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant Program.
Table A. 2020-2021 Award Year Deadline Dates by Which a Student
Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the Institution Must Receive the
Student's Institutional Student Information
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Record (ISIR) or Student Aid Report (SAR), and by Which the Institution
Must Submit Verification Outcomes for Certain Students.
Table A provides information and deadline dates for receipt of the
FAFSA, corrections to and signatures for the FAFSA, ISIRs, and SARs,
and verification documents.
The deadline date for the receipt of a FAFSA by the Department's
Central Processing System is June 30, 2021, regardless of the method
that the applicant uses to submit the FAFSA. The deadline date for the
receipt of a signature page for the FAFSA (if required), corrections,
notices of change of address or institution, or requests for a
duplicate SAR is September 11, 2021.
For all title IV, HEA programs, an ISIR or SAR for the student must
be received by the institution no later than the student's last date of
enrollment for the 2020-2021 award year or September 18, 2021,
whichever is earlier. Note that a FAFSA must be submitted and an ISIR
or SAR received for the dependent student for whom a parent is applying
for a Direct PLUS Loan.
Except for students selected for Verification Tracking Groups V4
and V5, verification documents must be received by the institution no
later than 120 days after the student's last date of enrollment for the
2020-2021 award year or September 18, 2021, whichever is earlier. For
students selected for Verification Tracking Groups V4 and V5,
institutions must submit identity and high school completion status
verification results no later than 60 days following the institution's
first request to the student to submit the documentation.
For all title IV, HEA programs except for (1) Direct PLUS Loans
that will be made to parent borrowers, and (2) Direct Unsubsidized
Loans that will be made to dependent students who have been determined
by the institution, pursuant to section 479A(a) of the HEA, to be
eligible for such a loan without providing parental information on the
FAFSA, the ISIR or SAR must have an official expected family
contribution (EFC) and the ISIR or SAR must be received by the
institution no later than the earlier of the student's last date of
enrollment for the 2020-2021 award year or September 18, 2021. For the
two exceptions mentioned above, the ISIR or SAR must be received by the
institution by the same dates noted in this paragraph but the ISIR or
SAR is not required to have an official EFC.
In accordance with 34 CFR 668.164(j)(4)(i), an institution may not
make a late disbursement of title IV, HEA program funds later than 180
days after the date of the institution's determination that the student
was no longer enrolled. Table A provides that, to make a late
disbursement of Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and Direct Subsidized Loans, an
institution must receive a valid ISIR or valid SAR by the earlier of
180 days after its determination that the student was no longer
enrolled, or September 18, 2021.
Table B. Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct
Loan, and TEACH Grant Programs Deadline Dates for Disbursement
Information by Institutions for the 2020-2021 Award Year or Processing
Year.
For the Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct
Loan, and TEACH Grant programs, Table B provides the earliest
disbursement date, the earliest dates for institutions to submit
disbursement records to the Department's Common Origination and
Disbursement (COD) System, and deadline dates by which institutions
must submit disbursement and origination records.
An institution must submit Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service
Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant disbursement records to COD, no
later than 15 days after making the disbursement or becoming aware of
the need to adjust a previously reported disbursement. In accordance
with 34 CFR 668.164(a), title IV, HEA program funds are disbursed on
the date that the institution: (a) Credits those funds to a student's
account in the institution's general ledger or any subledger of the
general ledger; or (b) pays those funds to a student directly. Title
IV, HEA program funds are disbursed even if an institution uses its own
funds in advance of receiving program funds from the Department.
An institution's failure to submit disbursement records within the
required timeframe may result in the Department rejecting all or part
of the reported disbursement. Such failure may also result in an audit
or program review finding or the initiation of an adverse action, such
as a fine or other penalty for such failure, in accordance with subpart
G of the General Provisions regulations in 34 CFR part 668.
Deadline Dates for Enrollment Reporting by Institutions
In accordance with 34 CFR 674.19(f), 682.610(c), 685.309(b), and
690.83(b)(2), upon receipt of an enrollment report from the Secretary,
institutions must update all information included in the report and
return the report to the Secretary in a manner and format prescribed by
the Secretary and within the timeframe prescribed by the Secretary.
Consistent with the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
Enrollment Reporting Guide, the Secretary has determined that
institutions must report at least every two months. Institutions may
find the NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide on the Information for
Financial Aid Professionals website at https://ifap.ed.gov.
Other Sources for Detailed Information
We publish a detailed discussion of the FAFSA application process
in the Application and Verification Guide volume of the 2020-2021
Federal Student Aid Handbook and in the 2020-2021 ISIR Guide.
Information on the institutional reporting requirements for the
Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH
Grant programs is included in the 2020-2021 Common Origination and
Disbursement (COD) Technical Reference. Also, see the NSLDS Enrollment
Reporting Guide.
You may access these publications by visiting the ``iLibrary'' at
the Information for Financial Aid Professionals website at: https://ifap.ed.gov/ilibrary.
Additionally, the 2020-2021 award year reporting deadline dates for
the Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, and FSEOG programs were published in the
Federal Register on January 03, 2020 (85 FR 303).
Applicable Regulations: The following regulations apply:
(1) Student Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR part 668.
(2) Federal Pell Grant Program, 34 CFR part 690.
(3) William D. Ford Direct Loan Program, 34 CFR part 685.
(4) Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education
Grant Program, 34 CFR part 686.
(5) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34 CFR part 675.
(6) Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant, 34 CFR part
676.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published
in the Federal Register, in
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text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a, 1070b-1070b-4, 1070g, 1070h,
1087a-1087j; 42 U.S.C. 2751-2756b.
Mark A. Brown,
Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid.
Table A--2020-2021 Award Year Deadline Dates by Which a Student Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the Institution
Must Receive the Student's Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) or Student Aid Report (SAR), and by
Which the Institution Must Submit Verification Outcomes for Certain Students
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What is the deadline
Who submits? What is submitted? Where is it submitted? date for receipt?
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Student.......................... FAFSA--``FAFSA on the Electronically to the June 30, 2021. \1\
Web'' (original or Department's Central ........................
renewal). Processing System (CPS). September 11, 2021.
Signature page (if To the address printed
required). on the signature page.
Student through an Institution... An electronic FAFSA Electronically to the June 30, 2021. \1\
(original or renewal). Department's CPS using
``Electronic Data
Exchange'' (EDE) or
``FAA Access to CPS
Online''.
Student.......................... A paper original FAFSA... To the address printed June 30, 2021.
on the FAFSA.
Student.......................... Electronic corrections to Electronically to the September 11, 2021.\1\
the FAFSA using Department's CPS. ........................
``Corrections on the ........................ September 11, 2021.
Web''. To the address printed
Signature page (if on the signature page.
required).
Student through an Institution... Electronic corrections to Electronically to the September 11, 2021.\1\
the FAFSA. Department's CPS using
EDE or ``FAA Access to
CPS Online''.
Student.......................... Paper corrections to the To the address printed September 11, 2021.
FAFSA using a SAR, on the SAR.
including change of
mailing and email
addresses and change of
institutions.
Student.......................... Change of mailing and To the Federal Student September 11, 2021.
email addresses, change Aid Information Center
of institutions, or by calling 1-800-433-
requests for a duplicate 3243.
SAR.
Student.......................... A SAR with an official To the institution...... The earlier of:
EFC calculated by the --The student's last
Department's CPS, except date of enrollment for
for Parent PLUS Loans the 2020-2021 award
and Direct Unsubsidized year; or
Loans made to a --September 18, 2021.\2\
dependent student under
HEA section 479A(a), for
which the SAR does not
need to have an official
EFC.
Student through CPS.............. An ISIR with an official To the institution from
EFC calculated by the the Department's CPS.
Department's CPS, except
for Parent PLUS Loans
and Direct Unsubsidized
Loans made to a
dependent student under
HEA section 479A(a), for
which the ISIR does not
need to have an official
EFC.
Student.......................... Valid SAR (Pell Grant, To the institution...... Except for a student
FSEOG, FWS, and Direct meeting the conditions
Subsidized Loans). for a late disbursement
under 34 CFR
668.164(j), the earlier
of:
--The student's last
date of enrollment for
the 2020-2021 award
year; or
--September 18, 2021.\2\
Student through CPS.............. Valid ISIR (Pell Grant, To the institution from
FSEOG, FWS, and Direct the Department's CPS.
Subsidized Loans).
Student.......................... Valid SAR (Pell Grant, To the institution...... For a student receiving
FSEOG, FWS, and Direct a late disbursement
Subsidized Loans). under 34 CFR
668.164(j)(4)(i), the
earlier of:
--180 days after the
date of the
institution's
determination that the
student withdrew or
otherwise became
ineligible; or
--September 18, 2021.\2\
Student through CPS.............. Valid ISIR (Pell Grant, To the institution from
FSEOG, FWS, and Direct the Department's CPS.
Subsidized Loans).
Student.......................... Verification documents... To the institution...... The earlier of: \3\
--120 days after the
student's last date of
enrollment for the 2020-
2021 award year; or
--September 18, 2021.\2\
Institution...................... Identity and high school Electronically to the 60 days following the
completion verification Department's CPS using institution's first
results for a student ``FAA Access to CPS request to the student
selected for Online''. to submit the required
verification by the V4 or V5 identity and
Department and placed in high school completion
Verification Tracking documentation.\4\
Group V4 or V5.
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\1\ The deadline for electronic transactions is 11:59 p.m. (Central Time) on the deadline date. Transmissions
must be completed and accepted before 12:00 midnight to meet the deadline. If transmissions are started before
12:00 midnight but are not completed until after 12:00 midnight, those transmissions do not meet the deadline.
In addition, any transmission submitted on or just prior to the deadline date that is rejected may not be
reprocessed because the deadline will have passed by the time the user gets the information notifying him or
her of the rejection.
\2\ The date the ISIR/SAR transaction was processed by CPS is considered to be the date the institution received
the ISIR or SAR regardless of whether the institution has downloaded the ISIR from its Student Aid Internet
Gateway (SAIG) mailbox or when the student submits the SAR to the institution.
\3\ Although the Secretary has set this deadline date for the submission of verification documents, if
corrections are required, deadline dates for submission of paper or electronic corrections and, for Pell Grant
applicants and applicants selected for verification, deadline dates for the submission of a valid SAR or valid
ISIR to the institution must still be met. An institution may establish an earlier deadline for the submission
of verification documents for purposes of the campus-based programs and the Direct Loan Program, but it cannot
be later than this deadline date.
\4\ Note that changes to previously submitted Identity Verification Results must be updated within 30 days of
the institution becoming aware that a change has occurred.
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Table B--Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant Programs Deadline Dates
for Disbursement Information by Institutions for the 2020-2021 Award Year or Processing Year \1\
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What are the
deadlines for
Under what Where is it disbursement and
Which program? What is submitted? circumstances is submitted? for submission of
it submitted? records and
information?
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Pell Grant, Direct Loan, TEACH An origination or The institution To the Common The earliest
Grant, and Iraq and Afghanistan disbursement has made or Origination and disbursement date
Service Grant programs. record. intends to make a Disbursement is January 31,
disbursement. (COD) System 2020.
using the Student The earliest
Aid Internet submission date
Gateway (SAIG); for anticipated
or to the COD disbursement
System using the information is
COD website at: April 26, 2020.
https:// The earliest
cod.ed.gov. submission date
for actual
disbursement
information is
April 26, 2020,
but no earlier
than:
(a) 7 calendar
days prior to the
disbursement date
under the advance
payment method or
the Heightened
Cash Monitoring
Payment Method 1
(HCM1); or
(b) The
disbursement date
under the
reimbursement or
the Heightened
Cash Monitoring
Payment Method 2
(HCM2).
Pell Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan An origination or The institution To COD using SAIG; The deadline
Service Grant, and TEACH Grant disbursement has made a or to COD using submission date
programs. record. disbursement and the COD website \2\ is the
will submit at: https:// earlier of:
records on or cod.ed.gov. (a) 15 calendar
before the days after the
deadline institution makes
submission date. a disbursement or
becomes aware of
the need to make
an adjustment to
previously
reported
disbursement
data, except that
records for
disbursements
made between
January 31, 2020
and April 26,
2020 must be
submitted no
later than May
11, 2020; or
(b) September 30,
2021.
Direct Loan Program............. An origination or The institution To COD using SAIG; The deadline
disbursement has made a or to COD using submission date
record. disbursement and the COD website \2\ is the
will submit at: https:// earlier of:
records on or cod.ed.gov. (a) 15 calendar
before the days after the
deadline institution makes
submission date. a disbursement or
becomes aware of
the need to make
an adjustment to
previously
reported
disbursement
data, except that
records of
disbursements
made between
October 1, 2019
and April 26,
2020, may be
submitted no
later than May
11, 2020; or
(b) July 29, 2022.
Pell Grant and Iraq and A downward It is after the To COD using SAIG; No later than
Afghanistan Service Grant adjustment to an deadline or to COD using September 30,
programs. origination or submission date. the COD website 2026.
disbursement at: https://
record. cod.ed.gov.
Pell Grant and Iraq and An origination or It is after the Via the COD The earlier of:
Afghanistan Service Grant disbursement deadline website at: (a) When the
programs. record. submission date https:// institution is
and the cod.ed.gov. fully reconciled
institution has and is ready to
received approval submit all
TEACH Grant and Direct Loan of its request additional data
programs. for an extension for the program
to the deadline and the award
submission date. year; or
Requests for (b) September 30,
extensions to the 2026.
established When the
submission institution is
deadlines may be fully reconciled
made for reasons and is ready to
including, but submit all
not limited to:. additional data
(a) A program for the program
review or initial and the award
audit finding year.
under 34 CFR
690.83;.
(b) A late
disbursement
under 34 CFR
668.164(j); or.
(c) Disbursements
previously
blocked as a
result of another
institution
failing to post a
downward
adjustment.
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Pell Grant and Iraq and An origination or It is after the Via the COD The earlier of:
Afghanistan Service Grant disbursement deadline website at: (a) A date
programs. record. submission date https:// designated by the
and the cod.ed.gov. Secretary after
institution has consultation with
received approval the institution;
of its request or
for an extension (b) February 1,
to the deadline 2022.
submission date
based on a
natural disaster,
other unusual
circumstances, or
an administrative
error made by the
Department.
Pell Grant and Iraq and An origination or It is after the Via the COD The earlier of:
Afghanistan Service Grant disbursement deadline website at: (a) 15 days after
programs. record. submission date https:// the student
and the cod.ed.gov. reenrolls; or
institution has (b) May 2, 2022.
received approval
of its request
for
administrative
relief to extend
the deadline
submission date
based on a
student's reentry
to the
institution
within 180 days
after initially
withdrawing \3\.
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\1\ A COD Processing Year is a period of time in which institutions are permitted to submit Direct Loan records
to the COD System that are related to a given award year. For a Direct Loan, the period of time includes loans
that have a loan period covering any day in the 2020-2021 award year.
\2\ Transmissions must be completed and accepted before the designated processing time on the deadline
submission date. The designated processing time is published annually via an electronic announcement posted to
the Information for Financial Aid Professionals website (https://ifap.ed.gov). If transmissions are started at
the designated time, but are not completed until after the designated time, those transmissions will not meet
the deadline. In addition, any transmission submitted on or just prior to the deadline date that is rejected
may not be reprocessed because the deadline will have passed by the time the user gets the information
notifying him or her of the rejection.
\3\ Applies only to students enrolled in clock-hour and nonterm credit-hour educational programs.
Note: The COD System must accept origination data for a student from an institution before it accepts
disbursement information from the institution for that student. Institutions may submit origination and
disbursement data for a student in the same transmission. However, if the origination data is rejected, the
disbursement data is rejected.
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