Finding Text
Special Tests and Provisions
Student Financial Assistance Cluster of Programs
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program
U.S. Department of Education
Criteria: 34 CFR 675.20(d)(2) A student employed in an FWS job and receiving academic credit for that job may not be -
(i) Paid less than he or she would be if no academic credit were received;
(ii) Paid for receiving instruction in a classroom, laboratory, or other academic setting; and
(iii) Paid unless the employer would normally pay the person for the same position.
Condition: A sample of thirty-seven students was selected for student file and account testing. Of those tested, nine earned federal work study wages during the audit period. Three of these students tested earned federal work study wages during class hours.
Context: This was discovered during the audit testing of federal work study.
Effect: The students may have been allowed to earn federal work study wages during class hours.
Cause: Management does not have a process to monitor whether students are earning federal work study wages during class hours.
Recommendation: We recommend that the College design a process where supervisors of federal work study students where they can ensure they do not earn wages during class hours. Absent that, we recommend management require students to sign an affirmation they will not work during class hours.
Views of responsible officials: To make sure this issue does not occur again, we will include an affirmation from all work-study students stating that they will not work during class hours.