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Federal Program Information: Pell Grant Program (ALN 84.063) Criteria or Specific Requirement: E. Eligibility: Federal regulations (34 CFR 690.80 (b)(1) & (b)(2)(i)(ii)) require that if the student’s enrollment status changes from one academic term to another within the same award year, the institution shall recalculate the Federal Pell Grant award for the new payment period taking into account any changes in the cost of attendance. If the student’s projected enrollment status changes during a payment period after the student has begun attendance in all of his or her classes for that payment period, the institution may (but is not required to) establish a policy under which the student's award for the payment period is recalculated. Any such recalculations must take into account any changes in the cost of attendance. If such a policy is established, it must apply to all students. If a student's projected enrollment status changes during a payment period before the student begins attendance in all of his or her classes for that payment period, the institution shall recalculate the student's enrollment status to reflect only those classes for which the student actually began attendance. Condition: For two of the students selected for testing, the University did not properly reassess the student’s enrollment status and as a result, over awarded Federal Pell Grant funds. Cause: Administrative oversight and insufficient internal control. Effect or Potential Effect: The University was not in compliance with Pell eligibility requirements, resulting in an over award. Questioned Costs: Known questioned costs are $1,848 and projected questioned costs to the entire population are $91,787. Context: 2 out of 18 students selected for testing. Identification as a Repeat Finding: There were no similar findings identified in the prior year. Recommendation: We recommend the University enhance its procedures over Pell eligibility requirements to ensure students are not over awarded. Views of Responsible Officials: Financial Aid will use a daily credit change report generated automatically from academic records to make any manual credit updates in the PowerFAIDS financial system. Additionally, Financial Aid will use selection sets within PowerFAIDS to identify any credit hour mismatches between what is manually reported versus what is integrated from Power Campus, the academic records database.