Finding Text
2023-003 PELL Calculation
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Education
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program
Criteria – Per 34 CFR 690.63(b), Pell awards are determined by student’s enrollment status for the term and comparing that information to the Pell Payment Schedule and dividing by the amount of semesters or quarters attended, as applicable.
Condition – During testing, two students out of the sample of 44 tested did not receive the full Pell award they were entitled to for the summer term due to a division error in the calculation.
Questioned Costs – N/A.
Effect – The calculation error caused a delay in the students receiving their full Pell awards.
Perspective Information – The College does not have a large number of students that receive Summer Pell.
Cause – The Pell, when calculated, had a division error when taking the full award and dividing by the semesters in attendance.
Recommendation – We recommend that the College review all of its summer students to ensure there were no additional students who were due more funding. The College did so and found these were the only two. We also recommend that the College have a secondary review process for the summer Pell calculations to ensure that students receive their proper Summer Pell.