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The negotiated rulemaking committee tasked with rewriting federal regulations on accreditation, distance education, faith-based entities, and the TEACH Grant program is heading into its final session today. Be sure to catch up on NASFAA's coverage of the neg reg sessions and what progress the committee has made so far. Stay tuned to Today's News for more updates as the final session wraps up.

Please join us in congratulating Carrie Short, who will start a new position as the director of financial services at Lorain County Community College, Theodore Malone, who was awarded the Lifetime Membership Award by WASFAA at the 50th WASFAA Conference in June, and Ashley Richardson, who was promoted from financial aid advisor to assistant director of financial aid at St. Louis College of Health Careers. Learn more about other colleagues' accomplishments, recognitions, and achievements, and submit your own, on our Movers and Shakers page.

Financial fines from the U.S. Department of Education are no joke. A campus safety disclosure or reporting violation can result in a maximum $55,907 fine per violation. According to NASFAA’s research, the lowest reported fine for a single school was $5,000, and the highest was nearly $2.4 million between 2010 and 2017. NASFAA’s Consumer Information Assessment can help you avoid avoid these fines with a low-cost review. Request more information today.

 Yes. Awarding year-round Pell (YRP) is not optional for any payment period, including summer. If the student is enrolled and eligible, the school must award Federal Pell Grant funds to the student. View the full answer to this question to view the complete guidance from the Department of Education and search for answers to your other pressing regulatory and compliance questions, in NASFAA's AskRegs Knowledgebase.

If you were unable to join us for the March 20, 2019 Graduate and Professional Schools town Hall webinar, you can still order and view the on-demand webinar. You’ll have full access to the webinar archive and handout If you attended the live event, you can still use your registration link to access the on-demand event. Access to this on-demand event is free to both members and non-members, but you must register. Order today.

This week, all primary contacts will receive a NASFAA dues renewal invoice via email. If you are NASFAA's primary contact for your institution and you do not receive your invoice, please contact Membership Services or call (202) 785-0453 Ext.1. Please be wary of fraudulent requests in made in NASFAA's name. Payments to NASFAA should only be made one of four ways: pay online through our Manage My Membership page; mail your check and completed invoice to us at 1801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20006-3606; call Member Services at (202) 785-0453 Ext.1 with your credit card information; or fax your completed invoice with payment information to (202) 785-1487.

Federal Student Aid hasp osted EDExpress for Windows 2019-2020, Release 2.0, on the Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) website, located at https://fsadownload.ed.gov. Release 2.0 adds full Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant), William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan), and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant functionality for the 2019–20 award cycle.

Federal Student Aid has posted an EDExpress for Windows 2018-2019, Release 3.0, program file that resolves a Pell Grant Year-to-Date (YTD) import issue in the Federal Pell Grant (Pell Grant) module. The program file is now available for download from the Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) website, located at https://fsadownload.ed.gov.

This request is for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to conduct the 2016/20 Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B:16/20) full-scale study panel maintenance activities. The B&B studies of the education, work, financial, and personal experiences of individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree at a given point in time are a series of longitudinal studies.

The Annual Performance Report for Partnership and State Projects for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is a required report that grant recipients must submit annually. The purpose of this information collection is for accountability. The data is used to report on progress in meeting the performance objectives of GEAR UP, program implementation, and student outcomes.

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