# Presentation: 680065

## Nontraditional Programs Open Forum

**Nontraditional Programs Open Forum**

- Anthony Jones
- Pam Moran
- Fred Sellers
- Office of Postsecondary Education

## Resources:  amounts and timing of disbursements

- Prior nontraditional presentations on IFAP
- _[http://www.ifap.ed.gov/presentations/attachments/05NASFAANontradAcaCal.ppt](http://www.ifap.ed.gov/presentations/attachments/05NASFAANontradAcaCal.ppt)_
- Term and nonterm programs
- Case studies
- 2005-2006 FSA Handbook
- Volume 3, Chapters 1, 3, and 4
-  Volume 4, Chapter 2

## Page 3-74

**Page 3-74**
**2005-6 FSA Handbook**

## Case Studies

## Case Study #1

- Have traditional semester-based calendar
- Also have a “bachelor’s degree completion
-     program”
- Offered in 20 week nonstandard terms

## Case Study #1

- If admit only students who can complete their degree in the 20-week term format, would be nonstandard term-based
- Pell:  Formula 3
- FFEL/DL:  BBAY for nonstandard term and nonterm; disbursement by payment period
- Retain for traditional calendar program
- Pell:  Formula 1
- FFEL/DL:  SAY

**Case Study #1**

## Case Study #1

- If not considered as a separate program from  traditional calendar and students can cross-register between semesters and nonstandard terms, would be _nonterm_
- Pell:  Formula 4
- FFEL/DL:  BBAY for nonstandard term and nonterm
- Minimum loan period  is academic year or remaining balance
- Calendar midpoint and successful completion of half hours in loan period determines second half disbursement

**Case Study #1**

## Case Study #1

- If admit students who must take semester-based coursework subsequent to, or prior to, the 20-week terms and assuming attendance in no overlapping terms—
- Pell:  Formula 3 for all terms in program
- FFEL/DL:  BBAY for nonstandard term and nonterm programs (for academic years with terms not substantially equal in length, would disburse under nonterm requirements, prior slide)

## Case Study #2

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**Case Study #2**

- Undergraduate clock hour program
- 1806 clock hours
- 62 weeks of instructional time
- Eight classes plus a 17 week, 756 clock hour externship
- Grades for each class and externship
- Academic year:  30 weeks of instructional time and 900 clock hours

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## Case Study #2:  Pell

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**Case Study #2:  Pell**

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**2****nd**** Pell disbursement**
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**3****rd**** Pell disbursement**
**1008 h, 42 w**

**4****th**** and 5****th**** Pell disbursements**
**Late disbursements**

- Payment periods
- Four payment periods = successfully completing 450 clock hours, 15 weeks
- Fifth payment period = successfully completing 6 clock hours, 2 weeks
- Assumes passes all courses and externship

## Case Study #2:  Loans

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**Case Study #2:  Loans**

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- First loan period = 900 hours, 37 weeks to cover academic year
- Second loan period = balance of the program 906 hours and 25 weeks
- No proration for second loan since loan period has the hours in the academic year

## Case Study #2:  Loans

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**Case Study #2:  Loans**

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**Late disbursement**

- Second loan, first disbursement, after successfully completing the hours in the first academic year.
- Second loan disbursements for both loans after midpoint and  successfully completing half the hours (450 and 453 in each loan period) in the loan period.  For second loan, second disbursement must be a late disbursement.

**mid**

## Contact Information

- Fred Sellers
- (202) 502-7502
- _[fred.sellers@ed.gov](mailto:fred.sellers@ed.gov)_
- Jacquelyn Butler
- (202) 502-7890
- _[jacquelyn.butler@ed.gov](mailto:jacquelyn.butler@ed.gov)_

- Anthony Jones
- (202) 502-7652
- _[anthony.jones@ed.gov](mailto:anthony.jones@ed.gov)_
- Pam Moran
- (202) 502-7732
- _[pamela.moran@ed.gov](mailto:pamela.moran@ed.gov)_