# Presentation: 741680

## Updating Your Eligibility Status – It’s a Snap With EAPP!

- Patricia Patterson

***Session 8***

## Applying and Reporting Responsibilities

- The regulations were reorganized so that changes requiring an institution to apply and wait for ED’s approval are listed under §600.20—Expanding eligibility.
- Changes that must be reported but do not require ED’s approval are listed under §600.21 – Updating your eligibility.

## Expand Institutional Eligibility

-      Recertification
-      Add a location (if required by     	§600.20)
-      Increase level of program offering
-  	New program (outside scope)
-      Short term program

## Update Application Information

-      Name change
-      Address change
-      Change in official of the Institution--	(President, Fiscal Officer, Financial 	Aid Administrator)
-      Change in official of the ownership 	entity

## Update Application Information

-      Change in method of measurement
-      (e.g. Clock hours to credit hours or
- 		Semester to quarter hour)
-      Add or drop a third party servicer
-  	Report a new location (unless 	required to apply under §600.20)

## Update Application Information

-      Change Accreditor -tell us when you               	begin the change
-      Change in state authorization
-      Change in governance of a public 	institution
-      Closure of a branch or location

## Recertification

- Need to submit a materially complete application 90 days prior to expiration of the Program Participation Agreement (PPA).
- The Department will notify the institution 6 months prior to the expiration of the PPA.

## Additional Location

- All Schools MUST either APPLY for Approval in accordance with §600.20
- Or
- REPORT the location in accordance with §600.21

## Additional Location

- 		...if the institution:
- Offers at least 50% or more of an educational program at the location
- and
- It wishes to give Title IV funds to students at that location.

## Additional Location

- The institution must APPLY and wait for the Department’s approval before it can disburse Title IV funds for students at the new location if it meets any of the following conditions identified in §600.20:  The institution-

## Additional Location

- Is provisionally certified,
- Is funded under the reimbursement or cash monitoring payment method,
- Has acquired the assets of another institution that participated in Title IV during the preceding year,
- Is subject to loss of eligibility under §668.188 (cohort default rate), or
- Was notified by ED that the school must “apply”.

## Additional Location

- If you do not meet one of the conditions in §600.20, you can disburse Title IV funds to student at the new location AFTER...
- You have submitted a MATERIALLY complete application including mailing all supporting documents for the licensed and accredited location.

## Closure of a Location

- The institution must report a closure of a location using the Application within 10 days of the closure of the location, branch or main campus.

## Increase Level of Educational Program Offering

- Example: Currently approved for Associate Degree, now want to offer a Bachelor’s degree.
- The institution must receive our approval before it disburses Title IV aid to students at the new level of Program Offering.

## Adding Vocational Program

- If the program is outside the current scope of educational offering, you must apply for approval for the program if you wish to give Title IV aid to students in that program.
- If the new program is a short-term program, you must always apply for approval of that type of program.

## Clock to Credit Hours

- We need the number of clock hours to apply the clock to credit hour formula.
- ED will only approve credit hours up to the amount that is approved by the state and accrediting agencies AND meets our clock to credit hour formula.

## Clock to Credit Hours Exemptions

- Each course within the program is acceptable toward that school’s associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or professional degree provided that the institution’s degree requires at least two academic years of study.
- Public or private nonprofit hospital-based school of nursing that awards a diploma.

## Clock to Credit Hour Formula

- Calculate by dividing 30 into the number of clock hours if the program is offered in semester or trimesters credit hours.
- Calculate by dividing 20 into the number of clock hours if the program is offered in quarter credit hours.
- Must round down.

## Clock to Credit Hours Examples in Semester Hours   

| State |  | Accreditor |  | ED |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clock | Credit | Clock | Credit | Credit |
| 930 | 31 | 930 | 31 | 31 |
| 930 | 33 | 930 | 33 | 31 |
| 930 | 28 | 930 | 28 | 28 |

## Short Term Programs

- Eligible for FFEL and Direct Loans only.
- Must be between 300 and 599 clock hours
- At least 10 weeks in length.
- Cannot be more than 50% of state required minimum hours.

## Short Term Programs

- Must have been legally authorized to provide and continuously provide the program during the 12 months preceding the application date.
- Must admit as regular students some students who have not completed an associate degree.
- Must provide undergraduate training that prepares a student for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.

## Short Term Programs

- Substantiated completion rate of at least 70%.
- Substantiated placement rate of at least 70% in related job fields.
- Rates must be reported in the annual audit (financial/compliance).
- If rates are not met, the program is not eligible for the next award year.
- Institution can apply for re-approval of the program once it again meets the program eligibility requirements.

## Applying for or ReportingExpansions and Updates

- Use the Application for Approval to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs.
- In question 1, select the purpose “update” and make the appropriate selection from the “pick list”.
- Complete the information for the appropriate question(s) and Section L of the Application.
- Mail the Signature page and the supporting documents to the address provided.

## Features of the EAPP

- 	Many questions are prepopulated
- 	Edit checks
- 	Help text
-      Skip features
-      Status messages

## Where Do You Find the Application?

- 	The Application for Approval to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs can be found at:
- _www.eligcert.ed.gov_

## HELP!

## HELP

- Officials

- Case Team Contacts

## Add programs

- Add location

- Accreditation

- New Title IV program

- State Authorization

## Third Party

- Servicer

- Supporting
- Documents

- Display and print
- application

## Print blank 

- Print blank
- application

- Initial schools

- Status

##     ED + 8-digit 

-     ED + 8-digit
- OPEID Number

- ED + 9-digit Taxpayer
- Identification No.

## But What If I Don’t Know My User Name or Password? 

- No problem - Just look on your
- Program Participation Agreement (PPA)
- or your Eligibility and Certification Approval
- Report (ECAR), or give the case team a
- call!

## You must always select a purpose. Check update, then click on the. 

## Choose the Purpose from the Choices in the Picklist

- Additional location

## Slide 35

## 2001 

- 2001

- 2002

- 2003

- 2002

- Everything’s OK

- Ignore the edit
- & keep going

- Just looking

## Select the Section You Want to Go to Next

- Index

- Defaults to
- next page

- Select section
- you want

## Special Feature of the EAPP for Updates

-    If the school chooses only one purpose, the choice “continue to next page”, will take you directly to the page you want to go, instead of you having to put in the appropriate section in “Go to
-    Section    ”.

## Add new location

## Slide 41

## Slide 42

## If you added it,

- You can delete it

## Go to the signature page

## Check if president signs 

- Check if president signs
- the app and print page

- 06/26/2002

## Go to Section M

## Section M Tells You What Documents to Mail

**Next, click on the Application Submission page hot link!**

## If ok, click on the Submit Application button

- It will tell you if data is still needed

- Receipt

**You must receive written approval from ED for your new location(s) before you**
** ****disburse Title IV funds to students at the new location(s)**

- U.S. Department of Education Case Management and Oversight Data Management and Analysis Document Receipt and Control Center 830 First Street, NE Room 71I1 Washington, DC 20002

- 09/26/2003  9:30 am Eastern Time

## Add a New Program(nondegree/vocational)

-  Go to Section A - Question 1 (Purpose)
-  Select “Nondegree Program”
-  Go to Section E - Question 27
-  Enter New Program
-  Go to Section L - President’s signature

## Nondegree program

## Takes you to Section E

- Go to Section E, page 2
-       (question 27)

## Add new program

- Update current program

## Click here to get a 

- Click here to get a
- list of CIP Codes

## Select the 

- Select the
- appropriate letter

## Copy or

- Note the
- Appropriate
- CIP Code

- Then hit the
-  browser’s “back”
-  button

## Slide 57

## Slide 58

## Add a New Program (Cont.)

- Go to Section M - Tells you what supporting documents to send
- Go to Application Submission Page - Tells you if there is any data missing
- Go to Submit Application - transmits the application & gives you a receipt
- Mail the Supporting Documents

## How do I report a change of officials (President, Fiscal Officer, or Financial Aid Administrator)?

- No problem - the EAPP is the
-  way to report the new officials

## Change Officials/Directors

-  Go to Section A - Question 1 (Purpose)
-  Select “Officials/Directors of Institution”
-  Go to next page, Section A, page 2
-  Enter the new official, don’t forget to                    	check the box “new person”
-  Go to Section L - President’s signature

## Officials/Directors 

- Officials/Directors
- of Institution

## Defaults to Section A, page 2

## New Person

## Don’t forget to change

- the e-mail address

## Change of Officials (Cont.)

- Go to Section M - Tells you what supporting documents to send
- Go to Application Submission Page - Tells you if there is any data missing
- Go to Submit Application - Transmits the application & gives you a receipt
- Mail Supporting Documents

## But ...What About Comments?

- 	If you wish to provide additional information about the application or data you entered ...
- Go to Section K
- Question 69

## Use this area to 

- Use this area to
- provide additional
- information or an
- explanation

## How Can You Check on the Status of Your Application?

- 			No problem -- go to the EAPP
-  				-- It’s a Snap

## Status

## Now you can access

**Now you can access**
**your PPA and ECAR**
**from the web!**

## E-mail:  Action Required – Your Program Participation Agreement (PPA) is ready to sign

- Sent to President, Financial Aid Director and Application Contact.
- Tells you to go to the PPA/ECAR page of the EAPP web site (eligcert.ed.gov).  Print, review, sign and return two copies of the Program Participation Agreement (PPA) to the Case Management Team.
- Advises you to also print and review a copy of the PPA transmittal letter for your records.
- Who to contact if you have questions.

## PPA Documents                                      		    Page 1 of 1 PPA Documents Help                 OPEID 04444400       School Name: Test School Number Four Your Reapproval (Recertification)  	             		                4321 Main Streetapplication has been submitted			                 Fairfax, VA 	

- Select an item from the list and click the button to display it::
- Please print, review, sign and return **TWO** copies of the PPA to the Department of Education.
- Return to the _Application Index_

- Program Participation Agreement (PPA) (Expires 09/30/2007)
- PPA Transmittal Letter

- Display Item Selected

## E-mail:  Your Program Participation Agreement (PPA) Has Been Signed

- Sent to President, Financial Aid Director and Application Contact.
- Advises you the PPA has been signed and mailed.
- Instructs you to go to the PPA/ECAR page of the EAPP web site (eligcert.ed.gov).  Print and review a copy of the Eligibility and Certification Approval Report (ECAR) and the Approval Letter.
- The Institution must retain the ECAR and the PPA together.
- Who to contact if you have questions.

## PPA Documents                                      		    Page 1 of 1 PPA Documents Help                 OPEID 04444400       School Name: Test School Number Four Your Reapproval (Recertification)  	             		                4321 Main Streetapplication has been submitted			                 Fairfax, VA 	

- Select an item from the list and click the button to display it::
- Return to the _Application Index_

- Program Participation Agreement (PPA) (Expires 09/30/2007)
- PPA Transmittal Letter
- Approval Letter
- Eligibility and Certification Approval Report (ECAR)

- Display Item Selected

## Coming Soon

**Coming Soon**
**Update your **
**Federal**
**School Code**

## Update Your Federal School Code Information From a Link From the EAPP Website

- The school’s main and additional locations are displayed with the OPEID, Federal School Code (FSC), FSC address, and contact information.
- Only approved locations with an FSC address are displayed.
- The school can click on the Update hot link to update the FSC address or contact.
- School is reminded that this is not where you update your schools legal address.

## Federal School Code (FSC) Location Addresses used by the FAFSA.Please note: Changing the FSC address does not affect the location’s legal address or eligibility.You do not need to start or submit an EAPP application to change your FSC address.Provide the name, address, and contact for your FSC locations.

|  | OPEID | Federal
School Code | Location Name 
and Address | Contact Name, phone and Email |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Update FSC Address
 | 04444400 | 044444 | Test School Number Four
4321 Main Street
Fairfax, VA 22311 | John Doe
(555) 555-1212
Jdoe@test.edu |
| Update FSC Address
 | 04444401 | E00001 | Test School Number Four- Alex
1 East Street
Alexandria,  VA 22222 | John Doe
(555) 555-1212
Jdoe@test.edu |
| Update FSC Address
 | 04444403 | E00003 | Test School Number Four
2 Oak Street
Arlington, VA 23331 | John Doe
(555) 555-1212
Jdoe@test.edu |
| Update FSC Address
 | 04444404 | E00004 | Test School Number Four
3 North Street
Springfield, VA 22330 | John Doe
(555) 555-1212
Jdoe@test.edu |

- 				Case Management Team Contacts
- Internet:  IPOS@ed.gov
- Boston team - (617) 223-9338
- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
- New York team - (212) 264-4022
- New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
- Philadelphia team - (215) 656-6442
- Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
- Atlanta team - (404) 562-6315
- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina
- Chicago team - (312) 886-8767
- Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

- 			Case Management Team Contacts (continued)
- Dallas team - (214) 880-3044
- Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
- Kansas City team – (816) 268-0410
- Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, and Tennessee
- Denver team - (303) 844-3677 x100
- Colorado, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
- San Francisco team - (415) 556-4295
- Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands, and Northern Marianas
- Seattle team - (206) 615-2594
- Alaska, Idaho, Indiana, Oregon, and Washington
- Foreign School team - (202) 377-3168