This option will help institutions promote responsible borrowing. Beginning in FY 2000, institutions will be required to use 7 percent of their CWS funds for community service activities. In addition, institutions will be required to fund at least one project that compensates Work-Study students employed as reading tutors. Work-Study funds may now be used to compensate students in community service projects for travel time to and from their work site and for time spent in training. Analysis A series of important changes have been made in the calculations used for determining an individual's student financial assistance.
Institutions have discretion in determining what is a reasonable computer cost.
A student convicted of any federal or state law for the possession or sale of drugs becomes ineligible for Title IV assistance. Individuals convicted of possession lose one year of eligibility for the first offense, two for the second offense, and for an indefinite period for the third offense. For the sale of drugs, the loss of eligibility is two years for the first offense and indefinitely for the second offense. This makes courses that are part of distance learning programs that are one year or longer, but less than two years, eligible for federal student financial assistance. Previously, only programs of associate degree length or longer were eligible for Title IV support.