Year-Round	Pell	Grant
Students	may	be	eligible	to	receive	up	to	150%	of	their	Pell	Grant	Scheduled	Award	for	an	award	year.	This	provision	is
called	"Year-Round	Pell"	or	"additional	Pell=.	Students	eligible	for	Year-Round	Pell	awards	are	subject	to	the	normal
duration	of	eligibility	rules	and	LEU	limits.
Year-Round	Pell	allows	students	who	have	already	exhausted	their	Scheduled	Award	for	an	award	year	to	continue
receiving	Pell	funds	(for	example,	for	a	summer	trailer	term),	or	to	receive	Pell	funds	without	prematurely	reducing	their
Pell	eligibility	for	the	remainder	of	the	award	year	(for	example,	for	a	summer	header	term).	A	student9s	Year-Round	Pell
eligibility	is	certified	by	the	Additional	Eligibility	Indicator	(AEI)	in	COD.
With	Year-Round	Pell,	students	do	not	receive	more	Pell	Grant	funds	in	each	payment	period.	They	receive	the	same
amount	as	is	normally	calculated	for	a	payment	period,	but	students	who	are	otherwise	eligible	for	Pell	Grants	may
receive	Pell	Grant	funds	for	an	award	year	up	to	150%	of	their	Scheduled	Award.
Further,	a	student	may	receive	funds	from	the	first	100%	of	their	Scheduled	Award	and	some	portion	of	the	additional
50%	of	their	Scheduled	Award	from	the	Year-Round	provisions	in	the	same	payment	period.
the	3	semester	hours	that	the	student	is	attending	in	each	module	count	as	75%	enrollment	intensity	(3	÷	4).	The
student9s	Scheduled	Award	is	$7,500	and	their	annual	award	is	$5,625	($7,500	x	75%).	Note	that	the	school	would
use	the	Pell	COA	for	a	full-time	student	attending	a	full	academic	year.
The	school	would	determine	the	student9s	payment	for	each	module	(assuming	the	student9s	Scheduled	Award
remains	unchanged	across	both	award	years):
(4	weeks	in	module	×	$5,625)	÷	30	weeks	in	academic	year	=	$750
The	student	would	receive	$750	for	each	of	the	modules,	for	a	total	of	$2,250	for	the	summer.	Again,	these
payments	for	one	or	more	modules	that	are	in	the	prior	award	year	may	need	to	be	reduced	if	the	student	had
previously	received	payments	for	the	fall	and	spring	semesters	in	the	same	award	year.	Also,	the	school	must	use
Formula	3	for	the	fall	through	spring	terms.
Volume	7,	Chapter	5,	Example	4:	Year-Round	Pell	at	a	Semester	School	with	Full-Time	Enrollment
A	student	attends	a	school	which	provides	coursework	on	a	semester	calendar,	defines	full	time	as	12	credits,	and
awards	Pell	using	Formula	1.	The	student9s	enrollment	begins	in	the	fall	semester.	The	student9s	Scheduled	Award
is	$6,005.	The	student	plans	to	enroll	full-time	in	the	fall	and	spring	semesters,	so	their	annual	award	is	equal	to
the	Scheduled	Award.	Since	the	school9s	academic	calendar	consists	of	two	semesters,	the	school	divides	the
Scheduled	Award	by	2	to	determine	the	student9s	payment	for	the	fall	and	spring	terms	($6,005	÷	2	=	$3,002.50
which	the	school	rounds	to	$3,003	in	the	fall	and	down	to	$3,002	in	the	spring).	The	student	has	now	received
100%	of	their	Scheduled	Award	for	the	year.
The	student	decides	to	enroll	for	the	summer	term,	which	the	school	treats	as	a	trailer	to	the	previous	award	year.
Without	Year-Round	Pell,	the	student9s	Pell	eligibility	would	be	exhausted,	but	the	Year-Round	Pell	provision	allows
the	student	to	receive	their	calculated	award	of	up	to	$3,002.50	in	additional	Pell	funds	for	the	summer	term,
based	on	their	enrollment	intensity,	not	to	exceed	150%	of	their	Scheduled	Award.	If	the	student	enrolls	full-time
and	the	school	chooses	to	award	in	whole	dollars,	the	school	should	truncate	(not	round)	the	cents	and	award
$3,002	for	the	summer	term	so	as	not	to	exceed	150%	of	the	Scheduled	Award.
Year-Round	Pell