without	including	anticipated	vocational	rehabilitation	assistance	as	OFA.	In	this	way,	a	student	with	disabilities	will	be
offered	the	same	aid	package	as	a	student	who	is	in	the	same	financial	situation	but	who	doesn9t	have	disabilities;	the
student	with	disabilities	will	also	receive	the	maximum	amount	of	vocational	rehabilitation	aid	to	which	they	are	entitled.
If	the	vocational	rehabilitation	agency	doesn9t	fully	meet	the	student9s	disability	costs,	you	may	wish	to	include	the	unmet
disability	expenses	in	the	student9s	COA	and	increase	the	aid	award.
Vocational	Rehabilitation	Agreements	with	State	Agencies
Some	state	vocational	rehabilitation	agencies	have	established	agreements	with	schools	that	specify	how	vocational
rehabilitation	assistance	will	be	coordinated	with	other	forms	of	financial	aid.	Check	with	your	school9s	vocational
rehabilitation	coordinator	to	see	if	it	has	such	an	agreement.
Although	vocational	rehabilitation	funds	shouldn9t	be	considered	OFA	when	you	initially	package	aid	for	a	student,	you
must	coordinate	funds	available	from	the	vocational	rehabilitation	agency	and	from	institutional,	state,	and	federal
student	financial	assistance	programs	to	prevent	an	overaward.	The	amount	of	assistance	from	the	vocational
rehabilitation	agency	must	be	documented	in	the	student9s	file.
Coordination	With	Bureau	of	Indian	Affairs	Grants
When	packaging	Campus-Based	aid	for	a	student	who	is	or	may	be	eligible	for	a	Bureau	of	Indian	Affairs	(BIA)	grant,	you
must	first	develop	a	financial	aid	package	without	considering	any	BIA	funds.	If	the	total	aid	package4after	BIA	funds	are
added4does	not	exceed	the	student9s	need,	no	adjustment	may	be	made	to	the	aid	package.	If	the	total	package	plus	the
BIA	grant	does	exceed	need,	you	must	eliminate	the	excess	in	the	following	sequence:	loans,	work-study	awards,	and
grants	other	than	Pell	Grants	(you	may	not	reduce	a	Pell	Grant	or	BIA	grant).	You	may	alter	this	sequence	of	reductions
upon	the	student9s	request	if	you	believe	it	would	benefit	the	student.	We	encourage	you	to	consult	with	area	officials	in
charge	of	BIA	postsecondary	financial	aid	when	packaging	
Title	IV	funds	with	BIA	grants.
Coordination	of	BIA	Grants	With	Campus-Based	Aid
34	CFR	673.6
Volume	3,	Chapter	3,	Example	7:	Vocational	Rehabilitation	Packaging
A	third-year	dependent	undergraduate	with	no	financial	need	will	receive	$4,000	in	vocational	rehabilitation	aid
for	the	academic	year.	The	original	COA	at	the	student9s	school	is	$5,000.	In	determining	the	original	COA,	the
school	coordinates	funding	with	the	vocational	rehabilitation	agency	and	chooses	to	exclude	all	disability-related
expenses	that	will	be	covered	by	the	vocational	rehabilitation	aid.	However,	the	student	has	$2,000	in	additional
disability-related	expenses	that	the	vocational	rehabilitation	aid	will	not	cover,	so	the	school	increases	the	COA	to
$7,000	and	awards	the	student	a	Direct	Unsubsidized	Loan	for	that	amount.
Although	the	combined	amount	of	the	$7,000	Direct	Loan	and	the	$4,000	in	vocational	rehabilitation	aid	exceeds
the	COA,	there	is	no	overaward.	This	is	because	the	$7,000	COA	does	not	include	$4,000	in	disability-related
expenses	that	are	covered	by	the	student9s	vocational	rehabilitation	aid.	Since	the	$4,000	in	vocational
rehabilitation	aid	is	not	covering	any	component	of	the	COA,	it	must	also	not	be	counted	as	OFA.	However,	if	the
school	had	not	initially	excluded	from	the	COA	all	the	disability-related	expenses	that	were	covered	by	the	$4,000
in	vocational	rehabilitation	aid,	the	amount	of	the	vocational	rehabilitation	aid	that	exceeded	the	excluded
disability	expenses	would	have	to	be	counted	as	OFA.