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=	PDF=20 (86K, 08/2008) Source:=20 Guide to U.S. Department of = Education=20 = Programs

CFDA Number: 84.007
Program = Type:=20 Formula Grants
Also Known As: SEOG=20 Grants

PROGRAM=20 DESCRIPTION

The FSEOG Program provides need-based grants to low-income = undergraduate=20 students to promote access to postsecondary education. Students can = receive=20 these grants at any one of approximately 4,000 participating = postsecondary=20 institutions. Institutional financial aid administrators at = participating=20 institutions have substantial flexibility in determining the amount of = FSEOG=20 awards to provide students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment. = Priority=20 is given to those students with "exceptional need" (those with the = lowest=20 expected family contributions, [EFCs], at the institution) and those who = are=20 also Federal Pell Grant (see # 84.063, also under topical heading = "Federal=20 Student Aid") recipients.

Financial need is determined by the U.S. Department of Education, = using a=20 standard formula, established by Congress, to evaluate the financial = information=20 reported on the FAFSA and to determine the family's EFC. The fundamental = elements in this standard formula are the student's income (and assets, = if the=20 student is independent), the parents' income and assets (if the student = is=20 dependent), the family's household size, and the number of family = members=20 (excluding parents) attending postsecondary institutions. The EFC is the = sum of:=20 (1) a percentage of net income (remaining income after subtracting = allowances=20 for basic living expenses) and (2) a percentage of net assets (assets = remaining=20 after subtracting an asset protection allowance). Different assessment = rates and=20 allowances are used for dependent students, independent students without = dependents, and independent students with dependents. After filing a = FAFSA, the=20 student receives a Student Aid Report (SAR), or the school = receives an=20 Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR), which provides = the=20 EFC.

FSA = Handbook:=20 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants =

FSEOG allocations are made to eligible institutions for the purpose = of=20 providing grants to needy undergraduate students attending the = institution.=20 Institutional allocations are based on institutional requests for = program=20 funding under a statutory formula. Under the funding formula, funds are=20 distributed to institutions, first, on the basis of the institution's = base=20 guarantee plus the pro rata share received during the 1999=E2=80=932000 = award year under=20 the FSEOG Program and, then, on the basis of the aggregate need of the = eligible=20 undergraduate students in attendance. Institutions must contribute 25 = percent of=20 the funding. Students receive FSEOG awards from participating = institutions after=20 filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to=20 determine their financial need.