Managing Abbreviated Periods

SOP Title: Managing Abbreviated Periods

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1  Purpose

These procedures will guide {INSERT TEAM NAME} through list process(es)

2  Scope

The {INSERT CLIENT TEAM NAME} will be impacted by this procedure.

3  Roles and Responsibility

{INSERT ROLE or DEPT NAME} with a {define role} will be responsible for list action

{INSERT ROLE or DEPT NAME} will be responsible for list action share.

4  Definitions

TERM

Definition

Term

Definition

5  Procedure

5.1 Abbreviated Periods- Non-Term

Actors

  • Student

  • User with appropriate permissions

  • Regent Award

Pre-condition

  • Student has an overlapping AY

  • Student is in a Nonterm or Clock Hour Program 

Basic Flow

  1. Student is identified:

    1. The ‘Review Overlapping Loan Period from ISIR’ or ‘Review Overlapping Loan Period from NSLDS’ or ‘Review Overlapping Academic Year from NSLDS’ task will populate for review. 

  2. The user: 

    1. Navigates to the Academic Plan 

    2. Clicks on Program Management 

    3. Selects Action Type = Manage Academic Years/Loan Periods

    4. Clicks Add Academic Year

    5. Selects Program

    6. Selects Academic Year Number

    7. Selects “Has Abbreviated Period”

    8. Program Start Date or Re-Entry Date will auto-fill

    9. Selects Federal Award Year

    10. Enters Begin Date

    11. Enters End Date

    12. Clicks Add Loan Period

    13. Enters Start Date of AY

    14. Enters End Date of AY

    15. Clicks Save

    16. Clicks Save

    17. Updates NSLDS Awards:

      1. Clicks Edit

      2. Enters Override Amount, as applicable

      3. Clicks Update

      4. Clicks Save

      5. Clicks Continue

      6. Reviews Awards

      7. Clicks Finish

      8. Navigates to Academic Plan Tab:

        1. Clicks Refresh

        2. Reviews Academic Year Dates

      9. Reviews Loan Period/Payment Period Dates

      10. Reviews Loan Amounts

      11. Navigates to Tasks Tab:

        1. Selects (check) the associated task(s)

        2. Selects “Change” = Status

      12. Selects “of selected tasks to” = Completed

Post-condition

  • The academic year has been updated appropriately for the student.

Alternative Flow

When Pell disbursements are also associated with an Abbreviated Period:

  • the user will:

    • If the abbreviated period is greater than one payment period, the entire Pell eligible award is scheduled within the abbreviated period with two disbursement dates to match the disbursement schedule of a typical student.  Prior to each disbursement, units and week progression, attendance in the Pell payment period is required to be reviewed.  If one of these is not met, the disbursement date is required to be rescheduled.

    • If the abbreviated period is less than or equal to one payment period, half of the Pell eligible award is scheduled within the abbreviated period with a single disbursement date to match the disbursement schedule of a typical student.  The second disbursement (other half) of the Pell eligible award is scheduled into the Academic Year following the abbreviated period with a single disbursement date to match the midpoint of a typical Academic Year (i.e. 36 week AY; 2nd disbursement would be scheduled after completion of 18 weeks).  Prior to each disbursement, units and week progression, attendance in the Pell payment period are required to be reviewed.  If one of these is not met, the disbursement date is required to be rescheduled.

    • The student’s ‘Need’ will need to be assessed at the time of creating the abbreviated period and if Pell changes.



Information on legacy process on applying information from the Pell Tickler File to manually edit the Pell amounts:

  1. Utilize the Pell Tickler file to track and manually update the Pell award via MAW

    1. Using the Pell Tickler file determine the following:

      1. Academic Year

      2. Pell Payment Period Start Dates

      3. Pell Payment Period End Dates

      4. # Days in the PP

      5. Payment Dates and Amounts

      6. Cumulative Units required for completion of Payment Period

      7. Confirms/ Reconfirms Need

    2. The user:

      1. Navigates to MAW and updates the scheduled disbursement and amounts

        1. This will set the award to manual in Regent

      2. Exports the Pell origination to COD

      3. Places a blocking document to ‘Restrict Positive Disbursements’ for Pell fund ONLY

      4. Monitors the disbursement date as listed on the Pell Tickler file

        1. Releases Pell directly on COD

          1. Updates the payment period date and disbursement to match the tickler file

        2. Updates disbursement date in MAW

      5. Utilizes the disbursement override for EST to A/R

      6. Refer to the COD EST OGB for Overrides

 

Change Log

Date

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Date

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Editor

May 15, 2024

Reviewed OGB; confirmed no significant changes for 2024-2025.

Moved Pell Tickler info into a collapsed box. Made minor corrections. Updated picture sizes to 1000px wide.

Jennifer Black