LATEST NEWS - ** IMPORTANT **

• Summer 2013 Newsletter
  
  
• Financial Aid Bookstore Credit will be available from May 10 to May 23 for all summer sessions.  Please bring your Panthercard and class schedule and pre-pay for books not available or books needed for a later session.  For bookstore hours, see www.palmbeachstate.edu/Bookstore.
  

2012-13 Changes in Federal Aid Regulations:

1. Students will be limited to 6 years of full-time Pell Grant eligibility, or its equivalent, known as Pell Lifetime Eligibility Usage.  Students who have exceeded 5 years of eligibility will have reduced Pell Grant eligibility for the 2012-13 academic year.  Students who have received Pell Grants for 6 or more years of full-time enrollment or its equivalent will have no Pell Grant eligibility for 2012-13 and beyond.
   
   
2. The 2012-13 loan fee for federal direct loans will be 1 percent.  Last year, the net fee (after an approved rebate) was .5%.   Example:  Last year, for every $1,000 a student borrowed, the fee was $5.  This year, the loan fee for every $1,000 borrowed will be $10.
   
   
3. Conversion rate for clock hour programs:  As published in the 2012-13 Catalog on page  21, the federal conversion rate for clock hour programs is now 37.5 clock hours = 1 credit hour.  The previous rate was 30 clock hours = 1 credit hours.
   
   
4. New Process Beginning Spring 2013 for Federal Aid:Federal aid will only be paid for required preparatory classes and courses that are listed on the Degree Audit of your program objective. 
   BE SURE YOUR PROGRAM OBJECTIVE IS ACCURATE!

Programas de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes

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