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Students
Schools
A Guide to Creating a Policies and Procedures Manual
Consumer Information
Default Prevention & Management
Direct Loans
Fiscal Management
Institutional Eligibility
Return of Title IV Funds
Campus-Based Programs

This assessment outlines your school's Institutional Eligibility responsibilities.

If you identify areas requiring corrective action, we recommend that you complete an Action Plan.
Activity Bar:
Institutional Eligibility Activity 1: Institutional Eligibility Checklist
Institutional Eligibility Activity 2: Accrediting and State Agency Exercise
Institutional Eligibility Activity 3: Consortium and Contractual Agreements
Institutional Eligibility Activity 4: Additional Locations & Non-Degree Programs
Institutional Eligibility Activity 5: Preferred Lender Lists
Institutional Eligibility Activity 6: Electronic Processes
Additional Links: 2015-16 FSA Handbook, School Eligibility & Operations, Chapters 1 through 9; DCL GEN-12-08
Please note the regulatory citations are referenced in the first column of the assessment. To link to any of the regulatory references, click on the link in the regulatory link column and
scroll down to the applicable section.
Institutional Eligibility

Regulatory
Link(s)

Activity

Definitions 34 CFR 668.2

34 CFR 600.4
34 CFR 600.5

Academic Year 34 CFR 668.3

34 CFR 600.6

Payment Period 34 CFR 668.4

34 CFR 600.7
34 CFR 600.8

Written Arrangements to provide educational programs 34

CFR 668.5

34 CFR 600.9
34 CFR 600.10
34 CFR 600.11

Eligible program 34 CFR 668.8

Relationship between clock hours and semester, trimester,
or quarter hours in calculating Title IV, HEA program
assistance 34 CFR 668.9
Direct assessment programs 34 CFR 668.10

34 CFR 600.20
34 CFR 600.21
34 CFR 600.31
34 CFR 600.32
34 CFR 601.10

Electronic Processes 34 CFR 668.16(o)

Contracts between an institution and a third-party
servicer34 CFR 668.25
Enrollment in telecommunications and correspondence
courses 34 CFR 668.38
Study abroad programs 34 CFR 668.39

34 CFR 601.11

Institutional Eligibility
Activity 6:Electronic
Processes

34 CFR 601.12
34 CFR 668.2
34 CFR 668.3
34 CFR 668.5
34 CFR 668.6
34 CFR 668.7

Accreditation/State Approval 34 CFR 600.4, 34 CFR 600.5,

34 CFR 600.6, 34 CFR 600.9, 34 CFR 600.11, 34 CFR 668.16,
34 CFR 668.25, 34 CFR 674.5, Accrediting Agency information

Institutional Eligibility
Activity
3:Consortium and
Contractual
Agreements

34 CFR 668.8
34 CFR 668.9
34 CFR 668.10

Conditions of institutional in-eligibility 34 CFR 600.7

34 CFR 668.13

Treatment of a branch campus 34 CFR 600.8

34 CFR 668.14

Certification procedures 34 CFR 668.13

34 CFR 668.15

Institutional Eligibility
Activity
2:Accrediting and
State Agency
Exercise

Institutional Eligibility
Activity
1:Institutional
Eligibility Checklist

Program Participation Agreement 34 CFR 668.14

Financial Responsibility 34 CFR 668.15, 34 CFR 668.23, 34

CFR 668.171, 34 CFR 668.173, 34 CFR 668.174
Standards of administrative capability 34 CFR 668.16
Financial Aid History 34 CFR 668.19
Compliance audits and audited financial statements 34
CFR 668.23
Recertification 34 CFR 600.10, 34 CFR 600.31, 34 CFR
600.32, 34 CFR 600.20, 34 CFR 600.21, 34 CFR 668.188,Link
to E-App
Consumer Information (34 CFR 668.41 through 668.48)
Preferred Lender Lists 34 CFR 601.10; 34 CFR 601.11; 34
CFR 601.12; Federal Register, November 1, 2007
Gainful Employment *IFAP Gainful Employment Link; 34 CFR
600.2; 34 CFR 600.4; 34 CFR 600.5; 34 CFR 600.10; 34 CFR
668.6; 34 CFR 668.7; 34 CFR 668.8

34 CFR 668.16
34 CFR 668.19
34 CFR 668.23
34 CFR 668.25
34 CFR 668.41
through 668.48
34 CFR 668.171
34 CFR 668.173

Reporting DCL GEN-11-10

34 CFR 668.174

* Review the IFAP Gainful Employment Link on a regular

basis for current updates and to view the Questions &
Answers section

34 CFR 668.188

Last Updated November 2014

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Institutional Eligibility
Activity 4:Additional
Locations & NonDegree Programs

34 CFR 674.5

Institutional Eligibility
Activity 5:Preferred
Lender Lists

FSA Assessments
Students
Schools
A Guide to Creating a Policies and Procedures Manual
Consumer Information
Default Prevention & Management
Direct Loans
Fiscal Management
Institutional Eligibility
Return of Title IV Funds
Campus-Based Programs

This assessment outlines your school's Institutional Eligibility responsibilities.

If you identify areas requiring corrective action, we recommend that you complete an Action Plan.
Activity Bar:
Institutional Eligibility Activity 1: Institutional Eligibility Checklist
Institutional Eligibility Activity 2: Accrediting and State Agency Exercise
Institutional Eligibility Activity 3: Consortium and Contractual Agreements
Institutional Eligibility Activity 4: Additional Locations & Non-Degree Programs
Institutional Eligibility Activity 5: Preferred Lender Lists
Institutional Eligibility Activity 6: Electronic Processes
Additional Links: 2015-16 FSA Handbook, School Eligibility & Operations, Chapters 1 through 9; DCL GEN-12-08
Please note the regulatory citations are referenced in the first column of the assessment. To link to any of the regulatory references, click on the link in the regulatory link column and
scroll down to the applicable section.
Institutional Eligibility
Definitions 34 CFR 668.2

Regulatory
Link(s)

Activity

34 CFR 600.4
34 CFR 600.5

Academic Year 34 CFR 668.3

34 CFR 600.6

Payment Period 34 CFR 668.4

34 CFR 600.7

Written Arrangements to provide educational programs 34

34 CFR 600.8

Institutional Eligibility

34 CFR 600.9
CFR 668.5

34 CFR 600.10
34 CFR 600.11

Eligible program 34 CFR 668.8

34 CFR 600.20

Relationship between clock hours and semester, trimester,

or quarter hours in calculating Title IV, HEA program
assistance 34 CFR 668.9

34 CFR 600.21

Direct assessment programs 34 CFR 668.10

Electronic Processes 34 CFR 668.16(o)

34 CFR 600.31
34 CFR 600.32
34 CFR 601.10
34 CFR 601.11
34 CFR 601.12

Contracts between an institution and a third-party

servicer34 CFR 668.25
Enrollment in telecommunications and correspondence
courses 34 CFR 668.38
Study abroad programs 34 CFR 668.39

34 CFR 668.3
34 CFR 668.5
34 CFR 668.6

34 CFR 668.8
34 CFR 668.9
34 CFR 668.10

Conditions of institutional in-eligibility 34 CFR 600.7

34 CFR 668.13

Treatment of a branch campus 34 CFR 600.8

34 CFR 668.14

Certification procedures 34 CFR 668.13

Institutional Eligibility
Activity 6:Electronic
Processes

34 CFR 668.2

34 CFR 668.7
Accreditation/State Approval 34 CFR 600.4, 34 CFR 600.5,
34 CFR 600.6, 34 CFR 600.9, 34 CFR 600.11, 34 CFR 668.16,
34 CFR 668.25, 34 CFR 674.5, Accrediting Agency information

Activity
3:Consortium and
Contractual
Agreements

Institutional Eligibility
Activity
2:Accrediting and
State Agency
Exercise

34 CFR 668.15
34 CFR 668.16

Program Participation Agreement 34 CFR 668.14

34 CFR 668.19
34 CFR 668.23
34 CFR 668.25

Financial Responsibility 34 CFR 668.15, 34 CFR 668.23, 34

CFR 668.171, 34 CFR 668.173, 34 CFR 668.174

34 CFR 668.41

Institutional Eligibility
Activity
1:Institutional
Eligibility Checklist

Standards of administrative capability 34 CFR 668.16

Financial Aid History 34 CFR 668.19
Compliance audits and audited financial statements 34
CFR 668.23
Institutional Eligibility
Activity 4:Additional
Locations & NonDegree Programs

Recertification 34 CFR 600.10, 34 CFR 600.31, 34 CFR

600.32, 34 CFR 600.20, 34 CFR 600.21, 34 CFR 668.188,Link
to E-App
Consumer Information (34 CFR 668.41 through 668.48)
Preferred Lender Lists 34 CFR 601.10; 34 CFR 601.11; 34
CFR 601.12; Federal Register, November 1, 2007

through 668.48

Gainful Employment *IFAP Gainful Employment Link; 34 CFR

600.2; 34 CFR 600.4; 34 CFR 600.5; 34 CFR 600.10; 34 CFR
668.6; 34 CFR 668.7; 34 CFR 668.8

34 CFR 668.173

34 CFR 668.171

34 CFR 668.174
34 CFR 668.188

Reporting DCL GEN-11-10

* Review the IFAP Gainful Employment Link on a regular
basis for current updates and to view the Questions &
Answers section
Last Updated November 2014

34 CFR 674.5

Institutional Eligibility
Activity 5:Preferred
Lender Lists