NASFAA Examines Final ACG/SMART Rules: Prior Enrollment In A Postsecondary Program & Federal Pell Grant Eligibility

On Nov. 1 the Department of Education issued a Final Rule on the Student Assistance General Provisions that included the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and National Science & Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant programs. NASFAA is discussing some of the implications of these rules with the Department. As we learn more information over the coming days, we will publish articles in Today’s News to inform NASFAA members of what we have learned. This article we examines the final rules issued by the Department on two issues: prior enrollment in a postsecondary program, and Federal Pell Grant eligibility.

Originally posted to NASFAA’s Today’s News on 11/8/06.