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Second Chance Pell Fact Sheet (PDF) - ed
Second Chance pell Fact Sheet The Higher Education Act (HEA) provides that students who are incarcerated in a Federal or State penal institution are not eligible to participate in the Federal pell Grant program, which provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain post-baccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary This restriction prevents many otherwise eligible incarcerated individuals from accessing financial aid and benefiting from postsecondary education and training. On August 3, 2015, the Department of Education released a Federal Register notice inviting institutions of higher education (IHEs) to apply to participate in a new institutionally-based initiative under the Experimental Sites Initiative (ESI), which tests the effectiveness of statutory and regulatory flexibility for IHEs that disburse Federal student This initiative will allow participating IHEs, in partnership with one or more Federal or State penal institutions, to provide Federal pell Grant funding to otherwise eligible students who are incarcerated and who are eligible for release back into the community, particularly those who are likely t
support successful reentry. How should IHEs apply? In order for IHEs to be considered for participation in the initiative described in the ESI notice, IHEs must submit a letter of interest to the Department of Education, following the procedures outlined in the Federal Register notice below, no later than Friday, October 2, 2015
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