[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR627.220]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 627--GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING PROGRAMS UNDER TITLES I, II, AND III OF THE ACT--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Program Requirements
 
Sec. 627.220  Coordination with programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act including the Pell grant program.

    (a) Coordination. Financial assistance programs under title IV of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (the Pell Grant 
program, the Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant program, the Work-
study program, and Federal loan programs such as Federal Perkins Loans. 
Federal Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Stafford Loans) provide 
student financial aid and are available to JTPA participants enrolling 
in postsecondary level education programs. SDA's and

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title III SSG's shall establish coordination procedures and contractual 
safeguards to ensure that JTPA funds are used in addition to funds 
otherwise available in the area and are coordinated with these funding 
sources.
    (b) Affordable programs. (1) The SDA shall assist the participant 
early in the objective assessment, as appropriate, to establish 
eligibility for Pell Grants, student loans and other forms of financial 
aid.
    (2) The SDA or SSA shall record in the ISS or participant record the 
participant's training-related financial assistance needs and the mix of 
JTPA and other funds, including Pell Grant funds (sections 141(b), 
107(b), 205(b) and 265(b)).
    (3) The SDA shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that available 
Federal, State, and local resources are coordinated sufficiently to meet 
the training and education-related costs of services, so that the 
participant can afford to complete the agreed-upon program successfully.
    (4) Participants shall not be required to apply for or access 
student loans, or incur personal debt as a condition of JTPA 
participation.
    (c) Information sharing. To prevent duplication of funding and to 
streamline the tracking of the participant's financial needs and use of 
funds when HEA, title IV programs are involved, contracts and agreements 
with educational institutions shall require the educational 
institution's financial aid officer to inform the SDA's/SSG's of the 
amounts and disposition of any HEA, title IV awards and other types of 
financial aid to each JTPA participant awarded after the enrollment of 
the participant, as part of a continuing, regular information sharing 
process (section 141(b)).