[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR690.66]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 690_FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart F_Determination of Federal Pell Grant Awards
 
Sec. 690.66  Correspondence study.

    (a) An institution calculates the Federal Pell Grant for a payment 
period for a student in a program of study offered by correspondence 
courses without terms, but not including any residential component by--
    (1) Determining the student's annual award using the half-time 
Disbursement Schedule;
    (2) Determining the length of the correspondence program in weeks of 
instructional time by--
    (i) Preparing a written schedule for submission of lessons that 
reflect a workload of at least 12 hours of preparation per week; and
    (ii) Determining the number of weeks of instructional time in the 
program of study using the written schedule for submission of lessons;
    (3) Multiplying the annual award determined from the Disbursement 
Schedule for a half-time student by the lesser of--

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    (ii) One; and
    (4) Multiplying the amount determined under (a)(3) of this section 
by--
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    (b) For purposes of paragraph (a) of this section--
    (1) An academic year as measured in credit hours must consist of 2 
payment periods--
    (i) The first payment period must be the period of time in which the 
student completes the lesser of the first half of his or her academic 
year or program; and
    (ii) The second payment period must be the period of time in which 
the student completes the lesser of the second half of the academic year 
or program; and
    (2)(i) The institution shall make the first payment to a student for 
an academic year, as calculated under paragraph (a)(4) of this section, 
after the student submits 25 percent of the lessons or otherwise 
completes 25 percent of the work scheduled for the program or the 
academic year, whichever occurs last; and
    (ii) The institution shall make the second payment to a student for 
an academic year, as calculated under (a)(4) of this section, after the 
student submits 75 percent of the lessons or otherwise completes 75 
percent of the work scheduled for the program or the academic year, 
whichever occurs last.
    (c) In a program of correspondence study offered by correspondence 
courses using terms but not including any residential component--
    (1) The institution must prepare a written schedule for submission 
of lessons that reflects a workload of at least 30 hours of preparation 
per semester hour or 20 hours of preparation per quarter hour during the 
term;
    (2)(i) If the student is enrolled in at least 6 credit hours that 
commence and are completed in that term, the Disbursement Schedule for a 
half-time student is used; or
    (ii) If the student is enrolled in less than 6 credit hours that 
commence and are completed in that term the Disbursement Schedule for a 
less-than-half-time student is used;
    (3) A payment for a payment period is calculated using the formula 
in Sec. 690.63(d) except that paragraphs (c) (1) and (2) of this 
section are used in lieu of Sec. 690.63(d) (1) and (2) respectively; 
and
    (4) The institution shall make the payment to a student for a 
payment period after that student completes 50 percent of the lessons or 
otherwise completes 50 percent of the work scheduled for the term, 
whichever occurs last.
    (d) Payments for periods of residential training shall be calculated 
under Sec. 690.63(d) if the residential training is offered using terms 
and credit hours or Sec. 690.63(e) if the residential training is 
offered using credit hours without terms.

[59 FR 54734, Nov. 1, 1994]