From: Rich Seggerman (seggerman@wartburg.edu)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 14:51:26 EDT
Happy Friday to everyone!
The Student Financial Assistance (SFA) Handbook, Volume 6, Chapter 4, page
6-30, provides provisions to apply a federal work study (FWS) payment
directly to a student's account. There are references to the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) within that page. The following is the web site
where this information can be reviewed.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/ifap/preview/index.html
Basically, a school is allowed to obtain a written authorization from a
student to apply the FWS check directly to the student's account to cover
current charges for tuition, fees, room, & board. This has to be a
separate authorization and you cannot require the student to sign up for
this. We use an authorization form (see Word file attached) to have the
student sign if they want. We have set up our payroll system so that the %
of the check that the student wants to go to their student account is
treated as a deduction. If the student wants 100% of their check to go to
their student account, then they get a pay stub, but no check. We have used
this since the 1999-2000 school year and it has worked great. I hope this
information is helpful.
Rich Seggerman
Controller
Wartburg College
Waverly, IA
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>Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 08:54:56 -0400
>To: bursar-l@virginia.edu
>From: "Alice L. Baker" <ebaker@wilberforce.edu>
>Subject: RE: Federal Work Study Checks
>
>Did I miss something?? I have constantly been told by the Financial Aid
>Director that we can not make the student apply their college work study
>check to their account. But!! we allow them to register based on the
>college work study money going toward their accout balance. Does anyone
>have the regulations and/or documentation where the USDOE sanctions the
>process of "authorization or direct deposit to their account. I can use to
>persuade the FA Director and VP of Finance that we need to implement this
>process come fall registration. I would also like to see a sample of the
>authorization forms of those schools who are practicing this process.
>
>Thank you for responding to a desperate need for a solution to one of our
>many problems.
>
>Alice Baker, Bursar
>Wilberforce University
>(937) 708-5732
>Fax (937)372-6762
>e-mail: www.abaker@wilberforce.edu
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hunt Compton [mailto:hcompto@linfield.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 8:08 AM
> > To: bursar-l@virginia.edu
> > Subject: Federal Work Study Checks
> >
> >
> >
> > For those schools who allow students to apply their federal work-study
> > checks to their student account for payment of institutional charges such
> > as tuition, fees, room and board,
> >
> > What wording in the authorization from the student is necessary to
> > accomplish this so that the student does not have to endorse the check?
> >
> > Do you have a sample form that you would be willing to share?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Hunt
> >
> > Hunt M. Compton Phone 503-434-2455
> > Staff Accountant Fax 503-434-2630
> > Linfield College email hcompto@linfield.edu
> > 900 SE Baker WWW: http://www.linfield.edu/
> > McMinnville, OR 97128
> >
> >
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