[Oasfaa] OTAG Upcoming Initial Claim Deadline

[Magee, Irala]

This is a reminder that Friday, March 5th, is the date by which all
institutions participating in the OTAG program must have submitted their
initial spring semester award claim.  As stated in the OTAG Timelines
and Procedures for 2009-2010, the president or chief executive officer
at any institution not meeting the March 5th deadline will be notified.

If you need a pre-populated OTAG Award Claim Form, please send e-mail to
<mailto:reports at otag.org <mailto:reports at otag.org> >.  

If you need a blank OTAG Award Claim Form template, click here:  
http://www.okhighered.org/admin-fac/FinAidResources/docs/otag-award-clai
m-form09-10.xls.

Please do not use a report that is more than a week old.  We download
ISIR data daily, and using an older report could cause ISIR transaction
and EFC exceptions that will need to be resolved before the report can
be processed.

We appreciate your assistance in delivering OTAG funds to Oklahoma's
students, and we appreciate your cooperation in finalizing your spring
OTAG award claims and disbursements as expeditiously as possible.
Please contact our office if you have questions or need assistance with
the OTAG award claim process.

Attached for your information is a spreadsheet that compares 2009-2010
award commitments as of today with final 2008-2009 awards and
expenditures for each institution.

Also, as some of you may know, Section 407 of the Higher Education
Opportunity Act requires that states notify students that grants such as
OTAG are a part of LEAP (Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership)
and are funded by the federal government and the state.  Many of you may
remember when the State Regents notified students that they would
receive OTAG.  We haven't done that in a number of years; we have left
that to you as schools to do in your normal financial aid processing.
We will now need to rely on you to add this information to your
2010-2011 award notification.  If you have any questions about this new
requirement, please let me know.  Thanks so much!

 

Irala K. Magee

Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

PO Box 108850

Oklahoma City, OK  73101-8850

imagee at osrhe.edu

405.225.9378 

 

 

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