[Cobo] FW: Coronavirus Relief Fund - OMES Clarification

[Mauck, Sheri]

Please note the OMES has confirmed that previous refunds to students for housing and meal plans are eligible for reimbursements that are due today 12/1.  If your institution has funds still available from the OMES CARES allocations you might consider using any refunds not covered by any other CARES Funds for submission for the allocation through OMES.

From: Meagan Rhodes <Meagan.Rhodes at omes.ok.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 8:16 AM
Subject: RE: Coronavirus Relief Funds

The guidance from Treasury does allow those expenses to be eligible for reimbursement. The text below is pasted from the Treasury FAQs. Those expenses would qualify for this reimbursement as long as the university has not used any other federal funding available for the portion you request reimbursement from CRF.

57. Public universities have incurred expenses associated with providing refunds to students for education-related expenses, including tuition, room and board, meal plans, and other fees (such as activities fees). Are these types of public university student refunds eligible uses of Fund payments? If the responsible government official determines that expenses incurred to refund eligible higher education expenses are necessary and would be incurred due to the public health emergency, then such expenses would be eligible as long as the expenses satisfy the other criteria set forth in section 601(d) of the Social Security Act. Eligible higher education expenses may include, in the reasonable judgment of the responsible government official, refunds to students for tuition, room and board, meal plan, and other fees (such as activities fees). Fund payments may not be used for expenses that have been or will be reimbursed by another federal program (including, for example, the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund administered by the Department of Education).

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thank you,

Meagan Rhodes | Budget Analyst
Budget | Office of Management and Enterprise Services
405-521-6664
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