[Oasfaa] OTAG 2007-08 Award Totals and Reminder of Approaching Deadlines

[Joyner, Shiela]

Attached for your information is a spreadsheet that reflects each
participating institution's OTAG 2007-08 awards disbursed as of 2/20/08
compared with 2006-07 end of year awards disbursed.  

Reminder of approaching Spring 2008 OTAG deadlines: 

Monday, March 3, 2008 -- Each participating institution must have
submitted their INITIAL spring semester award claim.  The president or
chief executive officer of any institution not submitting an initial
claim by March 3 will be notified in writing within 5 business days.  At
this time we have processed and disbursed at least one award claim for
all but 18 participating institutions.  Institutions where no spring
2008 award claims have been processed by OTAG are identified with "fl
only" in the right margin of the attached spreadsheet.   If your
institution needs a pre-populated Award Claim Form to assist you in
claiming spring awards for your eligible students, please send a message
to reports at otag.org.

It is important that ALL participating institutions cooperate by
submitting the majority of their Spring 2008 OTAG award claims by the
March 3 initial deadline.  Please be mindful that the earlier
institutions complete their Spring 2008 OTAG disbursement activities,
the sooner we can determine and announce if funds will be available to
award in Summer 2008.  

Friday, April 11, 2008 -- No further requests for awards or for
increases to individual awards already disbursed for the Spring 2008
semester will be accepted after this date.  It is our hope that this
late in the semester,  any remaining award claims submitted will be
limited to a few "clean up" requests.  After April 11, requests for
exceptions due to extraordinary circumstances may be granted only upon
approval of the Chancellor for Higher Education and must be submitted in
writing to the Chancellor.  Please be mindful that waiting until April
11 to submit OTAG award claims does not automatically extend the time
the institution has to complete the disbursement of funds and submit
their final reporting to the OTAG office.

Friday, April 25, 2008 -- Institutions shall notify the State Regents of
any pending refunds that have not already been returned to the State
Regents.  

April 30, 2008 -- The State Regents shall announce if any OTAG funds are
available for awards in the summer 2007 semester.  If funds are
available, the State Regents shall also announce awarding criteria at
that time.

We appreciate your assistance in delivering OTAG funds to Oklahoma's
eligible students and in adhering to the set deadlines for the
betterment of the delivery process for all participating institutions,
and most especially for the students who benefit from the program.

 <<2007-2008 Sch Compare 0607-0708_022008.xls>> 
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Shiela Joyner, Director
Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant Program
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
P. O.  Box 108850
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850
Internet:  sjoyner at otag.org
Voice: (405) 225-9378    Toll Free (877) 662-6231
Fax: (405) 225-9392

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