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<DIV><STRONG>Below is the response from Fred Sellers via Kathleen Smith regarding what constitutes full-time for Summer for the ACG/SMART grants:</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello Marcia...I am so sorry it took this long to get an answer to a<BR>question asked so long ago. My understanding is there was some travel<BR>in between the time I sent in your question and the time it got to the<BR>right person....better late than never? </DIV>
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<DIV>Hope all is well. </DIV>
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<DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Sellers, Fred [mailto:Fred.Sellers@ed.gov] <BR>Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 12:47 PM<BR>To: Kathleen Smith<BR>Cc: Moran, Pamela; Jones, Anthony<BR>Subject: RE: Question</DIV>
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<DIV>Kathleen,<BR> <BR>Am trying to catch up on old emails since have a bit of a break in neg<BR>reg process and don't think anyone has responded to you. Full-time for<BR>summer for ACG will be the same for students in an educational program<BR>as it is for all title IV student aid. Typical traditional school<BR>calendar is that summer is 12 semester hours. But all of this depends<BR>on how the institution sets up its academic calendar and defines its<BR>title IV academic year if the summer is not treated as it is<BR>traditionally done.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this helps. Let me know if you want more detail. </DIV>
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<DIV>Fred Sellers<BR>Senior Policy Analyst<BR>U.S. Department of Education<BR>1990 K Street, NW, Room 8021<BR>Washington, DC 20006<BR>Phone: (202) 502-7502<BR>Fax: (202) 502-7874</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Moran, Pamela <BR>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:00 PM<BR>To: Jones, Anthony; Sellers, Fred<BR>Subject: FW: Question</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Could one of you please respond to this question. Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Kathleen Smith [mailto:KathleenS@efc.org] <BR>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 12:59 PM<BR>To: Moran, Pamela; Jones, Anthony<BR>Subject: RE: Question</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>HI, just checking if there is any update on this? Thanks </DIV>
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<DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Moran, Pamela [mailto:Pamela.Moran@ed.gov] <BR>Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:36 PM<BR>To: Jones, Anthony<BR>Cc: Kathleen Smith<BR>Subject: FW: Question</DIV>
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<DIV>I was out when this question came in. Can you provide Kathleen with an<BR>answer? Thanks</DIV>
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<DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:KathleenS@EFC.org">KathleenS@EFC.org</A> [mailto:KathleenS@EFC.org] <BR>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:17 AM<BR>To: Moran, Pamela<BR>Subject: Question</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>I am betting I shd not bug you with this so if you can tell me who -<BR>that would be great. I am at a fao meeting and I was asked a question<BR>about what constitues full time status for summer for acg. Is it what<BR>the school determines to be FT or a set number of hours? </DIV>
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<DIV>THANK YOU<BR>------------------------------<BR>Kathleen Smith<BR>Education Finance Council </DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV><FONT size=1><FONT face="Bodoni MT Condensed"><EM><STRONG>Marcia Carter<BR></STRONG></EM>Director of Financial Aid<BR>East Central University<BR>1100 East 14th Street<BR>Ada, OK 74820<BR>580-559-5242<BR></FONT></FONT><A href="mailto:mcarter@ecok.edu"><FONT face="Bodoni MT Condensed" size=1>mcarter@ecok.edu</FONT></A></BODY></HTML>