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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>This is a reminder that Friday, April 9th, is the
date by which all institutions participating in the OTAG program must have
submitted their final spring semester award claims. As stated in the OTAG
Timelines and Procedures for 2009-2010, requests for exceptions due to
extraordinary circumstances may be granted upon approval of the Chancellor for
Higher Education and the availability of funds. All requests must be
submitted in writing by the president or chief executive officer of the
institution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>If you need a pre-populated OTAG Award Claim Form, please send
e-mail to<u> <font color=blue><span style='color:blue'><</span></font></u><a
href="mailto:reports@otag.org" title="mailto:reports@otag.org"><span
title="mailto:reports@otag.org">mailto:reports@otag.org</span></a><u><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>></span></font></u>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>If you need a blank OTAG Award Claim Form template,
click here: <a
href="http://www.okhighered.org/admin-fac/FinAidResources/docs/otag-award-claim-form09-10.xls"
title="http://www.okhighered.org/admin-fac/FinAidResources/docs/otag-award-claim-form09-10.xls">http://www.okhighered.org/admin-fac/FinAidResources/docs/otag-award-claim-form09-10.xls</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>We appreciate your assistance in delivering OTAG funds to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place>'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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic'>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. </span></font></i></b><b><i><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>We will now need to rely on you to add this
information to your 2010-2011 award notification. </span></font></i></b><b><i><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>If you have any questions about this new
requirement, please let me know. Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Irala K. Magee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Oklahoma</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
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Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>PO
Box</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 108850</span></font></st1:address><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Oklahoma
City</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OK</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">73101</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>-8850<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="mailto:imagee@osrhe.edu"
title="mailto:imagee@osrhe.edu">imagee@osrhe.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>405.225.9378 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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