[Wsssc] CARES and Tuition

Fri Apr 17 16:37:48 PDT 2020

My college president said the SBCTC clarified that it could be used for
tuition and fees.  So, that is how our campus is proceeding. We've already
done this, so hard to go back now.....

*Christina Castorena, M.Ed. *(she/her/hers)

*Vice President for Student Services*
*Edmonds College *| edcc.edu

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 4:29 PM Matthew Campbell via wsssc <
wsssc at lists.ctc.edu> wrote:

> Sorry I missed this topic yesterday. I am including some additional
> information and resources that might help further your contemplation about
> what this might look like in practice. This topic has been discussed quite
> a bit with another group I’m connected to and the general tenor has been
> strong opposition to using funds to either “pay down” outstanding balances
> or to direct pay to the institution.
>
> The reasoning is that the grant specifically indicates that you cannot use
> the funds to reimburse the institution *(“Recipient shall not use the
> advanced funds to reimburse itself for any costs or expenses, including but
> not limited to any costs associated with significant changes to the
> delivery of instruction due to the coronavirus and/or any refunds or other
> benefits that Recipient previously issued to students”)*;
> and that the funds are to be distributed to the student *(Recipient
> agrees to promptly make available emergency financial aid grants from the
> advanced funds directly to students for their expenses related to the
> disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus, such as food, housing,
> course materials, technology, health care, and child-care expenses”)*. It
> is notable that they do not indicate tuition; it isn’t an exhaustive list,
> but something as fundamental to higher education as tuition seems to be
> intentionally not included.
>
> There are also reporting requirements that include criteria used *(“how
> the amount of each grant was calculated, and any instructions or directions
> given to students about the grants”)*; so, if you are adding conditions
> for distributing funds that require them to (re)pay the institution (or
> direct-pay the institution), that may be seen as a violation of those
> terms. There do seem to be some interpretations that it would be okay *if*
> the student requested that you apply the funds directly to their account,
> which reflects the guidance Joe describes below about requiring student
> approval/direction to do so.
>
> Great information about this can be heard in this NASFAA podcast
> (144)(especially at 14’18”, but it’s all quite good):
>
> https://www.nasfaa.org/off_the_cuff_ep144
>
> Some additional conversation can be heard on the previous podcast
> (143)(especially around the 24min mark). Other good info therein as well.
>
> https://www.nasfaa.org/off_the_cuff_ep143
>
> Note: the podcast participants are institutional personnel and NASFAA
> staff, not DOE folks, so opinions/interpretations are presented, not direct
> DOE guidance …but the risk analysis is quite useful.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> Matthew Campbell, Ed.D*. **(he/him/his)*
>
> Vice President, Learning & Student Success
>
> *Pierce College Puyallup*
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> *From: *wsssc <wsssc-bounces at lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of WSSSC <
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> *Reply-To: *Joe Holliday <jholliday at sbctc.edu>
> *Date: *Friday, April 17, 2020 at 10:23 AM
> *To: *WSSSC <wsssc at lists.ctc.edu>
> *Cc: *Scott Copeland <scopeland at sbctc.edu>
> *Subject: *[Wsssc] CARES and Tuition
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> Colleagues: Christina, Chio and I discussed this yesterday after the WSSSC
> call. Regarding the use of CARES Act emergency aid for tuition and fees, if
> colleges choose to disburse aid directly to students and not apply the
> funds directly to tuition and fees, they should consider the impact if the
> student never pays their tuition and fees and they are referred to
> collections.  Colleges may want to consider getting student approval to
> automatically apply funds towards outstanding tuition and fees to avoid a
> potential collections problem in the future.
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