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Rudnick, Joel M.; Freeman, Stanley A. – Student Aid Transcript, 2000
Two attorneys discuss compliance issues surrounding the new rules concerning return of Title IV funds. They explain the calculation process and identify emerging legal issues and risk factors, including determination of student withdrawal rates, allowances for leaves of absence, the handling of inadvertent overpayments, and student grant repayment…
Descriptors: Accounting, Compliance (Legal), Debt (Financial), Dropouts
Oglesby, David H. – School Business Affairs, 1980
Describes food service programs administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). (MLF)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Fish and Wildlife Service (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. – 1989
This document provides guidelines for operating Youth Conservation Corps programs under both the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service. The guide contains 11 units that cover the following topics: (1) enrollees; (2) enrollee payroll; (3) enrollee problems; (4) Youth Conservation Corps staff; (5) accounting; (6) operations; (7)…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adolescents, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)
Gordon, Steven D. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1996
The federal government's war on fraud, waste, and abuse in expenditure of federal funds has reached college campuses. Institutions that fail to heed this development are vulnerable to harsh sanctions. They must tighten accounting practices and recognize their liability for fraudulent practices of faculty and students. Internal investigations and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Compliance (Legal), Crime
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2001
The "Student Financial Aid Handbook" explains the policies and procedures required for institutions of higher education to administer federally funded student financial assistance programs properly. This volume focuses on institutional eligibility and explains how a school becomes eligible to participate in the Student Financial Assistance (SFA)…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1999
This handbook explains the policies and procedures required for institutions of higher education to properly administer federally funded student financial assistance programs. Three major sections cover student eligibility, institutional eligibility and participation, and state grant programs. The student eligibility section includes chapters on…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1999
This guide is intended for use by participants (college fiscal officers, business officers, bursars, loan managers, etc.) in a two-day workshop on Title IV of the reauthorized Higher Education Act. The guide includes copies of the visual displays used in the workshop, space for individual notes, sample forms, sample computer screens, quizzes, and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Compliance (Legal), Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1983
The sources and amounts of funds available for Illinois pre-kindergarten through post-secondary educational programs are explained in this monograph. The publication contains a summary of fiscal year 1984 appropriations and fiscally related legislation, as well as a brief explanation of state revenues and sources of local revenues. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2001
This book provides guidance to school business office personnel who handle fiscal recordkeeping, accounting, and reporting functions for federal Title IV student financial aid programs authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. It provides a technical resource for Title IV management responsibilities that are shared among various…
Descriptors: Accounting, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1999
This guide is intended to provide guidance to college and university business office personnel who handle recordkeeping, accounting, and other fiscal reporting functions for federal Title IV financial aid programs, as authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. This edition emphasizes the benefits and challenges of electronic…
Descriptors: Accounting, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Office of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
This volume provides general information on programs, policies, procedures, and fiscal record keeping and reporting for federally funded student financial aid programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Title IV programs. Chapter 2 discusses general institutional responsibilities related to managing…
Descriptors: Accounting, Colleges, Community Colleges, Compliance (Legal)
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1996
This guide is designed as an in-house tool for postsecondary educational institutions to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of their administration of financial aid programs in compliance with federal laws and regulations. References to current regulations or, where final regulations have not yet been issued, to statute, are included for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Check Lists, College Role
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
This training guide for financial aid staff explains the process of direct loan reconciliation and suggests appropriate cash management accounting practices. Chapter 1 explains the importance of cash management, the role of data matching, and reviews basic reconciliation concepts and terms and direct loan reporting requirements. Chapter 2 reviews…
Descriptors: Accounting, Data Collection, Data Conversion, Delivery Systems
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1986
This handbook provides a reference to the fiscal requirements and procedures for effective management of federal and state education grant programs in Wisconsin. The handbook references the Code of Federal Regulations, the federal Single Audit Act of 1984, and state statutes. Part A discusses the education department's general administrative…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1997
Extensive workshop materials are presented in this 1997 training guide for fiscal officers, business officers, bursars, loan managers, and others who have responsibility for Title IV college student financial aid programs. Workbook type material is provided for nine workshop sessions that cover the following topics: (1) Institutional…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Audits (Verification), Databases