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DCLPublicationDate: 9/1/95 DCLID: CB-95-23 AwardYear: Summary: This letter provides procedures for submitting a request for a waiver of the 1995-96 FWS community service expenditure requirement. September 1995 CB-95-23 SUMMARY: This letter provides procedures for submitting a request for a waiver of the 1995-96 FWS community service expenditure requirement. Dear Financial Aid Administrator: The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the regulations require that each institution participating in the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program during the current 1995-96 award year MUST spend at least 5 percent of its total 1995-96 FWS initial and supplemental allocations to compensate students employed in community service activities. An institution may request a waiver of this FWS community service requirement in writing. We will approve a waiver only if we determine that an institution has demonstrated that enforcing the requirement would cause a hardship for students at the institution. If your institution wants to request a waiver for the 1995-96 award year, you must send detailed information regarding the nature of the hardship for your students to be employed in community service activities. The waiver request must be signed by an appropriate institutional official and above the signature the official must include the statement: "I certify that the information the institution provided in this waiver request is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand that the information is subject to audit and program review by representatives of the Secretary of Education." The institution must send the waiver request and any supporting information or documents on or before October 20, 1995, to: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Community Service Waiver Request Attention: Carolyn Short ROB-3, Room 4714 600 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202-5458 We plan to inform an institution requesting a waiver of the FWS community service requirement of our decision to either approve or deny the waiver request by November 30, 1995. If you have any questions regarding the FWS community service expenditure requirements or waiver procedures, please telephone your campus-based programs State Representative. Sincerely, Michele Selvage, Director Institutional Financial Management Division, Accounting and Financial Management Service

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