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AwardYear: 1998-1999
EnterChapterNo: 7
EnterChapterTitle: Federal Work-Study Program
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SectionTitle: Contents
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INTRODUCTION . . . . . 1
Work-Colleges Program . . . . . 1

SECTION 1: SELECTING RECIPIENTS
AND ASSIGNING JOBS . . . . . 3

General Student Eligibility Requirements . . . . . 3
Assigning Jobs . . . . . 3
Job Descriptions . . . . . 4
Employment Conditions and Limitations . . . . . 5

SECTION 2: CALCULATING FWS AWARDS . . . . . 9
Need Analysis Formulas . . . . . 9
Determining Maximum FWS Eligibility . . . . . 9
Earnings Applied to Cost of Attendance . . . . . 10
FWS Overawards and resources . . . . . 11

SECTION 3: PAYING STUDENTS . . . . . 13
Establishing Wage Rates . . . . . 13
Disbursement . . . . . 14
Payroll Records . . . . . 16

SECTION 4: TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT . . . . . 19
Community Service Jobs . . . . . 19
Establishing FWS Community Service Jobs . . . . . 21
America Reads Challenge . . . . . 23
Work on Campus . . . . . 26
Work for Proprietary School on or off Campus . . . . . 27
Work off Campus for Nonprofit or Government Agency . . . . . 27
Work off Campus for Private For-Profit Companies . . . . . 29
Off-Campus Agreements . . . . . 30
FWS Employment During Period of Nonattendance . . . . . 31
Terms Used in the Definition of Community Services . . . . . 32
List of Agencies, Institutions, and Activities Included in
the Definition of Community Services . . . . . 32

SECTION 5: PROGRAM FUNDS . . . . . 35
Allocation and Reallocation . . . . . 36
Federal Share Limitation . . . . . 38
NonFederal Share . . . . . 39
Carry Forward/Carry Back . . . . . 41
Limitations on Use of Funds Carried Forward or Back . . . . . 42
Transfer of Funds to the FSEOG Program . . . . . 42
Administrative Cost Allowance (ACA) . . . . . 43
Fiscal procedures and records . . . . . 44

SECTION 6: JOB LOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT . . . . . 45
JLD Program Participation . . . . . 45
Student Eligibility . . . . . 46
Use of FWS Allocation for JLD Program . . . . . 46
Use of JLD Program Funds . . . . . 46
Federal Share Limitation . . . . . 46
Allowable Program Costs . . . . . 47
FWS Students as Staff in the JLD Program . . . . . 47
JLD Reporting on the FISAP . . . . . 48
Multi-Institutional JLD Programs . . . . . 48

APPENDIX: MODEL OFF-CAMPUS AGREEMENT . . . . . 49

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