2001-2002 Federal SFA Handbook Volumes Available

The Department of Education (ED) has released seven of the nine volumes of the 2001-2002 Federal Student Financial Aid Handbook (Handbook). The volumes are available electronically at ED's SFA Schools Product Preview Web Page (www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/ifap/preview/index.html) with paper copies set for distribution in June 2001.

ED communicated the release of the seven volumes in an electronic announcement on April 26, 2001, and expects to release Volume 1 (Student Eligibility) and Volume 6 (Federal Work-Study) by May 7. The volumes made available in the announcement include:

• Volume 2: Institutional Eligibility
• Volume 3: Pell Grants
• Volume 4: Campus-Based Common Provisions
• Volume 5: Federal Perkins Loans
• Volume 7: Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
• Volume 8: Direct Loan and FFEL Programs
• Volume 9: State Grant Programs

The electronic announcement also states that ED plans to "significantly advance the schedule for the release of the 2002-2003 Handbook" based on feedback from the community that expressed a need for the information to be released earlier in the year. This announcement can be viewed at the Information for Financial Aid Professionals web site at ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/0426handbk0102.html.

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