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FEDERAL PELL
GRANT
As eligible institutions of higher education, all Orange County
Public Schools Career and Technical centers participate in the
Federal Pell Grant program. To be a recipient, a student must
meet the Federal Pell Grant program's criteria for student eligibility
and be enrolled in an approved program that is at least 600 clock
hours of supervised training. Eligibility is determined by the
Federal Government. Pell recipients can only receive Pell for
no more than the length of the program as approved by the Accrediting
Commission of the Council on Occupational Education with a maximum
of 900 clock hours in an academic year. The Federal Pell Grant
requires no repayment of funds that are properly distributed.
Criteria
for receiving the Federal Pell Grant are:
- Student must complete a Free Application for Federal Student
Aid.
- Approved program length must be 600 clock hours or longer.
- Student
must demonstrate financial need.
- Student must have a high
school diploma or GED.
- Student must be a U.S. citizen or
an eligible noncitizen with a valid Social Security number.
- Student
must maintain satisfactory academic progress.
- Student must
be working toward a job preparatory completion certificate.
- Student
must not be in default of a Federal Education Student Loan
or owe Federal funds.
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