Required Information for the Pell Grant and Direct Loan Programs

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Compliance Supplement directs compliance auditors to provide Required Information for the Pell Grant and Direct Loan Programs directly to Federal Student Aid, Director, Financial Management Group, at FSAPellandDLReporting@ed.gov no later than 60 days after the Data Collection Form and reporting package are submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. The attached information template is provided to compliance auditors to facilitate reporting. As instructed in the Compliance Supplement, compliance auditors should use this worksheet to submit to FSA the Required Information for the Pell Grant and Direct Loan Programs.

Template for OMB Compliance Supplement Required Information for the Pell Grant and Direct Loan Programs M​​S Excel (28KB)

Improper Payments

ED Documents/Reports:​

Payment Recapture Audits

• FY 2014 Report of the Department of Education’s Payment Recapture Audits​​
  
• FY 2012 Report of the Department of Education's Payment Recapture Audits​​
  
• FY 2011 Report of the Department of Education’s Payment Recapture Audits​​
  

​Improper Payments​​

• FY 2023 Department of Education Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies MS Word (40KB)
  
• FY 2023 Federal Student Aid Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies MS Word (55KB)
  
• FY 2022 Department of Education Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies MS Word ​(40KB)
  
• FY 2022 Federal Student Aid Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies MS Word​ (49KB)
• FY 2021 Department of Education Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies MS Word ​(53KB)
  
• FY 2021 Federal Student Aid Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies MS Word​ (38KB)
  
• FY 2020 Department of Education Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies PDF (179KB)
  
• FY 2020 Federal Student Aid Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies PDF (229KB)
• FY 2019 Department of Education Improper Payment Estimation Methodologies PDF (48KB) | MS Word (42KB)

Federal Sites and Documents:

• ​PaymentAccuracy.gov
  
• Report fraud, waste or abuse involving Department of Education funds or programs​