Unusual Enrollment History
Unusual Enrollment History (UEH)
The U.S. Department of Education has established regulations to prevent fraud and
abuse in the Federal Pell Grant and Direct Federal Student Loan Program by identifying
students with "unusual enrollment histories". Unusual enrollment history is defined
as a student who enrolls at a school, receives federal student aid, fails to complete
any classes and then goes to another school.
Some students who have an unusual enrollment history have legitimate reasons for their
enrollment at multiple institutions. However, such an enrollment history requires
the Financial Aid Office to review your file in order to determine future Federal
financial aid eligibility. If selected by the Department of Education, this must
be resolved before you will receive financial aid.
Definition of Unusual Enrollment History (UEH)
The specific pattern the Department of Education uses to select students includes those students who have received a Federal Pell Grant and/or Federal Direct Student Loans at multiple institutions during the past four academic years. Once the Department of Education indicates that a student has an unusual enrollment history, the Financial Aid Office must review the academic history prior to determining federal financial aid eligibility for that student.
Students with an unusual enrollment history will have one of the following UEH flags
and C codes on their ISIRs (Institutional Student Information Records), which is the
school version of the FAFSA Submission Summary (FSS) issued by the Department of Education
after processing your FAFSA.
|
UEH Flag Value |
C Code |
Comment |
Flag Description |
School Action to Resolve Flag |
|
N |
No |
None |
Enrollment pattern not |
|
| 2 |
Yes |
276 |
Possible enrollment pattern |
School must review enrollment/academic and |
|
3 |
Yes |
277 |
Questionable enrollment |
School must review enrollment/academic and |
What Will Be Required of You
If selected, the Office of Student Financial Aid will notify you of what is required. We will check your financial aid history at the previous institutions that you attended.
2024-2025 Academic Year
If you are attempting to enroll for the Fall 2024, Spring 2025 or Summer 2025 semesters we will review your enrollment history at all schools you attended during the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years at which you received a Pell Grant and/or a Federal Direct Student Loan disbursement.
You are required by federal regulations to have received academic credit at any institution
you attended and received a Federal Pell grant or direct student loan during the relevant
academic years outlined above. You provide proof that you received academic credit
at any of the institutions you attended by submitting either an official or unofficial
transcript to the Office of Student Financial Aid (please submit official transcript(s)
to the Admissions Office).
Determination
Once all transcripts have been received, our office will verify whether or not academic credit was received at each institution during the relevant years. If approved, we will notify you that you have satisfied this requirement. If you failed to receive academic credit at any institution from which you received a Federal Pell grant during the relevant award years, you are not eligible for financial aid.
However, if you feel you have a mitigating circumstance, you may submit an appeal explaining your situation. The SAP Appeal form can be obtained on the collin.edu website as well as from any Financial Aid Office. Submit the form with a typed statement and supporting documentation explaining why you failed to earn credit during the applicable award year(s).
No aid will be disbursed until all required documentation has been received.
Eligibility Approved
If the UEH review and/or documentation supports that you did not enroll in multiple
schools/programs solely to obtain the credit balance payment, then you will be eligible
for Title IV funds (Financial Aid), provided you meet all other requirements.
When a student regains eligibility under these provisions, eligibility for Pell Grant
and campus-based aid begins in the payment period during which the student regained
that eligibility. For Direct Loans, eligibility begins with the period of enrollment
during which the student regained eligibility.
Eligibility Not Approved
If after reviewing the appeal and supporting documentation you are not approved for financial aid, you are no longer eligible for aid at our school.