The	regulations	don9t	require	recalculation	of	Pell	Grant	awards	based	on	changes	in	enrollment	intensity	during	a
payment	period	after	the	student	has	begun	attendance	in	all	their	classes.	However,	your	school	may	have	a
policy	of	recalculating	awards	in	this	situation.	Your	school9s	recalculation	policy	must	be	documented	in	writing,	must
consider	any	changes	in	the	student9s	COA,	and	must	be	applied	consistently	to	all	students	in	a	program.	If	your	school
chooses	to	recalculate	for	a	student	whose	enrollment	intensity	increases,	your	school	must	also	recalculate	for	a	student
whose	enrollment	intensity	decreases.
Your	school9s	policy	may	set	a	date	after	which	Pell	Grants	will	not	be	recalculated	for	enrollment	intensity	changes	during
a	payment	period.	This	date	is	sometimes	referred	to	as	the	"Pell	recalculation	date"	or	"PRD."	For	example,	you	could
establish	a	policy	that	you	will	recalculate	Pell	awards	only	for	enrollment	intensity	changes	that	occur	up	to	the
<add/drop=	date	of	a	term.	If	you	establish	a	policy	that	Pell	Grants	will	not	be	recalculated	after	a	certain	date,	the	policy
must	be	applied	in	all	cases,	even	when	there	is	compressed	coursework.
Note	that	a	school	may	establish	more	than	one	PRD	within	the	same	payment	period.	For	example,	if	a	term	is	divided
into	two	or	more	modules,	a	school	could	establish	a	PRD	within	each	module.	However,	in	this	case	only	one	PRD	will
apply	to	a	student,	and	that	will	be	the	PRD	for	the	latest	class	or	module	in	which	the	student	begins	attendance.	Once
the	school	determines	which	PRD	applies	to	the	student,	the	school	must	go	back	to	the	beginning	of	the	term	and	review
which	courses	the	student	dropped,	added,	or	completed	up	until	the	student9s	PRD	to	calculate	the	student9s	Pell	Grant
enrollment	intensity.
If	your	school	has	a	policy	of	recalculating	Pell	Grant	awards	for	a	student	whose	projected	enrollment	intensity	has
changed	as	of	your	established	PRD	(if	the	student	began	attendance	in	all	classes),	and	if	the	initial	calculation	of	the
student's	Pell	Grant	occurred	before	the	recalculation	date,	the	recalculation	is	based	on	the	student's	new	enrollment
intensity	as	of	the	recalculation	date.
In	some	cases,	a	student	may	not	be	enrolled	in	any	classes	as	of	a	school's	PRD,	but	the	student	enrolls	later	during	the
payment	period	(for	example,	in	the	second	module	of	a	term).	Since	there	is	no	Pell	Grant	enrollment	intensity	of	"zero,"
in	this	circumstance	the	student	remains	Pell-eligible	based	on	the	initial	Pell	Grant	calculation	(if	the	student	began
attendance	in	all	classes	on	which	the	enrollment	intensity	for	the	initial	calculation	was	based),	and	the	recalculation	is
based	on	the	student's	enrollment	intensity	at	the	time	they	begin	enrollment	later	in	the	term.
The	initial	calculation	of	a	student9s	Pell	Grant	may	in	some	cases	occur	after	a	school's	PRD	for	a	term,	including	a	term
Volume	7,	Chapter	7,	Example	2:	Multiple	Pell	Recalculation	Dates
A	school	uses	multiple	Pell	recalculation	dates	within	a	payment	period	and	must	recalculate	Pell	up	to	the	Pell
recalculation	date	for	the	last	class	or	module	in	which	the	student	begins	attendance.	The	fall	semester	is	divided
into	two	modules.	The	school	establishes	one	PRD	in	each	module,	and	a	third	PRD	for	the	full	semester:
Module	1	PRD:	September	7
Full	Semester	PRD:	September	21
Module	2	PRD:	November	1
As	of	the	Full	Semester	PRD	(September	21),	a	student	had	begun	attendance	in	four	classes	(12	credit	hours)	for
the	full	semester.
On	October	3,	the	student	drops	two	classes	(6	credit	hours).	On	October	20,	the	student	enrolls	and	begins
attendance	in	a	3-credit-hour	class	in	Module	2.	As	of	the	Module	2	PRD	(November	1),	the	student	is	enrolled	for
and	has	begun	attendance	in	nine	credit	hours.
In	this	example,	the	Module	2	PRD	(November	1)	applies	to	the	student,	so	the	student's	final	Pell	Grant
enrollment	intensity	is	based	on	9	credits	(9	÷	12	=	75%).	If	the	student	had	not	enrolled	and	begun	attendance
in	the	class	in	Module	2,	the	Full	Semester	PRD	(September	21)	would	apply,	and	the	student's	final	Pell	Grant
enrollment	intensity	would	have	been	full	time.
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