Disbursement	Schedule	(Full-time)
Fall Spring
Credit	Hours	(Enrollment	Intensity	%) 12	(100%) 15	(100%)
Annual	Pell	Award $3,750 $3,750
If	the	same	student	enrolls	in	12	credits	in	the	fall	and	but	reduces	their	spring	enrollment	to	9	credits	before	the
start	of	the	spring	semester,	their	spring	payment	will	be	based	on	75%	enrollment	intensity	for	spring,	rather
than	the	full-time	Scheduled	Award.
Full-time	Scheduled	Pell	Grant	award:	$7,500
Disbursement	Schedule	(Less	than	full-time)
Fall Spring
Credit	Hours	(Enrollment
Intensity	%)
12
(100%)
9	(75%)
Annual	Pell	Award $3,750 ($7,500	x	75%)	÷	2	=	$2,812.50	(which	may	be	 rounded	to
$2,813)
Volume	7,	Chapter	4,	Example	4:	Less-than-half-time	Enrollment	and	Pell	Grant	COA
A	student	plans	to	enroll	full	time	in	the	fall	and	spring	semesters.	The	school	determines	the	student9s
disbursement	schedule,	shown	below.
Full-time	definition:	30	weeks	of	instruction;	12	credits	per	term
FT	Pell	Grant	COA:	$9,000
FT	Scheduled	Pell	Grant	award:	$7,500
Semester	Disbursement	Schedule
Fall Spring
Credit	Hours	(Enrollment	Intensity	%) 12	(100%) 15	(1 00%)
Annual	Pell	Award $3,750 $3,750
Before	the	start	of	the	fall	semester,	the	student	decides	they	need	to	reduce	their	planned	enrollment	to	3
credits	in	each	term,	which	is	less	than	half	time.	The	school	determines	the	student9s	less	than	half-time	(LTHT)
Pell	Grant	COA	is	$3,500,	based	on	the	restrictions	on	which	COA	components	can	be	included	for	a	less-than-half-
time	student.	See	<Less	Than	Half	Time	Pell	Grant	Cost	of	Attendance=	in	Chapter	3	of	this	volume	for	further
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