Quarter	Disbursement	Schedule
Fall Winter Spring
Credit	Hours	(Enrollment	Intensity	%) 12	(100%) 15	(100%) 12	(100%)
Annual	Pell	Award $2,500 $2,500 $2,500
Since	the	student	is	enrolled	full	time	in	either	two	semesters	or	three	quarters,	they	will	have	received	a	full
Scheduled	Award	at	the	end	of	the	spring	term.	If	the	student	enrolls	in	a	summer	term,	they	may	be	eligible	to
receive	further	Pell	funds	from	the	Year-Round	Pell	provision.	See	the	Year-Round	Pell	Grant	section	in	Chapter	5
of	this	volume.
Volume	7,	Chapter	4,	Example	2:	Nontraditional	Academic	Calendar
A	school	offers	a	program	that	has	an	academic	year	of	36	weeks	of	instructional	time	and	36	quarter	hours	and	is
offered	exclusively	in	quarters.	A	new	cohort	of	students	starts	a	quarter	on	the	first	workday	of	each	month,	and
a	student	is	not	allowed	to	take	courses	in	overlapping	terms	outside	that	student9s	cohort.
Any	three	quarters	of	the	program	provide	at	least	30	weeks	of	instructional	time	since	each	quarter	is	12	weeks
of	instructional	time	in	length.	To	be	full	time,	a	student	must	be	enrolled	in	at	least	12	quarter	hours	each	term.	A
student	enrolled	full	time	in	any	three	quarters	would	have	their	Scheduled	Award	divided	by	3	to	determine	their
disbursement	for	each	payment	period.
Full-time	definition:	30	weeks	of	instruction;	12	credits	per	term
Scheduled	Pell	Grant	award:	$7,500
Disbursement	Schedule
Term	1 Term	2 Term	3
Credit	Hours	(Enrollment	Intensity	%) 12	(100%) 15	(100%) 12	(100%)
Annual	Pell	Award $2,500 $2,500 $2,500
If	the	student	enrolls	in	a	fourth	term,	they	may	be	eligible	to	receive	further	Pell	funds	from	the	Year-Round	Pell
provision.	See	the	Year-Round	Pell	Grant	section	in	Chapter	5	of	this	volume.
Volume	7,	Chapter	4,	Example	3:	Enrollment	Intensity	Change
Full-time	definition:	30	weeks	of	instruction;	12	semester	credits	per	term
Scheduled	Pell	Grant	award:	$7,500
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