Declining	and/or	Returning	Pell	Funds
A	student	may	decline	or	return	all	or	part	of	a	disbursement	of	Pell	Grant	funds	that	they	are	eligible	to	receive	or	have
received.	However,	returns	may	only	be	made	in	the	same	award	year	as	the	funds	were	received.	You	are	not	required	to
comply	with	a	student9s	request	to	decline	a	Pell	Grant	disbursement	that	has	already	been	applied	to	the	student9s
account	for	institutional	charges.	This	should	be	a	rare	action	and	need	not	be	advertised	as	a	possibility	by	your	school.
For	more	detail	on	the	requirements	of	declining	or	returning	Pell	funds,	see	
Dear	Colleague	Letter	GEN-12-18.
34	CFR	690.79
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