When	you	combine	the	modules	into	a	single	term,	a	student	cannot	be	paid	more	than	the	amount	for	one	payment
period	for	completing	any	combination	of	the	modules.	If	the	modules	are	not	combined	into	a	single	payment	period	and
they	do	not	overlap	each	other,	you	must	treat	each	module	as	a	separate	nonstandard	term	and	generally	must	use
Formula	3	to	calculate	Pell	Grant	payments	for	the	program.	If,	for	each	module,	you	define	full	time	as	at	least	12	credit
hours,	you	may	be	able	to	use	Formula	1	or	2	if	the	program	otherwise	qualifies	for	one	of	these	formulas.
If	a	combined	module	term	crosses	over	the	June	30	award	year	end	date	to	include	the	July	1	award	year	begin	date,	the
combined	term	must	be	treated	as	a	crossover	payment	period	regardless	of	which	modules	students	attend.	If	your
program	has	two	summer	modules	and	only	one	of	the	modules	crosses	over	the	award	year	date	boundary	and	you	do
not	combine	the	sessions	into	a	larger	term,	then	only	the	term	that	spans	the	award	year	boundary	is	considered	a
crossover	payment	period.
If	the	modules	are	combined	in	a	single	term	and	a	student	does	not	begin	attendance	in	all	the	modules	that	they	were
expected	to	attend,	recalculation	of	prior	disbursements	is	required	based	on	the	resulting	changed	enrollment	status.
Also,	if	you	use	Formula	3	for	any	of	the	summer	modules,	or	any	other	nonstandard	term	(e.g.,	a	winter	intersession	that
is	not	attached	to	an	adjacent	standard	term),	remember	that	you	must	also	use	it	for	all	other	terms	in	the	award	year,
including	fall	through	spring.
student9s	enrollment	intensity	is	equal	to	the	proportion	of	the	number	of	credits	for	which	the	student	is	enrolled
to	the	number	of	credit	hours	in	the	school9s	definition	of	full-time	enrollment	for	the	combined	term.	Therefore,
the	student9s	enrollment	intensity	is	50%	for	the	combined	summer	term.
Volume	7,	Chapter	5,	Example	2:	Modules	Combined	Into	One	Term
A	student	enrolls	part	time	at	a	school	which	defines	its	academic	year	as	24	semester	hours	and	30	weeks	of
instructional	time.	In	addition	to	fall	and	spring	semesters,	the	school	offers	three	summer	modules.	Each	module
provides	four	weeks	of	instructional	time	(as	defined	in	Volume	3,	Chapter	1).	The	school	can	either	combine	the
modules	into	a	single	standard	term	or	treat	each	module	as	a	separate	nonstandard	term.	The	school	chooses	to
combine	the	modules	into	a	single	term	providing	12	weeks	of	instructional	time	with	full-time	enrollment	defined
as	12	semester	hours.	If	the	school	meets	the	conditions	for	use	of	Formula	1	in	its	fall	and	spring	semesters,	it
can	use	Formula	1	to	calculate	Pell	Grant	payments	for	this	summer	session.
The	student	enrolls	for	three	semester	hours	in	each	of	the	modules	(nine	hours	total	in	the	combined	term)	which
is	75%	enrollment	intensity.	The	student9s	Scheduled	Award	is	$7,500	and	their	annual	award	is	$5,625	($7,500	x
75%).	To	calculate	the	student9s	payment,	the	school	simply	divides	the	annual	award	by	two,	the	number	of
terms	in	the	fall	through	spring:	$5,625/2	=	$2,812.50.	The	school	may	round	the	payment	up	to	$2,813.
Volume	7,	Chapter	5,	Example	3:	Modules	Treated	as	Nonstandard	Terms
If	the	school	didn9t	combine	these	modules	and	defined	full-time	enrollment	for	each	4-week	module	as	fewer
than	12	semester	hours,	it	would	have	to	calculate	all	Pell	payments	for	the	program	using	Formula	3.	Because
these	are	nonstandard	terms,	the	school	would	have	to	determine	the	student9s	enrollment	intensity	for	each
module	by	prorating	the	standard	for	full-time	enrollment	in	a	full	academic	year	(24	semester	hours):
(24	semester	hours	×	4	weeks	in	module)	÷	30	weeks	in	academic	year	=	3.2	semester	hours	(round	up	to	4
semester	hours	because	the	school	only	offers	courses	in	whole	credits)
Note:	Weeks	of	instructional	time	are	defined	in	Volume	3,	Chapter	1,	which	are	not	necessarily	the	same	number
as	the	calendar	weeks	in	an	academic	year.
For	each	of	the	4-week	modules,	a	full-time	student	must	enroll	in	4	semester	hours,	and	based	on	that	standard,
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