U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, Program Compliance, School Eligibility Channel, School Participation Management Division
This is an application that a postsecondary educational institution must complete and submit to the U.S. Department of Education:
An institution (referred to as "you" for the remainder of this application) must submit this application to the U.S. Department of Education (referred to as "we" for the remainder of this application) when:
We will consider your date of submission to be the date you used the "Submit Application" page to electronically submit the application to us.
This application is divided into 13 sections, plus a glossary at the end.
Note: To expand on any of your answers, you may use Question 69.
We mean a specific definition for many of the words and phrases in this application, such as "regular student," "award year," and "federal student financial aid programs." When filling out the application, you must be sure that you know how terms are defined. The definitions contained in the glossary generally are restatements of statutory or regulatory definitions.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1845-0012. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 17 hours per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, 830 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-5402. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, write directly to: School Participation Management Division, U.S. Department of Education, 830 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-5402.
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If you chose not to submit an Application for Approval to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs, the institution cannot be determined to be eligible or continued to be eligible for the Title IV FSA programs.
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You must have an OPE ID assigned by the U.S. Department of Education to use the Electronic Application. Read each section that you are required to complete and identify the kinds of information and documents you will need to collect. Note that you will not have to complete every section of the application. Determine the information that you need from other offices and request it. At the time of your request, also ask those offices to notify you if the information changes.
Gather the information and fill out the application. Refer to the Help Page for additional assistance in filling out the electronic application.
If you have any questions, please contact the appropriate School Participation Team (listed at the end of this Introduction) by telephone, fax, or Internet.
After you have filled out your application, you must submit it electronically. For your electronic application to be considered submitted to U.S. Department of Education, you must:
Have the President/CEO/Chancellor of your institution review the application and sign the signature page (Section L).
Keep a copy of the application and the required supporting documentation for your records (see Section M for a list of attachments required with your application).
Send the signature page (Section L) and copies of required supporting documents to us. Do not mail the rest of the application to U.S. Department of Education.
Send the signature page and copies of required supporting documents to the following address (To assist in the processing of your application, please send all supporting documents via commercial overnight delivery.):
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Program Compliance
Integrated Partner Management Division
830 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20202-5402
We recommend that you retain proof of when you submit the application.
Respond to any additional questions that we might have about your application during our review period. You will receive any such requests generally within 90 days of our receiving your application. We might ask for materials, such as your catalog or copies of contracts with third-party servicers. We also will use information from documents on file that you already submitted to us.
Depending on the outcome of our review, either we will send you a Program Participation Agreement to sign (and further instructions) or we will notify you that your application is denied.
During our review period, your status will be as follows:
For additional help in filling out the Electronic Application, refer to the Help Document
If you have questions, please contact the appropriate School Participation Team by telephone, fax or Internet.
If you are a foreign institution or foreign graduate medical school, contact the School Participation Foreign School Team at:
Telephone: (202) 377-3168
Fax: (202) 275-3486
Email: SPT
For all other schools contact the appropriate School Participation Team identified below.