In 2009-2010 his school awarded an institutional grant ($10,000) and another federal grant (SEOG) ($4,000). Both were removed from his aid package and replaced with the ROTC Scholarship funding.
In 2010-2011 he did not have a financial aid award pre-scholarship.
calimom,
Both the FSEOG and the institutional grant are campus based aid.
So you should be talking to your financial aid office.
Every University is going to have different aid policies,
to see if a mistake has been made, you will have to dig through those.
The Federal FAFSA EFC score is supplied to Universities, but they can consider other factors as well.
No harm in politely bringing HR 1777 to your financial aid officers attention.
In the end, the question will be - Can you show
real need,
if you can, you may get additional help.
But if you sons educational expenses are being covered by the funds he is getting,
you will find no sympathy from any financial aid officer.
They have limited resources and lots of needy students.
Good Luck
Campus-Based Aid
The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Work-Study (FWS), and Federal Perkins Loan programs are called campus-based programs because they're administered directly by the financial aid office at each participating school. Not all schools participate in all three programs. Check with your school's financial aid office to find out which programs they participate in.
How much aid you receive from each of these programs depends on your financial need, on the amount of other aid you receive, and on the availability of funds at your college or career school. Unlike the Federal Pell Grant Program, which provides funds to every eligible student, the campus-based programs provide a certain amount of funds for each participating school to administer each year. When the money for a program is gone, no more awards can be made from that program for that year. So, make sure you apply for federal student aid as early as you can. Each school sets its own deadlines for campus-based funds, and those deadlines are usually earlier
The FSEOG Information Site
In 2009, a total amount of $958,816,000 was awarded to financial aid students. Those who have applied under the Federal Student Aid programs have accepted an average of $762.00 each, but the amount was not limited since students had accepted grants up to $4,000.00. The more severe the need of a student, the bigger the amount that is granted.
The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) provides money for school to students with exceptional financial need.
The federal government provides up to 75% of this money and the school provides the rest. This money is not guaranteed by the government and may vary form school year to school year.
If the school does not use its entire share of the FSEOG money, the Department of Education will not allocate as much money to that school for the next school year.
The amount received by each student depends on the student’s financial need, other financial aid awarded to the student, and the FSEOG funds available at the academic institution chosen by the student.
The award amount is also dependent on the policies of the financial aid office of the school the student is attending.