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Federal Work-Study Experiment

• Federal Work-Study Experiment Toolkit (January 2021)

Second Chance Pell

• 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Second Chance Pell Report

Annual Reports

Below is a zip file that contains previous annual reports for expired experiments. These experiments are no longer active. The reports date back to the 2000-2001 award year. The 2007-08 award year data was received, but not released due to the uncertainty of the program being extended. The 2008-09 technical appendix was not released.

ESI Annual Reports (10MB zip file)

Federal Register Notices

Below is a list of Federal Register Notices for expired experiments.

• The FR published April 18, 2023 explains the Revised Second Chance Pell experiment in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools.
• The FR published August 3, 2015 explains the Second Chance Pell experiment in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools. Applications are due on September 17, 2019.
• The FR published May 23, 2019 explains the Federal Work Study experiment in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools. Applications are due on September 23, 2019.
• The FR published August 15, 2016 explains the Loan Counseling experiment in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools.
• The FR published November 18, 2015 explains the Competency-Based Education experiment in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools.
• The FR published November 3, 2015 explains the Dual Enrollment experiment in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools.
• The FR published October 15, 2015 explains the Educational Quality through Innovative Partnerships (EQUIP)experiment in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools.
• The FR published July 31, 2014 explains the experiments below in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools.
  • Prior Learning Assessment
  • Competency-Based Education
  • Limited Direct Assessment
  • Federal Work Study (FWS) for Near-Peer Counseling
• The FR published October 27, 2011 explains the experiments below in detail, including waivers, reporting requirements and more information to assist schools.
  • Direct Loans - Limiting unsubsidized loan amounts
  • Pell Grant Experiment - Eligibility of students with bachelor’s degrees who enroll in vocational or career programs (concluded June 30, 2017)
  • Pell Grant Experiment - Eligibility of students enrolled in certain short-term training programs (concluded June 30, 2017)
  • Single disbursement of a one-term loan for study abroad students (concluded June 30, 2016)
  • Early disbursement for study abroad students and for students enrolled in foreign institutions (concluded June 30, 2016)
  • Unequal disbursements (concluded June 30, 2016)
  • PLUS Loans for parents of students with intellectual disabilities (concluded June 30, 2016), and
  • Student Eligibility-Eligibility of students with intellectual disabilities who are also enrolled in high school (concluded - lack of participation)

Electronic Announcements

Below is a list of electronic announcements that have been superseded.

• Electronic Announcement - Invitation to Participate in the Second Chance Pell Experiment Under the Experimental Sites Initiative (Letters of Interest due October 28, 2021)
• Electronic Announcement - Extension through September 23, 2019 of the priority consideration date for the FWS experiment under the Experimental Sites Initiative
• Electronic Announcement - Publication of Federal Register Notice Inviting Federal Work-Study Participating Postsecondary Educational Institutions to Participate in the Federal Work-Study Experiment Under the Experimental Sites Initiative
• Electronic Announcement - Invitation to Participate in the Second Chance Pell Experiment Under the Experimental Sites Initiative
• Electronic Announcement - Publication of Federal Register Notice Inviting Postsecondary Educational Institutions to Participate in a New Experiment Under the Experimental Sites Initiative (8/6/15)
• Dear Colleague Letter - GEN-14-23 Competency Based Education Programs - Q & A
• Dear Colleague Letter - GEN-13-10 Applying for Title IV Eligibility for Direct Assessment (Competency-Based) Programs
• Electronic Announcement - Electronic Announcement - Inviting Proposals for new Experiments (12/6/13)
• Dear Colleague Letter - DCL GEN-13-24 Experimental Sites Initiative - Solicitation of Ideas
• Dear Colleague Letter - DCL GEN-13-21 Experimental Sites Initiative - Invitation to Participate in the Experimental Sites Initiative
• Electronic Announcement - Published April 22 (no longer applies - please see DCL GEN-13-21)
• Electronic Announcement - DCL Gen 13-03 Invitation to Participate in Experiments under the Experimental sites Initiative
• Electronic Announcement - Invitation to Participate in the Second Chance Pell Experiment Under the Experimental Sites Initiative, posted on May 20, 2019 (Letters of Interest were due on May 18, 2023)
• Electronic Announcement - Electronic Announcement posted on July 31, 2021 that reopened the experiment for a third round of Title IV institutions to apply to participate (Letters of Interest were due on October 28, 2021)
• Electronic Announcement - Electronic Announcement posted on April 18, 2023 that provides instructions for currently participating Second Chance Pell schools to apply to participate in the revised experiment (Letters of Interest were due on May 18, 2023)