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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 These experiments are no longer active.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 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