HEA: SFA Federal Pell Grants

FY 2008 Program Performance Plan

Strategic Goal 3
Other
HEA, Title IV, Part A-1
CFDA 84.063: Federal Pell Grant Program

Program Goal: To help ensure access to high-quality postsecondary education by

providing financial aid in the form of grants in an efficient,
financially sound and customer-responsive manner.
Objective 1 of 1: Ensure that low- and middle-income students will have the same access to
postsecondary education that high-income students do.
Measure 1.1 of 1: The percentage of Pell Grant funds going to students below 150 percent of the
poverty line. (Desired direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target Status
(or date expected)
1997 82 Measure not in place
1998 80 Measure not in place
1999 75 78 Target Exceeded
2000 75 78 Target Exceeded
2001 75 79 Target Exceeded
2002 75 78 Target Exceeded
2003 75 76 Target Exceeded
2004 75 76 Target Exceeded
2005 75 77 Target Exceeded
2006 75 (August 2007) Pending
2007 78 (August 2008) Pending
2008 79 (August 2009) Pending
2009 79 (August 2010) Pending
2010 80 (August 2011) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid, Pell Grant Applicant/Recipient File.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation. Increases in the maximum award without other changes in the formulas used to award Pell
grants will tend to lower the percentage of funds going to the neediest students.

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