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John Kolotos and Nathan Arnold | Dec. 2015
U.S. Department of Education
2015 FSA Training Conference for Financial Aid Professionals
Cash Management Regulations Overview
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Need for Regulatory Action
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Proliferation of Campus Cards
• Passage of the CARD Act restricting credit card marketing, preferred lender lists, declining State funding
• Widespread increase of debit and prepaid card agreements• Marketed as a way for students to receive credit balance
refunds• Typically on student IDs or cobranded cards
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Government and Consumer Investigations
• 2012 USPIRG report identified several troubling practices in this market
• Later confirmed by Government Accountability Office, ED Inspector General, Consumers Union
• Enforcement actions by FDIC, Federal Reserve• Troubling practices included unfair fees, misrepresentation, and
transmission of private student information without consent
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Impact of Agreements
Source: Government Accountability Office
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Debit Card Provisions
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Overview of Regulations
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Who is covered?
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Overview of new requirements
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T1 and T2 Arrangements
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Student choice – the problems
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Student choice – the menu
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Student choice – menu contents
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Student choice – menu format
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Student consent
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Fees
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Disclosures
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T1 and T2 arrangements (with sufficient credit balance recipients)
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T2 De Minimis ThresholdSome regulatory provisions limited to T2 arrangements with a sufficient number of credit balance recipients.
The school must comply with the additional requirements if during the school’s prior three award years, either:
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T1 arrangements do not have a de minimis threshold
OR
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Summary Cost Disclosures• Required for accounts offered under T1 arrangements or T2 arrangements with more than a de
minimis number of credit balance recipients• Requirement begins on July 1, 2017• If the institution had 30 or more credit balance recipients in the prior award year, it must publish the
following on the same website as contract disclosure:
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Best Interests of Students• Future contracts, fees, and technological changes must
occur without harming students• Required for accounts offered under T1 arrangements or
T2 arrangements with more than a de minimis number of credit balance recipients
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Best Interest of Students
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Convenient ATM Access
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• Surcharge-free ATMs must be present in sufficient number and must be housed and serviced such that Title IV funds are reasonably available to students
• Required for accounts offered under T1 arrangements or T2 arrangements with more than a de minimis number of credit balance recipients
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Direct Disbursements to Students
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Other Cash Management Provisions
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Overview of Changes
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Risk of Loss
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Reimbursement and HCM
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Maintaining & Accounting for Funds
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Maintaining & Accounting for Funds
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Maintaining & Accounting for Funds
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Foreign Schools
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Disbursement by Payment Period
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Disbursement & Upfront Costs
For programs with substantially equal PPs:
For all other programs:
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Prior-Year Charges
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Books/Supplies in Tuition & Fees
* Also an opt out of the credit balance based books and supplies provision; now applies to all students.
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Books/Supplies in Tuition & Fees
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Confirm Eligibility & Disbursement
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QUESTIONS?
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