Leveraging Educational Assistance and

Partnership (LEAP) and Special Leveraging

Educational Assistance and Partnership
(SLEAP) Programs

Alabama
LEAP and SLEAP Update
Alaska
National Association of State Student Grant and Aid
Arizona
Kansas Programs (NASSGAP) Fall Conference
Arkansas
Kentucky
Montana
Park City, Utah
California
Louisiana
Nebraska
October 23, 2007
Maine
Colorado Nevada
Maryland
Connecticut Tennessee Guam
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Delaware North Carolina New Jersey Texas Puerto Rico
Michigan
Virgin Islands
DC
Minnesota
North Dakota New Mexico Utah
Florida Ohio New York
Mississippi Vermont
Georgia Oklahoma
Missouri Virginia
Hawaii Oregon Washington
Idaho Pennsylvania West Virginia
Illinois Rhode Island Wisconsin
Indiana South Carolina Wyoming
Iowa South Dakota
 • Introduction
• Program Info
Operational Calendar
Budget Figures
Program Data
• Performance Reporting
• Q and A’s/Comments

Federal Update
Agenda
Oct/Nov 2007 ED Reviews and Evaluates 06-07 LEAP/SLEAP
Performance Reports

Jan/Mar 2008 Deadline Dates Notice Published (Pending

Appropriation)

Apr/May 2008 2007-2008 Reallotments (if any) to States

May 2008 2008-2009 LEAP and SLEAP Applications are

Due (Pending Appropriation)

June 2008 2008-2009 LEAP and SLEAP Grant Awards to

States (Pending Appropriation)

Federal Update
S/LEAP Operational Calendar
 FY 2008 (President’s Budget Request) $0
FY 2007 $64.9
Million*

Past Years Allocations

FY 2006 $64.9
Million*
FY 2005 $65.6 Million*
*For any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated under
the LEAP Program exceeds $30,000,000 the excess shall be
available to carry out the SLEAP Program.

Federal Update
Budget Figures
 Total = $6,155,178,453 In State Grant Aid

Total State Aid

2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
Total = $6,155,178,453 In State Grant Aid

Total Breakdown of State Aid

2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
 $1,245,338,838 Total Size

Size of LEAP and SLEAP Programs

2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
Expenditures by Type of Institution
2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
Expenditures by Student Income Level
2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
Grant Recipients by Type of Institution
2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
Total Grant Recipient Population
2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
Grant Recipients by Income Level
2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
State Grant Aid Projections
2005-2006 Program Performance Report Data
A State’s LEAP/SLEAP program must:
1) Be administered by single agency
2) Provide aid to eligible students
3) Ensure that aid to full-time students cannot exceed $5,000 under LEAP
4) Ensure that students have substantial financial need as determined annually by
State/approved by the Department
5) Not charge fees to students or parent’s
6) Allow all public and private nonprofit and vocational schools in the state to
participate in its programs unless
a) that participation is in violation of the State’s constitution
b) that participation is in violation of a State law enacted before October 1,
1978
7) Ensure that if it makes awards to independent students or to students who are
less –than-full-time, a reasonable portion of the State’s allocation must be awarded to
those students
8) Ensure that it will spend at least a dollar-for-dollar match to the Federal award
received under LEAP
9) Ensure that the amount spent on student awards under LEAP during an award
year represent an additional amount over and above what it spent on student awards
during the award year two years prior to the State first receiving LEAP (then SSIG)
funding
12)Ensure that the amount spent on student awards in total under its LEAP program

Performance Reporting
during an award year is not less than the average it spent under its LEAP program in
total during the three preceding award years or the average total per FTE for those
What
years requirements must be met by the State program?
13)Ensure, to the extent practicable, the proportion of the funds awarded to
independent students under LEAP shall be the same proportion of funds awarded to
the State program(s) of which LEAP is part
14)Provide annual reports to the Department that are necessary to ensure
Additionally, a State’s SLEAP program must:

13) Identify the activities it spent the funds on

•Ensure that the State funds spent as matching during an award year are in excess of
the total it spent on need-based aid in FY 1999
•Ensure that State funds spent on all SLEAP authorized activities during an award
were at least the amount of funds it assured the Department it would spend during
that year—for any year in which the State requests SLEAP funding it assures the
Department on its application that it will have spent the same level of expenditures in
the previous award year as it did in two previous award years
16) Ensure that it spends at least two State dollars to every one Federal dollar it
received under SLEAP

Performance Reporting
Additionally, what requirements must be met by the State program
under SLEAP?
 •Totals Cross-Check

•Misreporting MOE Matches

•Misreporting Student Recipients

•Combining LEAP and SLEAP Expenditures

Performance Reporting
Common Mistakes and Errors in Reporting
 Part I: General Aid Information
LEVERAGING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP (LEAP) AND SPECIAL
LEVERAGING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP (SLEAP) PROGRAMS
Report all state expenditures
PERFORMANCE REPORT
2006-2007 Award Year
Report period ending June 30, 2006
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM
spent on State aid.
State:

State appropriated expenditures for

PART I: General Student Assistance Informa tion

need-based aid.
Instructions for Part I
Include all state expe nditures (appropriated funds and funds from othe r sources) in 2006-2007 for grants and w ork-
study jobs (need-based and non-ne ed-based aw ards , both unde rgraduate and graduate) for students attending

Expenditures for other need-based aid

institution
Total state (non-Federal) expenditures for grants and work-study jobs for students (415C(b)(6)&(10) and 415E(e)&(f),
HEA) in the July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007 reporting period:
(a) Total state-appropriated funds spent for need-based awards: $

(b) All other state funds spent for need-based awards: $

(c) Total state funds spent for non-need based awards: $

(d) TOTAL (a+b+c) $ $0.00

PART II: LEAP Informa tion

Instructions for Part II, Sections A - D
Reporting by Dependency Status: To the extent practicable, state LEAP Program funds shall represent the same proportionate
distribution of the funds aw arded to independent students in the LEAP Program as to the funds aw arded to all students in the state
Report all other non need-based aid.
Number of Dependent Recipients: This total is the number of dependent LEAP recipients of both the Federal allotment and all state-
appropriated funds used to match the Federal allotment under section 415C(b).

Number of Independent Recipients: This total is the number of independent LEAP recipients of both the Federal allotment and all state-
appropriated funds used to match the Federal allotment under section 415C(b).

Total Federal Funds: Include only the expenditures of your Federal LEAP allotment. When exact expenditures are available, you should
use them. How ever, if your state accounts for Federal program expenditures at the program level, not the student level,

Total State Funds: Include only the expenditures of all state-appropriated funds in your LEAP program. These funds are used to match
or overmatch your Federal allotment. These funds are aw arded to students under the LEAP program regulations and statute

Performance Reporting
Part I, Front Page of Report
 LEAP Base Year Requirement Check:
The total of (a) + (b) + (c) must equal or be greater than (=>) your State’s
Federal allotment plus (+) your State’s LEAP Base year amount.

Base Year Requirement Check:

al of (a) + (b) minus your state’s SLEAP Base (1999-2000 Total Need Based Aid) leaves a b
money”. Does this balance equal or exceed your state’s match under SLEAP as reported in
s B - D?
Example:
State’s LEAP Base (1979 Level) is:
$2,000,000
$8,500,000.00
State’s SLEAP Base (1999 Level) is:
$5,500,000
$750,000.00 State Received LEAP Award: $
546,833
$10, 250,000 is greater than $546,833 $
$1,000,000.00 State Received SLEAP Award:
plus $2,000,000
674,427
$3,750,000 exceeds my State’s SLEAP Match
$10,250,000.00 of $1,348,854

Performance Reporting
Part I: Why Must I Report all AID Expenditures in my State?
enditures are reported under LEAP sections and SLEAP expenditures are reported under SLEAP sections
In most cases, the total Federal dollars should equal your State's allotment received for the
award year for which your reporting. In all cases, the total cannot be greater than your
State's allotment for the award year.
Grid Totals MUST equal across categories within each
LEAP and SLEAP section. Remember, you're reporting on
the same pool of recipients by category.
3761 $273,417.00 $3,987,500.00 3892 $273,416.00 $3,862,500.00

LEAP Match: Total State Expenditures (Dependent and

Independent) MUST Equal = or Exceed > Your State's 3-
year-averaged Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) Level. Your
state's MOE is determined by looking at the three previous
year's State expenditures under LEAP and deriving an
average expenditure level (these figures should match
what was reported previously on your reports for such
years).
3761 Example LEAP
$273,417.00 $3,987,500.00 3892 MOE: $6,900,000
$273,416.00 $3,862,500.00 Expenditures:
$7,850,000
SLEAP Match: At a minimum, must show that your State matched 2-to-1. That is $2
State dollars to every $1 Federal dollar awarded.

Performance Reporting
Parts II and III (S/LEAP Grids): How do I report my State’s data?
SLEAP MOE: This total includes all non-Federal funds that a state
spent for any need-based activity or program that meets the
definition of any of the SLEAP authorized activities for the award
year for which its reporting. This may include any non-Federal
funds that were used to match another Federal need-based
program. Because this total is for the SLEAP MOE, be sure to
include the non-Federal funds spent for those need-based
activitiesSection
that
1. Total were not part of the SLEAP
A: SLEAP Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) and Authorized Activities
state expenditures for postsecondary activities that meet Program.
the definition *
of the SLEAP authorized
activities for the 2003-2004 award year:
$ $1,348,85
$2,098,854.00
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Section A: SLEAP Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) and Authorized Activities
2. Indicate each need-based authorized activity your state selected to be part of its SLEAP Program
(Federal and non-Federal funds) for the 2003-2004 award year:

X (a) LEAP Grant Awards Supplement

* (b) LEAP Community Service Work-Study Awards Supplement
(c) Merit, Academic Achievement, or Critical Careers Scholarships

Performance Reporting
Parts II and III (S/LEAP Grids): How do I report my State’s data?
 • Report recipients only once under each program.

• Report recipients by latest status only, however, report the State

and Federal dollars as they were actually spent for that recipient.

• It is possible that a recipient may have received LEAP dollars and

additional SLEAP dollars. In this case report that recipient under
each program as directed above.

LEAP SLEAP LEAP and SLEAP

Recipient Recipient Recipient

Performance Reporting
Parts II and III (S/LEAP Grids): How do I report my State’s data?
LEAP and SLEAP Programs Contact

Greg Gerrans greg.gerrans@ed.gov

Direct/VM: 202-377-3304
Cell Phone: 202-369-9560
Fax: 269-857-5198
Please visit our Financial Partners portal at:

www.fp.ed.gov
and click the LEAP/SLEAP link