The Department of Education has created a Coronavirus webpage, which will be updated frequently and can be found here.

On March 5, 2020, the Department of Education released guidance for interruptions of study related to COVID-19.  The guidance can be found here.

Included in the guidance are sample scenarios of how students might be impacted directly by COVID-19 or indirectly by actions of their campus. The guidance contains information on:

• Student accommodations around enrollment
• Distance education
• Foreign schools
• Federal Work Study
• Length of Academic Year
• Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Students who did not begin attendance
• Enrollment status changes
• Return of Title IV Funds
• Definition of a Withdrawal Date
• Date of determination and timeframes for returns
• Rentering the same payment period
• NSLDS enrollment reporting

We encourage you to visit the Department of Education Conoravirus webpage for updates and additional detail.  We will continue to monitor for updates and share additional information.

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