Overpayment of Pell Grant, School Liable?

SuiteJ
Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:17:42 +0000

Thanks for the response Kelsmom. They have already caught it because of course I try to do the honest thing and bring it to their attention when I received a check for an extra $1200 dollars after I filed the paperwork for the verification because I thought it may hurt me in the long run. This is when they reviewed over the information and said they did make a mistake when filling out the paperwork and they had to report it and they would get back with me. That’s how I found out I lost all of my other grants when they told me they were going to try to get that money back but wasn’t sure if they could. My main concern is that I’m going to have to pay back all of the money when they adjust my Pell Grant back to normal and not be able to get back my original grants and be left with a large debt due to their mistake. I’m wishing now I would of just kept my mouth shut.