Overpayment of Pell Grant, School Liable?

SuiteJ
Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:35:41 +0000

Hey Guys,
Here’s my issue I’m transferring schools for the Spring semester, during this process I was selected for verification due to me adding a school on my fafsa. So I sent all of the needed tax information to both my new school and my current school. When my current school processed the information and sent it off to the federal processor they made an error and put that my mother was eligible to file a 1040a or 1040ez, but this particular tax season she wasn’t eligible due to us selling our house. This caused my EFC to go to 0 and I received additional money, also by this happening I lost all my other grants because the new Pell Grant amount covered all my cost. My question is since it was the school’s fault and they entered the wrong information that resulted in the overpayment am I still liable for the overpayment or is the school? Thanks