Overpayment of Pell Grant, School Liable?

SuiteJ
Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:25:57 +0000

My EFC has always been 0 but this year my mother had to itemize her taxes due to us selling our house and she got a $200 tax credit and their saying that’s preventing me from receiving a 0 EFC. This is what they caught the second time when I brought the mistake to their attention, they told me this caused my Pell Grant to go from $5500 to $600 for the year. AGI has been under $30,000 the entire time I’ve been enrolled in college. This why I’m scared there going to ask for all the money back even though it was their mistake.

It is just me and my mother and I’m the only one in college.