{"id":60,"date":"2011-09-09T22:36:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T22:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/staging-staccts\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2025-09-09T20:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:10:26","slug":"title-iv-authorizations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/student-financial-services\/title-iv-authorizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Title IV Authorizations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is Title IV?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Title IV refers to the <em>Higher Education Act of 1965<\/em>, which created federal student financial aid programs.<br>At Eastern Oregon University (EOU), federal regulations require your financial aid to be applied <strong>only to current-year institutional charges<\/strong>, unless you give permission to cover additional charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Your Aid Is Applied<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automatically Covered (Institutional Charges):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Room and board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up to $200 in prior-year institutional charges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not Automatically Covered (Non-Institutional Charges):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Library fines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parking permits and fines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application fee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other incidental charges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Without authorization, non-institutional charges may remain unpaid\u2014even if you receive a refund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important:<\/strong> Title IV aid <strong>cannot be used<\/strong> to cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Late fees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Penalty fees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finance charges<br>These cannot be paid with federal aid, even if you authorize it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Give Authorization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can voluntarily authorize EOU to use your Title IV aid for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current year non-institutional charges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prior year non-institutional charges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To authorize:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to the my.EOU Portal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the <strong>Financial Aid Self Service<\/strong> menu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>\u201cTitle IV Authorization\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check both boxes for Current Year and Prior Year Non-Institutional Charges<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommendation:<\/strong> Select both options to avoid small, unpaid balances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Types of Title IV Federal Aid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pell Grants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct Loan Programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federal Perkins Loans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FSEOG (Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TEACH Grants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federal Work Study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example Scenario: Without Authorization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Charge \/ Payment<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Amount<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Balance<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Tuition<\/td><td>+$1,500.00<\/td><td>$1,500.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Building Fee<\/td><td>+$34.00<\/td><td>$1,534.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Incidental Fee<\/td><td>+$50.00<\/td><td>$1,584.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parking Permit (not covered)<\/td><td>+$75.00<\/td><td>$1,659.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Interest Charge (not allowable)<\/td><td>+$16.59<\/td><td>$1,675.59<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pell Grant<\/td><td>\u2013$2,500.00<\/td><td>\u2013$824.41<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Direct Loan (Subsidized)<\/td><td>\u2013$1,000.00<\/td><td>\u2013$1,824.41<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Refund to Student<\/td><td>+$1,916.00<\/td><td>$91.59 owed<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Result:<\/strong><br>Even though the student received a refund of $1,916, they still owed <strong>$91.59<\/strong> due to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$75 for the parking permit (non-institutional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$16.59 interest charge (not allowable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions or Changes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help or want to rescind your authorization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact the EOU Student Financial Services<\/strong><br>Phone: <a href=\"tel:5419623590\">(541) 962-3590<\/a><br>Email: <a href=\"mailto:cashier@eou.edu\">cashier@eou.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is Title IV? Title IV refers to the Higher Education Act of 1965, which created federal student financial aid programs.At Eastern Oregon University (EOU), federal regulations require your financial aid to be applied only to current-year institutional charges, unless you give permission to cover additional charges. 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