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Common Elements Used in Pell Payment Processing

Field or Control

Definition

Aid Year

An awarding cycle with defined disbursement periods.

Pell ID Reporting

Identification code assigned to an institution by the Department of Education and used during the exchange of electronic data.

TG Number

A number that corresponds to an institution's Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) mailbox.

OPE ID Number (office of post secondary education identification number)

Identification number assigned by the Department of Education to the reporting institution.

Low T & F Flag (low tuition and fees flag)

The system uses this field to identify tuition ranges when the annual tuition falls into the low tuition category as mandated by the Department of Education for each award year.