FAQs

The requirement of submitting a completed Federal Work Study Position Description went into effect Fall 2015 for all Federal Work-Study funded student employees.

No. Only students who have accepted Federal Work-Study will need to complete the Federal Work-Study Position Description.

All students with accepted Federal Work-Study will have a "To Do Item" assigned in KSIS. The To Do Item will instruct the student to bring the Federal Work-Study Position Description form to his/her supervisor for completion

Yes. Employers need to submit/return this form for each student employee, irrespective of past employment history. Furthermore, a Position Description for each student will have to be completed and submitted on an annual basis beginning with each new school year in the fall.

Subsidizing a student employee's earnings with Federal Work-Study funds, typically, go into effect with the start of a new pay period. To ensure that the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) can notify Human Capital Services in a timely manner of a student's eligibility for Federal Work-Study funding, OSFA must receive the completed Federal Work Study Position Description no later than the Monday prior to the start of a new pay period.

Example: Objective is to have student begin earning Federal Work-Study funds for the pay period 8/28/2016 through 9/10/2016. To accommodate this objective, the Office of Student Financial Assistance would need to have received the completed new form for the student employee no later than Monday, August 22nd .

No. In an effort to standardize this new procedure for audit purposes, the Office of Student Financial Assistance will only accept the Federal Work Study Position Description.

No. Earnings cannot be retroactively converted to utilize Federal Work-Study funding.

Students will have a "Work Study Position Description" To Do Item listed in KSIS. The To Do Item will instruct the student to bring the Federal Work-Study Position Description Form to his/her supervisor