[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":100},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002F2026-07-01-workforce-pell-live-certification-form":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":83,"extension":84,"meta":85,"navigation":86,"path":87,"publishedDate":88,"seo":89,"sources":90,"stem":94,"tags":95,"__hash__":99},"news\u002Fnews\u002F2026-07-01-workforce-pell-live-certification-form.md","Workforce Pell is live — and the state certification form is out (GENERAL-26-44)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":78},"minimark",[9,13,30,35,65],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Award year 2026–27 opened today, and with it the statutory start of Workforce Pell. Two\nthings happened at once:",[14,15,16,24],"ol",{},[17,18,19,23],"li",{},[20,21,22],"strong",{},"The State Workforce Pell Program Certification form is available"," (FSA Electronic\nAnnouncement GENERAL-26-44). This is the document your governor's process will complete\nfor each program — program name, six-digit CIP code, SOC codes, approval date.",[17,25,26,29],{},[20,27,28],{},"ED permits early implementation from July 1",", ahead of the rule's July 20 effective\ndate.",[31,32,34],"h2",{"id":33},"what-to-do","What to do",[36,37,38,45,52],"ul",{},[17,39,40,41,44],{},"Find your ",[20,42,43],{},"state's submission process"," — states are standing up intake at different\nspeeds, and your governor's workforce board consultation is the first gate.",[17,46,47,48,51],{},"Assemble the data the certification draws on: your first rate certifications use the\n",[20,49,50],{},"most recent 12 months of administrative data",", so completer lists and placement\nfollow-up need to exist now.",[17,53,54,55,58,59,64],{},"When certified, upload the form via the ",[20,56,57],{},"E-App"," and await the Secretary's\ndetermination. Program questions go to ED's mailbox: ",[60,61,63],"a",{"href":62},"mailto:OB3SchoolQuestions@ed.gov","OB3SchoolQuestions@ed.gov",".",[10,66,67,68,72,73,77],{},"The full process is mapped in\n",[60,69,71],{"href":70},"\u002Flibrary\u002Fworkforce-pell\u002Fgovernor-certification-and-ed-approval","governor certification and ED approval",",\nand the ",[60,74,76],{"href":75},"\u002Ftools\u002F70-70-report","70\u002F70 Report Generator"," will show you where your rates stand\nbefore the state does.",{"title":79,"searchDepth":80,"depth":80,"links":81},"",2,[82],{"id":33,"depth":80,"text":34},"July 1, 2026: award year 2026–27 opens, ED permits early implementation, and FSA publishes the State Workforce Pell Program Certification form governors will use.","md",{},true,"\u002Fnews\u002F2026-07-01-workforce-pell-live-certification-form","2026-07-01",{"title":5,"description":83},[91],{"label":92,"url":93},"FSA Electronic Announcement GENERAL-26-44 (July 1, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Ffsapartners.ed.gov\u002Fknowledge-center\u002Flibrary\u002Felectronic-announcements\u002F2026-07-01\u002Feligible-workforce-programs-state-workforce-pell-certification-form-available","news\u002F2026-07-01-workforce-pell-live-certification-form",[96,97,98],"workforce pell","deadlines","certification","NZB9rR88_vVEXXn_K80yoLD1WYfBbtkz9Qpv6eUYqe8",1784625504647]