Pell Grant Lifetime Eligibility Used (PLEU)
The amount of Federal Pell Grant funds a student may receive over his or her lifetime is limited by federal regulations to the equivalent of six full-time years (12 full-time semesters). Students who received Pell Grant for the past four years or more may find their Pell Grant eligibility may be reduced or eliminated.
To determine how much of the maximum six years (600%) of Pell Grant you have used each year, ED compares the actual amount you received for the award year with your scheduled award amount for that award year. Of course, if you receive the full amount of your scheduled award, you will have used 100%. It’s possible that you might not receive your entire scheduled award for an award year. There are a number of reasons for this, the most common of which are that you are not enrolled for the full year or that you are not enrolled full-time, or both.