What is the Authorization to apply federal Financial Aid to prior-year charges?
Federal student financial aid can only cover the "current" academic year institutional charges as defined by the U.S. Department of Education. Therefore, in order to pay "prior year" charges with your current academic year's financial aid up to a maximum of $250.00, you must provide written authorization for the University to do so.
If you have enough financial aid to cover your current year charges and have excess financial aid that you would like to apply to pay off a prior year balance due on your student account, you may do so by completing the 
Authorization to Apply Federal Financial Aid to Prior-Year Charges Form (bottom portion) and returning it to Student Accounts.
