Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) and Special Leveraging

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The LEAP Program assists States in providing student aid programs for eligible students pursuing their postsecondary education and who have substantial financial need. The student aid programs can be in the form of grants or community service work-study employment. These State programs carry a variety of names which do not necessarily include the words Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership as part of the program title. The state programs are operational in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

The SLEAP Program is an additional component of the LEAP Program. To participate in this program, a State must also participate in the LEAP Program. Additionally, the SLEAP Program must be administered by the same state educational agency that administers its LEAP Program. The SLEAP Program assists States in providing student aid programs for eligible students pursuing their postsecondary education and who have substantial financial need. The student aid programs can be in the form of supplemental grants, supplemental community service work-study employment, or merit and academic achievement or critical career scholarships.

Read More About the Programs

The State Administrator's Handbook and User Guide

LEAP and SLEAP At-a-Glance

2007-2008 Initial Allotments (As of July 2007. If reallotments are available, State may receive increase in funds.

Performance Report (Form and Instructions)

Performance Report (New Adobe Form - Draft)

States have received initial allotments for the 2007-2008 award year.  Performance Reports for the 2006-2007 award year are due to the US Department of Education on October 26, 2007.

The annual National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs (NASSGAP) Fall Conference will be held in Park City, Utah from October 21 through October 24, 2007.