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Upcoming FSA webinar – Submitting Corrections in the FAFSA Partner Portal

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By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals can learn helpful tips and guidance about submitting corrections in the FAFSA Partner Portal in an upcoming webinar. Federal Student Aid recently announced an upcoming webinar that will address navigation tips, how to resolve reject codes, and guidance on applying professional judgment, with a focus on the most common reasons […]

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2025-26 FAFSA spring renewal campaign reminders sent

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By Marlene Seeklander Despite the importance of students and parents completing a renewal FAFSA, it’s understandable that because of their busy lives, they still sometimes need a reminder to complete the form. In an April 23 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education announced that between April 14 and 22 they emailed 2024-25 FAFSA filers (and parents

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2024-25 verification reporting reminders and “W” warning message

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By Marlene Seeklander Schools may need to update verification records soon or possibly risk having their students considered to be in an over-award situation. A recent Electronic Announcement outlined several verification reminders for schools that should be reviewed to ensure compliance. Beginning April 23, the Department started sending messages to schools with one or more 2024-25

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Final 2026-27 FISAP Form and related materials now available

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By Marlene Seeklander While the deadline to submit the next FISAP is several months away, financial aid administrators can get a head start on some planning for it. In an April 22 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education announced that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the 2024-25 Fiscal Operations Report and Application

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More volumes of 2025-26 FSA Handbook now available

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By Marlene Seeklander If you want to update your financial aid reading list, the latest volumes of the 2025-26 Federal Student Aid Handbook have just been released by the Department of Education (ED). The April 18 Electronic Announcement from ED announced the availability of Volume 3 – Academic Years, Academic Calendars, Payment Periods, and Disbursements and Volume 7 – The Federal

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Updates to 2024-25 and 2025-26 FAFSA form processing

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By Marlene Seeklander Financial Aid Administrators have some new workarounds and functionality to address some of the lingering issues related to 2024-25 and 2025-26 FAFSA form processing. An April 14 Electronic Announcement provided updates and guidance for several items, including: Student Records with a Pseudo-SSN First-time FAFSA filers from the Freely Associated States (the Republic of

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Department of Education implements partial fix to correct problem of 2024-25 FAFSA records missing a Student Aid Index

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By Marlene Seeklander The Department of Education announced it has resolved a problem — for the most part, that is – with 2024-25 FAFSA information that was preventing schools from awarding financial aid to students. According to the Department, some schools were receiving student records for the 2024-25 FAFSA that were missing a Student Aid Index

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Campus-Based Programs 2025-26 Final Funding authorizations now available

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By Marlene Seeklander Knowing the final amounts of funding is a key component in the 2025-26 award year planning process for financial aid professionals. After an initial delay, an update on April 10 to a March 31 Electronic Announcement announced that the final 2025-26 Campus-Based programs funding worksheets and the 2025-26 Statement of Account for each

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Department of Education seeking public feedback for proposed regulations

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By Marlene Seeklander The Department of Education is inviting public feedback on several student loan related topics. In a Federal Register Notice dated April 4, 2025, the Department announced its intent to host public hearings and establish negotiated rulemaking committees as well as inviting public feedback on the following topics: Written comments on these and any

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Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge Transition and updates

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By Marlene Seeklander Borrowers seeking a TPD Discharge can now submit forms and track their progress at StudentAid.gov. In an April 7 Electronic Announcement, Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced that the TPD Discharge process has now fully transitioned to FSA as of March 23, 2025 and allows borrowers seeking TPD to submit their TPD forms and

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