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Student Eligibility and The Application Process

Student Eligibility and The Application Process. Bill Mack Ilaria Puente UT Dallas University of Houston- Downtown. Objective. Understand how to complete the FAFSA Know the required elements of student eligibility for federal student financial aid.

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Student Eligibility and The Application Process

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  1. Student Eligibility andThe Application Process

  2. Bill Mack Ilaria Puente UT Dallas University of Houston- Downtown

  3. Objective • Understand how to complete the FAFSA • Know the required elements of student eligibility for federal student financial aid.

  4. Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) • Required for federal student aid programs • Schools may not require an additional application for federal aid programs • Computes Expected Family Contribution • Database matches confirm eligibility as an eligible student

  5. FAFSA • Multiple ways to complete the FAFSA • On the Web • Paper FAFSA • FAA Access • FAFSA on the Phone

  6. FAFSA • FAFSA on the Web • English or Spanish • Real time submission • Electronic signatures • Pop up help • Pop up chat help

  7. FAFSA • Skip logic • Edit Checks • On-line status update

  8. FAFSA • Special Circumstances • Students may skip the parent questions if they feel they have a special circumstance

  9. FAFSA • IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) • Pulls IRS tax return data into the FAFSA • Can be used for the correction process • Relieves the student/parent from submitting a tax return transcript for verification • Not available for everyone (i.e. amended return)

  10. FAFSA • Common Mistakes • Form is not signed • Wrong SSN • Wrong Name • Wrong Date of Birth • Putting parent income information in student section

  11. FAFSA • How to sign the application • PIN • Printed Signature Page • Sign rejected paper Student Aid Report (SAR) • School submits the signature through FAA Access

  12. FAFSA • Signing the application: • Certifies the information is correct • Gives ED authority to verify the information with other agencies • Agrees to provide the school with requested documents • Certifies the student’s identity • Acknowledges consequences of false information • Agrees to certain application certification statements

  13. Expected Family Contribution (EFC) • The amount a family can be reasonably be expected to contribute to a student’s annual cost of attendance. • The same at all schools • Calculated using a congressionally mandated formula

  14. Student Eligibility • US Citizen or Eligible Non-Citizen • If required, be registered for Selective Service • Not be default on a federal debt • Not have exceeded aggregate borrowing limits • Not owe Title IV Refund

  15. Student Eligibility • Not have been convicted of selling or possessing drugs while receiving federal student aid • Self reported on the FAFSA • Database match with the Department of Justice

  16. Student Eligibility • Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) • Established by the individual schools • 2.0 by the beginning of the junior year • No more than 150 percent of the program length.

  17. Institutional Eligibility • May not admit as a regular student those who do not have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and • Who are below the age of compulsory secondary school attendance in the student in which the school is located

  18. CPS Database Matches • SSN (for the student and the parents) • Department of Homeland Security • When the answer to the citizenship question is “eligible non-citizen” • Selective Service • For males over the age of 18 • National Student Loan Data Service • Defaults • Overpayments • Aggregate borrowing limits

  19. CPS Database Matches • Department of Defense • To identify students eligible for the Iraq/Afghanistan Grant • Department of Veteran Affairs • When the student claims on the FAFSA to be a veteran

  20. Output • Student receives a Student Aid Report (SAR) • eMail • Paper • EFC • Comments (verification, database match failures) • Eligibility for Pell/Stafford Loan

  21. Output • School receives a Institutional Student Information Report (ISIR) • EFC • Verification Code • “C” Code • Comment codes

  22. Changes to the FAFSA • Corrections: Applicants may correct items entered incorrectly or originally estimated (Income, assets) • Updates: Year in school, Dependency Status (except for the student’s marital status) • Adjustments: Changes made by the school as the result of professional judgment (dependency, income, etc.)

  23. Questions?

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