Federal Regulations
This federal agency oversees compliance with student aid laws.
What is The U.S. Department of Education
Starting in 2024-25, this replaced the Excepted Family Contribution.
What is the Student Aid Index?
This allows FAA's to adjust data elements on the FAFSA due to special circumstances.
What is a Professional Judgement or Special Circumstances Appeal?
R2T4 applies when a student does this.
What is withdraws from all classes?
Name the three required components of a school's SAP policy.
What are:
Qualitative, Quantitative, Maximum timeframe
This letter provides official guidance from the Department of Ed
What is a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL).
The number of questions on the FAFSA was reduced from 108 to approximately how many in 2024-25?
What is about 36?
True or False: A PJ decision must be documented but does not require approval from ED.
What is True?
Within how many days must an R2T4 calculation be performed after withdrawal?
What is 30 days?
A student fails SAP but shows strong potential to improve. What must they submit to be considered for continued aid eligibility?
What is a SAP appeal?
Name the system that institutions must use to report disbursement and enrollment data.
What is COD (Common Origination and Disbursement)
This Formula determines Pell Grant eligibility without using full SAI calculations.
What is the Minimum Pell Grant Formula?
Under FAFSA Simplification, what new PJ category allows aid administrators to consider students independent due to certain adult responsibilities?
What is unusual circumstances?
Name one type of federal aid not included in the R2T4 calculation.
What is Federal Work-Study?
A student completes all coursework but has not yet received a grade for an incomplete. How should this be treated in SAP?
What is: Counted as attempted but not completed until a final grade is posted.
This act reauthorizes the Higher Education Act and introduces policy changes
What is the Higher Education Reauthorization Act
The ISIR Comment Code 400/401 flags what kind of issue?
What is conflicting information between the parent and student tax filing statuses?
These two types of adjustments can be made under professional judgement?
What are data element overrides and cost of attendance adjustments?
Within how many calendar days must a school return unearned Title IV funds after determining a student withdrew?
What is 45 days?
True or False: SAP policies can differ between academic programs within the same institution.
What is True, as long as all policies meet federal minimum requirements and are applied consistently.
The set of regulations that govern Title IV federal student aid programs
What is 34 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)
What major FAFSA change starting in 2024-25 eliminated a previous benefit for families with multiple students in college?
What is the removal of the sibling discount from the SAI calculation?
Can one-time income, like a severance package, be excluded from income under professional judgement?
What is yes, if its nonrecurring, properly documented, and justified in the student's file?
For modular courses, what must a student do to not be considered withdrawn for R2T4 purposes?
What is confirm in writing (at the time of withdrawal) that they will attend a future course in the same payment period?
A school's SAP policy allows one appeal per student, is this a federal requirement?
What is no- the number of allowed appeals is a school policy decision, but it must be clearly defined and applied consistently.