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Publication Date: November 23, 2007

Author: William Leith, Acting General Manager, Application, Operations and Delivery Services, Federal Student Aid

Summary: Availability of 2008-2009 School Electronic Process Guide

Posted on 11-23-2007

Federal Student Aid is pleased to announce the posting of the 2008-2009 School Electronic Process Guide. This guide, which describes changes to Web and software products used by schools participating in the federal student aid programs, is designed to meet the reference needs of financial aid administrators (FAAs), programmers, and data processing staff.

In this guide, we describe the following topics and products, including updates and enhancements for the 2008-2009 processing cycle:

  • Product Release Schedules
  • Message Classes
  • FAA Access to CPS Online
  • Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) on the Web
  • ISIR Analysis Tool on the Web
  • Web Demonstration (Demo) Sites
  • EDExpress for Windows Release 1.0 - Global functionality and Application Processing (App Express) and Packaging modules
  • EDExpress for Windows Release 2.0 - Pell (including Academic Competitiveness Grant, or ACG, and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant, or National SMART Grant) and Direct Loan modules
  • Direct Loan (DL) Tools for Windows
  • Student Status Confirmation Report (SSCR) for Windows

The 2008-2009 School Electronic Process Guide is available in PDF format on the Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site, located at http://ifap.ed.gov. For readers who are viewing this message electronically on IFAP, the guide is provided as an attachment to this message. Otherwise, to view, print, or download the document from IFAP, go to http://ifap.ed.gov and click on "Application Processing Materials" from the right side of the home page.

The guide will also be available in the next several days from the Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) Web site, located at http://fsadownload.ed.gov, under "Technical References and Guides."

If you have any questions regarding this message, contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 800/330-5947 (TDD/TTY 800/511-5806) or by e-mail at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.

Attachments/Enclosures:

2008-2009 School Electronic Process Guide in PDF Format, 340KB, 52 pages