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2005 High SchoolCounselor Workshop

Housekeeping• The day’s schedule

• Bio-breaks

• Cell phones

• Lunch options

Your Hosts for the Day• California Association of Student

Financial Aid Administrators (CASFAA)

• California Student Aid Commission (CSAC)

• EDFUND

Morning Agenda• Free Application for Federal Student

Aid (FAFSA) Changes

• Cal Grant Update

• Outreach Information

• California Cash For College (CCFC)

Afternoon Agenda• Section A

– Financial Aid Programs Overview

– Line-by-Line Review of FAFSA

• Section B

– Evaluating Aid Award Offers

– Helping Students who Don’t Qualify for Need-Based Aid

Your Workbook• Morning section

• Afternoon sections

• Forms

• Back pocket

– 2006-2007 FAFSA (draft copy)

– Evaluation form

• Student resources

2006-2007 FAFSAUPDATES & CHANGES

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FAFSA Updates and Changes• Prospective Changes for 2006-07

– Student Web Application

– Personal Identification Number (PIN) & PIN Website

– Paper FAFSA

• Other Noteworthy News

• Important Dates

FAFSA on the Web (FOTW)• www.fafsa.ed.gov

• Apply & reapply

– English & Spanish options

• Access PIN Web site

• Check status of completed FAFSA

• View Student Aid Report (SAR) information

• Make corrections

• Pre-application worksheet

– Available November 2005

FAFSA on the Web (FOTW) (cont.)

www.fafsa.ed.gov

• Section 1 - Home Page

– Link to State Deadlines added back

– School code search link added back

– New printable checklist of items needed to complete FAFSA


• The FAFSA

– The option to apply for a PIN for use as an electronic signature is offered at the beginning of the application process

– A link to the PIN web site is provided for this purpose


• When an applicant receives a reject warning, they cannot click “okay.”

– They MUST either -

• Correct the data OR

• If data is correct, re-enter data in pop-up box


• Instructions for “Process my application now without signatures” improved to

– Help applicant understand what needs to be done next to complete signature process

– Ensure applicants successfully transmit application data


• Parents with multiple children in college can continue to transfer information to additional applications


Place screen shot of what this might look like

• Link on confirmation page to “Begin a new application with parent data already filled in?” will display only for– Dependent students– Independent students who provided

parent data on the application


• US Department of Education (ED) seal added for more “official” look

• Paper FAFSA question “numbers” added

• Reformatted for ease of use


PIN Registration

• On Department of Education (ED) documents, PINs serve as a password to– Access private information– Sign documents electronically

• PIN request Web site– Request or re-request a PIN– Customize a PIN– Change PIN mailing address

PIN Registration (cont.)

• www.pin.ed.gov – Name, SSN, date of birth, mailing

address– E-mail address (optional)– PIN applicants & holders will be

required to select & answer Challenge Question

Improved Home Page www.pin.ed.gov – Fly-over text

describes menu items

– Re-named “Change My Address” to “Update My Personal Information”

– Main menu options re-ordered main menu options most frequently used are at the top & in logical order

Flyover help text

Formerly “Change my

address”

Re-ordered

PIN Registration Website (cont.)

http://www.pin.ed.gov/


• New PIN mailed by– Regular mail within 7 to 10 days– Email within 3 days or less– Beware of spam blocker software


• PINs disabled after 18 months of inactivity (students & parents)– Users will have to reapply for a PIN

– Affects both students & parents

• Encourage all students & parents to apply NOW for PIN

• Clarification that there are two options for receiving PIN– E-mail– Postal mail

• Changed text regarding terms of receiving a PIN from “Agree” to “I agree not to share my PIN”


• “I Forgot/Don’t Know My PIN” option added to all PIN authentication pages

• Turnaround time improved for receiving PIN e-mails – Currently sent every 12 hours

– Will change to every 4 hours

PIN Registration Retrieval

• Ordering Paper FAFSAs– Announcement this

Fall posted to IFAPwww.ifap.ed.gov

– To order FAFSAs & other student financial aid publicationswww.edpubs.org/ml

The Paper FAFSA

The Paper FAFSA (cont.)

• 2006-07 FAFSAPantone 277 CVU Blue (student information)Pantone 263 CVU Purple (parent information)

• No new or deleted questions

• Design and layout remains unchanged


• Will include return receipt postcard & insert

• Questions 17, 20, 56, & 69 (dates), same format as 2004-05 FAFSA, “month” & “year” above response boxes


• Page 1– Updated all state deadlines


• Page 2– Questions 14–15

– Changed from “Alien Registration Card” to “Permanent Resident Card”

• Pages 4 & 5– Questions 33 b. and 71 b.: “TeleFile”

tax filing options removed

• IRS no longer offering as a filing method

– Questions 36 and 74: “total amount” for taxes paid question to eliminate confusion



• Pages 4, 5, & 8– Combat Pay

• Questions 38-39 & 76-77

• Combat pay instructions added to Worksheet B


• Page 4– Question 53: Separated into two-part

question for clarity

• Page 5 and 6– Questions 65-66 & 84-85: Instructions

added to ensure applicants answer “Household Size” & “Number in College” questions


• Page 7– Notes for Questions 55 – 83:

Foster parents are not considered parents for completing the FAFSA

• Printed on blue paper• Overall format has not

changed• Paper and Web Student

Aid Report (SAR) will follow order of questions on paper FAFSA

• Text on page 2 about importance of not sharing PINs with anyone

The Student Aid Report (Paper)

Who Gets What?Application

FiledDid you provide an

e-mail address?Student Aid Report (SAR) receipt

methodPIN access code receipt

method

Paper FAFSA

NO Paper SAR U.S. Mail

YESE-mail with link to Student Access

on the WebE-mail with link to PIN

on the Web

FAFSA on the Web

NO Paper SAR Acknowledgement U.S. Mail


on the WebE-mail with link to PIN

on the Web

Paper SAR correction

NO Paper SAR


on the Web

Corrections on the Web

NO Paper SAR Acknowledgement


on the Web

Other Noteworthy NewsWeb Demonstration Site

• FAFSA on the Web demonstration site will be available later this year– To access site, go to

http://fafsademo.test.ed.gov– User Name: eddemo– Password: fafsatest

• Click on FOTW at bottom of screen• Available until next December

Other Noteworthy News (cont.)

• FAFSA’s submitted without signature will be held for only 7 days (was 14)

• School code changes may be made– By calling 1.800.4FEDAID– On the Web– On paper SAR

• Letter requests will be returned to students with clear instructions about how to make changes

• New warning edit when student or parent enters same amount in asset net worth fields

• Corrections must be submitted if student or parent names do not matching Social Security Administration (SSA) records– If name is correct, student or parent

must re-enter both first & last names

Other Noteworthy News (cont.)

Important Dates• January 1, 2006

– System available• FOTW

• Renewal FOTW

• Corrections on the Web

• January 2, 2006– Application processing system starts up

BREAK

CAL GRANT UPDATE