February 2013 - PESC
February 2013 - PESC
February 2013 - PESC
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FEB RUA RY 2 013<br />
Th e STANDARD NEWS A ND C OM M ENTA RY ON T EC HNOL OGY & STA NDA RDS IN EDUCA T ION<br />
COMPLETING THE FAFSA<br />
On January 1, the Department’s Office of Federal<br />
Student Aid (FSA) released the Free Application for<br />
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the <strong>2013</strong>-14<br />
academic year.<br />
Completing the new FAFSA is the first step in<br />
accessing more than $150 billion available in<br />
federal student aid, including grants, loans, and<br />
work-study funds.<br />
In addition, many states and colleges use FAFSA<br />
data to determine student eligibility for state and<br />
institution-based aid.<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO<br />
http://studentaid.ed.gov/fafsa.<br />
Recent blog posts outline five reasons to complete<br />
the FAFSA (http://www.ed.gov/blog/<strong>2013</strong>/01/5-<br />
reasons-you-should-complete-the-free-applicationfor-federal-student-aid-fafsa/)<br />
and provide answers<br />
to the top three questions about the FAFSA<br />
(http://www.ed.gov/blog/<strong>2013</strong>/01/top-3-fafsafaqs/).<br />
Later this month, FSA will launch a public service<br />
campaign to promote the availability of financial<br />
aid for college. The campaign will include TV, radio,<br />
print, and web advertisements.<br />
A version of the ad is posted at<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mlUznsg2U&<br />
feature=youtu.be.<br />
UPCOMING ENHANCEMENTS TO<br />
MYSTUDENTDATA DOWNLOAD ON NSLDS<br />
by Pamela Eliadis, Service Director, System<br />
Operations & Aid Delivery Management, FSA<br />
January 18, <strong>2013</strong><br />
We are pleased to announce that on January 27,<br />
<strong>2013</strong>, "MyStudentData Download" functionality<br />
will be enhanced on the NSLDS Student Access<br />
Web site. As previously described in an August 16,<br />
2012 electronic announcement, posted on the<br />
Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP)<br />
Web site,<br />
MyStudentData Download (previously referred to<br />
as the MyData Button) allows students to<br />
download their loan, grant, enrollment, and<br />
overpayment information from the National<br />
Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) into a machinereadable,<br />
plain text file.<br />
In an ongoing effort to provide students with their<br />
most current and helpful data, the downloadable<br />
file will be updated to include the following fields:<br />
File Source<br />
File Request Date<br />
Loan Award ID<br />
Loan Attending School OPEID<br />
Loan Interest Rate<br />
Loan Repayment Plan Begin Date<br />
Loan Repayment Plan Scheduled Amount<br />
Grant Attending School OPEID<br />
Overpayment Attending School OPEID<br />
We have posted an updated NSLDS MyStudentData<br />
Download file layout to the NSLDS Record Layouts<br />
page on the IFAP Web site.<br />
This document defines the layout of the file that<br />
students will be able to download from NSLDS<br />
Student Access and assists software vendors with<br />
designing new tools for students to maximize the<br />
usefulness of the data.<br />
Contact Information<br />
If your students have questions about<br />
MyStudentData Download on NSLDS, ask them to<br />
contact the Federal Student Aid Information Center<br />
at 800/4-FED-AID (800/433-3243) or by e-mail at<br />
FederalStudentAidCustomerService@ed.gov.<br />
TDD/TTY service is also available at 800/730-8913.<br />
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