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Session #BC2Operating in FAA Access to Central Processing System (CPS) Online
Jody SearsU.S. Department of Education
FSA New Financial Aid Administrator Pre-Conference Training
December 2, 2019
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Objectives
• Central Processing System (CPS) Overviewo Eligibility Determination Processing o Edits and Componento Dissemination of Processed FAFSA ®
• FAFSA® and CPS Processing User Documentation Resources Available on IFAP
• FAFSA® on the Web and FAA Access to CPS Online Demonstration Sites Overview
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FAFSA Data Entry, CPS Receipt, Data Matching, Editing, and EFC Calculation
Image Data Capture (IDC)
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Receive Data from FAFSA Data Sources
CPS Electronic Receipt and Editing: Ensures data and files are valid Applies data from corrections to data
already on database Converts previous cycle data for
Renewal Applications Checks for field length and valid values Evaluates signatures Sets record source code
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CPS receives FAFSA data and performs external data matches for eligibility determination
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CPS Process Data – Matches• Social Security Administration (SSA)
o Verify SSN for student, parent1/father, and parent2/mothero Verify citizenship status for student o Makes use of prior cycle datao Also use Death Master File for use in processing
• Selective Service System (SSS)o Check registration status for applicants who are between 17 and 25 and who
answer Are You Male/Female as Male or blanko Register applicants who request registrationo Makes use of prior cycle data
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Process Data – Matches• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
o Verify citizenship status for eligible non-citizens (when student reports an ARN)o If status is not verified on initial match, DHS automatically performs Secondary
Confirmation and CPS waits three days for results before processingo System generates a transaction if results are received after three days
• Veterans Administration (VA)o Verify veteran status for applicants who answer Yes to the Are You a Veteran
questiono No match performed for Active Duty Military
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Process Data – Matches• Department of Justice (DOJ) Drug Abuse Enforcement Hold File
o Contains persons who are denied federal student aid due to drug abuse convictions
o System generates a transaction if status changes either put on hold or released • Department of Defense (DoD) Match File
o File is provided by DOD monthlyo Contains persons whose parent or qualifying guardian was a member of the
Armed Forces and died as a result of service in Iraq or Afghanistan after 9/11/01o Set DoD Match Flag for matching applicants to indicate possible grant eligibilityo System generates a transaction for already processed records
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Process Data – NSLDS Match
• National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS ®)o Prescreening for all applications and corrections
Verify default and overpayment status for all applicants Receive Financial Aid History information for ISIR
• Post-screeningo System generates a transaction if status changes at NSLDS ®
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FAA Section of the ISIR
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Process Data - Edits• Compute Edits
o Substantive edits on application data to determine if an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) can be calculated (basic eligibility requirements, accuracy, completeness) Then dependency model, Auto Zero/Simplified Needs, EFC Formula
determination• Assumption Edits
o Assume a logical response for missing or incorrect data Assumed values are used in calculating the EFC Responses where Assumption Edits were applied are noted with * on the
Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR)• Warning Edits
o Data is questionable but not severe enough to be rejected EFC calculated; Fields highlighted with “h”; SAR comments are provided
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Process Data - Edits• Reject Edits
o Missing or significant conflict in key information, and a logical assumption can not be made An EFC is not calculated; fields are highlighted and Student Aid Report
(SAR) comments are provided; a correction is required• Reject Edits Types
• Alpha reject codes indicate reject reasons that are verifiable by the student
• Numeric reject codes are not verifiable - the questioned data must be changed or provided
FAA Resources for ISIRs: ISIR Guide, SAR Comment Codes and Text can be found on the IFAP website.
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Calculate EFC• EFC Calculation
o Performed for non-rejected and signature only reject records.o Six possible formulas used; type determined based on:
Dependency status, family size/marital status for independents, simplified needs test.
• Verification Selectiono Records with Pell-eligible EFCs subject to verification selection,
including signature only rejectso Verification targets to select records that are statistically most error-
prone or meet potential identity fraud criteria• Final Edits
o Comments set for verification selection
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Disseminate Data
• Results made available to the parties belowo Applicant/parentso Schoolso State and Third-Party Agencieso Federal Student Aido Federal Student Aid Information Center (FSAIC)o Other Government Systems
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Resources• Ifap.ed.gov• Information for
Financial Aid Professions (IFAP) provides important FSA policy and systems operational resources for the financial aid community
• Tools for SchoolsCOD Training
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ResourcesFAA Tool Kit: fsatraining.ed.gov • *New*
• A tool for all schools
• Find answers– Resources– Training
• Videos– Navigation– “How To” use resources
• Available in LMS
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IFAP Worksheets, Schedules, Tables
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IFAP: Publications
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IFAP: Processing Resources by System
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FOTW and FAA Access Demo• FAFSAdemo.test.ed.gov• This website is a demonstration version of FSA's 2019–20 and
2020–21 FAFSA ® on the Web and FAA Access to CPS Online siteso Serves as a tool for FAAs to show students and parents, and financial
aid office staff, how to use FAFSA ® on the Web and FAA Access to CPS Online
o It offers most of the features of the production versions of the FAFSA ®
on the Web and FAA Access to CPS Online websites, except that no data is processed
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FAA Access to CPS Online Demo
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FAA Access to CPS Online Demo
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FAA Access: Student Inquiry and ISIR Compare
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FAA Access: Student Inquiry and ISIR Compare
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FAA Access: Student Inquiry Transaction
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FAA Access: Student Inquiry/ISIR Compare
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FAA Access: FAFSA, Renewal, and Correction Entry
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FAA Access: Submit Identity Verification Results
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FAA Access: Submit Identity Verification Results
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FAA Access: Submit Identity Verification Results
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FAA Access: ISIR Request
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Contact the CPS/SAIG Help Desk (1-800-330-5947) for operational questions
o Processed ISIRso CPS Processingo FAFSA on the Web or FAA Access to CPS Onlineo EDExpresso EDConnecto SAIG Enrollment/TG Mailboxo FSAID reset
Questions and Answers