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New handy guide of key terms (with definitions) for the FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts

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Key Terms, Definitions, and Systems Related to FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts

On Monday, Federal Student Aid released electronic announcement GENERAL-23-63 titled Key Terms, Definitions, and Systems Related to FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts. This handy guide features the definitions for the following terms:

FAFSA Processing

  • Account Username and Password (FSA ID)
  • Contributor
  • Controlled Unclassified Information/Specified Tax (CUI//SP-TAX)
  • FAFSA FTI Consent
  • FAFSA Submission Summary
  • Family Size
  • Federal Tax Information (FTI)
  • FPS C Flag
  • Manually Provided Taxpayer Information
  • Negative Student Aid Index (Negative SAI)
  • Primary or Custodial Parent
  • Provisionally Independent Student
  • Student Aid Index (SAI)
  • Packaging Aid
  • Food and Housing
  • Other Financial Assistance (OFA)
  • Packaging Formulas

Federal Pell Grant Program Eligibility

  • Enrollment Intensity
  • Maximum Pell Grant Eligibility
  • Minimum Pell Grant Eligibility
  • Restoration for Discharge
  • Special Rule for Pell Grants
  • Student Aid Index Calculated Pell Grant Eligibility

Professional Judgement (PJ)

  • Special Circumstances
  • Unusual Circumstances

Prison Education Program (PEP) Program Eligibility

  • Advisory Committee
  • Oversight Entity
  • Prison Education Program (PEP)
  • Prison Education Program Application (PEP Application)

Department of Education Systems

  • FAFSA Partner Portal (FPP)
  • FAFSA Processing System (FPS)
  • Federal Tax Information Module (FTIM)
  • FTI SAIG Mailbox
  • FUTURE Act Direct Data Exchange (FA-DDX)

 


SOURCE: (GENERAL-23-63) Key Terms, Definitions, and Systems Related to FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts