Federal Student Aid has updated the draft 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical and processing information for the 2024–25 award year.
What changed?
On March 8, 2024, FSA replaced the March 1 version of the system-generated ISIR file titled 2024–25 FPS Test ISIR Data System Created File with a new March 8 version of that file under Attachments for Volume 9 – Testing and Web Demo System. The updates made to the previous 2024–25 FPS Test ISIR Data System Created File are:
- Header and Trailer padded with space to increase record length
- Verification Tracking group is populated when selected for verification
- Student Assets are populated on dependent records
- Parent/Spouse Federal Work-Study correctly set to 0
- Independent records where Student did not file with current spouse now correctly using both the student and student spouse’s self-reported data in the SAI calculation
The following volumes remain unchanged:
- Introduction
- Volume 1 – Summary of Changes
- Volume 2 – FPS Schedule and Getting Help
- Volume 3 – Electronic Data Exchange and FAFSA Processing
- Volume 4 – Record Layouts and Processing Codes
- Volume 5 – Edits and Rejects
- Volume 6 – ISIR Guide
- Volume 7 – Comment Codes
- Volume 8 – Agency Matches
- Volume 9 – Testing and Web Demo System
SOURCE: 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (March 2024 Update #3)