Review of Recent Announcements

As a service to its participating schools and lenders, Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority offers the following review of recent announcements and releases from the U.S. Department of Education and related sources.  These reminders cover topics of general interest and importance that relate to the administration of federal student aid.

Federal Register

Date: October 29, 2007
Summary: Final rules for the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) Program and the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant Program.
http://ifap.ed.gov/fregisters/FR10292007.html

Date: November 1, 2007
Summary: Final rules for the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program, and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program.
http://ifap.ed.gov/fregisters/FR11012007.html

Date: November 1, 2007
Summary: Final rules for General Provisions and Federal Student Aid Programs.
http://ifap.ed.gov/fregisters/FR11022007.html

NSLDS Newsletters

Date: October 30, 2007
Summary: NSLDS discusses recent enhancements to NSLDS for the 2008 award year starting on July 1, 2007.
http://ifap.ed.gov/nsldsmaterials/1030NSLDSNewsletter15.html

Electronic Announcements

Date: November 6, 2007
Summary: Availability of the 2008-2009 SAR Comment Codes and Text reference guide which includes a description of changes to the SAR comments for 2008-2009, and also provides the complete text for all 2008-2009 comments.
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/1106SARCommentCodesandText0809.html

Date: November 6, 2007
Summary:  Availability of the 2008-2009 ISIR Guide which assists in interpreting student information on the Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) which includes NSLDS financial aid history information.
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/1106ISRGuide0809.html

Date: November 7, 2007
Summary: G5 Implementation Update #3 confirming the full implementation of Phase I on December 17, 2007 (G5 will replace the current Grant Administration and Payments System (GAPS).
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/1107G5ImpleUpdate3.html

Date: November 13, 2007
Summary: Reminder to submit 2007-2008 Student Aid Report (SAR) and Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) corrections by January 11, 2008 in preparation for 2008-2009 Renewal Reminder distribution.
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/1113RenewalReminder0809.html

Date: November 27, 2007
Summary: Packaging Technical Reference with instructions and record layouts for use in integrating software or systems with the EDExpress for Widows 2008-2009 Packaging module.
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/1126PkgTechRef0809.html

Date: December 4, 2007
Summary: Availability of 2008-2009 Central Processing System (CPS) Web Demonstration site containing most of the features of the production versions of FAFSA on the Web and FAA Access to CPS Online (including Return of Title IV Funds).
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/1204WebDemoSiteAvail0809.html

Any questions related to this Bulletin should be directed to UHEAA Policy and Training at 801.321.7166, or by e-mail to mjohnson@utahsbr.edu.

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