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 April 11, 2024, FSA updated Volume 7 – Comment Codes. The changes made are noted in Volume 7’s Change History Table on page iv.
- On April 3, 2024, FSA updated Volume 4 – Record Layouts and Processing Codes and the 2024–25 Final ISIR Record Layout in Excel Format. The changes made to the ISIR Record Layout since its last posting are noted in Volume 4’s Change History Table on page viii. FSA has also updated Volume 5 – Edits and Rejects; changes are summarized in Volume 5’s Change History Table on page iii.
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 6 – ISIR Guide
- Volume 8 – Agency Matches
- Volume 9 – Testing and Web Demo System
SOURCE: 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (April 2024 Update #2)