Federal Student Aid has released volumes of the 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical information for the 2025-26 award year and are only available as PDF documents at this time.
Update on October 16, 2024: FSA has published Volume 8 – Agency Matches. This volume provides guidance about processed comment codes, status codes, and reject codes from matching agencies such the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and NSLDS.
The following volumes remain unchanged:
- Introduction
- Volume 1 – Summary of Changes
- Volume 4A – Record Layouts
- Volume 4B – Processing Codes
- Volume 5 – Edits and Rejects
- Volume 7 – Comment Codes
- Volume 9 – Testing and Web Demo
The following volumes have yet to be published:
- Volume 2 – FPS Schedule and Getting Help
- Volume 3 – Electronic Data Exchange and FAFSA Processing
- Volume 6 – ISIR Guide
SOURCE: 2025–26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (October 2024 Update #3)