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 21, 2024: FSA has added Volume 2 – FPS Schedule and Getting Help, Volume 3 – Electronic Data Exchange and FAFSA Processing, Volume 6 – ISIR Guide, and Volume 9 – Testing and Web Demo System to the FAFSA Specifications Guide.
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 8 – Agency Matches
- Volume 9 – Testing and Web Demo
SOURCE: 2025–26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (October 2024 Update #4)