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FAFSA Technical FAQ and Known Issues: Key Updates and Ongoing Challenges

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Updated April 11th

The Department of Education continues to update the “Technical Frequently Asked Questions and Known Issues” to address issues for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 FAFSA applications. According to the FAQ, there are currently 4 open issues and 2 that have been resolved.

Open Issues

  • ISIRs delivered with blank SAIs and no reject code
  • Unable to verify Reject 35 in FAFSA Partner Portal (FPP)
  • FAFSA Partner Portal (FPP) is not setting verified fields correctly
  • SAI is blank on a small number of production ISIRs.

Resolved Issues

  • Conflicting information is created when FTI and manually reported non-filer status exist on the same ISIR
  • FAFSA Partner Portal (FPP) incorrectly displays an error when Untaxed Portions of Pensions and/or Untaxed Portions of IRA Distributions are changed to 0

SOURCE: Technical FAQ and Known Issues Guide