DCLPublicationDate: 7/1/95 DCLID: CB-95-11 AwardYear: Summary: Transmittal letter for the 1996-97 Electronic FISAP diskette package. JULY 1995 CB-95-11 SUBJECT: Transmittal letter for the 1996-97 Electronic FISAP diskette package. REFERENCE: Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8 of the Student Financial Aid Handbook Dear Financial Aid Administrator: Enclosed are materials that are essential for the proper preparation and submission of the 1994-95 Fiscal Operations Report and 1996-97 Application to Participate (FISAP) in the Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and Federal Work-Study programs, as follows: 1. Three diskettes (3 1/2" or 5 1/4") - one PROGRAM diskette - one DATA diskette - one RETURN diskette NOTE: Institutions that are using high density diskettes will have only the following two diskettes in their Electronic FISAP package: - one PROGRAM/DATA diskette - one RETURN diskette 2. Diskette Mailer 3. Pre-addressed Mailing Label 4. Electronic FISAP User Guide Replacement Pages 5. FISAP Instructions Booklet 6. Drug-Free Workplace, Anti-Lobbying, and Debarment Certifications Form (ED Form 80-0013) for 1996-97 (referred to collectively as "compliance certifications") This year's Electronic FISAP diskette version (3 1/2" or 5 1/4") requires at least 640K of installed internal memory (with at least 512K available for Electronic FISAP) AND a DOS version of 3.1 or higher. The size of the diskettes included in your Electronic FISAP package is either the same as you used last year, or the size you requested as a change from last year. (Note: The Department of Education no longer provides a Dual Floppy version of the Electronic FISAP). SPECIAL NOTES: 1. Complete FISAP submissions A complete FISAP submission consists of 3 items: - FISAP data (diskette or transmitted via modem) - FISAP signature page printed from your .. diskette (original signatures) - Compliance certifications form (original signature) 2. FISAP Edit/Verification Your acknowledgement that the Department of Education has entered your institution's FISAP into our data base for processing will be your receipt of a FISAP edit/verification document this fall. If you do not receive it by December 1, 1995, please call one of our campus-based state representatives. Tentative 1996-97 funding notifications will be mailed to all applicant institutions by February 1, 1996. 3. Reporting of Federal Authorizations in Parts III, IV and V If your institution released any 1994-95 unexpended authorization earlier this summer on the Campus-Based Reallocation Form (E40-4P), and you have not yet received an adjusted 1994-95 authorization letter showing that reduction, enter the amount of that reduced authorization amount in Parts III, IV and/or V of your FISAP, as appropriate. Your final adjusted authorizationwill equal the original 1994-95 allocation plus any supplemental allocations minus any amount released in Section A of the ED Form E40-4P. If your school received 1993-94 supplemental funds to assist Midwest flood victims and moved any of that unused money into the 1994-95 Award Year, you must report those funds on your 1994-95 fiscal operations report. Please refer to the June 1994 "Dear Financial Aid Administrator" letter (CB-94- 14 (LD)) for further information. If your school received any 1994-95 supplemental funds to assist students adversely affected by the 1994 summer floods in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia; or if you received 1994-95 supplemental funds to aid Southern California Earthquake victims, you should report those supplemental funds on your 1994-95 fiscal operations report. Please refer to the User Guide for complete mailing instructions. Your Electronic FISAP must be submitted (mailed or transmitted) by September 29, 1995. Any questions which you might have concerning the preparation of the FISAP should be referred to the appropriate campus-based state representative listed in the FISAP Instructions Booklet. Questions concerning submission of the data should be referred to one of the Electronic FISAP Administrators. Sincerely yours, Elizabeth M. Hicks Deputy Assistant Secretary for Student Financial Assistance Enclosures |