(ANN-24-06) Live Internet Webinars – 2024-25 FAFSA: Tax Data Discrepancy and School Support and Answers to Most Common Technical Questions

Publication Date
April 01, 2024
DCL ID
ANN-24-06
Subject
Live Internet Webinars – 2024-25 FAFSA: Tax Data Discrepancy and School Support and Answers to Most Common Technical Questions
Summary
This letter announces two upcoming webinars from Federal Student Aid (FSA) that will discuss the recently identified tax data discrepancies and present answers to some of the most common technical questions we have received from schools, software developers, and states to date.

Dear Colleague:

Please join us on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 and Friday, April 5, 2024, for two webinars that will highlight 2024-25 FAFSA form updates.

  • In the April 3 2024-25 FAFSA: Tax Data Discrepancy and School Support webinar, we will discuss the recently identified tax data discrepancies and review the support available to schools in identifying and processing unimpacted applications.

  • In the April 5 2024-25 FAFSA: Answers to Most Common Technical Questions webinar, we will present answers to some of the most common technical questions we have received from schools, software developers, and states to date.

2024-25 FAFSA: Tax Data Discrepancy and School Support Webinar

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 3–4 p.m. Eastern time (ET)

There may be a difference between your local time and Eastern time. To determine local time and its Eastern time zone equivalent, go to time.gov.

Link to Join Webinar: Microsoft Teams Live Link

2024-25 FAFSA: Answers to Most Common Technical Questions Webinar

Date/Time: Friday, April 5, 2024, 3–4 p.m. Eastern time (ET)

There may be a difference between your local time and Eastern time. To determine local time and its Eastern time zone equivalent, go to time.gov.

Link to Join Webinar: Microsoft Teams Live Link

You do not need to register for these webinars. Participation will be available on a first come, first-served basis and we can accommodate up to 20,000 attendees.

Refer to the sections below for more information about the webinars, including instructions to add a reminder to your calendar.

Adding a Webinar Invitation to Your Calendar

To add an iCalendar invitation to your calendar now, to remind you of the webinar details, follow the instructions below:

  1. Log into the FSA Training Center.

    Note: If you do not have a username and password for the FSA Training Center, select "Create new account" at the bottom of the login page and follow the instructions to create a username and password.

  2. Select the “Upcoming Webinars” icon on the home page.

  3. Locate the webinar in the table and select the iCalendar file to download and save the invitation to your calendar. The invitation includes the webinar link. If Outlook is not your default calendar, you may download the iCalendar (.ics) file and then upload it to your system calendar. The table on the Upcoming Webinars page also includes a link to the webinar.

Additional Webinar Resources: Recording, Transcript, Leave Behinds

A video recording will be posted the day after each session. Once you log in to the FSA Training Center, go to “Recorded Training” on the main menu bar, select “Webinars and Training Videos,” and locate the recording in the “FAFSA Simplification” category. Later in the week following the session, the webinar transcript and leave behinds will be available in the same location.

We look forward to your participation in these webinars. If you have questions, please contact us at helpdesk.fsatraining@ed.gov.

Sincerely,

Federal Student Aid