| PublicationDate: 1/23/97 Summary: 1997-98 Processing Status Update #6 Author: OPE - Office of the Assistant Secretary for OPE Date : January 23, 1997 TO : Financial Aid Administrators FROM : Betsy Hicks Deputy Assistant Secretary for Student Financial Aid Programs SUBJECT: 1997-98 Processing Status: Update # 6 This is the sixth message in my series of reports to you on the status of 1997-98 application processing. I am pleased to report that both MDEs are meeting their contractual turnaround times. Data from all original FAFSAs and Renewal applications received through January 10 have been transmitted by the MDEs to the CPS. Please see the data below for more information. ======================= 1997-98 FAFSA PROCESSING STATISTICS Report Date: January 22, 1997 No. of paper FAFSAs and 125,577 Renewal FAFSAs received @ the FAFSA Processors through January 17, 1997 No. of FAFSA Express Applications 1,437* (signature pages) & FAFSA.pdf applications received through Jan 17, 1997 No. and Percentage 94,385 Transmitted to the CPS as of the 75% morning of the report date. *All FAFSA Express signature pages and pdf forms have been processed. I am also pleased to provide you with an update on the 1997-98 EDExpress software. ED has officially signed off on version 3.1 of EDExpress. This version contains all the necessary functionality to receive and print ISIRs, enter FAFSA (both original and Renewal) data through FAA entry and correction data. It also has the functionality to receive processed results of the entered FAFSA and correction data. This version will also calculate the EFC via the ENAS module. The software mailing was completed as of the close of business on January 20, 1997, and was sent to destination points via priority two-day mail. When installing the EDExpress version 3.1 software, you need to be aware of the following: You will receive a notice when installing the software that the progress bar will show 100% completed on diskette number 6. However, the column progress bars on the left of the screen will continue to move through installation of the next two diskettes. The progress bar goes to 100% because of the large files on the last three diskettes that span these diskettes. Therefore, even though you may get a 100% progress completed message, please make sure you install all eight EDExpress diskettes. The direct mailing of over 7 million 1997-98 Renewal applications to students was completed yesterday. The final 550,000 forms were mailed between January 20-22. The CPS has already started the printing process for the late mailing of bulk Renewal applications requested by institutions. This mailing will be completed by Tuesday, January 28. In the future, I will try to provide you reports each Wednesday detailing the volume of forms received through the previous Friday and the volumes processed. Respectfully submitted, Betsy Hicks |