| PublicationDate: 1/16/97 Summary: NSLDS SSCR Mandatory Implementation Update Author: ODAS - Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary - SFA January 16, 1997 TO: Schools Participating in Title IV Aid Programs FROM: U. S. Department of Education SUBJECT: NSLDS SSCR Mandatory Implementation Update The next round of Student Status Confirmation Rosters (SSCRs) will begin the last week of February. At that time, NSLDS will use the schools' individual SSCR schedules. Any school scheduled for a March SSCR will receive one on or about March 1. All schools should check their SSCR schedule via the NSLDS on-line screens to determine when to expect their next roster. The rosters generated for the March cycle and all subsequent ones will be "full production" rosters, and thus are due back to NSLDS within 30 days of receipt. Schools that successfully completed the first roster sent to them by NSLDS, the so-called "practice" roster, will receive a letter in late February thanking them for their efforts and exempting them from responding to subsequent Guarantee Agency produced SSCRs. Successful completion is defined as accurately returning to NSLDS at least 90% of the "practice" roster records by February 15, 1997. Schools that do not achieve such a successful completion of the "practice" roster by February 15 will be required to continue completing all Guarantee Agency rosters they receive in addition to their next scheduled NSLDS rosters. A list of schools that succeeded with their "practice" roster will be reported to all GAs. NSLDS will stop generating new "practice" rosters (i.e., for schools that have only recently completed Participation Agreements) on January 20. In addition, NSLDS will cease processing "practice" rosters returned to NSLDS by schools, effective February 15. A Dear Colleague Letter regarding this onset of full production of SSCRs is being prepared now and will be distributed soon. |