| PublicationDate: 5/8/98 Summary: Tip of the Week - Reconciling With Student Payment Summary (SPS) Data Author: CPS - Central Processing System (CPS) Posted May 8, 1998 TO: All Pell Payment for Windows Users FROM: CPS Customer Service RE: Tip of the Week - Reconciling With Student Payment Summary (SPS) Data This week's tip highlights a specific feature or process in the Pell Payment for Windows software: Reconciling With Student Payment Summary (SPS) Data. Description: Pell Payment for Windows users can currently receive the Student Payment Summary (SPS) on paper or in an electronic file. The SPS provides all current data the Pell processor has on file for your reporting campus, and can be compared against the data in your Pell software. Setting up a schedule within your Financial Aid Office to request and periodically review SPS data will speed up your year-end Pell activities. Procedure: SPS reports can be requested in paper or electronic form from the Pell Processor at 1-800-4PGRANT. (Note: You will be able to export an SPS Data Request from the Pell Payment for Windows version 2.2 after 6/1/98.) If you request a paper SPS from the Pell processor, print a Payment Summary report from your Pell software and compare it to the SPS; discrepancies can be identified and corrected with Pell. When you request an electronic SPS from the Pell processor, you will receive an ESPS98OP.* file in your Title IV WAN mailbox, which you can download using EDConnect. This file is imported into your Pell software using File/Import/SPS Data. The import report will list all discrepancies between the Pell data on your database and the Pell data in the SPS. Discrepancies can be identified and corrected with Pell. If you have any data-specific Pell questions, please contact the Pell Processor at 1-800-4PGRANT, or via e-mail at #PELL_SYSTEMS@ED.GOV. If you have any questions regarding the Pell Payment for Windows software, please contact CPS Customer Service at 1-800-330-5947, option 4, or via e-mail at CPS@NCS.COM. |