| PublicationDate: 12/29/99 Summary: RFMS Disbursement Processing Author: PSS - Program Systems Service Posted on December 29, 1999 TO: All Destination Points FROM: Pell Grant Processing RE: RFMS Disbursement Processing RFMS experienced a problem in processing Origination record updates submitted to RFMS from December 7 through December 17. Origination records were processed and correct acknowledgment records were returned to the institutions that submitted them. However, the RFMS database was not updated correctly. Disbursement records submitted against the updated records were in many cases corrected to a lower amount with an edit code 406 (Disbursement Amount out of Range). The RFMS database has now been fully updated with all accepted Origination records received during this period. However we are not able to reprocess Disbursement records. Disbursement records submitted against an updated origination record December 7 through December 17 that received a 406 edit code, can be submitted again with a new Disbursement Reference Number and new Disbursement Amount. Do not regenerate the batch and resend it with a new batch number. These records were not rejected, they were corrected and the new record must use a different Disbursement Reference Number. Please call the Pell Grant Hotline (1-800-474-7268) if you have any questions concerning this problem. We regret any inconvenience this matter may have caused. |