Publication Date: December 1, 2004
Author: General Manager, FSA Application, School Eligibility and Delivery Services
Summary: Availability of the 2005-2006 School Electronic Process Guide
Posted on 12-01-2004
TO: Financial Aid Administrators
FROM: U.S. Department of Education
RE: Availability of the 2005-2006 School Electronic Process Guide
DATE: December 1, 2004
The U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce the availability of the 2005-2006 School Electronic Process Guide (formerly the EDESuite Process Guide). This guide is designed to meet the reference needs of financial aid administrators (FAAs), programmers, and data processing staff. The guide is available on the Department's Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) Web site, located at http://fsadownload.ed.gov, and on the Department's Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site, located at http://ifap.ed.gov.
The following updates and enhancements for the 2005-2006 processing cycle are described in the guide:
- Message Classes
- What's New for FAA Access to CPS Online
- What's New for the Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) Datamart
- What's New for EDESuite for Windows PC Software: EDExpress for Windows Release 1 Global functionality, Application Processing (App Express), and Packaging modules, and EDExpress for Windows Release 2 - Pell and Direct Loan modules
- Direct Loan (DL) Tools for Windows
- Student Status Confirmation Report (SSCR) for Windows
- Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) on the Web
- ISIR Analysis Tool (Web)
- New Software and Hardware Requirements
We recommend you review all of the information provided in this guide related to the products and services you use, as some enhancements may require you to modify your office procedures and systems operations. Please refer to the release schedule contained in this guide for these products for more details on their anticipated availability.
To view, print, or download the guide from FSAdownload:
1) Go to http://fsadownload.ed.gov.
2) Click the "Technical References and Guides" link on the home page.
3) Scroll down to "School Electronic Process Guide" and click the "2005-2006" link.
4) Select the "PDF Format" link on the next page to view and/or print the document.
5) To save the document, click with your right mouse button on the link and a pop-up menu appears. Select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" from the menu, then browse to the folder where you want to save the file.
6) Once you have saved the file, use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the document.
To view or download this document from IFAP:
1) Go to http://ifap.ed.gov.
2) Look for "OTHER VIEWS" on the left side of the IFAP home page and click the "Current Publications" link.
3) Scroll down to "Application Processing" and click the link.
4) On the next page, click "By 2005-2006 Award Year, " then click "2005-2006 School Electronic Process Guide."
5) To view and/or print the documents, click any of the links.
6) To save the documents, click with your right mouse button on any of the links and a pop-up menu will appear. Select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" from the menu, then browse to the folder where you want to save the file.
7) Once you have saved the files, use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the documents.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in this document, please contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 800/330-5947, or by e-mail at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.