Publication Date: October 17, 2005
Author: G. Kay Jacks, General Manager, FSA Application, School Eligibility and Delivery Services
Summary: Reminder: Submit 2005-2006 Student Aid Report (SAR) and Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) Corrections by October 28, 2005 in Preparation for 2006-2007 Renewal FAFSA Reminder Distribution
Posted on 10-17-2005
We would like to remind all schools that October 28, 2005 is the date by which 2005-2006 SAR/ISIR transactions should be updated with current e-mail and mailing addresses, in preparation for the 2006-2007 Renewal Reminder distribution. As noted in the recently published , each aid applicant who meets the eligibility requirements for a 2006-2007 Renewal FAFSA by October 28, 2005, will be sent a Renewal Reminder e-mail or a Renewal Reminder letter in November-December 2005.
With the elimination of the paper Renewal FAFSA for 2006-2007, it is particularly important that renewal-eligible students receive a Renewal Reminder, which informs them that they can use the Web to reapply for aid. The Department encourages schools to work with students to ensure the most current e-mail and mailing address information is present on 2005-2006 transactions, and to submit any other pending corrections that may be preventing the student from being renewal-eligible for 2006-2007, such as resolving rejected transactions.
Renewal-eligible students who provide e-mail addresses on their 2005-2006 records will be sent 2006-2007 Renewal Reminder e-mails. Renewal-eligible students whose records do not have e-mail addresses with valid syntax, or whose Renewal Reminder e-mails have been returned as undeliverable, will be mailed 2006-2007 Renewal Reminder letters, provided there is a deliverable mailing address.
Students who become renewal-eligible and qualify for a reminder **after** October 28, 2005 will be included in a second distribution of Renewal Reminders, if they have not yet reapplied for aid for the 2006-07 year by the end of the first week of February 2006. Students may become renewal-eligible after October 28, 2005 if they initially apply for 2005-2006 aid after October 28, 2005, or if a correction is made to their 2005-2006 transaction after October 28, 2005 that creates a renewal-eligible record.
This second distribution of Renewal Reminders, which will also include students who received the initial Renewal Reminder but have yet to reapply for aid by the end of the first week of February 2006, will occur in time for students to meet important state deadlines in late February and early March.
For further information on the 2006-2007 renewal application process, including samples of the Renewal Reminders and details regarding renewal application eligibility, please see the , which is available on the Department's Federal Student Aid Download (FSAdownload) Web site, located at fsadownload.ed.gov, and on the Department's Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site, located at ifap.ed.gov.
If you have any questions, please contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 800/330-5947 (TDD/TYY 800/511-5806) or by e-mail at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.