Posted Date:November 1, 2010
| Author: | William Leith, Service Director, Program Management, Federal Student Aid |
Subject: Reminder: Submit 2010-2011 SAR and ISIR Corrections by January 10, 2011 in Preparation for 2011-2012 Renewal Reminder Distribution
In preparation for the 2011-2012 Renewal Reminder distribution, we are reminding all schools to update 2010-2011 Student Aid Report (SAR) and Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) transactions for their students with current e-mail and mailing addresses by January 10, 2011. Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements for a 2011-2012 renewal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by January 10, 2011, will be sent a Renewal Reminder e-mail or a Renewal Reminder letter between January 14 and February 14, 2011.
What is the Renewal Reminder?
The Renewal Reminder is an important alert for renewal-eligible students, reminding them that they can use FAFSA on the Web to reapply for aid. We encourage schools to work with students to ensure the most current e-mail and mailing address information is present on 2010-2011 transactions and to submit any other pending corrections that may be preventing the student from being renewal-eligible for 2011-2012, such as resolving rejected transactions.
Who is Eligible For a Renewal Reminder?
Renewal-eligible students must have a "good" match with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to qualify for a Renewal Reminder. A "good" match occurs when the student's Social Security Number (SSN), name, and date of birth all match SSA's records and the student received a match flag of "4." A successful match result indicates that the student has previously been sent a Federal Student Aid PIN, which is required to access renewal data on FAFSA on the Web, and the student should therefore be sent a Renewal Reminder.
What Type of Renewal Reminder Will a Student Receive?
Renewal-eligible students who provide valid e-mail addresses on their 2010-2011 records will be sent 2011-2012 Renewal Reminder e-mails.
Renewal-eligible students whose 2010-2011 records do not have e-mail addresses, or whose Renewal Reminder e-mails have been returned as undeliverable, will be mailed 2011-2012 Renewal Reminder letters, provided there is a deliverable mailing address.
Note: Students will receive Spanish 2011-2012 Renewal Reminders if the 2010-2011 transaction that is renewal-eligible was created from a Spanish application.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this message, contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 800/330-5947 (TDD/TTY 800/511-5806) or by e-mail at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.
You can also post questions on FSATECH. FSATECH is an electronic mailing list for technical questions about Federal Student Aid systems, software, and mainframe products. For more information on subscribing to FSATECH, go to http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/services/fsatechsubscribe.html.