(APP-23-14) Draft 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (September 2023 Update #2) Now Available

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Federal Student Aid
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APP-23-14
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Draft 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (September 2023 Update #2) Now Available

We have posted an update to the draft 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical and processing information for the 2024–25 award year.

With this second September 2023 update, we have added Volume 1 – Summary of Changes.

The following volumes remain unchanged:

  • Introduction

  • Volume 2 – FPS Schedule and Getting Help

  • Volume 3 – Electronic Data Exchange and FAFSA Processing

  • Volume 4 – Record Layouts and Processing Codes and the ISIR Record Layout in Excel Format

  • Volume 5 – Edits and Rejects

  • Volume 6 – ISIR Guide

  • Volume 7 – Comment Codes

  • Volume 8 – Agency Matches

  • Volume 9 – Testing and Web Demo System