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 November 2023 update, we have updated Volume 5 – Edits and Rejects, and it is now final. We have also posted the standalone final ISIR record layout in Excel format. The layout has not changed since we posted it on Oct. 10, 2023. The Introduction, Volumes 1 through 4, and Volumes 6 through 9 are unchanged.
REMINDER: EARLY DRAFTS WILL CHANGE
We began publishing early draft volumes of the 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide in May 2023 and updated the early drafts as we could through October 2023. Now we are beginning to publish final versions of the volumes.
Look for the word—“Draft” or “Final”—at the beginning of each volume description for that volume’s status.
Note: The current 2024-25 ISIR record layout is the final version as of today’s date. The layout has not changed since we posted it on Oct. 10, 2023. While some minor edits to the field values may occur in the future, users should consider the current version “final” and ready for development and testing. If updates to the final file are necessary, the updated file will be posted to the 2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide publication page.
We appreciate users’ understanding as we begin to publish final volumes of the guide and continuously monitor for updates.