(GENERAL-24-59) NSLDS Professional Access – Financial Aid History (FAH) Response File Extract Format

Author
Federal Student Aid
Electronic Announcement ID
GENERAL-24-59
Subject
NSLDS Professional Access – Financial Aid History (FAH) Response File Extract Format

We have resolved an issue with incorrect spacing in the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS®) Financial Aid History response file in extract format for the following detail batch record layouts:

  • Record Type 1: Aggregates, Perkins, and Flags Record

  • Record Type 4: Grant Payment Record

  • Record Type 5: Loan Detail Record

This issue resulted in the FAH response file failing to load for schools due to inaccurate positioned fields in the extract format sent in the FAHEXTOP message class file.

This issue was resolved on May 14, 2024, and no further action is required from schools. If your school submitted a TSM/FAH Inform File on May 13 or May 14, 2024, NSLDS will reprocess those files to ensure schools receive a correctly formatted FAH response file. Schools can expect to receive these updated FAH response files by May 16, 2024.

Thank you for your patience as we resolved this issue.

Contact Information

If you have questions about this issue, contact the NSLDS Customer Support Center at 1-800-999-8219 or nslds@ed.gov.