AwardYear: 1994-1995 Edition: PostSecondary Part: 2 - - The Application Process for Financial Aid SectionNumber: SectionTitle: Record Information Transfer PageNumbers: 51 The student's data from a FAFSA is sufficient to award aid from the SFA programs, no matter which FAFSA processor processed the FAFSA. However, a school may require the student to provide information to a particular FAFSA processor for purposes of awarding its own aid. If the student has already filed a FAFSA through a different FAFSA processor, the student may request in writing that the information from the FAFSA be transferred from the FAFSA processor that processed the FAFSA to the FAFSA processor preferred by the school. There is no charge for this process, which is known as a Record Information Transfer (RIT). To transfer data, a student who has already applied for federal aid may use either of the following methods: - Send a letter to the new FAFSA processor requesting a duplicate SAR. If a student files an application with FAFSA processor #1, then writes a letter to FAFSA processor #2 requesting a duplicate, FAFSA processor #2 will transmit the information to the CPS, and the student will receive a SAR generated by FAFSA processor #2. - Send a letter to a new FAFSA processor requesting an address change or that his or her data be sent to a school not previously listed in the "Information Release" section of the FAFSA. The CPS will transfer data from one FAFSA processor to another when the student completes a subsequent application through a different FAFSA processor. For example, if a student files an application with FAFSA processor #1, then subsequently files an application with FAFSA processor #2 , the SAR generated by FAFSA processor #2 will contain the data from the FAFSA processor #1 application, although the address and list of institutions may be different. NOTE THAT A SCHOOL MUST ACCEPT A VALID SAR IN AWARDING FEDERAL STUDENT AID, REGARDLESS OF THE FAFSA PROCESSOR. |