2021-2022 EDE Technical Reference (July 2020 Update)(Updated Dec. 15, 2021)

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2021-2022 EDE Technical Reference (July 2020 Update)(Updated Dec. 15, 2021)

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On Dec. 15, 2021, the 2021–2022 EDE Technical Reference was updated as a result of the change to use the “Death Indicator” field from the Social Security Administration to check for deceased applicants or their parents, instead of using the Death Master File. Please refer to the “Change History Table” below for these updates.

We are pleased to announce the posting of the updated version of the 2021-2022 Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) Technical Reference. The EDE Technical Reference provides programmer specifications, record layouts, and other detailed information for schools or other organizations that need to design software systems to interface with Federal Student Aid’s application processing system.

In December 2021, we revised the technical reference to reflect that the Central Processing System (CPS) now uses the Death Indicator field from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to determine if 2021–22 applicant and/or applicant’s parents are deceased. The updates include:

  • In Section 3 (Record Layouts), we updated the descriptions of the Parent 1 and Parent SSN Match Flag 5 to reference the death indicator.
  • In Section 3, we also updated the description for the “Blank” value for the SSA Citizenship Flag to “No match conducted if SSN Match Flag does not equal 4.”
  • In Section 4 (Processing Codes), we updated ISIR Reject Reason 8 to reference the death indicator.

In the July 2020 update, we revised several incorrect Institutional Student Information Record start and end positions in the Field Name and Position Cross Reference table in Section 4 (Processing Codes). For more information, see the Change History Table posted with the July 2020 update.

If you have questions, contact CPS/SAIG Technical Support at 1-800-330-5947 or by email at CPSSAIG@ed.gov.

Attachments

2021-2022 EDE Technical Reference (Final) in PDF Format, 255 Pages, 4MB
Change History in PDF Format, 1 Page, 115KB
Section 3: Record Layouts in PDF Format, 121 Pages, 2MB
Section 4: Processing Codes in PDF Format, 84 Pages, 1.73MB

Last Modified: 12/15/2021