FAFSA on the Web

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Session 2
FAFSA on the Web We Aim to Please
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Introduction

• Session Presenters
• Who is this session for?
• All Levels
• Geared towards FAAs

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Session Agenda

• Whats New in 2003-2004
• Demonstrate 2003-2004 FAFSA on the Web
• Other Enhancements
• Additional Information and Resources
• Questions and Comments What Would You Like to
  See in the Future?
• Evaluations

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Whats New in 2003-2004!
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FAFSA on the Web Home Page

• New PIN graphic added
• Changed FSA logo on Home Page and throughout
  application to be consistent with all FSA web
  sites
• Dynamic news section added can be updated
  immediately

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FAFSA on the Web Home Page (contd)

• Fill Out a FAFSA option made more prominent
• Make Corrections option moved from Step 2 to
  Step 3
• State deadlines icon added

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Step 1 Before Beginning Your Application
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Pre-Application Worksheet

• Redesigned to follow the order of questions
  presented within FAFSA on the Web
• Paper FAFSA questions will be referenced
• Replaces the paper FAFSA as preparation for
  completing FAFSA on the Web
• Available as a printable .PDF form

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Step 2 Filling Out A FAFSA
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Login Page

• Save for Later changed to Save
• Navigation bar removed from Login page

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Introduction

• 2 new introductory paragraphs explain
• Use of FOTW navigation buttons and links
• Use of Save button
• Reference to Pre-Application Worksheet

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Application Updates

• Questions reordered
• Re-ordering clearly explained prior to starting
  application
• Questions numbers removed due to reordering
• Paper FAFSA question numbers included after each
  question

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Application Updates (continued)

• W-2 form box numbers added to questions
• Parents Marital Status Date added
• Question text differentiates between student
  and parent, where applicable
• Prompt to Save after each Step completed

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Pre-populated Fields

• Fields pre-populated based on applicants answers
  to other questions
• Were you born before 01/01/80? pre-populated
  based on response to Date of Birth question
• Are you Married? pre-populated based on
  response to Marital Status question

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Existing Skip Logic
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Additional Skip Logic in 2003-2004
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New Auto-Zero Skip Logic

• Choice of enhanced skip-logic based on auto-zero
  eligibility and students state of legal
  residence
• If student meets these criteria and chooses NOT
  to Return to Full FAFSA, following questions
  skipped
• student and parent income taxes and exemptions
• student and parent Worksheets A, B, and C
• student and parent assets

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New Auto-Zero Skip Logic (continued)

• Page displayed when applicant meets auto-zero
  eligibility and state of legal residence is a
  state that does not require a full FAFSA

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States Eligible for Auto-zero/SNT Skip Logic
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New Simplified Needs Test (SNT) Skip Logic

• If not eligible for auto-zero but meets SNT
  eligibility and state of legal residence is a
  state that does not require a full FAFSA, can
  still choose to skip asset questions
• Prompts to skip asset questions displayed
  separately for
• Student
• Parent

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Reports

• Summary Report (available throughout the
  application)
• Redesigned to match application question order
  within FOTW
• Application Information (available at the end of
  the application)
• Data displayed in the same order as the paper
  FAFSA and SAR

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Signature Page

• Barcode added to improve accuracy and reduce
  processing time
• Students SSN and Name ID contained within bar
  code

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Confirmation Page

• Personalized confirmation of submit page
• Students First Name

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FAFSA Walkthrough
At this point, we will demonstrate the
application entry and submission process of FAFSA
on the Web.
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Renewal FAFSA

• Students and Parents financial data is also
  pre-populated for students that were Auto-Zero
  EFC eligible in 2002-2003

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Step 3 FAFSA Follow-up
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Check Status

• Status Check Results
• Application Not Found
• Paper Application Received but not yet being
  processed
• Paper Application Could Not Be Processed
• Application Being Processed
• On the Hold File (waiting for signatures),
  provides option to print signature pages
• Application Processed - if rejected, links are
  provided to Make Corrections, Signature Pages or
  Electronic Signatures.

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Make Corrections

• Changes to Auto-Zero/SNT eligibility
• When a correction is made that causes a student
  to no longer be Auto-Zero/SNT eligible the
  student will need to provide additional
  information
• Real-Time Processing
• An EFC will immediately be calculated for
  corrections when only the NSLDS match is required
• EFC will display without Estimated label if
  record is processed

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Real-Time Processing

• Confirmation Page states The Correction(s) have
  also been processed
• Displays the official EFC not an Estimated EFC

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Student Access/SAR on the Web

• Now displays full SAR comment codes and text for
  records that received SAR Acknowledgement
• Make Corrections button included in more
  locations in the comment text
• PDF and HTML printouts include the same fields as
  the paper SAR
• Referral to NSLDS web site for up to date loan
  information

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SAR on the Web

• Print Summary
• Two versions of the print summary
• HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
• Same information on both versions.

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SAR on the Web HTML Version

• Shows the entered answers for each of the 6 Steps
  of the FAFSA
• Other Categories
• Financial Aid History Information
• Comments about your information
• Issues effecting your eligibility
• What you must do now
• Other information you need to know

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SAR on the Web PDF Version

• Shows the entered answers in numerical order.
• Other Categories
• Financial Aid History Information
• Comments about your information
• Issues effecting your eligibility
• What you must do now
• Other information you need to know

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Other Enhancements
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Help Search

• Help Search Added
• Search Available on
• Help Page
• Help Table of Contents

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Search Results

• Search results include
• Help topics/pages
• Non-secure front-end index pages

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Additional information and Resources

• 2003-2004 Implementation Dates
• 11/25/2002 Demo Site, Home Page, Application
  (for Beta Testers)
• 1/1/2003 All other 2003-2004 updates

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Additional information and Resources The Demo
Site

• Purpose For FAAs to learn the new site before
  its live
• fafsademo.test.ed.gov
• User Name
• eddemo
• Password
• fafsatest
• Documented in the 2003-04 CPS Test System User
  Guide
• fsadownload.ed.gov/CPSTestSys0304.htm

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How did we do?

• We appreciate your feedback and comments. We can
  be reached
• Phone1-800-4-FED-AID
• E-mail fafsaweb_at_ncs.com
• FSATech Listserv
• E-mail fsatech_at_inet.ed.gov
• Sign-up information
• http//www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/sfatech/listserv.h
  tml

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Questions and Comments What Would You Like to
See in the Future?
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