Session C-05

FAA Access to CPS OnlineHands-on Session

Ginger KlockU.S. Department of Education

Eric GrevingVangent

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Agenda for FAA Access to CPS Online

• Where can I find FAA Access? • What is FAA Access?• What’s new in FAA Access?• Questions and comments• Hands-on exercises

Where can I find FAA Access to CPS Online?

• url to FAA Access fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/faa/faa.jsp

• New login process in mid-2009 – FAA will provide User ID and Password

– No longer need to provide personal identifying information including SSN and PIN

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What is FAA Access to CPS Online?• Web site which allows FAAs to:

– view students’ SAR information– enter FAFSA data and make corrections– request ISIRs from the ISIR Data Mart

• Additional tools:– R2T4 on the Web – ISIR Analysis Tool

FAA Access Home Page

Student Inquiry

• View a Student Aid Record (SAR) information, including

– EFC– NSLDS information– SAR comments

• Compare two ISIR transactions• Submit a signature flag

What’s New In Student Inquiry?• Dependency Override on

transaction page – Transaction say Dependency

Override – Federal School Code of school that

submitted the override• Display of all new FAFSA questions• Display of new ISIR flags• Display of new NSLDS information

Dependency Override on FAA Access

Will appear here

Application/Verification Tool

• Enter a student’s – Initial FAFSA– Renewal Application (pre-populated)– Correction

• Use of Verification Tool – Provides electronic and paper

documentation– Determines verification tolerance– Submit corrections

What’s New in Entry/Corrections?

• FAFSA questions were added • Some questions were re-ordered• Worksheets redesigned

– Worksheet A eliminated– Worksheet B and C renamed and

questions were incorporated in the application

What’s New in Corrections?

• Only worksheet totals will “display” in corrections

• A button will let the FAA access each of the “worksheet” data elements

• Special Circumstances warning will alert FAA that parental data questions are blank

What’s New in Verification Tool?

• Individual worksheet questions will display

• Questions that were part of former Worksheet C will continue to be optional

Restored A Save Application• A partially completed and saved

FAFSA/Renewal application can be retrieved

• FAA can complete and submit it to CPS

What’s New in Restore a Saved Application?• Password name changed to

Transaction Password–Eliminate confusion between new Logon Password

–Can be shared

ISIR Request

• FAA can request ISIRs from the ISIR Data Mart– by SSN– by query criteria

• There have been no changes

Other Functions

• ISIR Analysis Tool–Analyze ISIR data–Determine impact of changes

• Return to Title IV (R2T4)–Calculate and manage the return of Title IV funds

–What’s new- updated for CCRAA

Demo Site for FAA Access and FAFSA on the Web

• Purpose: For FAAs to learn and to train staff

• fafsademo.test.ed.gov– User Name: eddemo– Password: fafsatest

• Documented in the 2009-2010 CPS Test System User Guide

Questions????

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Help Desk Information

We appreciate your feedback and comments. CPS/SAIG Technical Support can be reached at:

•Phone: 1-800-330-5947•Email: cpssaig@ed.gov•Fax: 319-665-7662

Contact Information

• Ginger Klock– 202-377-3239– ginger.klock@ed.gov

• Misty Parkinson– 202- 377- 3749– misty.parkinson@ed.gov