# Presentation: 360658

## Session 15

- NSLDS Update
- Ron Bennett
- &
- Andrea Wise

## HERA Related Updates

- New Overpayment types
- Fraud reporting
- PLUS Graduate/Professional Loan program
- Two New Grant types
- Changes to Annual Loan limits
- Updates to Postscreening reason codes

## Additional NSLDS updates

- ISIR changes for 2007-2008
- Transfer Student Monitoring/FAH processes and batch file layouts
- Security enhancements
- Additional Web enhancement
- Changes on the horizon

## Overpayment changes

- NSLDS added two new Overpayment types
- Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
- National Smart Grant (Smart)
- NSLDSFAP Web Site changes
- Web page renamed:  Overpayment List
- New Web page: Overpayment History
- Storing history to track lifecycle of each overpayment

## Overpayments- Web site enhancements

**Overpayments- Web site enhancements**

## Overpayments- Web site enhancements

## Fraud related changes

- Utilize Overpayment Add/Update Web pages
- By Type
- New Indicator (Fraud)
- Web: Icon to highlight Fraud
- ISIR:  NSLDS Overpayment Flag = F

- New

## Fraud related changes

- Fraud reported by loan data providers
- Loan status code driven
- FR – Fraud
- FFEL:  Lender held
- Direct Loans: Direct Loans Servicer held
- Perkins: School reported
- DCS: CSB Collections held
- FD – Fraud Guaranty Agency held

## Fraud related changes

- Community Awareness
- Web: Icon to highlight Fraud
- ISIR: NSLDS Loan Type Code = F
- Postscreening process

## PLUS Graduate/Professional 

- FFEL PLUS Graduate/Professional
- Direct PLUS Graduate/Professional
- Student added to Enrollment Roster for both loan types

## PLUS Graduate/Professional 

- Aggregate Calculation impacts
- GB/D3 loan types excluded in Aggregate Totals
- 2006-2007 reporting of PLUS Grad/Prof loans
- GB FFEL PLUS Graduate/Professional
- Web site displays “GB”
- Output to schools
- “PL” FFEL PLUS loan type
- Grade levels A, B, C, D or G
- D3 Direct PLUS Graduate/Professional
- Web site displays “D3”
- Output to schools
- “D4” Direct PLUS loan type
- Grade levels A, B, C, D or G

## Aggregate Calculation impact (con’t)
Dynamically display Aggregate Loan Information row combined with PLUS OPB

- Aggregate Calculation impact (con’t)
- Dynamically display Aggregate Loan Information row combined with PLUS OPB

**PLUS Graduate/Professional **

## Aggregate Calculation impact (con’t)
2007-2008  Web display and output to schools as “GB” and “D3”
Web/output for D3 Master Promissory Note (MPN)
Dynamically displays its own row

- Aggregate Calculation impact (con’t)
- 2007-2008  Web display and output to schools as “GB” and “D3”
- Web/output for D3 Master Promissory Note (MPN)
- Dynamically displays its own row

**PLUS Graduate/Professional **

- New

## New Grant types

- Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
- National SMART Grant (Smart)
- Daily Data Provider: COD
- Inaugural load on Dec. 17, 2006
- Viewable in NSLDS as of Monday Dec. 18, 2006

## Web changes
References to Pell Grant will be re-labeled as “Grants”

All Grants located on same Web Page
Pell, ACG and SMART
Data Elements displayed for each Grant type
Student added to Enrollment Roster

- Web changes
- References to Pell Grant will be re-labeled as “Grants”
- All Grants located on same Web Page
- Pell, ACG and SMART
- Data Elements displayed for each Grant type
- Student added to Enrollment Roster

**New Grant types**

- New

- New

## Reviewing a Grant Alert

**Grant Page**

- New

- New

## NSLDS Grants Web page data elements

| Display Elements | ACG | SMART |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Award Year |  |  |
| OPEID |  |  |
| Transaction Number |  |  |
| Award Amount |  |  |
| Amount Paid to Date (Disbursed Amt) |  |  |
| Latest Disbursement Date |  |  |
| Date Posted to COD |  |  |
| Student's Grade Level |  |  |
| Award ID |  |  |
| School Submitted Eligibility/Payment Reason |  |  |
| High School Program Code |  |  |
| Student's Major Course of Study (CIP Code) |  |  |

- New

## New Grant types

- 2006-2007 ISIRS will not contain new grants
- Output to include new Grants types
- 2007-2008 ISIRS
- TSM/FAH processes:
- Included on record layouts/reports after Jan. 1, 2007
- School requested Web Reports
- FAT001 - Request for financial aid history
- OVP001 - School overpayment report

- New

## Annual Loan Limits changes

- NSLDS to increase annual loan limits (Award Year 2007-2008)
-  Subsidized Stafford
- Academic Level 1 increases to $3,500
- Academic Level 2 increases to $4,500
- Unsubsidized Stafford
- Academic Levels A, B, C, D and G increases to $12,000

## Postscreening changes

- 3 New Postscreening reason codes for 2007-2008
- “16”  Changes to Direct PLUS Graduate/Professional MPN
- “17”  Borrower into Fraud
- “18”  Borrower out of Fraud

## ISIR changes for 2007-2008

- ACG Grants
- Overpayment: flags and contacts
- Ten data elements on ISIR
- Record layout: EDE Technical Reference
- Maximum of 3 Grants sent to CPS

## ISIR changes for 2007-2008

- SMART Grants
- Overpayment: flags and contacts
- Nine data elements on ISIR
- Record layout: EDE Technical Reference
- Maximum of 3 Grants sent to CPS

## ISIR changes for 2007-2008

- Applicant main record
- Addition of Direct PLUS Graduate/Professional MPN
- EDE Technical Reference has layout
- Loan record
- Based on sort order grouping, maximum of 6 loans sent to CPS
- New sort group # 1 for ‘deceased’ loan status codes
- DD – Defaulted then Died
- DE – Death
- Sort group # 2 additional loan status codes:
- FR and FD  (Fraud)
- Reference Material: 2007-2008 ISIR Guide

## TSM/FAH processes and batch file layouts

- Transfer Student Monitoring/Financial Aid History Processes and Batch File Layouts, dated Oct. 14, 2005
- Record Layouts current until Dec. 31, 2006
- New TSM/FAH Batch File Layouts now available on IFAP
- Document date: Oct. 24, 2006
- Becomes effective Jan. 1, 2007
- Includes HERA changes

## TSM/FAH batch file layouts- considerations

- Request file
- No change to the incoming 150 byte file layout
- Processed/Outbound file
- TSM Alert/FAH Detail record type 1- Aggregate & Flags data
- Addition of PLUS Graduate/Professional MPN flag
- Addition of PLUS Graduate/Professional OPB and Total amounts
- New attributes added in the existing filler at the end of the record layout to minimize changes

## TSM/FAH processes and batch file layouts

- Processed/Outbound file (con’t)
- TSM Alert/FAH Detail record type 3- Overpayments
- Expand descriptions and valid values
- TSM Alert/FAH Detail record type 4- Grants
- Expand descriptions and valid values for new Grant types
- New attributes added in the existing filler at the end of the record layout to minimize changes

## TSM/FAH processes and batch file layouts

- Report/label changes on Page 1
- Overpayments and Flags section
- Aggregate Amounts for PLUS Graduate/Professional
- OPB and Total Amounts
- Grant data elements for ACG and SMART

## TSM/FAH Report Layout

|                                                   PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 (AS AMENDED)
Report ID: PSE001                                   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                 DATE:  MM-DD-CCYY
Page No. : ZZ,ZZ9                            NATIONAL STUDENT LOAN DATA SYSTEM (NSLDS)                           TIME:  HH:MM:SS
                                      Transfer Student Monitoring/Financial Aid History Report
Report Parameters: Requesting Sch/Br Code: XXXXXXXX                                        Sort Sequence: School/Branch Code, SSN
                   Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
                   City: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX      State: XX
LAST: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX      FIRST: XXXXXXXXXXXX                 DOB: MM-DD-CCYY      SSN: XXXXXXXXX
-------------------- Name History --------------------                             Enrollment Begin Date: MM-DD-YYYY
LAST                                  FIRST          M
----                                  -----          -
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXX   X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXX   X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXX   X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXXXXXXXX   X
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Overpayment:  Award Yr:  Contact:    Fraud: X   Discharged: X   Defaulted Loans: X   Loan Sat. Repayment: X   Active Bankruptcy: X
Pell:      X    XXXX     XXXXXXXX  
FSEOG:     X    XXXX     XXXXXXXX    Aggregate Change: X     Loan Change: X    Pell Change: X    ACG Change: X    SMART Change: X
Perkins:   X    XXXX     XXXXXXXX    DL Stafford MPN: X      DL PLUS MPN: X    DL Grad PLUS MPN: X
ACG:       X    XXXX     XXXXXXXX    Exceeds Sub. Limit: X   Exceeds Combined Limit: X
SMART:     X    XXXX     XXXXXXXX    
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Aggregate Amount for                              Aggregate            Pending                 Total:
FFELP/Direct Loans:                               Balance:             Disbursements:    
                         Subsidized Loans:        $ZZZ,ZZ9              $ZZZ,ZZ9              $ZZZ,ZZ9
                       Unsubsidized Loans:        $ZZZ,ZZ9              $ZZZ,ZZ9              $ZZZ,ZZ9
                           Combined Loans:        $ZZZ,ZZ9              $ZZZ,ZZ9              $ZZZ,ZZ9
         Consolidation Loans, Unallocated:        $ZZZ,ZZ9                                    $ZZZ,ZZ9
                      Graduate PLUS Loans:        $ZZZ,ZZ9                                    $ZZZ,ZZ9
                               PLUS Loans:        $ZZZ,ZZ9                                    $ZZZ,ZZ9
Perkins Loans:
  Outstanding Principal Bal:      $ZZZ,ZZ9     Current Year Loan Amount: $ZZZ,ZZ9
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pell Payment   Award  Attending  Tran:   Sch.Amt:   Award Amt:   Disb.Amt:  Latest Disb.   % Sch.     Posted by    EFC:    Ver.Flag:
Data:          Year:  Sch.Code:                                                            Used:        COD:                        
               XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9    $ZZZ,ZZ9    $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   ZZ9.9999   MM-DD-CCYY   999999      XXX   
#              XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9    $ZZZ,ZZ9    $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   ZZ9.9999   MM-DD-CCYY   999999      XXX   
               XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9    $ZZZ,ZZ9    $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   ZZ9.9999   MM-DD-CCYY   999999      XXX   
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ACG Payment    Award  Attending  Tran:  Award Amt:  Disb.Amt:  Latest Disb.   Posted by        Award ID         Grade  Sch  HS Pgm
Data:          Year:  Sch.Code:                                                 COD:                             Lvl   Rsn        
               XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9   $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   MM-DD-CCYY  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX    X     XX  XXXXXX
#              XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9   $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   MM-DD-CCYY  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX    X     XX  XXXXXX
               XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9   $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   MM-DD-CCYY  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX    X     XX  XXXXXX
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SMART Payment  Award  Attending  Tran:  Award Amt:  Disb.Amt:  Latest Disb.   Posted by        Award ID         Grade  Major
Data:          Year:  Sch.Code:                                                 COD:                             Lvl        
               XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9   $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   MM-DD-CCYY  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX    X    XXXXXXX
               XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9   $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   MM-DD-CCYY  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX    X    XXXXXXX
#              XXXX   XXXXXXXX    XX     $ZZZ,ZZ9   $ZZZ,ZZ9    MM-DD-CCYY   MM-DD-CCYY  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX    X    XXXXXXX
                                                  PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 (AS AMENDED) |
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## Transfer Student Monitoring Alerts

- Alert triggers for new ACG and SMART Grants
- Changes made by another school in:
- Award Amount
- Amount paid to date or
- Latest disbursement date changed
- Alerts generated for Informing/New school

## Transfer Student Monitoring Alerts

- Considerations/timing when Informing NSLDS
- Review NSLDS Website for ACG/SMART Grants mid-December until Jan. 1, 2007
- Look for ACG/SMART Grant Alerts the 1st week of January 2007 for 2006-2007 Award Year Grant data

## Security enhancements

**Security enhancements**

- Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) tool
- Implemented Mid-August
- DCL GEN-05-06
- Automatic ID Deactivation process

## Security enhancements- con’t

- TSM School Profile setup- verify SAIG TG Mailbox

## Additional Web enhancement

- Servicer Code displayed on Loan History

## Org Contact

## Changes on the horizon

- New and improved Guaranty Agency Data Provider Schedule

- New

## Changes on the horizon

- Online NSLDS Access to foreign schools
- Available in 2007
- View student financial aid history information
- Enrollment Reporting capabilities
- Transfer Student Monitoring
- eCDR
- Reports

- New

## NSLDS Customer Service

- We appreciate your feedback and comments.
- We can be reached at:
- Phone:  1-800-999-8219
- Fax: 785-838-2154
- Email:  nslds@pearson.com
- Web site: www.nsldsfap.ed.gov