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 Department of Education
 AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, Department of Education.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: The Secretary announces deadline dates for the receipt of documents and other information from applicants and institutions participating in certain Federal student aid programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), for the 2024-2025 award year. These programs, administered by the Department of Education (Department), provide financial assistance to students attending eligible postsecondary educational institutions to help them pay their educational costs. The Federal student aid programs (title IV, HEA programs) covered by this deadline date notice are the Pell Grant, Direct Loan, TEACH Grant, and Campus-Based (FSEOG and FWS) programs. *Assistance Listing Numbers:*
                         84.007 FSEOG Program; 84.033 FWS Program; 84.063 Pell Grant Program; 84.268 Direct Loan Program; and 84.379 TEACH Grant Program.
 DATES: *Deadline and Submission Dates:*
                         See Tables A and B at the end of this notice.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linnea Hengst, U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, 830 First Street NE, Union Center Plaza, Room 114B4, Washington, DC 20202-5345. Telephone: (202) 377-3165. Email: 
                        *linnea.hengst@ed.gov.* If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  *Table A—2024-2025 Award Year Deadline Dates by Which a Student Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the Institution Must Receive the Student's Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) or FAFSA Submission Summary, and by Which the Institution Must Submit Verification Outcomes for Certain Students.* Table A provides information and deadline dates for receipt of the FAFSA, corrections to and signatures for the FAFSA, ISIRs, and FAFSA Submission Summary, and verification documents. The deadline date for the receipt of a FAFSA by the Department's FAFSA Processing System (FPS) is June 30, 2025, regardless of the method that the applicant uses to submit the FAFSA. The deadline date for the receipt of corrections, notices of change of address or institution, or requests for a duplicate FAFSA Submission Summary is September 13, 2025. For all title IV, HEA programs, an ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary for the student must be received by the institution no later than the student's last date of enrollment for the 2024-2025 award year or September 20, 2025, whichever is earlier. Note that a FAFSA must be submitted and an ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary received for the dependent student for whom a parent is applying for a Direct PLUS Loan. Except for students selected for Verification Tracking Groups V4 and V5, verification documents must be received by the institution no later than 120 days after the student's last date of enrollment for the 2024-2025 award year or September 20, 2025, whichever is earlier. For students selected for Verification Tracking Groups V4 and V5, institutions must submit identity verification results no later than 60 days following the institution's first request to the student to submit the documentation, or when the FAFSA Partner Portal (FPP) Verification of Identity function is made available for the 2024-2025 Award Year, whichever is later. For all title IV, HEA programs except for (1) Direct PLUS Loans that will be made to parent borrowers, and (2) Direct Unsubsidized Loans that will be made to dependent students who have been determined by the institution, pursuant to section 479A(a) of the HEA, to be eligible for such a loan without providing parental information on the FAFSA, the ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary must have an official Student Aid Index (SAI) and the ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary must be received by the institution no later than the earlier of the student's last date of enrollment for the 2024-2025 award year or September 20, 2025. For the two exceptions mentioned above, the ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary must be received by the institution by the same dates noted in this paragraph but the ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary is not required to have an official SAI. For a student who is requesting aid through the Pell Grant, FSEOG, or FWS programs or for a student requesting Direct Subsidized Loans, who does not meet the conditions for a late disbursement under 34 CFR 668.164(j), a valid ISIR or valid FAFSA Submission Summary must be received by the institution by the student's last date of enrollment for the 2024-2025 award year or September 20, 2025, whichever is earlier. Additionally, for the 2024-2025 Award Year, the Department is providing additional flexibilities for students who applied via the paper FAFSA form and were enrolled only for the 2024 summer term. An institution that receives an ISIR for a student who was enrolled for the summer term and is no longer enrolled, and who, if not for the delay of the processing of paper FAFSA forms, would have otherwise been eligible to receive title IV program funds, may still award and disburse the funds, subject to all other late disbursement requirements. For this exception to apply, the ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary must have an Application Receipt Date on or before the student's last date of enrollment for the summer term but the ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary is not required to have an official SAI. In accordance with 34 CFR 668.164(j)(4)(i), an institution may not make a late disbursement of title IV, HEA program funds later than 180 days 
                    ( print page 76460)
                    after the date of the institution's determination that the student was no longer enrolled. Table A provides that, to make a late disbursement of title IV, HEA program funds, an institution must receive a valid ISIR or valid FAFSA Submission Summary no later than 180 days after its determination that the student was no longer enrolled, but not later than September 20, 2025. *Table B—2024-2025 Award Year Deadline Dates By Which an Institution Must Submit Disbursement Information For the Pell Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant Programs.* For the Pell Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant programs, Table B provides the earliest disbursement date, the earliest dates for institutions to submit disbursement records to the Department's Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System, and deadline dates by which institutions must submit disbursement and origination records. For the 2024-25 Award Year, an institution must submit Pell Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant disbursement records to COD, no later than November 30, 2024 or 15 days after making the disbursement or becoming aware of the need to adjust a previously reported disbursement, whichever is later. In accordance with 34 CFR 668.164(a), title IV, HEA program funds are disbursed on the date that the institution: (a) credits those funds to a student's account in the institution's general ledger or any subledger of the general ledger; or (b) pays those funds to a student directly. Title IV, HEA program funds are disbursed even if an institution uses its own funds in advance of receiving program funds from the Department. An institution's failure to submit disbursement records within the required timeframe may result in the Department rejecting all or part of the reported disbursement. Such failure may also result in an audit or program review finding or the initiation of an adverse action, such as a fine or other penalty for such failure, in accordance with subpart G of the General Provisions regulations in 34 CFR part 668. *Deadline Dates for Enrollment Reporting by Institutions.* In accordance with 34 CFR 674.19(f), 682.610(c), 685.309(b), and 690.83(b)(2), upon receipt of an enrollment report from the Secretary, institutions must update all information included in the report and return the report to the Secretary in a manner and format prescribed by the Secretary and within the timeframe prescribed by the Secretary. Consistent with the 
                    *National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Enrollment Reporting Guide,*
                     the Secretary has determined that institutions must report at least every two months. Institutions may find the 
                    *NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide*
                     in the “Knowledge Center” via Federal Student Aid's (FSA) Partner Connect website at: 
                    *https://fsapartners.ed.gov/​knowledge-center.* *Other Sources for Detailed Information.* We publish a detailed discussion of the FAFSA application process in the Application and Verification Guide volume of the 2024-2025 
                    *Federal Student Aid Handbook*
                     and in Volume 6 of the 2024-2025 
                    *FAFSA Specifications Guide.* Information on the institutional reporting requirements for the Pell Grant, Direct Loan, Federal Work-Study, and TEACH Grant programs is included in the 2024-2025 
                    *Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) Technical Reference.*
                     Also, see the 
                    *NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide.* You may access these publications by visiting the “Knowledge Center” via FSA's Partner Connect website at: 
                    *https://fsapartners.ed.gov/​knowledge-center.* Additionally, the 2024-2025 award year reporting deadline dates for the Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, and FSEOG programs were published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     on January 23, 2024 (89 FR 4284). *Applicable Regulations:*
                     The following regulations apply: (1) Student Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR part 668. (2) Federal Pell Grant Program, 34 CFR part 690. (3) William D. Ford Direct Loan Program, 34 CFR part 685. (4) Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program, 34 CFR part 686. (5) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34 CFR part 675. (6) Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant Program, 34 CFR part 676. *Accessible Format:*
                     On request to the program contact person listed under 
                    **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**
                    , individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible format. *Electronic Access to This Document:*
                     The official version of this document is the document published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                    . You may access the official edition of the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     and the Code of Federal Regulations at 
                    *www.govinfo.gov.*
                     At this site you can view this document, as well as all other Department documents published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                    , in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site. You may also access Department documents published in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     by using the article search feature at 
                    *www.federalregister.gov.*
                     Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department. *Program Authority:*20 U.S.C. 1070a, 1070b-1070b-4, 1070g, 1070h, 1087a-1087j, 1087aa-1087ii, and 1087-51-1087-58. Denise Carter, Acting Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid.
 Table A—2024-2025 Award Year Deadline Dates by Which a Student Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the Institution Must Receive the Student's Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) or FAFSA Submission Summary, and by Which the Institution Must Submit Verification Outcomes for Certain Students
Who submits?
What is submitted?
Where is it submitted?
What is the deadline date for receipt?Student
*FAFSA--fafsa.gov*
                             (original or renewal)
Electronically to the Department's FAFSA Processing System (FPS)
June 30, 2025.Student
A paper original FAFSA
To the address printed on the FAFSA
June 30, 2025.( print page 76461)Student
Electronic corrections to the FAFSA using 
                            *fafsa.gov*
Electronically to the Department's FPS
September 13, 2025.1Student through an Institution
Electronic corrections to the FAFSA
Electronically to the Department's FPS using “FAFSA Partner Portal”
September 13, 2025.1Student
Paper corrections to the FAFSA using a FAFSA Submission Summary, including change of mailing and email addresses and change of institutions
To the address printed on the FAFSA Submission Summary
September 13, 2025.Student
A FAFSA Submission Summary with an official SAI calculated by the Department's FPS, except for Parent PLUS Loans and Direct Unsubsidized Loans made to a dependent student under HEA section 479A(a), for which the FAFSA Submission Summary does not need to have an official SAI
To the institution
The earlier of:
                             —The student's last date of enrollment for the 2024-2025 award year; or 
                             
                                —September 20, 2025.2Student through FPS
An ISIR with an official SAI calculated by the Department's FPS, except for Parent PLUS Loans and Direct Unsubsidized Loans made to a dependent student under HEA section 479A(a), for which the ISIR does not need to have an official SAI
To the institution from the Department's FPSStudent
Valid FAFSA Submission Summary (Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and Direct Subsidized Loans)
To the institution
Except for a student meeting the conditions for a late disbursement under 34 CFR 668.164(j), the earlier of:
                             —The student's last date of enrollment for the 2024-2025 award year; or 
                             
                                —September 20,2025.2Student through FPS
Valid ISIR (Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and Direct Subsidized Loans)
To the institution from the Department's FPSStudent
Valid FAFSA Submission Summary (Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and Direct Subsidized Loans)
To the institution
For a student receiving a late disbursement under 34 CFR 668.164(j)(4)(i), the earlier of:
                             —180 days after the date of the institution's determination that the student withdrew or otherwise became ineligible; or 
                             
                                —September 20, 2025.2Student through FPS
Valid ISIR (Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and Direct Subsidized Loans)
To the institution from the Department's FPSStudent
Verification documents
To the institution
The earlier of: 3
                             —120 days after the student's last date of enrollment for the 2024-2025 award year; or 
                             
                                —September 20, 2025.2( print page 76462)Institution
Identity verification results for a student selected for verification by the Department and placed in Verification Tracking Group V4 or V5
Electronically to the Department's FPS using “FAFSA Partner Portal”
The later of:
                             —60 days following the institution's first request to the student to submit the required V4 or V5 identity documentation; or 
                             
                                —when the FAFSA Partner Portal (FPP) Verification of Identity function is made available for the 2024-2025 Award Year.41
                         The deadline for electronic transactions is 11:59 p.m. (Central Time) on the deadline date. Transmissions must be completed and accepted before 12:00 midnight to meet the deadline. If transmissions are started before 12:00 midnight but are not completed until after 12:00 midnight, those transmissions do not meet the deadline. In addition, any transmission submitted on or just prior to the deadline date that is rejected may not be reprocessed because the deadline will have passed by the time the user gets the information notifying them of the rejection.2
                         The date the ISIR/FAFSA Submission Summary transaction was processed by FPS is considered to be the date the institution received the ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary regardless of whether the institution has downloaded the ISIR from its Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) mailbox or when the student submits the FAFSA Submission Summary to the institution. For the 2024-25 Award Year, as published by the Department in the July 30, 2024 Electronic Announcement (GENERAL-24-94), institutions have additional flexibilities for students who applied via the paper FAFSA form and were enrolled only for the 2024 summer term. An institution may still award and disburse funds for a student that is no longer enrolled for the 2024-25 Award Year if the following criteria are met: (a) the institution receives an ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary for the student; (b) the student applied via the paper FAFSA form; (c) the student was enrolled during the 2024 summer term but is no longer enrolled; (d) the Application Receipt Date on the ISIR or FAFSA Submission Summary is on or before the student's last date of enrollment; and (3) the student was otherwise eligible to receive title IV program funding, subject to all other late disbursement requirements. For more information, please visit: 
                        *https://fsapartners.ed.gov/​knowledge-center/​library/​electronic-announcements/​2024-07-30/​updates-2024-25-fafsa-paper-processing.*3
                         Although the Secretary has set this deadline date for the submission of verification documents, if corrections are required, deadline dates for submission of paper or electronic corrections and, for Pell Grant applicants and applicants selected for verification, deadline dates for the submission of a valid FAFSA Submission Summary or valid ISIR to the institution must still be met. An institution may establish an earlier deadline for the submission of verification documents for purposes of the campus-based programs and the Direct Loan Program, but it cannot be later than this deadline date.4
                         Note that changes to previously submitted Identity Verification Results must be updated within 30 days of the institution becoming aware that a change has occurred.
 Table B—2024-2025 Award Year Deadline Dates by Which an Institution Must Submit Disbursement Information for the Pell Grant, Direct Loan and TEACH Grant Programs 1
Which program?
What is submitted?
Under what circumstances is it submitted?
Where is it submitted?
What are the deadlines for disbursement and for submission of records and information?Pell Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant Programs
An origination or disbursement record
The institution has made or intends to make a disbursement
To the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System using the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG); or to the COD System using the COD website at: 
                            *https://cod.ed.gov*
The earliest disbursement date for the Pell Grant is January 31, 2024.
                             The earliest disbursement date for Direct Loan Program is October 1, 2023. 
                             The earliest disbursement date for TEACH Grant Program is January 1, 2024.The earliest submission date for anticipated disbursement information is April 21, 2024.
                             The earliest submission date for actual disbursement information is April 21, 2024, but no earlier than: 
                             (a) 7 calendar days prior to the disbursement date under the advance payment method or the Heightened Cash Monitoring Payment Method 1 (HCM1); or 
                             (b) The disbursement date under the reimbursement or the Heightened Cash Monitoring Payment Method 2 (HCM2).Pell Grant and TEACH Grant Programs
An origination or disbursement record
The institution has made a disbursement and will submit records on or before the deadline submission date
To COD using SAIG; or to COD using the COD website at: 
                            *https://cod.ed.gov*
The deadline submission date 2
                             is the later of:
                             (a) November 30, 2024; 
                             
                                (b) 15 calendar days after the institution makes a disbursement.3Submission of Pell Grant and TEACH Grant disbursement information must occur no later than September 30, 2025.( print page 76463)Direct Loan Program
An origination or disbursement record
The institution has made a disbursement and will submit records on or before the deadline submission date
To COD using SAIG; or to COD using the COD website at: 
                            *https://cod.ed.gov*
The deadline submission date 2
                             is the later of:
                             (a) November 30, 2024; or 
                             
                                (b) 15 calendar days after the institution makes a disbursement.3Submission of Direct Loan disbursement information must occur no later than July 31, 2026.Pell Grant Program
A downward (decrease) adjustment to an origination or disbursement record
It is after the deadline submission date
To COD using SAIG; or to COD using the COD website at: 
                            *https://cod.ed.gov*
No later than the earlier of:
                             (a) 15 calendar days after the institution becomes aware of the need to make an adjustment to previously reported data; or 
                             
                                (b) September 30, 2030.2
                             
                             No request for extension to the deadline submission date is required.TEACH Grant and Direct Loan Programs
A downward (decrease) adjustment to an origination or disbursement record
It is after the deadline submission date
To COD using SAIG; or to COD using the COD website at 
                            *https://cod.ed.gov*
No later than 15 calendar days after the institution becomes aware of the need to make an adjustment to previously reported data.
                             No request for extension to the deadline submission date is required.Pell Grant Program
An upward (increase) adjustment to an origination or disbursement record
It is after the deadline submission date and the institution has received approval of its request for an extension to the deadline submission date
                             Requests for extensions to the established submission deadlines may be made for reasons including, but not limited to: 
                             (a) A program review or initial audit finding under 34 CFR 690.83; 
                             (b) A late disbursement under 34 CFR 668.164(j); or 
                             (c) Disbursements previously blocked as a result of another institution failing to post a downward adjustment
Via the COD website at: 
                            *https://cod.ed.gov*
No later than the earlier of:
                             (a) 15 calendar days after the institution becomes aware of the need to make an adjustment to previously reported data; or 
                             (b) When the institution is fully reconciled and is ready to submit all additional data for the program and the award year; or 
                             (c) September 30, 2030.TEACH Grant and Direct Loan Programs
An upward (increase) adjustment or a new origination or disbursement record
No later than the earlier of:
                             (a) 15 calendar days after the institution becomes aware of the need to make an adjustment to previously reported data; or 
                             (b) When the institution is fully reconciled and is ready to submit all additional data for the program and the award year.Pell Grant Program
An origination or disbursement record
It is after the deadline submission date and the institution has received approval of its request for an extension to the deadline submission date based on a natural disaster, other unusual circumstances, or an administrative error made by the Department
Via the COD website at: 
                            *https://cod.ed.gov*
The earlier of:
                             (a) A date designated by the Secretary after consultation with the institution; or 
                             (b) February 1, 2026.Pell Grant Program
An origination or disbursement record
It is after the deadline submission date and the institution has received approval of its request for administrative relief to extend the deadline submission date based on a student's reentry to the institution within 180 days after initially withdrawing.4
Via the COD website at: 
                            *https://cod.ed.gov*
The earlier of:
                             (a) 15 days after the student reenrolls; or 
                             (b) May 3, 2026.1
                         A COD Processing Year is a period of time in which institutions are permitted to submit Direct Loan records to the COD System that are related to a given award year. For a Direct Loan, the period of time includes loans that have a loan period covering any day in the 2024-2025 award year.2
                         Transmissions must be completed and accepted before the designated processing time on the deadline submission date. The designated processing time is published annually via an electronic announcement posted to the Knowledge Center via FSA's Partner Connect website at: 
                        *https://fsapartners.ed.gov/​knowledge-center.*
                         If transmissions are started at the designated time, but are not completed until after the designated time, those transmissions will not meet the deadline. In addition, any transmission submitted on or just prior to the deadline date that is rejected may not be reprocessed because the deadline will have passed by the time the user gets the information notifying him or her of the rejection.3
                         A temporary extension of the deadline for reporting disbursement records to the COD System was published by the Department in the July 30, 2024 Electronic Announcement (GENERAL-24-94). For more information, please visit: https://fsapartners.ed.gov/​knowledge-center/​library/​electronic-announcements/​2024-07-30/​updates-2024-25-fafsa-paper-processing.4
                         Applies only to students enrolled in clock-hour and nonterm credit-hour educational programs.**Note:**
                         The COD System must accept origination data for a student from an institution before it accepts disbursement information from the institution for that student. Institutions may submit origination and disbursement data for a student in the same transmission. However, if the origination data is rejected, the disbursement data is rejected.


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