NSLDS	Financial	Aid	History	and	Transfer	Monitoring
Before	disbursing	
Title	IV	funds	to	a	transfer	student,	you	must	obtain	a	financial	aid	history	for	the	student	and	must
inform	NSLDS	about	the	transfer	student	so	that	you	can	receive	updates	through	the	Transfer	Student	Monitoring
Process.	The	financial	aid	history	will	identify	Pell	Grant	disbursements	that	the	student	received	at	other	schools,	along
with	Title	IV	defaults	or	overpayments,	if	the	student	has	reached	or	exceeded	the	annual	or	aggregate	loan	limits,	or	if
the	student	has	reached	the	Pell	LEU	limit.	There	are	several	ways	for	you	to	get	a	student9s	financial	aid	history	from
NSLDS.	You	can:
Use	the	NSLDS	Financial	Aid	History	section	of	the	ISIR;
Log	on	to	the	NSLDS	Professional	Access	website	and	access	the	data	online	for	a	student;
For	multiple	students,	use	the	Financial	Aid	History	Report	(FAT001),	which	you	submit	from	the	Reports	tab	on	the
NSLDS	site	(you	retrieve	the	results	through	SAIG);	or
Send	a	batch	Transfer	Student	Monitoring/Financial	Aid	History	(TSM/FAH)	Inform	file	to	request	aid	history	data	for
several	students.
The	<NSLDS	Transfer	Student	Monitoring	&	Financial	Aid	History	User	Guide=	provides	instructions	on	how	to	use	Transfer
Student	Monitoring	(TSM)	online,	how	to	request	Financial	Aid	History	(FAH),	and	the	TSM/FAH	Batch	process.	This
resource	is	published	in	the	Knowledge	Center	Library	in	the	"Publications	by	Resource	Type"	section	under	"NSLDS	User
Resources."
If	a	student	has	not	self-identified	as	a	transfer	student,	data	on	the	student9s	ISIR	can	sometimes	alert	a	school	to	the
fact	that	a	student	has	already	received	a	Pell	Grant	during	the	current	award	year.	Schools	should	examine	the	Pell
payment	data	on	the	ISIR	generated	from	the	student9s	most	recent	transaction	to	see	if	the	percentage	of	the	Scheduled
Award	used	for	the	award	year	is	greater	than	0.	If	the	ISIR	is	the	most	recent	and	the	percentage	of	the	Scheduled	Award
used	for	the	award	year	is	greater	than	zero,	the	school	should	request	transfer	monitoring	of	that	student	and	wait	until
it	has	received	the	results	of	that	process	through	NSLDS	before	creating	a	Pell	award	for	that	student	in	the	COD	System.
Concurrent	Enrollment	and	Pell	Potential	Overaward
When	multiple	schools	report	disbursements	for	a	student	and	the	enrollment	dates	reported	are	within	30	calendar	days
of	each	other,	the	COD	System	identifies	a	potential	concurrent	enrollment	and	sends	a	warning	message	to	all	schools
involved.	The	COD	System	sends	the	school	that	submitted	the	second	or	subsequent	disbursement	information	a
response	document	that	contains	warning	edit	69.	Warning	edit	69	informs	schools	that	submit	second	or	subsequent
disbursement	information	that	Pell	disbursements	for	a	student	have	been	received	from	two	or	more	schools	and	the
enrollment	dates	for	the	student	are	within	30	days	of	one	another.	The	COD	System	also	sends	a	multiple	reporting
record	(MRR)	to	all	the	schools	with	accepted	disbursement	information	in	the	COD	system	for	the	student	and	the	award
year.	The	MRR	alerts	the	schools	to	a	possible	overlap	in	enrollment.	The	Department	expects	all	schools	involved	to
cooperate	in	resolving	the	concurrent	enrollment	issue.	To	help	facilitate	resolution,	the	MRR	contains	the	Pell	contact
much	as	$1,687.50	if	the	student	remains	enrolled	at	School	Y	for	the	balance	of	the	award	year.
During	the	first	payment	period,	the	student	receives	$1,500	in	Pell	funds:
(300	hours	in	payment	period	x	$4,500)	÷	900	hours	in	academic	year	=	$1,500
However,	in	the	second	payment	period,	the	student	can	only	receive	funds	until	their	total	Pell	at	School	Y
reaches	$1,687.50	(and	the	student9s	total	for	the	award	year	reaches	150%	their	Scheduled	Award	amount	of
$4,500).	Therefore,	for	the	second	payment	period	at	School	Y,	the	student	can	only	receive	$187.50	($1,687.50	3
$1,500	=	$187.50).
Note	that	if	the	student	received	a	Direct	Loan	at	School	X	and	now	wishes	to	borrow	a	Direct	Loan	at	School	Y,
the	method	for	determining	the	remaining	eligibility	for	Direct	Loan	funds	in	transfer	student	situations	is	very
different	from	the	method	of	determining	remaining	Pell	Grant	eligibility.	Refer	to	
Volume	8	for	a	complete
discussion	of	this	topic.