Packaging Replacement Careers

If a student is packaged for one career for the aid year and then changes careers for the entire aid year, you can replace the awards of one career for awards of another career. To do this, cancel all of the awards for the first career. Then award new awards for the second career, even though you may be awarding the same award(s) for the second career as you awarded for the first career.

You must build a Financial Aid term and budget for the new career before you can award for the new career.

Here are the steps for packaging students when they change from one career to another career for the entire aid year. In other words, the first career is replaced with a second career.

To package a replacement career for a student:

1. Assume the student is in Career 1 for Term 1 and Term 2, and that before Term 1 begins the student changes to Career 2 for Term 1 and Term 2.

   The Financial Aid Term build changes the student's career information, or you can change the career online.

2. Reduce the Budget for Career 1 for Terms 1 and 2 down to zero and build a new Budget for Career 2 for Terms 1 and 2.

3. Go to an award entry page.

   You see the awards for Career 1.

4. Select Career 1 in the Career field.

   The Career 1 awards are now available to be edited.

5. Cancel all awards for Career 1.

6. Validate and post the canceled awards.

   This discards all the awards for Career 1.

7. Select Career 2 in the Career field.

8. Enter all the awards for Career 2, even those that were canceled for Career 1.

9. Validate and post the awards you have entered for Career 2.