Repackaging Process Behavior

During the Repackaging process, the system updates the Unmet/Overaward Need and Unmet/Overaward COA totals as each award is adjusted. The system does not wait until all awards have been adjusted to calculate these Need Summary totals. The resulting Unmet/Overaward Need and Unmet/Overaward COA values determine whether further reductions or adjustments are necessary.

For the Decrease – Bottom Up Repackaging rule, the system reduces the student's package from bottom up (highest to lowest sequence), but calculates the Need Summary from top down (lowest to highest sequence). If the student's package contains Special Need/Cost awards and the Repackaging Plan is Decrease – Bottom Up, because the system updates the Need Summary totals top down after each award has been reduced, the characteristics of that Special Need/Cost award can change from completely replacing EFC/SAI to partially replacing EFC/SAI to completely reducing Unmet Need.