Support of May and June 24/25 ISIR Updates

On May 22, 2024 and June 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) updated Volumes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of the FAFSA Simplification Guide with a number of updates that impact Student Financial Aid. These updates are needed to ensure we are communicating the correct comment code descriptions, accept updated valid content within the ISIR, and communicate ISIR corrections in the correct format.

  • Updates to the ISIR Correction Layout:
    • Added field number 34 - Student's Date of Birth.
    • Changed field number 7 to a filler field - Removed Student Middle Name.
    • Changed field number 9 to a filler field - Removed Suffix.
  • Updated valid content for ISIR fields:
    • Removed "W - Waived" - Fields 583, 585, 589 and 591 
    • Added "R = Exceeded loan limit and reaffirmed debt" - Fields 633 and 636
  • Updated Reject Code descriptions displayed in the ISIR UI - Reject Codes 31 and 42 were updated.
  • Associated Reject Code 1 with C-Code 325 in system default logic.

This feature allows the product to remain in sync with ED's May 22, 2024 and June 26, 2024 24/25 ISIR updates.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Student Financial Aid

Opt In for this feature is enabled via configuration updates:

  1. Download Baseline Configuration Release Extract .
  2. Review the updates to baseline configuration related to this feature.
  3. Make applicable updates to ISIR configuration workbooks.
  4. Upload through the configuration loader in SFA.
  5. Test and confirm ISIRs with applicable comment codes are processing as expected.

Tips And Considerations

Please review our baseline configuration updates for additional enhancements for the new ISIR updates.

  • Updated the ISIR_REJECT_TO_C_CODES workbook to associate Reject Code 1 to C-Code 325 for the 2024-2025 Award Year

Key Resources