1. Using Student Financial Planning
  2. Add a FAFSA Completion Period

Add a FAFSA Completion Period

If Student Financial Aid (SFA) hasn't automatically generated the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion Period for a future award year, the institution can add a FAFSA Completion Period.

Overview

If the institution doesn't add a FAFSA completion period at the appropriate time, Student Financial Planning adds the completion period per the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published guidelines for the award year.

All FAFSA messaging is based upon the configured FAFSA completion period for the award year, per the student's enrollment period.

SFA uses a 4-digit format to represent the Award Year; for example, 2022 represents the 2021-2022 Award Year.

Required Role Permissions

The user must have a role with this General Permission through Roles Management to complete these manual processing steps.

  • Administration

See Set General Permissions Matrix for additional information.

Manual Processing Steps

Log into the SFA User Interface (UI)

  1. Navigate to Administration > FAS Management > Regulatory Management
  2. Click New.
  3. Enter 4 Digit Award Year (for example, 2017).
  4. Enter the FAFSA Completion Start Date: MM/DD/CCYY (for example, 01/01/2016).
  5. Enter the FAFSA Completion End Date: MM/DD/CCYY (for example, 06/30/2017).
  6. Click Save.