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Department updates draft 2024-25 Draft FAFSA Specifications Guide
October 11, 2023
If you downloaded or printed the draft 2024-25 FAFSA® Specifications Guide, you're need to take out Volume 4 and replace it with a new one.
In an October 10 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education said it updated Volume 4 – Record Layouts and Processing Codes and updated the standalone draft ISIR record layout in Excel format. Other volumes in the Guide remain unchanged.
The Guide contains FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical and processing information for the 2024-25 award year. In an earlier announcement, the Department said the guide gives financial aid administrators, software vendors, and other vested stakeholders time to understand and prepare for these upcoming changes under FAFSA Simplification.