Publication Date:
March 4, 2008
Summary: Update Your
Federal School Code Information by March 30, 2008
Federal Student Aid
is preparing the quarterly update of the Federal School Code (FSC) List
of Participating Schools, and would like to remind all schools that school
information must be kept current. Please verify your FSC name, address,
and contact information on the Electronic
Application for Approval to Participate in the Federal Student Financial
Aid Programs (E-App) Web site (http://eligcert.ed.gov),
and update the information as necessary. To ensure your changes will be
incorporated in the upcoming update of the list for the 2008-2009 award
year, please make your updates no later than March 30, 2008.
The information you
submit on the E-App Web site will
be used to update the Federal School Code List of Participating Schools
and will also be added to the FSC File on FAFSA
on the Web (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov).
Applicants for federal student aid use these lists to find the Federal
School Code(s) of the school(s) they want to include on the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Note: As noted
in the electronic
announcement posted on August 24, 2007, the Federal School Code List
of Participating Schools is only available electronically as a PDF file
for the 2008-2009 award year. We are no longer distributing the list in
hard-copy format. In addition to the Federal School Code search that is
already available on FAFSA on the Web,
the PDF file will provide you with the most current FSC information available
in a searchable format. We will remind you quarterly to update your FSC
information, after which an updated PDF file will be posted.
The updated electronic
2008-2009 Federal School Code List of Participating Schools will be available
May 1, 2008 on the Information
for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site (http://ifap.ed.gov),
under the heading "Publications." It will also be posted on
the National College Access
Network (NCAN) Web site (http://www.collegeaccess.org/NCAN/).
Submitting Updates
to FSC Information
To update your FSC
information, go to the E-App Web
site (http://eligcert.ed.gov). Click
on "Update your Federal School Code Addresses which are used by the
FAFSA" on the left side of the page under the "Other Features"
section.
Note: A school
can only have one city and state for each FSC. In addition, changes to
the FSC File do not update your school's name or address in any other
U.S. Department of Education database. If you need to change the "Official
Name or Address" of your school, you must submit an "Update"
application through the E-App Web
site.
Please verify that
the type of FSC for your school is correct. The following are the current
code types:
0 (zero) = Your school
participates in the Federal Pell Grant program, as well as the Direct
Loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, or Campus-Based programs.
B = Your school participates in Campus-Based programs only.
E = Your school has an ED-assigned code for an approved additional location.
G = Your school participates in the FFEL or Direct Loan program, as well
as the Campus-Based programs.
Contact Information
We appreciate your
assistance in keeping your school's Federal School Code information up
to date. For help with the E-App
Web site, contact the Federal Student Aid School Participation Team for
your state. Please see the E-App
home page for the phone number of your School Participation Team.
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