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NEWS FROM NASFAA

 Off the Cuff

This week on “Off The Cuff,” Justin, Megan, Rachel, and Allie delve into funding for financial aid programs included in the fiscal year 2020 budget that passed late last month. At 10:36, Rachel discusses provisions that both excited and surprised the higher education community, such as one to allow students to pay down their student debt using money from their 529 savings accounts. At 14:57, Megan talks about confusion that erupted on Twitter as some questioned whether filing the FAFSA would put them at risk to be drafted into the military, and at 17:59 Allie breaks down new data coming out of the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) on outstanding student loan debt and its progress reviewing applications for borrower defense and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Plus, to kick off the new year, the “Off The Cuff” team is inviting its listeners to participate in a three-week fitness challenge for the chance to win awesome podcast swag — check out the workout schedule in the show notes for more details.  

NASFAA UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please join us in congratulating NASFAA National Chair Paula Luff, currently the interim vice president for enrollment management at DePaul University in Chicago, who will serve as Ball State University's vice president of enrollment planning and management beginning April 20, and Amanda Randolph, formerly the coordinator for Title IV programs at the University of Missouri, who is now the associate director for the office of enrollment compliance at Cornell University. Learn more about other colleagues' accomplishments, recognitions, and achievements, and submit your own on our Movers and Shakers page.

Leadership Conference

NASFAA's 2020 Leadership & Legislative Conference & Expo is just three weeks away! If you need to update your registration information, such as dietary or other considerations, you can do so online until Friday, January 10, 2020. Also, please review the NASFAA Event Conduct Policy and Cancellation/Change of Attendee information. Please let us know if you have any questions in the meantime. If you haven't yet registered, it's not too late — spaces are still available for the Strategic Enrollment Management and Advanced Topics in Financial Aid Leadership pathways. Register today to save your spot.

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If you attended our November 2019, special extended edition Verification webinar, but just can't get enough verification information, never fear! Join us for our Verification 2020-21: Follow-Up Webinar, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. ET. NASFAA Regulatory Specialist Joe Massman will follow up on some of the unanswered questions from the previous webinar and provide clarification on some of the most commonly misunderstood topics. Register now.

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Have questions about how to upload a document into the Policies and Procedures (P&P) Builder? Maybe you have a question about how to access a manual already created by your school. The P&P Builder User Manual is now available as another tool in your compliance arsenal. The user manual has information on filling in your institution's policies and procedures, assigning manual items, transferring ownership of your manual, and more. Check out the P&P Builder User Manual. It pairs well with our other Compliance Engine Resources such as the Self-Evaluation Checklists User Guide and the Compliance Engine Frequently Asked Questions.

TRENDING IN FINAID NEWS

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Student Aid offices, as well as some Title IV processors and contact centers, will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, to observe the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday.

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