[ctcLinkfinaidsupport] {Disarmed} MP Issue #2 CBS for BA Degree Students Coming Soon!

[Stephanie Casino]

Good Afternoon FA-

In June we shared the proposed solution to the second issue from the FAST maintenance list: CBS is not packaged accurately for students pursuing a bachelor's degree. From the survey results we received, it was agreed that we could move forward with the solution. A small group of colleges volunteered to participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT). UAT took place over the past week and the colleges indicated testing as passed. Special thanks to Skagit, Everett, Spokane, Spokane Falls and Cascadia for testing. Your efforts and feedback are greatly appreciated!

Overview

  *   Issue: Currently the CBS Setup page does not have a field to store the BAS Full time CBS Maximum amount. The CBS equation engines take the students maximum eligible award amount and subtracts the WCG award amount, often resulting in a negative number which cannot be packaged. FA staff must manually enter or adjust CBS for BAS students.
  *   Solution: Modify the custom CBS Setup page to store maximum award amounts based on degree level. In addition, the criteria in the CBS award amount equations would be updated to determine the students program plan and refer to the associated Full Time Maximum CBS BAS award amount in set up to calculate the correct CBS BAS amount for the student.
  *   Implementation: The modified custom CBS Set up page is targeted for release into Production 8/31/23 . Once we confirm the migration, we will send a notification to update your CBS set up page *Special Note: Before awarding students, you must update your CBS set up page to the new values. If set up is not updated, you will get an error message.

Solution Design & Testing Info.

  *   Demo Recording: https://sbctc.webex.com/webappng/sites/sbctc/recording/4aa71ebe1ddd103cbd6dfe792125ebc8/playback
  *   UAT Details: https://ctclinkreferencecenter.ctclink.us/m/PMO_Info/l/1680672-fa-mass-packaging-project-information-guide


Thank you!

Stephanie and Debbie


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Senior Functional Analyst, Campus Solutions (Financial Aid)
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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