[ctcLinkfinaidsupport] MP Issue #4 & #5 Exclude RS and Incarcerated Students from Packaging Coming Soon!

[Stephanie Casino]

Good Afternoon FA-
In October we shared the proposed solution that addresses two items from the FAST maintenance list: Exclude Running Start and Incarcerated students from packaging selection. 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 last month and the colleges indicated testing as passed. Special thanks to Cascadia, Centralia, Clark, and Skagit for testing. Your efforts and feedback are greatly appreciated!

Overview

  *   Issue: Running Start students are not eligible for traditional financial aid. Incarcerated students have limited eligibility for traditional financial aid.  The current packaging selection process does not have criteria to prevent a student in either population from being packaged traditional financial aid. As a result, staff must manually award students or cancel/adjust award offers after they are packaged, depending on eligibility.
  *   Solution: Update the packaging plan selection equation engines to search the students Student Group record to determine if the student is active in one of the four student groups and exclude the student from selection accordingly. Student Groups reviewed are: SRSR- Running Start, SRSL- Running Start Waiver, SDOC-Department of Corrections & R2CP-Second Chance Pell.
  *   Implementation: The updated packaging plan selection equation engines are scheduled to migrate into Production the evening of 12/12/23. Once we confirm the migration, we will send a follow up communication.


Solution Design & Testing Info.

  *   Demo Recording: https://sbctc.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/sbctc/recording/9e5a1c666567103cbfcefe5761110c41/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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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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