[ctcLinkfinaidsupport] FA Weeklyish Bulletin 02/16/2024

Fri Feb 16 12:56:17 PST 2024

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A Financial Aid Focus
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Important Need-to-Know Updates from FA Support:
📣 Financial Aid Directors (DPAs):  Your FTI-SAIG Enrollment Agreements must be submitted by February 23, 2024.  Schools that fail to sign the updated SAIG enrollment agreement will not be able to access 2024–25 ISIRs.

👉 Start here: Updated SAIG Enrollment Agreement Available Oct. 23, 2023 – Required Steps to Receive 2024–25 ISIRs (Updated Feb. 9, 2024) | Knowledge Center<https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2023-09-22/updated-saig-enrollment-agreement-available-oct-23-2023-required-steps-receive-2024-25-isirs-updated-feb-9-2024>

🤲 Sharing FTI:  SBCTC worked with our Attorney General (AG) in addressing the FTI-DDX issue of sharing FTI with SBCTC. The SBCTC agency and FA Support are good to continue working with our FA community when accessing FTI data - business as usual - according to discussions between the agency and our AG.  In addition, SBCTC collectively has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which affords FA Support the ability to exchange highly sensitive information, including FTI. Please direct any concerns on FTI-DDX and FA Support’s ability to continue to work on behalf of our FA community to fasupport at sbctc.edu<mailto:fasupport at sbctc.edu>

✅ Other FTI Resources & Set Up Info from FSA Partners:

  *   Software and Other Tools | Knowledge Center<https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/topics/software-and-other-tools>
  *   SAIG Software Upgrade for FTI Data Transmission – Important Information for EDconnect 8.6.0 Users | Knowledge Center<https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2023-12-04/saig-software-upgrade-fti-data-transmission-important-information-edconnect-860-users>

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Query Corner
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⛔ Query Viewer Proxy Errors ⛔

Have you ever run a query and it just times out?  Spins and spins and then just stops.  Or, do you ever get a Proxy Error message that looks like this?

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This proxy error or time-outs in Query Viewer means the query you are running probably has too much data.

Tip!  Queries that have many, many results in it, run it in Schedule Queries for best results.

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Financial Aid Learning Opportunities
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Calendar invites with web ex log in information already sent out

Session:  The Adventures of the R2T4 Worksheet – Session 2
When:  Thursday, 2/22/2024, 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Audience:  Staff responsible for processing R2T4 calculations & SF Staff who are responsible for maintaining charges
Presenters:  Molly Groyer, FA Support Functional Analyst & Charles Sapien, SF Support Functional Analyst

Join us in R2T4 Session #2 for a deeper dive into the R2T4 worksheet in ctcLink. This session will cover where and how institutional charges are configured and how they are accounted for on the R2T4 worksheet.

New! Session:  Loan Exit Counseling Refresher
When:  Tuesday, 2/27/2024, 9:00AM – 10:30AM
Audience:  Staff responsible for awarding/managing the Direct loan program
Presenters:  Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer
Objectives:

  *   Understand the processing steps to run Direct Loan Exit counseling
  *   Understand the available queries and the specific populations of students the loan exit process is running

Session:  ISIR Processing Refresher (23/24 Only)
When:  Tuesday, 3/12/2024, 9:00AM – 10:30AM
Audience:  Fin Aid Staff responsible for loading ISIRs into ctcLink
Presenters:  Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer
Objectives:

  *   Understand how to set/update User Defaults for the new AY
  *   Understand the steps in ISIR Processing
     *   Upload/download process
     *   FA Inbound
     *   Process Imported ISIRs
  *   Understand how to load ISIRs using the File List Driven process and the Single File process

Session:  ISIR Corrections Fundamentals (23/24 Only)
When:  Tuesday, 3/12/2024, 9:00AM – 10:30AM
Audience:  Fin Aid Staff responsible for performing file review and correcting ISIRs ctcLink
Presenters:  Kelly Forsberg, FA Functional Trainer
Objectives:

  *   Understand how to make ISIR Corrections on specific scenarios
     *   Making Corrections on an Alien Registration Number
     *   Processing Dependency Override/Homeless Youth Determinations
     *   Processing Special Conditions/Circumstances/EFC Adjustment Request
  *   Understand how to Process ISIR Corrections in ctcLink using the following steps:
     *   Process ISIR Corrections
     *   Create Federal Data File
     *   Upload/Download File Process

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Team Updates
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FA Support Team
It’s Aid Year Rollover season!  Aid Year Rollover calendar invites have made their way to their intended recipients in the FA offices.  Beginning near the end of January, and into March, the Functional Analysts will be working with your college FA team to roll tables and review items for the 2024/2025 Award Year.

Training Team
Updates to Canvas Training courses are ongoing and will be worked up to include screen updates from the FAFSA Simplification.  Announcements will be made in Canvas when these updates are completed.

Information on 24/25 learning opportunities and support sessions will be announced soon as we progress through testing . . . Stay tuned!

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Just for Fun!
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https://youtu.be/Y0xVLGssnwU?si=Huc4RNolulqQEB0F <-- Please also enjoy this 70s Disco gem💎(DEW-IT!)

TGIF,

[Compass]Kelly Forsberg
ctcLink Functional Trainer | Financial Aid
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
o: 360-704-1066

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