Review of Recent Announcements
As a service to its participating schools and lenders, Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority offers the following review of recent announcements and releases from the U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, and related sources. These reminders cover topics of general interest and importance that relate to the administration of federal student aid.
Electronic Announcements
Date: July 1, 2009
Summary: Announces the availability of the 2009-2010 ISIR Analysis Tool on the CPS Web Applications Demonstration site. http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/070109ISIRAnalysisToolWebDemo0910.html
Date: July 2, 2009
Summary: Announces a change to the effective date for the exclusion of federal veterans education benefits as estimated financial assistance for purposes of the Title IV Programs. The effective date is July 1, 2009. http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/070209FederalVeteransEducationBenefits.html
Date: July 8, 2009
Summary: Announces the interest rates for the Direct Loan Program Loans. http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/070809DLInterestRates0910.html
Date: July 8, 2009
Summary: Announces the availability of EDExpress for Windows 2009-2010, Release 4.0. http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/070809EDExpress4Windows0910Rel4pt0.html
Date: July 8, 2009
Summary: This announcement provides a copy of the letter sent to institutional presidents regarding transition to Direct Lending. http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/070809PresidentsLetterDirectLending.html
Date: July 8, 2009
Summary: Announces the availability of Direct Loan Tools for Windows, Release 9.0, a supplemental software product for Direct Loan participants.
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/070809DLTools4WindowsRelease9pt0.html
Date: July 13, 2009
Summary: Announces an updated list of TEACH Grant eligible institutions. http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/071309TEACHGrant.html
Date: July 16, 2009
Summary: Announces the restructuring of the Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) record layouts. http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/071609RestrucEDERecordLayout.html
Date: July 16, 2009
Summary: Announces the 2008-09 Campus-Based Reallocation Form and process. The deadline a school must electronically submit the 2008-09 Campus-Based Reallocation Form is Friday, August 21, 2009.
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/071609ReallocationProcess.html
Federal Register
Date: July 28, 2009
Summary: Provides two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). One NPRM, dated July 23, 2009, proposes changes to regulations that affect lenders and guarantors. The other, dated July 28, 2009, includes school based issues. PDF copies of the NPRMs were provided as attachments to this announcement.
http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/072809TitleIVLoansNPRMs.html
Training and Conferences
Event: 2009 Federal Student Aid Conference
Dates: December 1-4, 2009
Location: Nashville, TN (Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center)
http://fsaconferences.ed.gov/
Any questions related to this Bulletin should be directed to UHEAA’s School Services: Cinda Salazar Eresuma at (801) 321-7279, ceresuma@utahsbr.edu; or Brett Lutz at (801) 366-8474, blutz@utahsbr.edu. |
