FAFSA Data Errors Shake Confidence in Financial Aid System
The Department of Education is preparing to release a list of Universally Unique Identification Numbers (UUIDs) to schools, identifying student records unaffected by known errors in tax data provided on Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) for 2024–25 FAFSA forms. The list will be sent directly to institutions, and a decryption key will be provided to access the encrypted CSV file containing the unaffected records. Schools can use this information to accurately calculate aid offers. Additionally, a webinar is scheduled to discuss tax data discrepancies and support available to schools, and a browser-based tool is available for checking FAFSA records for known issues.