NEWS from Iron Bridge Resources

June 2024

Robert Weinerman received award at EASFAA Conference

We're delighted to announce that Robert Weinerman, Director of Training for Iron Bridge Resources, has been awarded the EASFAA Distinguished Service Award for 2024!

EASFAA bestows the award upon "...individuals who have made significant contributions to EASFAA through leadership, activities, and/or research in financial aid".

Robert's highly-sought-after Tax Training Workshops are legendary in the higher education world, and he works tirelessly all year long to bring timely and accurate information to the financial aid community.

Please join us in congratulating Robert for this well-deserved honor!

June 06, 2024

(GENERAL-24-67) Update on Department Reprocessing of 2024-25 FAFSA Records

This electronic announcement provides an update on the Department of Education’s (the Department’s) research and reprocessing of 2024-25 FAFSA forms as outlined in Electronic Announcement (GENERAL-24-60). The Department has now transmitted the ISIRs from approximately 10.8 million FAFSA forms to schools, states, and designated scholarship organizations. In addition, over 1.8 million corrections have been successfully processed, addressing the most common issues with FAFSA submission. Whether resulting from a new submission or a correction, applicants’ ISIRs are now being sent to schools and states within 1 to 3 days of submission.

Reprocessing Records with Blank SAI and Missing Verification Tracking Flags

This week, the Department will be delivering reprocessed ISIRs to IHEs that correct records with a blank SAI field, and records selected for verification without a tracking group (V1, V4, or V5) listed. We have identified the root causes of these issues, which impacted fewer than one-half of one percent of ISIRs. Impacted records that are reprocessed will be ...

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