FAFSA 2008-2009 Change worksheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

CHANGE WORKSHEET

Agency/Subagency U.S. Department of Education DRAFT Federal Student Aid Re: 2008-2009 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)      		OMB Control Number     -        1845-0001
Enter only items that change Current Record New Record
Agency form number(s)	ED255     	ED255     
Annual reporting and record keeping hour burden
Number of respondents	15,952,89016,787,640954,59017,567,558     	16,787,64018,569,258     
Total annual responses	16,787,64015,952,89016,954,590     17,567,558	16,787,64018,569,258     
Percent of these responses collected electronically	95%      	95%      
Total annual hours	     8,016,947167,202666814352016	8,016,947314,866     
Difference		0     
Explanation of difference Program ChageChange		(See ‘Other change’)     See explanation below
Adjustment		     
Annual reporting and record keeping cost burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup costs	     $30,787,22000	$34,245,532     0
Total annual costs (O&M)	     0	     0
Total annualized cost requested	     $30,787,2200     0	$34,245,53200     0
Difference		     $3,458,31200
Explanation of difference Program Change		      0See explanation attached0
Adjustment		0     
Background: The 2007-2008 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) received OMB clearance on September 9, 2006. Soon after its clearance, the bi-partisan Commission on the Future of Higher Education issued a report challenging Federal Student Aid (FSA) to notify students of their student financial assistance eligibility prior to their senior year in high school. Because FSA had traditionally required students to wait until they were seniors in high school [or beyond] to apply for student financial assistance this meant that the Department needed to develop a new tool to provide earlier notification of potential financial aid eligibility. The tool FSA developed, FAFSA4caster, is a part of FAFSA on the Web (www.fafsa.ed.gov) and assists younger students and their families by instantly calculating an estimated family contribution; informing the student of potential future Federal Pell Grant eligibility; and reducing the time needed to complete the FAFSA when the student later formally applies as a high school senior. Because the original 2007-2008 FAFSA burden hour estimate did not include the burden associated with FAFSA4caster, FSA amended the 2007-2008 FAFSA clearance packet by submitting a Change Worksheet to OMB. OMB That request was approved this request on March 307, 2007. Current Activity: FSA is providing this Change Worksheet, in lieu of a full clearance packet, because there will be no change to the design, content or distribution of the 2008-2009 FAFSA. (See ‘Summary of Changes’ document for more information on the minor changes that are being incorporated in the 2008-2009 FAFSA) Because FSA increased both the burden hour estimate and the total annual responses estimate on the Change Worksheet (approved March 30 7, 2007) and because the past burden and response estimates have been higher than the actual rates, the Department is confident that any increase in the market adoption rate has been accommodated by the above estimates.Re: 2007-2008 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): Other change**       financial need and a new two new , the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG),sof 2005 (HERA). (Title VIII of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005). allow grants to be ensure that grants can be 200707, , FAFSA applicant who is applicant for a grant based onbased onhas provided or will provide on provides in the his or her These applicants are referred to a Web site, or paper filers are referred to the Federal Student Aid Information Center (FSAIC), where they will answer several additional eligiblity questions. After July 1, 2006, the questions will be presented as part of the online FAFSA, and paper filers will continue to respond through FSAIC. Based on rough estimates of the number of potential eligibles who may provide some minimal added information, the burden hours requested for 2006-2007 have been increased by 441,808 hours. Continued on attached sheet. Applicants who are U.S. citizens in the first or second year of postsecondary education, and who have an expected family contribution (EFC) that would make them eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, will be notified of their potential eligibility by July 1, 2006. If the applicant provided an email address in the FAFSA, then the applicant will be contact by email. If the applicant did not provide an email address, then the applicant will be contacted by mail. All applicants will have the option to contact the Department via either telephone or the Internet (URL provided in written communication to applicants) to provide additional information requested by the Department. After receipt of the additional information, the Department will disseminate the information electronically to the appropriate school(s) for final award processing.
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