Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Pre-filled FAFSA Electronic	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
Pre-filled FAFSA on the Web	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
FAFSA EZ	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
FAFSA Electronic (Also Known as 'FAA Access')	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
FAFSA on the Web	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
Free Application Federal Student Aid	Form and Instruction	Removed	Available
Electronic SAR	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FSAIC Corrections	Form and Instruction	New	Available
Internal Department Corrections	Form	New	Available
Electronic Other Corrections	Form and Instruction	New	Repair queued
FAFSA Electronic Other	Form and Instruction	New	Available
SAR Acknowledgement	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FAA Access Corrections	Form and Instruction	New	Available
Paper SAR	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FOTW Corrections	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FAA Access EZ	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FAFSA Paper	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FAA Access EZ Renewal	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FAA Access Renewal	Form and Instruction	New	Available
Financial Aid Administrator (FAA) Access	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FOTW FAFSA on the Phone EZ	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FOTP FAFSA on the Phone	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FOTW EZ Renewal	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FOTW EZ	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FOTW Renewal	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FAFSA on the Web (FOTW)	Form and Instruction	New	Available
FAFSA 2011-2012 Addressing Terms of Clearance.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2010-11-18	Available
FAFSA 2011-2012 Supporting Statement 12 17 2010.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2010-12-20	Available
FAFSA 2011-2012 FOTW Worksheet Draft - 10-20-10.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2010-11-05	Available
FAFSA 2011-2012 Data Elements Justification.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2010-11-05	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
44709	Pre-filled FAFSA Electronic	Form and Instruction	Removed	Pre-filled FAFSA Electronic
44708	Renewal FAFSA on the Web	Form and Instruction	Removed	Pre-filled FAFSA on the Web
44707	FAFSA EZ	Form and Instruction	Removed	FAFSA EZ
44706	FAFSA Electronic (Also known as 'FAA Access')	Form and Instruction	Removed	FAFSA Electronic (Also Known as 'FAA Access')
44648	FAFSA on the Web	Form and Instruction	Removed	FAFSA on the Web
43988	Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) (Paper FAFSA)	Form and Instruction	Removed	Free Application Federal Student Aid
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	Electronic SAR
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FSAIC Corrections
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form	New	Internal Department Corrections
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	Electronic Other Corrections
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FAFSA Electronic Other
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	SAR Acknowledgement
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FAA Access Corrections
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	Paper SAR
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FOTW Corrections
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FAA Access EZ
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FAFSA Paper
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FAA Access EZ Renewal
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FAA Access Renewal
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	Financial Aid Administrator (FAA) Access
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FOTW FAFSA on the Phone EZ
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FOTP FAFSA on the Phone
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FOTW EZ Renewal
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FOTW EZ
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FOTW Renewal
195111	Federal Student Aid Application	Form and Instruction	New	FAFSA on the Web (FOTW)

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1845-0001	ICR Reference No: 201011-1845-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200910-1845-005
Agency/Subagency: ED/FSA	Agency Tracking No: 4391
Title: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/28/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/18/2010
Terms of Clearance: This collection is approved with the following terms of clearance: Since the current timing for FAFSA system revisions and the Paperwork Reduction Act’s statutory public comment period are not aligned and does not fully allow comments provided by the public to be incorporated into the academic year’s electronic FAFSA submission, the Department must provide to OMB an alignment plan beginning with the 2012-2013 FAFSA. This will ensure compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act and that Education has the opportunity to thoughtfully consider and properly implement beneficial comments from the public.

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2011	12/31/2011	12/31/2010
Responses	35,818,915	0	21,696,675
Time Burden (Hours)	32,239,328	0	26,781,074
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: Public Law 89-329, Sections 401-495, the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), mandates that the Secretary of Education “…shall produce, distribute, and process free of charge common financial reporting forms as described in this subsection to be used for application and reapplication to determine the need and eligibility of a student for financial assistance.” The determination of need and eligibility are for the following Title IV, HEA, federal student financial assistance programs: the Federal Pell Grant Program; the Campus-Based programs (Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Work-Study (FWS), and the Federal Perkins Loan Program); the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program; the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant; and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant. Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education (hereafter “the Department”), subsequently developed an application process to collect and process the data necessary to determine a student’s eligibility to receive Title IV, HEA program assistance. The application process involves an applicant’s submission of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). After submission of the FAFSA, an applicant receives a Student Aid Report (SAR) which is a summary of the data they submitted on the FAFSA. The applicant reviews the SAR, and, if necessary, will make corrections or updates to their submitted FAFSA.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 89 - 329 401-495 Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 56522	09/16/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 70218	11/17/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FAFSA EZ	N/A	FAFSA EZ
FAFSA Electronic (Also known as 'FAA Access')	N/A	FAFSA Electronic (Also Known as 'FAA Access')
FAFSA on the Web	N/A	FAFSA on the Web
Federal Student Aid Application	NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA	FAFSA on the Web (FOTW) ,   FOTW Renewal ,   FOTW EZ ,   FOTW EZ Renewal ,   FOTP FAFSA on the Phone ,   FOTW FAFSA on the Phone EZ ,   Financial Aid Administrator (FAA) Access ,   FAA Access Renewal ,   FAA Access EZ Renewal ,   FAFSA Paper ,   FAA Access EZ ,   FOTW Corrections ,   Paper SAR ,   FAA Access Corrections ,   SAR Acknowledgement ,   FAFSA Electronic Other ,   Electronic Other Corrections ,   Internal Department Corrections ,   FSAIC Corrections ,   Electronic SAR
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) (Paper FAFSA)	NA	Free Application Federal Student Aid
Pre-filled FAFSA Electronic	N/A	Pre-filled FAFSA Electronic
Renewal FAFSA on the Web	N/A	Pre-filled FAFSA on the Web

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	35,818,915	21,696,675	0	14,122,240	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	32,239,328	26,781,074	0	-5,405,813	10,864,067	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Using Information Technology

Short Statement: The net program change burden decrease of 5,405,813, results from the simplification improvements made by the Department for 2011-2012. The 10,864,067 burden adjustment number reflects the burden increase of adding the SAR collection and the estimated 11.46 percent increase in submissions for 2011-2012.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $55,649,216

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 11/18/2010

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