Section 483 of 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 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 (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 data. Institutions of higher education
listed by the applicant on the FAFSA also receive a summary of the
processed data submitted on the FAFSA which is called the
Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR). The Department
seeks OMB approval of all application components as a single
"collection of information". The aggregate burden will be accounted
for under OMB Control Number 1845-0001. This is a request for a
revision of the current information.
The Department is projecting a
burden increase of 5,790,741 hours. Since there are no substantive
changes to the 2018-2019 FAFSA, the burden increase is attributed
to the 556,847 increase in annual responses from the prior year and
a forecasted increase in FAFSA completion times. Part of the
increase in completion time is attributed to the FSA ID
authentication process that requires all applicants to now have an
FSA ID to increase security and protection of the filer data.The
increase in burden is considered an adjustment rather than a
program change.
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:
(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;
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.
2018-2019 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
1845-0001FINAL 2018-2019 30 Day Comment Period Summary.docx
2018-2019 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)