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), and
Federal Work-Study (FWS)); the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan
Program; the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher
Education (TEACH) Grant; the Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship
and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant. Federal Student Aid,
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. This is a request for revisions to the current
information collection. There are changes to the FAFSA form as
described in the Summary of Enhancements to the 2020-21 Free
Application for Federal Student Aid, one for general FAFSA form
changes and one for web and mobile application changes.
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USC 1090 Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965,
The Department made adjustments
to the data set used to calculate the burden projections. For
2020-21 estimates, we utilized the 2017-18 application cycle
results, which offered a complete data set, to forecast individual
burden. The Department believes this more accurately reflects and
depicts our respondent universe. The Department is projecting a
burden increase of 2,358,697 hours with an increase of 9,855,260
responses compared to 2019-20. The estimated time to complete the
application remains 1.5 hours.
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.
2019-2020 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
1845-0001 2020-21 60-Day Comment Period Summary rev.docx
2019-2020 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)