What Is the Financial Aid Office Required To Do When an Incarcerated Student's ISIR Is Not Flagged?
Award Year: 2023-24 KA-36653 Helpfulness Rating 72 page viewsThis guidance is specific to the 2023-24 award year and later.
According to SE-Q4/A4 on the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) Prison Education Programs Questions and Answers website:
"When a school is aware that the student is incarcerated but the student’s ISIR does not include an Incarcerated Applicant Flag indicating that the individual is confined or incarcerated, the school must add the flag. The school must mark the Incarcerated Student Indicator on the ISIR and submit the change as a correction to CPS to resolve the conflicting information."
Note: Effective with the 2024-25 award year, the FAFSA Processing System (FPS) replaces the Central Processing System (CPS).
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