2006- Electronic Access Conference Orlando, FL

2006- Electronic Access Conference Orlando, FL

2008 Federal Student Aid Conference – Dallas

October 28-31, 2008

Tuesday, October 28

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

  • So, This is Your First Federal Student Aid Conference!

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Opening General Session: Under Secretary Sara Martinez Tucker

  • Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • Continuing to look at Simpler Financial Aid System & Its Future
  • college.gov: A Demonstration

11:00 PM – 12:15 PM

Interest Sessions

  • Operational Update for Pell Grants, ACG and National SMART
  • Working with VA to help students
  • The Big Picture: What does the school do from start to finish!
  • Direct Loan Fundamentals
  • Current Electronic Services Offered by Federal Student Aid for GA's and Lenders
  • EDExpress Update: 2008-09 and 2009-10
  • Keeping Your School's Participation Current
  • Ensuring Information Security
  • Working Together to Achieve our Goal: National Training for Counselors and Mentors
  • COD Web for Grants (hands-on)
  • NSLDS Website (hands-on)

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Interest Sessions

  • TEACH Operational and Processing Information: Part One (COD)
  • NSLDS Enrollment Reporting
  • Student Eligibility: The Basics
  • Direct Loan Servicing Fundamentals
  • Overview of the FFEL Program for GA's and Lenders
  • Program Compliance 101
  • Look What We Have Done to the IFAP Website
  • CPS Process, Data Matches and Processing Changes
  • Federal Student Aid Technical Architecture Initiatives
  • COD Basics
  • Test Drive the ISIR Analysis Tool and Improve Verification (hands-on)
  • SAIG Mailbox Tools: EDconnect/TDCM (hands-on)

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Interest Sessions

  • Title IV Funding to Schools: From COD to G5 (For Pell Grants, ACG and National SMART)
  • Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008: An Update
  • The FAFSA: Where it All Begins
  • Unlocking the Potential of Direct Loan Reports
  • What's New for GA's and Lenders?
  • HEA Changes on Perkins and Work Study
  • Integrated Partner Management (IPM) Overview - SESSION CANCELLED
  • Return of Title IV Aid: Compliance Issues and their Resolution
  • Financial Aid for Technical Staff
  • HBCU Open Forum
  • FAA Access to CPS Online for New Users (hands-on)

Wednesday, October 29

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

  • Birds of a Feather
  • Two Year Colleges
  • Four Year Private Colleges and Universities
  • Four Year Public Colleges and Universities
  • Career Colleges
  • Graduate & Professional Schools

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

GENERAL SESSION: HEOA: Summary and Rulemaking

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Interest Sessions

  • Operational Update for Pell Grants, ACG and National SMART
  • FSA Gateway and Portal Strategies
  • Expected Family Contribution (EFC): How It Is Calculated!
  • Direct Loan Fundamentals
  • Lender ID Assignment Rules and Process
  • TEACH Grants Policy Update
  • NSLDS Aggregate Calculations
  • CPS Process, Data Matches and Processing Changes
  • Professional Judgment
  • Working Together to Achieve our Goal: National Training for Counselors and Mentors
  • A Tour of Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) on the Web (hands-on)
  • SAIG Mailbox Tools: EDconnect/TDCM (hands-on)

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Interest Sessions

  • Program Compliance 101
  • TEACH Operational and Processing Information-Part Two (Servicing)
  • The ISIR: What It Is and How to Use It
  • Title IV Funding to Schools: From COD through G5 (For Direct Loan schools)
  • Electronic Services for the Future
  • Write, Implement, and Own It: The Making of a Policies and Procedures Manual
  • Promote Student Success, Manage Delinquency and Prevent Defaults
  • Return of Title IV Aid: Compliance Issues and their Resolution
  • FSA Technical Services for IT Staff
  • The Student Loan Ombudsman Caucus: Solutions for Loan Problems & Issues
  • COD Web for Grants (hands-on)
  • FAA Access to CPS Online for New Users (hands-on)

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Interest Sessions

  • COD Basics
  • Requirements for Federal Grant Programs: Pell, ACG and National SMART
  • Verification: Checking the Accuracy of FAFSA Data
  • Direct Loan Servicing Fundamentals
  • Operational Reporting for GA's and Lenders
  • Regulations and Legislative Update for the Loans Programs
  • NSLDS Update
  • Top Ten Audit and Program Review Findings and How to Identify Them
  • Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008: An Update
  • HSI Open Forum
  • A Tour of Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) on the Web (hands-on)
  • NSLDS Website (hands-on)

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Birds of a Feather for IT Professionals

Thursday, October 30

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

  • GENERAL SESSION: 2009-2010 Application Processing System Update

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Interest Sessions

  • Title IV Funding to Schools: From COD to G5 (For Pell Grants, ACG and National SMART)
  • Awarding Aid: Packaging
  • HEA Changes on Perkins and Work Study
  • Ask a Fed for GA/Lenders
  • Professional Judgment
  • Top Ten Audit and Program Review Findings and How to Identify Them
  • Web 2.0 Technologies and Privacy/Security Considerations
  • The Student Loan Ombudsman Caucus: Solutions for Loan Problems & Issues
  • A Tour of Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4) on the Web (hands-on)
  • COD Web for Direct Loan Schools (hands-on)

1:45 PM –3:00 PM

Interest Sessions

  • TEACH Operational and Processing Information: Part One (COD)
  • Working with VA to help students
  • What is SAP?
  • EDExpress Update: 2008-09 and 2009-10
  • Integrated Partner Management (IPM) Overview - SESSION CANCELLED
  • Write, Implement, and Own It: The Making of a Policies and Procedures Manual
  • NSLDS Aggregate Calculations
  • Return of Title IV Aid: Compliance Issues and their Resolution
  • Changes to General Provisions Rules
  • Regulations and Legislative Update for the Loans Programs
  • Financial Partners Systems (Hands on)
  • COD Web for Direct Loan Schools (hands-on)

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Interest Sessions

  • TEACH Operational and Processing Information-Part Two (Servicing)
  • NSLDS Update
  • Disbursing Aid
  • Keeping Your School's Participation Current
  • Promote Student Success, Manage Delinquency and Prevent Defaults
  • NSLDS Enrollment Reporting
  • Campus-Based Allocation Formula
  • CPS Process, Data Matches and Processing Changes
  • Web 2.0 Technologies and Privacy/Security Considerations
  • Tribal College Open Forum
  • Test Drive the ISIR Analysis Tool and Improve Verification (hands-on)
  • Direct Loan Tools (hands-on)

Friday, October 31

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

  • GENERAL SESSION: Federal Update

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Interest Sessions

  • TEACH Grants Policy Update
  • Uncover the Mysteries of the Law and Regulations
  • Regulations and Legislative Update for the Loans Programs
  • Requirements for Federal Grant Programs: Pell, ACG and National SMART
  • Campus-Based Allocation Formula
  • Top Ten Audit and Program Review Findings and How to Identify Them
  • Changes to General Provisions Rules
  • Ensuring Information Security
  • SAIG Mailbox Tools: EDconnect/TDCM (hands-on)
  • Direct Loan Tools (hands-on)

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