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3.28.25 | |

Top Seven March 2025 Announcements for Higher Education Institutions

Here is a summary of the top seven March 2025 U.S. Department of Education (ED) announcements that apply to higher education institutions, plus information about a new webinar.

Upcoming Title IV Requirements
  1. FSA Electronic Announcement GENERAL-25-16, Acting Under Secretary James Bergeron Letter to Education Stakeholders (March 14, 2025) – This announcement links to a letter from ED with updates on the department’s reduction in force.
  2. FSA Electronic Announcement GENERAL-25-14, Notice of Updated School Participation Division Contact Information – The contact information for the School Participation Division has been updated due to the recent regional organizational changes at ED, as outlined in this announcement.
  3. FSA Electronic Announcement CB-25-05, Apply by April 7, 2025 for Designation as a Title III or Title V Institution and Waiver of the Non-Federal Share Requirement for FWS and FSEOG – New information has been released regarding the designation of Title III or Title V status for institutions and the resulting waiver of the non-federal share requirements for the Federal Work-Study (FWS) and Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) programs.
  4. FSA Electronic Announcement CB-25-06, 2025–26 Federal Work-Study Program Community Service Waiver Requests – This electronic announcement provides the submission requirements for a 2025–26 FWS community service waiver request. The waiver deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 21, 2025.
  5. FSA Electronic Announcement GENERAL-25-15, SAIG Message Class File Update – ED has sent the message class “MESSAGTB” via the Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) to all user mailboxes. The next time the user connects to the SAIG network, the software will automatically request, download, and import this new message class table.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Simplification Announcements
  1. FSA Electronic Announcement APP-25-09, 2024-25 and 2025-26 FAFSA Update: Availability of Batch Corrections Processing, Resolution of ISIR Processing Error – This is a reminder that institutions should not submit their batch corrections to the old Central Processing System (CPS) mailbox but rather to the new SAIG mailbox TGDE552. If your institution submits files that are not processed within 48 hours, you should confirm whether they were submitted to the correct SAIG mailbox.
  2. FSA Electronic Announcement APP-25-10, 2025–26 FAFSA® Form Reminder Campaign – This announcement links to an attachment that provides two fully drafted emails institutions can send to students and parents to remind them to complete their 2025–26 FAFSA form.
Webinar
  1. FSA Electronic Announcement ANN-25-01, Virtual Training Course – Policies and Procedures Training – This two-day course will cover best practices and strategies necessary to comply with the required statutes and regulations through written policies and procedures, which serve as the basis for effective administration of Title IV programs. The course will be offered in April, June, and August. Participants can register in the FSA Training Center.

Please contact us if you have questions or would like to discuss how these announcements apply to your institution.

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