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OMB Control No: 1845-0001	ICR Reference No: 201703-1845-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201602-1845-004
Agency/Subagency: ED/FSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 2018-2019 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/20/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/13/2017
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2020	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2019
Responses	39,226,771	0	38,669,924
Time Burden (Hours)	25,826,753	0	20,036,012
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 1090 Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965,
PL: Pub.L. 89 - 329 401-495

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 18121	04/17/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 32351	07/13/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	39,226,771	38,669,924	556,847
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	25,826,753	20,036,012	5,790,741
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $85,400,728

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Misty Parkinson 202 377-3749 misty.parkinson@ed.gov

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