2020-21 Pell Payment Year-to-Date Reconcilation

Financial Aid System

FAM 2020-2021 Pell Payment

Year-to-Date Reconciliation

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Table of Contents Overview of Pell Year-To-Date Reconciliation .............................. 1

Resources for Completing YTD Reconciliation ............................ 2

Reconciling FAEXP, Awards, and Pell Payments ......................... 3

Table Setup ...................................................................................... 4

Uploading and Posting the Pell YTD Files ..................................... 5

Understanding the YTD Posting Program ..................................... 7 Defining Values for Screen Edits .......................................................................................... 7

Understanding the Posting Report ................................................ 8 Student Origination and Disbursement Information ........................................................... 9 Exception Information ............................................................................................................ 9

Cannot Match to Pell ID on file ......................................................................................... 9

........................................................................................................................................ 10 Disbursements Do Not Match – NO FED ENTRY .......................................................... 10 Disbursements Do Not Match – NO FAM DISBMT ........................................................ 10 Disbursement total or Disbursement Date – NO MATCH .............................................. 11 STD-FIN-DTL EFC < > ORIGINATION EFC .................................................................. 11

Report Summary ................................................................................................................... 13 Report Output (No Records Selected message) ............................................................... 13

Understanding the YTD Matching Program ................................ 15

Understanding the YTD Matching Report .................................... 18 Sample Report CO-FAM491 – View 1 .................................................................................. 19 Sample End of Report – View 2 ........................................................................................... 20

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Overview of Pell Year-To-Date Reconciliation The Federal Pell Grant Program provides participants with an electronic file of Year-To-Date data (PGYR21OP). The data in these files are the total year-to-date Pell originations and disbursements that are accepted by the Federal Pell Grant programs for a college for an award year as sent through the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) process.

If your institution has been using the Financial Aid Management System (FAM) to report Pell Payments to COD, you upload the electronic year-to-date files to one of the following locations: shared folder on your network, a folder on your personal drive or onto your desk top. Once you have uploaded the file/s you will run reports to determine if there are any discrepancies (between originations and disbursements) that need resolution. Keep in mind that Pell disbursements must be reported every 15 days. Therefore, it is important to resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.

The basic steps for completing the Pell Payment Year-to-Date Reconciliation are:

1. Request the year-to-date file (PGYR21OP) from COD.

2. Receive the year-to-date file (PGYR21OP) via EDConnect.

3. Upload and Post the YTD file (PGYR21OP) into FAM. This will post the tracking code assigned in the SAF/AGENCY SAF465-TRK Processing Table entry and corresponding data to the Tracking Tab for session C011.

4. Run the YTD Payment Matching report to identify discrepancies.

5. Resolve the discrepancies for originations and disbursements.

Steps 1 and 2 are covered in material available from the Department of Education. Please refer to that documentation on the COD process for requesting and receiving a YTD file. This document, 2020-2021 Pell Payment Year-to-Date Reconciliation, covers steps 3 through 5 in detail. If you encounter difficulties with step 5, please contact SBCTC-IT Customer Support by e-mail at [email protected].


Resources for Completing YTD Reconciliation The topics covered in this section include:

• Uploading the Pell (PGYR21OP) Payment YTD file

• Posting the summary data from the 20-21 Pell YTD file

• Running the Pell Payment Matching report to identifying discrepancies

However, in order to research discrepancies, there are a number of additional resources you will need to successfully complete the year-to-date reconciliation. The following is a list of the recommended additional resources:

• All prior copies of Common Record Response reports retained from each cycle submitted.

• A preliminary Common Record Request report of student Originations and Disbursements to be sent on the next cycle along with previously rejected disbursements that will also be sent on the next cycle. Note: do not run a RECON for Pell to update the Student Bill Detail data set

when attempting to complete a year-to-date reconciliation. Doing so will cause the Payment Matching report to show a greater number of discrepancies for disbursements not yet reported.

• 2020-2021 COD Technical Reference is available at https://ifap.ed.gov/cod-technical-reference/2021codtechref

• Access to the Student Inquiry in FAM for Disbursement Activity by Date for codes: o Award Data Detail o Award Audit o Financial Need o Pell Tape (originations) o Disbursements (student account)

• Access to the batches containing the ISIR record in question for a particular student.


Reconciling FAEXP, Awards, and Pell Payments Reconciling Pell payments is not simply a matter of ordering a Pell year-to-date file and ensuring that the total Pell disbursements accepted by the DOE match the amount in the Student Bill Detail data set. The process does not begin at that point. Reconciling Pell actually starts with reconciling expenditures in the FAEXP database on the HP-UX (stored in Summary Detail data set) to awards in FAM on the Award Tab. The HP-UX batch jobs that aid in reconciling the data are as follows:

• SM9420J (Annual Award Disbursement Report) • SM9421J (Quarterly Award Disbursement Report) • SM9425J (Financial Aid Expenditures Report) • AG941A and AG942A (Award Disbursement Reconciliation Reports)

Pell reconciliation actually depends on two separate, but parallel, reconciliation processes.

• The first process, as mentioned above, is reconciling data between the awards in FAM and the expenditures in FAEXP on the HP-UX.

• The second is to reconcile the data in FAM to the data in the Pell YTD files.

The Pell Grant year-to-date files enable you to reconcile both Pell Disbursement records and Pell Origination records. Pell Origination records are primarily made up of data taken from the Financial Aid Tab on the student’s record and are a part of the total reconciliation process. Below is a visual representation that illustrates the flow of reconciled data:

Pell YTD File Origination record for each student

Disbursement records for each student by reported disbursement

date, not by session.

FAM Financial Aid Tab

SAR ID and EFC associated with the Institutional Student Information Report

(ISIR) transaction record that you are paying on, as reported in the Origination record.

FAM Database Student Bill Detail

Pell Disbursements reported or to be reported to COD by year session of

award.

FAEXP – HP-UX FAEXP Summary Detail

Pell expenditures for each year session

FAM Award Tab

Pell awards for the corresponding year /session, in award status 2.


Table Setup There are a few table entries that must be defined properly in order for the Pell YTD reconciliation to go smoothly. They are listed separately with their function in this section with table samples for each item number. Required Table Entry For Pell be sure that you have the SAF465-TRK value set up on the SAF/AGENCY Processing Table. The Description is a two-character tracking code that will be posted for each student with a record in the Pell Year-To-Date file. The tracking code most commonly used is PP. The SAF465-TRK Value is required because it’s necessary for posting the Pell Year-To-Date files.

The Year-to-Date tracking code needs to be set up as valid tracking code on the SAF_TRACK_CODE Validation Table.


Uploading and Posting the Pell YTD Files Complete Steps 1 and 2 as described in the section “Overview of Pell Year-To-Date Reconciliation” on page 1. These steps relate to requesting and receiving Pell (PGYR21OP) YTD files. Once you have completed steps 1 and 2, you will need to upload the PGYR21OP file from your PC or network drive into FAM.

Navigate to the YTD Payment Posting Report 20-21 page by doing the following.

Pell/Loan Processing 2020-21 YTD Import

1. Press the Browse button to navigate to the YTD file. The file must be named PGYR21OP. If you are attempting to post a file with a different name you will get the following error message of “The Award option selected is different from the; file uploaded”.

2. Enter in the Session Start or select from the lookup. (This should be C011)

3. Enter in the Institution Code or select from the lookup.

4. Select the Report Generation Option. Default is ‘Print all origination entries’. If you want to list only the records in error, select ‘Print errors only’.

5. Click the Schedule As Task button to run this job as a background task. If you do happen to run this in the foreground it may time out. If it does, you can obtain the results by running the YTD Payment Matching Report (see below).

Note: Only one YTD file can be uploaded at a time. You’ll want to upload and post the file and get the Payment Matching report before uploading another Pell YTD file.


Pell/Loan Processing Payment Matching

1. Enter in the Session Start or select from the lookup, such as C011.

2. Enter in the Session End or select from the lookup, such as C015.

3. Select the Report Generation Options. Default is ‘All entries’. To list only records with errors, select ‘Exceptions only’.

4. Award Type default is Pell.

5. Select Sort Sequence.

6. Click the Schedule As Task button to run this job as a background task (recommended).


Understanding the YTD Posting Program In the Pell Year-To-Date file, the record for each student contains the following data:

• The details of the last accepted Origination data, including SAR ID Number, Current SSN, Reported ISIR Transaction Number, Cost of Attendance and total accepted origination.

• The details of all accepted or corrected Disbursement data, including individual disbursements accepted and the year-to-date accepted disbursement total.

The posting part of the process reads the Pell YTD file for the academic year 2020-2021. The tracking code entered in the SAF/AGENCY SAF465-TRK Processing Table entry is posted to the C011 Tracking Tab for each student in the Pell YTD file. If the program is run more than once, the tracking code will be updated by the program. The program updates the date and comment data in subsequent runs. No tracking entry is posted for a record if the student is not listed in the Pell YTD file.

The program posts the following information from the Pell Grant Year-To-Date file in the Comment field, separated by dashes:

• Pell cost of attendance • Origination total accepted by COD • Year-to-date disbursement total accepted by COD

Defining Values for Screen Edits Any tracking status code that appears on the Tracking Tab must be defined on the SAF_NOTATION_CODE on the Validation Table or a screen edit will occur. When a screen edit occurs, you will not be able to save and exit the student’s record. In order to avoid any unnecessary screen edit errors, check the SAF_NOTATION_CODE on the Validation Table to ensure that the tracking status codes listed in the sample below exist in the table.

Pell Cost of Attendance

Origination Amount

Accepted by COD

Year-to-date Disbursement Total Accepted

by COD

Date of first Pell

year-to-date posting

Date of last Pell

year-to-date posting

Internal Date of Pell

year-to-date file

Validation Status Code


Understanding the Posting Report The Posting Report lists all of the students in the Pell YTD file or only those students with errors depending on which option you choose.

The Report default is Print all origination entries.

This section describes in detail the standard data listed on the report for each student and the five main exceptions encountered when there is a discrepancy between the data in the Pell YTD file and FAM.

Sample Output Report: YTD Payment Posting Report

And the raw data (the section boxed in red, is considered the errors section)


Student Origination and Disbursement Information When reviewing the sample exception report (above), note that it contains a line for each student detailing the information from the year-to-date record. When the Report Generation output Option chosen is Print all origination entries each student’s record will appear with this first line of information, illustrated in the sample below. If a student record has an error, additional information will appear on following lines. Sample Output Report

Exception Information The report may include for each student one or more additional lines relating to a number of possible exceptions. There are four common exceptions in the YTD Exception Report:

• Cannot Match to Pell ID on file • Disbursements Do Not Match – No Fed Entry • Disbursements Do Not Match – No FAM Disbmt • STD-FIN-DTL EFC < > ORIGINATION EFC

Each exception is described below with the report details. If an exception is encountered that is not listed in this document and you are unable to resolve it on your own, please contact SBCTC-ITD Customer Support for assistance by email at [email protected].

Cannot Match to Pell ID on file This exception occurs when the SAR ID field on the Financial Aid Tab does not match the last accepted Origination data. On line 1 of the sample record, the Social Security number, name code, and transaction number (01) are taken from the Pell YTD file. On line 2 of the sample record, you will note the discrepancy in the transaction number (02) as recorded on the Financial Aid Tab.

Name from Student

Master, or Pell YTD file if no record

in FAM

SSN from Student

Master, or Pell YTD file if no record

in FAM

ISIR Name Code and

Transaction Number from Origination line on YTD

EFC

Total Accepted Awards in FAM

and YTD Disbursements

accepted by COD

Verification status and

update indicator flag


Sample Exception

Disbursements Do Not Match – NO FED ENTRY This exception occurs when a disbursement entry exists in the Student Bill Detail data set without a corresponding disbursement record in the Pell Year-To-Date file. Additional lines are added to the report for a particular student for each missing disbursement with the error message “NO FED ENTRY.” The disbursement record missing from the Pell YTD file is listed with the following information. Sample Exception Record

Disbursements Do Not Match – NO FAM DISBMT This exception occurs when a disbursement record exists in the Pell Grant Year-To-Date file without a corresponding disbursement record in the Student Bill Detail data set in FAM. Additional lines are added to the report for a particular student for each missing disbursement with the error message “NO FAM DISBMT.” The disbursement record missing from the Student Bill Detail data set is listed with the information from the Pell Grant YTD file. Sample Exception Record YERBIE JANE 999999999 YE 02 0 5730.00 1910.00 N A NO MATCH ON FAM PELL ID-999999999YE01 DISB DO NOT MATCH FAM-> .00 DIF-> 1850.00 01 09/10/15 1910.00P A NO FAM DISBMT

Trans # does not match Exception Message

Pell ID from Financial Aid Tab

(FAM503)

Disbursement reference number

and Pell year/cycle from

Student Bill Detail

Amount of Disbursement

from Student Bill Detail

Date of anticipated disbursement from Student Bill Detail

Disbursement reference number from Pell YTD file

Date of reported anticipated

disbursement from the Pell YTD file

Amount of reported Pell Grant disbursement

and positive (P) or negative (N) indicator

from Pell YTD file

Record acceptance

indicator A (accepted)

C (corrected from the Pell YTD file)

Error message indicating that the

disbursement does not exist in the FAM Student Bill Detail table

Amount of reported

disbursement from the Pell Grant

YTD file


Disbursement total or Disbursement Date – NO MATCH This exception occurs when the Total Disbursement Amount from FAM differs from the Federal Disbursement amount or if the Disbursement Dates differ. The Federal Disbursement information is from the Pell YTD file and the FAM Disbursement information comes from the Student Bill Detail data. In the sample below, the both the Disbursement Dates and the Disbursement Amounts differ.

STD-FIN-DTL EFC < > ORIGINATION EFC This exception occurs when the EFC on the FAM Financial Aid Tab does not match the EFC that was submitted with the student’s Origination (and as reported in the Pell YTD file). This typically occurs when the student’s data is manually adjusted changing the EFC in FAM. The result is COD will have an accepted Origination with an incorrect EFC and Transaction Number. To correct this exception, submit the ISIR corrections to CPS. When you have received the corrected ISIR, upload it into FAM. If the Financial Aid Tab has been frozen for the student, change the status so that the corrected transaction will load. Then create and send a new cycle to COD. A new origination will automatically be generated in your next cycle to COD since the Financial Aid Tab will have the corrected EFC and Transaction Number.



Report Summary At the end of the YTD Posting Report totals are listed to assist you in determining where aggregate discrepancies might be. These totals should be compared to report totals for the other data sets that enable you to track your Pell awards and expenditures.

The totals listed above come from specific data locations as follows:

Award Totals Total Original amounts from YTD file.

FAM Disbursements Total from Award Tab in FAM

Federal Disbursements Year-to-Date total of accepted Disbursements from the YTD file

Origination Records Count of records in PELL Tape Detail in FAM

Total Disbursement Records Count of records in the Student Bill Detail table in FAM

Originations Submitted Count of Originations submitted from summary line of the YTD file.

Disbursements Submitted Count of Disbursements submitted from summary line of the YTD file.

Disbursements Accepted Count of Accepted Disbursements from summary line of the YTD file.

Report Output (No Records Selected message) If the following report output looks like the report below, it means that there were no errors found. However, the students selected in the process are shown in the “raw data” and will have had their Track Code updated.


And the raw data (there was no errors section in the raw data).


Understanding the YTD Matching Program Pell/Loan Processing Payment Matching

The Pell YTD Payment Matching program reads the following:

• All Pell awards with award status of 1 and 2 on the Award Tab for the scheduled year/session range (for example, C011-C015).

• All Disbursement records in the Student Bill Detail table for the scheduled year session range (for example, C011-C015).

The program then compares the data that has been read to the Comment data on the Tracking Tab as follows:

• The total Pell award for each student is compared with the middle figure (between the dashes) in the Comment field; this figure denotes Accepted Origination total. (In the example below, that number is 0634500)

• The disbursements total in the Student Bill Detail table is compared with the end figure (after the last dash) in the Comment field; this figure denotes YTD Accepted Disbursement total. (In the sample below, that number is 0211500).

This figure is compared against total awards in status 1 and 2 in FAM

Award Tab (FAM502)

This figure is compared against the total

disbursements in the Student Bill Detail table.


Example of the Awards for the above student showing $3,201 in active Pell.

An example of the Disbursement amounts from the YTD Payment report.


And from A/R Posting you can see the Student Bill Detail record.

The matching reports compare the Comment data associated with the Pell YTD Reconciliation tracking code (for example, PP) against data in the Student Bill Detail table and Student Award Detail table to produce the Pell YTD Matching Report. You can see the amounts from the above screens and the track record below.


Understanding the YTD Matching Report Two views of the YTD Payment Matching Report are on the following pages:

• View 1 identifies the two major sections, Award and Disburse, with explanations of the scenarios that could cause a discrepancy and tips for researching a resolution. Again, where appropriate, resources will be listed to aid you in research.

• View 2 of the report identifies the totals at the end of the report and where to look for comparison figures within FAM and FMS.

The sample for View 1 on the following page highlights specific field headings and their data source. Below is a table that matches the heading with the source of the data on the YTD Payment Matching report.

The matching report lists students who have a record in the Pell YTD file and a corresponding record in FAM.

The record in FAM is matched by the track code assigned by the Pell YTD Posting program.

Column Title Source of Data

Student Name FAM Student Master ID NO FAM Student Master Pell ID FAM Financial Aid Tab (FAM503) - SAR ID field EFC FAM Financial Aid Tab (FAM503) - EFC field

VR Verification Code from Pell YTD file. The verification code is posted to the Tracking Tab (FAM505) in the Notation Code field by the YTD Posting program.

CP Campus code, typically this will be 01 for all students.

EX

Exception codes: ID Pell ID has a matching problem on the Pell YTD record. NF Student has no data on the Financial Aid Tab (FAM503) for any

year. NE Student has no data on the Financial Aid Tab (FAM503) for

current year


Sample Report CO-FAM491 – View 1

No comparison is done between the data in the ID NO, PELL ID and EFC fields taken from FAM and the Pell YTD. Any discrepancies are noted on the YTD Posting Report.

EX: Exception codes for records – ID – Pell ID has a matching problem on YTD file. NF – Student has no FAF on FAM for any year. NE – Student has no FAF data on FAM for the current year.

FAM Student Identification Number

Not from SAR ID field on Financial Aid Tab (FAM503).

Not from Pell YTD file.

SAR ID field on Financial Aid Tab (FAM503).

Not from Pell YTD file. Not the SID used as the key

ID in FAM.

EFC from Financial Aid Tab (FAM503).

Not from Pell YTD file.

Note: If students exist in the Pell YTD file, but do not exist in FAM with the “PP” track code, they will not appear on the Payment Matching report.


Sample End of Report – View 2

* If you have questions please contact SBCTC-IT Customer Support at [email protected] or COD Customer Support to verify totals.

Total Originations from Pell YTD file.*

Total awards from FAM, Award Tab.

Difference between FAM and the Pell YTD Origination

totals.*

Total Disbursements from Pell YTD file.*

Total Disbursements from FAM Student

Bill Detail.

Difference between FAM and the Pell

YTD Disbursement totals.*

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2020-21 Pell Payment Year-to-Date Reconcilation