[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38875-38878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09966]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Federal Need Analysis Methodology for the 2024-25 Award Year--
Federal Pell Grant, Federal Work-Study, Federal Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan, and
TEACH Grant Programs
AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the annual updates to the tables used
in the statutory Federal Need Analysis Methodology that determines a
student's Student Aid Index (SAI) for award year (AY) 2024-25 for
student financial aid programs, Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN)
84.063, 84.033, 84.007, 84.268, and 84.379. The intent of this notice
is to alert the financial aid community and the broader public to these
required annual updates used in the determination of student aid
eligibility.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Hall Lewis. Telephone: (202)
417-1981. Email: [email protected].
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part F of title IV of the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), specifies the criteria, data elements,
calculations, and tables the Department of Education (Department) uses
in the Federal Need Analysis Methodology to determine the SAI.
Enacted into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, Division FF, Title VII (116 Pub. L. 260), the FAFSA
Simplification Act makes many significant changes to the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), regarding Federal Need
Analysis Methodology, including how the Secretary must update the
tables used in the formula. Due to the magnitude of these (and other)
changes and to ensure that both the Department and the higher education
community were prepared to fully implement the FAFSA Simplification
Act, in June 2021, Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced a phased
approach to implementation. As part of this approach, in the FAFSA
Simplification Act Technical Corrections Act, Division R (Pub. L. 117-
103) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (CAA 2022), Congress
extended the full implementation of the FAFSA Simplification Act until
the 2024-25 award year.
Section 478 of the HEA, as amended by the FAFSA Simplification Act,
requires the Secretary to annually update the following five tables for
inflation--the Income Protection Allowance (IPA), the Adjusted Net
Worth (NW) of a Business or Farm, the Asset Protection Allowance, the
Assessment Schedules and Rates, and the Employment Expense Allowance.
The updates are based, in general, upon increases in items such as, but
not limited to, the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
The Secretary is charged with updating the IPA, adjusted NW of a
business or farm, the asset protection allowance, the assessment
schedules
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and rates, and the employment expense allowance to account for
inflation that took place between April 2020 and April in the year
prior to the beginning of each award year. The increases in the tables
must be based on a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for April of the
applicable year.
This notice includes the new 2024-25 AY values for the five tables
listed above, which reflect the FAFSA Simplification Act amendments.
The updated tables are in sections 1 (Income Protection Allowance), 2
(Adjusted Net Worth of a Business or Farm), 3 (Asset Protection
Allowance), 4 (Assessment Schedules and Rates), and 5 (Employment
Expense Allowance) of this notice.
The HEA requires the following annual updates:
1. Income Protection Allowance. This allowance is the amount of
living expenses associated with the maintenance of an individual or
family that may be offset against the family's income. The allowance
varies by family size and marital status. The IPA for dependent
students is $11,130. The IPAs for parents of dependent students and
independent students are listed in the tables below.
Parents of Dependent Students
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Income
Family size protection
allowance
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2.......................................................... $27,600
3.......................................................... 34,350
4.......................................................... 42,430
5.......................................................... 50,060
6.......................................................... 58,560
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For each additional family member add $6,610.
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Married Independent Students With Dependents Other Than a Spouse
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Income
Family size protection
allowance
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3.......................................................... $54,580
4.......................................................... 67,400
5.......................................................... 79,530
6.......................................................... 93,010
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For each additional family member add $10,510.
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Single Independent Students With Dependents Other Than a Spouse
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Income
Family size protection
allowance
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2.......................................................... $51,960
3.......................................................... 64,700
4.......................................................... 79,880
5.......................................................... 94,260
6.......................................................... 110,230
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For each additional family member add $12,460.
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Independent Students Without Dependents Other Than a Spouse
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Income
Marital status protection
allowance
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Single..................................................... $17,310
Married.................................................... 27,750
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2. Adjusted Net Worth of a Business or Farm. A portion of the full
NW (assets less debts) of a business or farm is excluded from the
calculation of a SAI because (1) the income produced from these assets
is already assessed in another part of the formula; and (2) the formula
protects a portion of the value of the assets.
The portion of these assets included in the contribution
calculation is computed according to the following schedule. This
schedule is used for parents of dependent students, independent
students without dependents other than a spouse, and independent
students with dependents other than a spouse.
Adjusted Net Worth of a Business or Farm
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If the NW of a business or farm is Then the adjusted NW is
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Less than $1.............................. $0.
$1 to $165,000............................ $0 + 40% of NW.
$165,001 to $490,000...................... $66,000 + 50% of NW over
$165,000.
$490,001 to $820,000...................... $228,500 + 60% of NW over
$490,000.
$820,001 or more.......................... $426,500 + 100% of NW over
$820,000.
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3. Asset Protection Allowance. This allowance protects a portion of
NW (assets less debts) from being considered available for
postsecondary educational expenses. There is one asset protection
allowance table for parents of dependent students, independent students
without dependents other than a spouse, and independent students with
dependents other than a spouse.
Parents of Dependent Students, Independent Students With Dependents
Other Than a Spouse, and Independent Students Without Dependents Other
Than a Spouse
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And the older parent or the
If the age of the older parent or independent student is
the independent student is -------------------------------------
Married Single
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Then the allowance is
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25 or less........................ 0 0
26................................ 0 0
27................................ 0 0
28................................ 0 0
29................................ 0 0
30................................ 0 0
31................................ 0 0
32................................ 0 0
33................................ 0 0
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65 or older....................... 0 0
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4. Assessment Schedules and Rates. Two schedules that are subject
to updates--one for parents of dependent students and one for
independent students with dependents other than a spouse--are used to
determine the SAI from family financial resources toward educational
expenses. For dependent students, the SAI is derived from an assessment
of the parents' adjusted available income (AAI). For independent
students with dependents other than a spouse, the SAI is derived from
an assessment of the family's AAI. The AAI represents a measure of a
family's financial strength, which considers both income and assets.
The contribution of parents of dependent students, and independent
students with dependents other than a spouse, is computed according to
the following schedule:
Assessment of Available Income
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If AAI is Then the contribution is
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Less than -$6,820...................... -$1,500,
-$6,820 to $20,600..................... 22% of AAI.
$20,601 to $25,800..................... $4,532 + 25% of AAI over
$20,600.
$25,801 to $31,000..................... $5,832 + 29% of AAI over
$25,800.
$31,001 to $36,300..................... $7,340 + 34% of AAI over
$31,000.
$36,301 to $41,500..................... $9,142 + 40% of AAI over
$36,300.
$41,501 or more........................ $11,222 + 47% of AAI over
$41,500.
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5. Employment Expense Allowance. This allowance for employment-
related expenses recognizes additional expenses incurred by working
individuals. For parents of dependent students, the employment expense
allowance is the lesser of $4,730 or 35% of the total earned income of
the student's parent and parent's spouse, if applicable. The employment
expense allowance for independent students is zero if the student is
not married (single, separated or divorced/widowed) or the lesser of
$4,730 or 35% of the combined earned income for the student and student
spouse if the student is married.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087 et seq.
Richard Cordray,
Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid.
[FR Doc. 2024-09966 Filed 5-7-24; 8:45 am]
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