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  • NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide-October 2009
    (Published 01/28/2010)
    Since the passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the HEA), as amended, schools have been required to confirm and report the enrollment status of students who receive Federal student loans from the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program. This process is called Enrollment Reporting [formerly the Student Status Confirmation Report (SSCR)].
    In 1996, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) began using NSLDS to track the enrollment of all student loan borrowers. ED has incorporated Enrollment Reporting into NSLDS to centralize and automate fully the enrollment verification system. The Enrollment Reporting process benefits the entire student loan community: students, schools, Guaranty Agencies (GAs), the Direct Loan Servicer, loan holders, and ED.

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  • Status of Loans Purchased By ED Report Extract
    File Layout for Schools (PLPED3)
    The Status of Loans Purchased by ED Report (PLPED3) provides school users a report of loans that have been purchased by the US Department of Education under the Loan Purchase Program (referred to as PUT). This report displays the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans certified by the school that have been sold by the lender and provides the ED Servicer that currently holds the loan as well the previous Guaranty Agency (GA) that guaranteed the loan. The status of the loan transfer between the previous GA and the ED Servicer is also displayed. The report is sorted by SSN.

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  • NSLDS TSM/FAH Processes and Batch File Layouts
    for 2010-2011
    The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Transfer Student Monitoring/Financial Aid History Processes and Batch File Layouts for 2010-2011 in Portable Document Format (PDF).

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  • NSLDS Potentially Duplicate Loans By GA Report
    Extract File Layout (PLNPD1)
    The Potentially Duplicate Loans by GAs Report (PLNPD1) provides GA users a report of loans where the guaranty date of each loan is within a specified day count range. The report is driven by the entered day count value ranging from 1 to 9 days.

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  • NSLDS Status of Loans Purchased By ED Report
    Extract File Layout (PLPED1)
    The Status of Loans Purchased by ED Report (PLPED1) provides GA users a reconciliation report for loans that have been purchased by the US Department of Education under the Loan Purchase Program. This report displays loans where the current holder of the loan is the ED Servicer and the previous GA holder of the loan is the specified GA.

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  • NSLDS Loan Participation Discrepancy Report
    Extract File Layout (PLDES1)
    The Loan Participation Discrepancy Report (PLDES1) provides GA users a reconciliation report between Loan Participation and NSLDS data reported by GAs between loan-level data elements. This report compares data elements on loans where the link has been established between the Loan Participation and NSLDS data.

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  • NSLDS Usage Summary Report Extract File Layout
    (SECUS1)
    The Usage Summary Report (SECUS1) provides the Department of Education and the Primary Destination Point Administrator (PDPA) a list of an organization’s online users and their National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) activity.

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  • No Relationship to Borrower (SECRL1)
    The No Relationship to Borrower Report (SECRL1) provides ED and the PDPA a list of the organization’s online users and the financial aid recipients they looked up where no relationship currently exists on NSLDS between the organization and the recipient.
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  • NSLDS Enrollment Reporting Guide
    Published: 02/2008
    Updated: 07/08/2008

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  • NSLDS Lender Manifest Program File Specifications
    • HERA NSLDS Lender Manifest Standards
      Revised: 06/01/2006
      Type: PDF Size: 43.0 KB  Pages: 2
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    • NSLDS Lender Manifest Common Edits
      Revised: 06/01/2006
      Type: PDF Size: 86.0 KB  Pages: 9
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    • Table B
      Revised: 06/01/2006
      Type: PDF Size: 11.0 KB  Pages: 1
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    • Table E
      Revised: 06/01/2006
      Type: PDF Size: 14.0 KB  Pages: 1
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    • NSLDS Lender Manifest File Layouts
      Revised: 06/01/2006
      Type: PDF Size: 79.0 KB  Pages: 20
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    • Lender Manifest Reject File
      Revised: 06/01/2006
      Type: PDF Size: 52.0 KB  Pages: 5
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    • NSLDS Lender Manifest File of Unreported Loans
      Revised: 06/01/2006
      Type: PDF Size: 38.0 KB  Pages: 4
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    • School Loan List Report (SCHLL1) Extract File
      Record Layouts
      Type: PDF Size: 131.0 KB  Pages: 4
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  • Lender Manifest PC Application
    Version 2.1
    Updated: 06/15/2006

    • Version 2.1 Full Program
      After you download the LM v2.1 .zip file, extract the contents into a single folder. The interactive installation program, INSTALL.BAT, copies the Lender Manifest files to the appropriate directory of your hard disk. The README file contains complete installation instructions.
      Note: Back up your Lender Manifest data by using the DOS "Copy" or "Back-up" command. Back up all files with extensions of .DBF and .NTX.

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    • Version 2.1 Patch
      Installing Patch 2.1 will enable you to add Grad Plus loans to an existing Lender Manifest database residing in your Lender Manifest PC Package. It will also allow you to enter the new Military Operations Deferment Code. If you do not have an existing Lender Manifest database in version 2.0 this patch should not be applied. If your current version is 1.0 you will need to install the version 2.0 patch prior to installing this patch. If you do not have Lender Manifest data in a Lender Manifest PC Package yet, you should install the Lender Manifest PC Package version 2.1 instead of this patch.
      Note: Back up your Lender Manifest data by using the DOS "Copy" or "Back-up" command. Back up all files with extensions of .DBF and .NTX.

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    • Version 2.0 Patch
      LM Version 2.0 supports Loan Status Codes implemented by NSLDS in January, 2001. Refer to the table of Loan Status Codes for Lenders & Servicers dated September 19, 2001 for complete information on status code reporting. Note: Edits in LM will prevent the use of the ID, PC, and UI status codes if the Date of Loan Status is on/after January 1, 2002.
      Note: Back up your Lender Manifest data by using the DOS "Copy" or "Back-up" command. Back up all files with extensions of .DBF and .NTX.

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    • Generic Cover Letter
      For use in distribution of the software updates
      Type: DOC Size: 22.0 KB 
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    • Generic Diskette Label
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  • Guarantor Data Provider Index (DPI) Link
    http://www.fp.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/fp/nslds.jsp

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