Overview
Create, revise, and inactivate Financial Aid Item Types (FAITs) as appropriate to meet student awarding business needs. When submitting this request, please complete and attach one of the spreadsheets below. Note: New FAITs are available for use the day after they are created in the system.
Additional Information
Please use the following links to find comprehensive instructions and information relevant to FAITs:
| Priority |
Charges Covered If On Customer’s Account |
Pays Current Term |
Pays Prior Year |
Pays Future |
| ALLREF |
Housing, Tuition/Fees, Other Charges, Refunds (pays prior and future refunds) |
Y |
N |
N |
| BIOSTAT |
Biostation Fees (used for adjustments) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| EMERGNCY |
NONE |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| HLTHINSR |
Insurance |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| MANDFEES |
Mandatory Fees, Refunds |
Y |
N |
N |
| MDENT |
M-Dent |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| NHLTHINS |
Insurance |
Y |
N |
N |
| NMANDFEE |
Mandatory Fees |
Y |
N |
N |
| NREGMAND |
Regfee, Mandatory Fees |
Y |
N |
N |
| NREGONLY |
Regfee |
Y |
N |
N |
| NTUITFEE |
Tuition, Regfee, Mandatory Fees |
Y |
N |
N |
| NTUITMAN |
Tuition, Mandatory Fees |
Y |
N |
N |
| NTUITONL |
Tuition |
Y |
N |
N |
| NTUITREG |
Tuition, Regfee |
Y |
N |
N |
| PAYREFND |
Refunds |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| PRIORONL |
Tuition/Fees, Housing, Other Charges, Refunds, Finaid, Balance Forward, Payments/Transfers |
N |
Y |
N |
| REFONLY |
Refunds |
Y |
N |
N |
| REGMAND |
Regfee, Mandatory Fees, Refunds |
Y |
N |
N |
| REGONLY |
Regfee, Refunds |
Y |
N |
N |
| SLSONLY |
SLS, Refunds |
Y |
N |
N |
| STANDARD |
Balance Forward, Payments/Transfers, Tuition/Fees, Housing, Other Charges, Refunds, Finaid, Waivers, Writeoffs |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| TUITFEES |
Tuition, Law Externship, Regfee, Mandatory Fees, Study Aboard, Law Activity Fee, Refunds |
Y |
N |
N |
| TUITMAND |
Tuition, Mandatory Fees, Study Abroad, Refunds |
Y |
N |
N |
| TUITONLY |
Tuition, Study Abroad, Refunds, GSA Adj, Sponsor Adj |
Y |
N |
N |
| TUITREG |
Tuition, Regfee, Study Abroad, Refunds |
Y |
N |
N |
Disbursement Plans are two-digit codes that represent payment schedules. They define the “buckets” into which specific disbursements can be allocated, which may be by term or by month.
| Disbursement Plan |
Disbursement Buckets |
| 01 – Term |
Per Term |
| 02 – Standard Monthly |
Monthly – typically at the end of the month |
| 03 – Special Monthly |
Monthly – provides options for early disbursement at the beginning of each term |
01 Disb Plan - Term
| Split Code |
Per Term Disbursement |
| 01 |
Fall, Winter |
| 02 |
Fall Only |
| 03 |
Winter Only |
| 04 |
Fall, Winter, Spring/Summer |
| 05 |
Spring/Summer |
| 06 |
Spring (half term), Summer (half term) |
| 07 |
Spring (half term) |
| 08 |
Summer (half term) |
02 Disb Plan - Standard Monthly
| Split Code |
Per Term Disbursement |
| 01 |
September - April |
| 02 |
September - December |
| 03 |
January - April |
| 04 |
September - August |
| 05 |
May - August |
| 07 |
May - June |
| 08 |
July - August |
03 Disb Plan - Special Monthly
| Split Code |
Per Term Disbursement |
| 01 |
September - April, plus additional disbursements at the beginning of fall and winter terms (10 total disbursements) |
| 02 |
September - November, plus an additional disbursement at the beginning of fall term (4 total disbursements) |
| 03 |
January - April |
| 06 |
May - August |
| 07 |
May - June |
| 08 |
July - August |
| 09 |
September - November, January - March, plus an additional disbursement at the beginning of winter term (8 total disbursements) |
Disbursement Rules identify specific conditions students must meet for disbursement of an FAIT. If a student fails to meet the conditions after the award is disbursed, the award is not automatically retracted.
| Disbursement Rule |
Description |
| DR1 |
Requires full-time enrollment (12 hours undergraduate, 9 hours graduate) at the time of each disbursement, and the student cannot have withdrawn. |
| DR2 |
Hold if no enrollment data but disburse if enrolled at least one credit hour. The system will also check to ensure the student has not withdrawn. |
| DR3 |
Hold if withdrawn. |
| DR4 |
No disbursement rules will be applied. |
| DR5 |
Requires that the student be enrolled at least 6 hours if graduate, 12 hours undergraduate; hold if the student has withdrawn. |
| DR6 |
Requires that the student be enrolled at least 12 hours if graduate; 12 hours undergraduate; hold if the student has withdrawn. |
| DR8 |
Requires that the student be enrolled at least 8 hours if a graduate, hold if the student has withdrawn. |
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