Administrative Guidance
Program Guidance
2025-26 Program Guidance
- 2025 Legislative Session Overview & 2025-26 Guidance 05/21/2005
- 2025-26 SB5167 - Conference Budget Information 05/14/2025
- 2025-26 SAI Formula A Miscalculation for WASFA Filers 04/03/2025
- 2025-26 Financial Aid Guidance – Bridge Grants and Income Offsets 01/24/2025
2024-25 Program Guidance
- 2024-25 and 2025-26 WASFA ISIR Field Error 06/23/2025
- 2024-25 WASFA Corrections Guidance 06/11/2025
- WCG-Connect Resources and Outreach
- 2024-25 Official Guidance for Reprocessed ISIRs 01/16/2024
- 2024-25 Summer 1 CBS and Bridge Grant Awarding Guidance 10/01/2024
- 2024-25 Updated WCG-C FAQs 09/16/2024
- 2024-25 Official Guidance on Data Hierarchy for calculating Median Family Income and Family Size 09/11/2024
- 2024-25 Official Guidance on CSAW Data Elements 08/30/2024
- 2024-25 Official Guidance on Proration of COA and SAI 07/15/2024
- 2024-25 Official Guidance on Family Size Assumptions 05/16/2024
- 2024-25 Official Guidance on Emergency Aid 05/15/2024
- 2024-25 Repayment Policy Options for PPA
- 2024-25 Passport Awards and Student Support Funds 04/26/2024
- 2024-25 Official Guidance Awarding Based on ISIR Corrections 04/18/2024
- 2024-25 Official Guidance on State SAP Policy 04/17/2024
- 2024-25 Official Guidance on Summer 1 (Header) Awarding_04/02/2024
- Better FAFSA/WASFA FAQs
- 2024-25 Official Guidance on Family Size - 11/16/2023
2025 Legislative Session
Legislative Program Guidance – May 21, 2025
Residency
Residency
Residency information can be found on our Residency page.
Program Manuals, MFI & Award Charts
Program Manuals, MFI & Award Charts
- Washington College Grant and College Bound Program Manual (2025-26)
- Passport to Careers Program Manual (2024-25) (2023-24)
- Washington College Grant, Washington Bridge Grant, and College Bound Scholarship Program Manual (2024-25)
- MFI Chart for WCG and CBS Awarding (2025-26)
- MFI Chart for WCG, Bridge Grant, and College Bound Awarding (2024-25)
- Maximum WCG and College Bound Awarding (2025-26)
- Maximum WCG, Bridge Grant, and College Bound Awarding (2024-25)
- Enrollment Intensity Charts (2024-25)
- CSV sample file for CSAW Interim Reports (incremental uploads) (2024-25)
- WA Grant for Apprenticeship Manual (2024-25) (2023-24)
- Educator Workforce Program (2024-25)
- National Guard Postsecondary Education Grant (2024-25)
- State Work Study Program Manual (2025-26) (2024-25)
- WAVE/Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (2024-25)
WSAC Portal Updates
2024-25 Updates
Financial Aid Training
Financial Aid Workshops
Financial Aid Workshops (2025-26)
- Legislative Overview and General Session (Video coming soon) (PDF)
- Adult Pathways Overview: Educator Workforce, National Guard Grant, State Work Study, WG Grant for Apprenticeship Programs (Video coming soon) (PDF)
- The WA Grant Umbrella (PDF)
- Improving Your Unit Record Report: From Interim Report to URR (PDF)
- WASFA Application and Portal Functionality (PDF)
- State Financial Aid Training for CTCs (PDF)
- College Bound from A to Z (PDF)
- Passport (Video coming soon)
Other Training
Other Training
- Final Interim Report Walkthrough and Q&A – June 2025 (YouTube) (PDF)
- Washington College Grant - Connect (WCG-C) - June 2023 (YouTube) (PDF)
- Reconciliation Tools in the Portal (YouTube) (PDF)
- Secure Messaging/Data Transmission (YouTube) (PDF)
- Managing Portal Users and Access (YouTube) (PDF)
Financial Aid & Literacy Curriculum
Financial Aid & Literacy Curriculum
Archive
Program guidance
Program guidance
2023-24
- Official Guidance on High School Requirements at Verify 04/25/2024
- College Bound Eligibility Checker FAQs
- WCG-Connect Resources and Outreach
- Financial Aid Offer Guidance
2022-23
- 2023 WCG award amounts - 01/13/2023
- 2022-23 Official Guidance on WCG for Apprenticeship
- 2022-23 Official Guidance on Washington Bridge Grant
- 2022-23 Official Guidance on MFI & Award Charts
Legislative sessions
Legislative sessions
2024
- 2024.03.12 Legislative Program Guidance
2023
- 2023.04.27 Legislative Program Guidance
2022
- 2022.03.17 Legislative Program Guidance
Residency
Residency
Additional residency information can be found on our Residency page.
- 2022 Residency & WASFA for Public Institutions (YouTube) (PDF)
- 2022 Residency & WASFA for Private Institutions (YouTube) (PDF)
- 2022.04.14 SB 5874 Official Residency Guidance
- 2021.07.14 Residency Guidance Email
- 2021.07.14 Residency Guidance Memo
- 2021.06.07 Residency Guidance
COVID-19 guidance
COVID-19 guidance
- 2022.09.15 2022-23 Standard State Academic Progress Requirements
- 2022.02.11 2021-22 Covid-19 Guidance Reminder
- 2021.11.03 SAP Guidance Through 2021-22 Academic Year
- 2021.07.30 SAP Guidance Through December 2021
- 2021.07.14 Changes to Verification Processes - State Aid
- 2021.07.14 Undocumented Student Relief Grant
- State Work Study & COVID-19 FAQ
- 2021.06.24 State Aid and Vaccine Incentive Scholarship Guidance
- 2021.05.26 Undocumented Student Relief Grant Guidance
- 2021.03.01 Undocumented Student Relief Grant Guidance
- 2020.12.16 Guidance Through June 2021 - COVID-19
- 2020.10.23 SWS Interpretive Statement
- 2020.10.23 2020-21 SWS Guidance & FAQs
- 2020.08.24 Guidance Through December 2020 - COVID-19
- 2020.07.15 Summer SAP Guidance - COVID-19
- 2020.04.22 Spring SAP Guidance - COVID-19
- 2020.04.14 Cares Act Funding and State Aid Email
- 2020.04.02 Additional SAP Guidance Email
- 2020.03.31 SAP Email
- 2020.03.27 Email