The National Student Clearinghouse’s FVT/GE reporting solution helps you comply with Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) requirements. This resource provides guidance to properly report TA and AA values. A critical piece for inputting data is first determining if an invalid flag option applies to the row.
The Student Level Report (SLR) tile enables you to report information for students who received Title IV funds from your institution while enrolled in a Gainful Employment (GE) or an eligible non-GE program during an award year. Each detail record can contain one or more unique records or record types: Total Amounts (TA) or Annual Amounts (AA). A cohort file can also have one or more detail records for a student.
> See Student Level Reporting Specifications, Invalid Flag field.
Valid values are:
• T: Title IV Aid not received for the program (for NSC use only)
• X: Not a Qualifying Graduate Program (for NSC use only. Value only applicable for Standard Reporting type’s oldest completed award year)
• R: Not a GE program and is in a Withdrawn status (for NSC use only)
• C: Neither GE nor eligible non-GE program
• N: No
• Space: No
> See FSA’s Regulatory Requirements for FVT/GE for definitions on eligible GE and non-GE programs and those that are neither eligible GE or non-GE.
The Student Level Report’s Invalid Flag field options help you adhere to the FVT/GE framework and avoid under/overreporting monetary values. At the end of this resource, we’ve provided scenarios you may encounter when an Invalid Flag field option applies to the Student Level Report. We’ve also included instructions on how to handle monetary value reporting (TA or AA values) for row(s) that do not qualify for an Invalid Flag field option.
- Do not delete rows in the file. You should select the applicable Invalid Flag field option to exclude a row in the cohort file.
- If an Invalid Flag field option applies to a row, do not populate the TA or AA values for the Total Amounts or Annual Amounts in the row.
- For any row where an Invalid Flag field option does not apply, populate the corresponding annual amount fields for AA records or total amount fields for TA records.
T: Title IV Aid Not Received for the Program
If the student never received Title IV aid from your institution (at any time not just the award year being reported), enter invalid flag value “T” for the program in the row, and do not populate AA or TA values.
X: Not a Qualifying Graduate Program (value only applicable for standard reporting type’s oldest completed award year)
The “X” invalid flag value is only applicable for institutions that choose the standard reporting type and for only the oldest award year (AY) cohort file (e.g., 2016-2017 for FVT/GE reporting cycle due September 30, 2025). The “X” invalid flag cannot be used for any other AY.
R: Not a GE Program and Is In a Withdrawn Status
The “R” invalid flag field value cannot be used for any row in the Student Level Report that is for a GE program.
It can only be used for certain scenarios when:
- There is more than one row for the same student and the programs are all eligible non-GE programs.
- There are rows in the report that are eligible non-GE programs and in a Withdrawn (W) enrollment status.
Scenario 1: One student / multiple TA rows / all eligible non-GE / all same credential level / all Withdrawn (W) rows
Resolution: Split total amounts for the multiple TA rows or report exact total amounts for each of the multiple TA rows. The Invalid Flag field option does not apply.
| CIP Code | Credential Level | Published Length of Program | Program Attendance Status During Award Year | Invalid Flag field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131202 | 03 | 004000 | W | N |
| 420101 | 03 | 004000 | W | N |
Scenario 2: One student / multiple TA rows / all eligible non-GE / different credential levels / all Withdrawn (W) rows
Resolution: Split total amounts for the multiple TA rows or report the exact total amounts for each of the multiple TA rows. The Invalid Flag field option does not apply.
| CIP Code | Credential Level | Published Length of Program | Program Attendance Status During Award Year | Invalid Flag field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512308 | 06 | 002000 | W | N |
| 519999 | 03 | 004000 | W | N |
Scenario 3: One student / AA and TA rows / all eligible non-GE / different credential levels / TA rows all Withdrawn (W)
Resolution: Populate annual amounts for the AA row and split total amounts for the multiple TA rows or report the exact total amounts for each of the multiple TA rows. The Invalid Flag field option does not apply.
| CIP Code | Credential Level | Published Length of Program | Program Attendance Status During Award Year | Invalid Flag field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512308 | 06 | 002000 | F | N |
| 519999 | 03 | 004000 | W | N |
| 131210 | 05 | 001750 | W | N |
Scenario 4: One student / multiple TA rows / all eligible non-GE / all same credential level / some Withdrawn (W) rows / one Graduated (G) row
Resolution: Input Invalid Flag field = R for all W status rows and combine costs in the G status row.
| CIP Code | Credential Level | Published Length of Program | Program Attendance Status During Award Year | Invalid Flag field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131202 | 03 | 004000 | W | R |
| 420101 | 03 | 004000 | W | R |
| 519999 | 03 | 004000 | G | N |
Scenario 5: One student / AA and TA rows / all eligible non-GE / all same credential level / TA rows all Withdrawn (W)
Resolution: Input Invalid Flag field = R for all W status rows and populate annual amounts for the AA row.
| CIP Code | Credential Level | Published Length of Program | Program Attendance Status During Award Year | Invalid Flag field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131202 | 03 | 004000 | F | N |
| 420101 | 03 | 004000 | W | R |
| 519999 | 03 | 004000 | W | R |
C: Neither GE nor Eligible non-GE Program
Use the “C” invalid flag value for any row that is neither a GE nor eligible non-GE program.