• 1098-T
  • Kudos to all colleges for meeting last week’s deadlinewe successfully received 100% of college print files. The statements have been transmitted to DES, and we are currently awaiting confirmation of the delivery date.
  • We anticipate that over 120,000 statements will be printed, folded, stuffed, and mailed ahead of the federal January 31 deadline. We will share additional details once DES provides their completion notice.
• 2026-27 State Board Approved Tuition Rates
  • The State Board has approved the 202627 tuition rates, which include a 3.3% operating fee increase. A notification was sent to the Business Affairs Council on January 5, 2026.
  • Building on the success of prior years, the State Board SF Team will again collaborate with colleges to support updating ctcLink with the new fees. These collaborative meetings will take place in March. Please watch for additional details and the meeting sign-up information, which will be shared via email on February 2.
  • Please find the 2026-27 rates on the drop down via this link.
• Student Financial Responsibility Agreement (SFRA)
  • As of this note, only 5 colleges remain to have the SFRA implemented.
  • To date, over 187,000 students have completed the agreement.
• Year in Review
  • Please take a moment to review the Student Financials Year in Review to stay informed on key topics and highlights from 2025 (with a few jokes included as well).
• SF eList subscriptions
  • Please make note of the following links to the State Boards e-list sign up page. The SF Team has three for you to be aware of and remember, besides receiving notes from our team, these resources are an easy avenue to ask our college system on any questions within our area of the system.
    • Main Student Financials e-list
      • ctcLinkSME_StuFin
    • 1098-T Statements e-list
      • CtcLink=1098T
    • BAR (Budget, Accounting, and Reporting Council e-list
      • BAR
• Environmental markers
  • Use ctcLink markers/banners when testing to be UBER sure you’re in the correct environment. DO NOT TEST IN PRODUCTION!
    • Environment Marker info: Chrome:
      • https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/environment-marker/ahjhdebcnlgmojdmjnhikhakkghcchkk?hl=en
    • Firefox:
      • This extension adds a color to the top of your browser to make it different for each environment.
        • https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/envify/
      • This extension is for the ribbon/environment marker.
        • https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/environment-marker/

Updated QRGs

• How to Complete your SFRA (Student)  Added navigation for HCX, added screenshots and adjusted steps for clarity.
• Understanding Item Types  Small update to formatting and numbering.
• Revoke 1098-T Electronic Consent Navigation  Updated screenshots, simplified steps and moved to 1098-T pre-processing.
• Review and Close Cashier Office Video - New focused learning module
  • Also added to SF 101 Cashiering Canvas course
• Post Group Transaction and Review Errors - added important info regarding posting group one at a time and in sequence.
• BankMobile Student Data -updated QRG to remove Higher One, changed to Bank Mobile.
• Student Financial Responsibility Agreement -added language regarding manual service indicator placement
• Invoice a Third Party Contract- added warning about multiple college logos under "Printing a third-party invoice"
• Individual Student Refund End to End Process - added info box re: selecting 1 of 3 process options under refund delivery

Recent

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• January 7, SF Work Session: Running 1098T’s to Audit/Validate
• January 12, SF Work Session: 1098T Printing and Reconciliation

Upcoming

• January 27, 9am - Cross Pillar FA-SF Training: Customer Account Reconciliation Refresher
• February 9, 1pm  SF Work Session: 1098T Corrections
• February 18, 8:30 am  Cross Pillar CS Core/SF: Connecting Residency Data, Tuition Residency Exceptions and Tuition Calculation.