6.9.0.0 FAQ

Can any client upgrade to Regent 6.9? 

Any client currently using Regent Award may take Regent 6.9 for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

Any client currently using Regent Review may take Regent 6.9 for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

Any client currently using Regent Access may take Regent 6.9 for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

Any client currently using Regent Fund may take Regent 6.9 for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

Any client currently using Regent Award may take the Regent 6.9 version of Student Experience for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

Any client currently using Regent Review may take the Regent 6.9 version of Student Experience for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

Any client currently using Regent Fund may take the Regent 6.9 version of Student Experience for UAT and ultimately production upgrade.

Some Regent Access clients may take the Regent 6.9 version of Student Experience for UAT and ultimately production upgrade. Please work with your Account Manager for additional information. Note: All current customer-specific functionality in the legacy portal may not be available in the new Student Experience portal at this time.

Clients using Regent Award for Salesforce will not need to upgrade to a new Salesforce application version in order to continue current functionality.

What Enhancements are in Regent 6.9?

The 6.9 release addresses product defects as listed in the “Bugs” section of the Release Notes, and also enhancements and new features including:

• Implement Use of Federal UUIDs within Regent (RS-27551)

• Update Regent Census Date and Census Unit Determination Logic in Regent (RS-28455)

• VWS Display Process for Self-Identified Tax Filing Contributor but No Return on File Per IRS (RS-28240)

• Disabled 'Pell Eligible' ISIR Flag Check for Provisional Independent Students (RS-28194)

• New Setting to Cease ISIR Matching for Inactive Students (RS-25202)

• Update to Fund Setup Logic and Validation (RS-28189)

• Allow a Negative AGI in 24-25 Access Application (RS-27979)

• New Configurable Setting Allows Clients to Display Custom Staff Message in UI (RS-26687)

• New REST APIs Created to Facilitate File Imports and Exports (RS-28252)

 Further details on enhancements/new features and a complete list of bug fixes as well as any new scripts and data views can be found in the Release Notes. 

The Release Notes also contain information on new configuration options.

If ‘Cease ISIR Matching for Inactive Students’ is enabled, what happens if an Inactive student returns to Active status?

If the student returns to Active status, ISIR matching will resume for the student.

If Inactive students are included in batch packaging, should the new ‘Cease ISIR Matching for Inactive Students’ option be enabled?

If Inactive students are included in batch packaging runs, ‘Cease ISIR Matching for Inactive Students’ should be kept at ‘No’ to avoid packaging with outdated information.

Will Person UUID be available on a student record in Regent?

The Acting CTO for FAFSA announced the department made an architectural decision to not support the static year-over-year Person UUID for 2025-2026 in order to release the FAFSA in a timely manner. It was noted that there are no plans to support a constant person-level ID in the future and schools/states should rely on more traditional means of linking students to applications (SSN, DOB, Name, etc.) Therefore, Regent will not be displaying a Person UUID on the student record.

How does the removal of the ‘Alternative Census Date’ field on Term Setup affect clients currently using it?

The ‘Alternative Census Date’ field on Term Setup has been removed. For any clients currently using this field with more than one Census date configured on a term in Term Setup, a build script will automatically migrate the ‘Alternative Census Date' value to the ‘Multiple Census Date 2’ field in the database.

How does the removal of the ‘Determine Student Census' field on Institution Setup affect clients?

Regent will always apply the ISIR Packaging Date (formerly known as ‘Determine Student Census’ field). The field has been removed and will always apply without requiring additional configuration.

Should schools review their Pell Recalculation Dates?

Schools should review their term configurations and ensure each ‘Pell Recalculation Date’ is configured to be on or after the Term End Date. That configuration will ensure the Pell Enrollment Intensity Percentage (EIP) is correctly adjusted for any unattended units, if a student is initially packaged for a FAY after the term’s configured census dates have passed.

How has the award estimation process been updated for Provisionally Independent students?

Regent users discovered that ED does not include the ‘Pell Eligible' flag on ISIRs for Provisionally Independent students. As Pell Grants are typically awarded to students when this flag is set to TRUE, Regent had to update the process for Provisionally Independent students to continue to check all eligibility requirements for Pell Grants excluding the ‘Pell Eligible' flag.

If a user has the ‘ViewStudents’ permission enabled for more than one institution, which Custom Staff Message will display in the User Interface?

The user will see the message configured for the first institution, ordered alphabetically, for which they have access. The permission must be set at the Institution level to display the message.