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Learning Access, Finance & Governance

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Bounded claim

Covered U.S. postsecondary institutions must provide a net-price calculator under HEA § 132(h), but its result is an estimate that may change and is neither a final aid award nor binding on the institution.

Claim ID: claim:v715:e77bb7ec06e99b23a2e5
Scope: Covered U.S. postsecondary institutions and prospective students; current federal disclosure guidance for award year 2024–2025; no affordability-outcome claim.
Jurisdiction: United States
Population: Prospective students using covered postsecondary net-price calculators
Period: 2024-07-01/2025-06-30

Publication gate

NOT ELIGIBLE. critic deterministic evidence assessment incomplete; reconciliation incomplete; required deterministic evidence assessment absent.

Critic and reconciliation

Automated critic precheck: AUTOMATED_PRECHECK_COMPLETE_SECONDARY_CRITIC_PENDING. secondary evidence check: NO. Reconciliation: NOT_EVALUATED.

Relationship and mechanism

Relationship: NO_UNRESOLVED_RELATIONSHIP_TYPE_IN_V714_PACKET. Mechanism: NOT_APPLICABLE.

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Evidence record 1: CONFIRMATORY

Evidence-record ID: evidence:v715:470fa4d1d3b05252db18
Source: 2024–2025 Federal Student Aid Handbook, Appendix E: Institutional Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
Issuing authority: Office of Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education
Publisher / type: Federal Student Aid · OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE
Publication / access: UNKNOWN · 2026-08-24
Exact locator: SECTION: Appendix E, “Net Price Calculator,” HEA § 132(h)(3)–(4); cross-reference Volume 2, Chapter 6
Applicability / currency: APPLICABLE · CURRENT_FOR_2024_2025_AWARD_YEAR
Authority assessment: PRIMARY_FEDERAL_ADMINISTRATIVE_GUIDANCE
Extract or paraphrase: Paraphrase: covered institutions must post a calculator using the federal template or a compliant alternative.
Methodological limitation: Administrative guidance describes disclosure duties and calculator limitations; it is not an outcome evaluation.
Conflict status: NO_MATERIAL_CONTRADICTION_IDENTIFIED_BY_AUTOMATED_PRECHECK
evidence assessor / reconciliation: NOT_EVALUATED · NOT_EVALUATED

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Evidence record 2: MIXED

Evidence-record ID: evidence:v715:5f623739d55fc66d547f
Source: 2024–2025 Federal Student Aid Handbook, Appendix E: Institutional Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
Issuing authority: Office of Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education
Publisher / type: Federal Student Aid · OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE
Publication / access: UNKNOWN · 2026-08-24
Exact locator: SECTION: Appendix E, “Net Price Calculator” disclaimer requirements
Applicability / currency: LIMITING · CURRENT_FOR_2024_2025_AWARD_YEAR
Authority assessment: PRIMARY_FEDERAL_ADMINISTRATIVE_GUIDANCE
Extract or paraphrase: Paraphrase: the calculator must disclose that the estimate may change, is not a final or actual award, and is not binding.
Methodological limitation: Administrative guidance describes disclosure duties and calculator limitations; it is not an outcome evaluation.
Conflict status: MATERIAL_LIMITATION_RECORDED
evidence assessor / reconciliation: NOT_EVALUATED · NOT_EVALUATED

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