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Compliance & Data Suite

FAFSA Student Aid Index beta

The FAFSA Student Aid Index and Pell eligibility under the current Simplified formula — not the retired EFC method most tools still use.

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Endpoints

  • POST /fafsa/sai

MCP tools

  • calculate_student_aid_index

Example

curl -X POST https://pascaline.io/fafsa/sai \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: <keyId>.<secret>' \
  -d '{ ... }'

Responses include data_as_of, formula_version (2026.1), citations, and tier (beta). See the full reference and the verification process.

FAFSA SAI calculator API · Student Aid Index API · Pell grant eligibility API