Student Financial Planning Tool

1. Log into to my.butler.edu  (SFP does not work with Internet Explorer)
2. Select the tile that says Financial Aid.
3. Carefully review all Pending items in red on the HOME page.
4. Review any red numbered notification badges in the navigation header.

1. Log in to Student Financial Planning at my.butler.edu by clicking the Financial Aid tile.
2. Click on the DOCUMENTS link in the header.
3. Select the upload icon to the right of each listed item.
4. Click Choose a File at the top right and select your document.
5. Review and complete all fillable fields associated with the document.
6. Click on the icon located under the Upload header at the top to submit the document.

Students may give parents access to view their financial aid awards and their estimated cost of attendance.

By delegating access to another user, students acknowledge and accept full responsibility for the security, confidentiality, and integrity of your data. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the person they grant access to handles their information appropriately. The institution is not liable for any loss, misuse, or unauthorized disclosure of data resulting from delegated access. 

1. Log in to Student Financial Planning at my.butler.edu by clicking the Financial Aid tile. 
2. On the Home page, click on the profile icon or the drop-down arrow and select Profile.  
3. Scroll to Manage Guest Access and click the person + icon.  
4. Enter your parent’s email under Guest Email Address. Students can assign one or both types of access: 
   • Parent on FAFSA (verification)– needed if the FAFSA is selected for verification 
   • Guest – VIEW ONLY cost & awards- can view estimated costs & awards  
5. To save, click on the Save icon in the edit column.  

Parents will use the account creation link sent to their email to create a new password and choose a multi-factor authentication type. Once they have created the password and selected a form of multi-factor authentication, the parent can access the Student Financial Planning Parent Portal at sfp-parent.butler.edu.

After students have granted parents access to their Student Financial Planning Portal, the parent will receive an account activation email that advises that they were granted access to Cloud Console, or an Identity Domain and they need to activate the account before the expiration date.  

1. Parents will select Activate Your Account to access the account activation screens; there they will create a new password. 

2. After parents create a password, they are prompted to set up Multi-factor Authentication (MFA). Parents will select Enable Secure Verification to begin the selection process. Each will lead the parent through the process of verifying their information. There are three types of Multi-factor Authentication:
   • Secure code to your Phone Number,
   • Mobile Application,
   • Or secure code to Email.

3. Once verified, parents are prompted to read and accept the consent to conduct business electronically disclosure to gain access to the Student Financial Planning portal homepage.  

Students required to complete the Verification Worksheet Dependent on the Student Financial Planning will need to grant Parent on FAFSA (verification) access for their parents to successfully sign the worksheet electronically. Once that process is complete, the parent can log into the portal and sign the verification worksheet.  

Parents with the appropriate access will: 

1. Navigate to sfp-parent.butler.edu. 

2. Sign in to the portal using their email address and password. (if they have forgotten the password, they can use the Forgot Password? link to create a new password.  

3. Parents will then use the Documents Menu at the top of the page to access and review the verification worksheet dependent document. Once they are ready to sign, parents will use all the following to electronically sign the form: 
   • Parent’s last name,  
   • The last four digits of parent’s Social Security Number (SSN), 
   • Parent’s date of birth,  
   • And the student’s Butler University ID number  

4. Click I Accept. 

5. Select Sign and Finish.  

Click here for more information regarding Verification and completing the Verification Dependent Worksheet.