Verification, once performed entirely by the school, is increasingly a shared effort by the school and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to ensure that federal student aid funds are awarded and paid based on accurate family financial information. A student’s application for federal student aid (the FAFSA®) may be chosen for verification by ED or by the school. The information that must be verified varies by applicant, as, effective for the 2012-13 award year, ED transitioned to a targeted approach that specifies verification of only those items that appear most likely to be in error.
Related topics in this Index: Need Analysis; Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
See also Subtopics for more specific references.
Electronic Announcement, 9/25/20 [2021-2022 Verification Suggested Text Package]
Federal Register, 9/3/20, pp. 55003 to 55007
Federal Register, 5/24/19, pp. 24118 to 24122
Federal Register, 9/29/17, pp. 45465 to 45471
Federal Register, 10/29/10, pp. 66902 to 66933
Federal Register, 6/18/10, pp. 34825 to 34834
2021-22 FSA Handbook, Vol. AVG
Electronic Announcement, 8/21/20
UPDATED Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Federal Register, 5/29/19, pp. 24118 to 24122
UPDATED Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Electronic Announcement, 7/23/19
Program Integrity Q&A, Verification, DOC-Q22/DOC-A22
Program Integrity Q&A, Verification, UPD-Q2/ UPD-A2
2021-22 FSA Handbook, Vol. AVG, Ch. 4
2020-21 FSA Handbook, Vol. AVG, Ch. 4
2021-22 Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) Technical Reference, Section 2
2020-21 Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) Technical Reference, Section 2