To earn this credential, you will need to know the basic principles and processes for verification of a student’s FAFSA® application data. You will need to know when verification is required and for which student applicants, which data elements must be verified, and what documentation is acceptable. You also will need to know about the FUTURE Act Direct Data Exchange, and tax-filing thresholds and forms, as well as the corrections process, interim disbursements, timeframes and deadlines, and how verification relates to the exercising of the financial aid administrator’s professional judgment authority. This will help you demonstrate the ability to ensure your school’s verification policies and procedures result in the use of accurate data to establish eligibility for need-based federal student aid.
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1. The list of required verification items for each award year is published first in
4. If the parent of a dependent student remarries between application and verification, the family must
5. Prior to completing verification, the school has the option to
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