Publication Date: June 26, 2015
Posted Date: June 26, 2015
Subject: FAFSA® Information To Be Verified for the 2016-2017 Award Year
FR Type: Notice
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 36783-36788] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2015-15782] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA[supreg]) Information To Be Verified for the 2016-2017 Award Year AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [CFDA Numbers: 84.007, 84.033, 84.038, 84.063, and 84.268.] SUMMARY: For each award year, the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a notice announcing the FAFSA information that an institution and an applicant may be required to verify, as well as the acceptable documentation for verifying FAFSA information. This is the notice for the 2016-2017 award year. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacquelyn C. Butler, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 8053, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7890. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1- 800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary will include on the applicant's Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) flags that will indicate that the applicant has been selected by the Secretary for verification and the Verification Tracking Group that the applicant has been placed in, which in turn indicates which FAFSA information needs to be verified for that applicant and, if appropriate, the applicant's parent(s) or spouse. The Student Aid Report (SAR) provided to the applicant will indicate that the applicant's FAFSA information has been selected for verification and direct the applicant to the institution for further instructions for completing the verification process. The following chart lists, for the 2016-2017 award year, the FAFSA information that an institution and an applicant and, if appropriate, the applicant's parent(s) or spouse, may be required to verify under 34 CFR 668.56. The chart also lists the acceptable documentation that must be provided under Sec. 668.57 to an institution for that information to be verified.