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Discretionary Verification

AwardYear: 1995-1996
ChapterNumber: 4
ChapterTitle: Discretionary Verification
Section: Discretionary Verification
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When a student's application is selected for verification, he or she
must provide documentation for the items discussed in Chapter Two,
"Required Verification Items And Acceptable Documentation." You
may also require these applicants to verify any additional data
elements on the application, as you feel is appropriate.

Therefore, you have full discretion as to which applicants must
provide documentation for any of the additional data elements and
what constitutes acceptable documentation. This chapter discusses
the circumstances in which discretionary verification authority may
be used and provides suggested methods of verifying specific items.

DISCRETIONARY VERIFICATION

The school may require verification of additional data. The most
common items documented under discretionary verification are

Untaxed Income Benefits
Total Income
Assets (Value and Debt)