| AwardYear: 1997-1998 ChapterNumber: 4 ChapterTitle: Discretionary Verification Section: Discretionary Verification PageNumber: 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 deem appropriate. You have full discretion, therefore, 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) |