| AwardYear: 1996-1997 Edition: PostSecondary Part: 2 - - The application process for financial aid SectionNumber: SectionTitle: Signature Requirements (Federal Pell Grant) PageNumbers: 48 SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS (FEDERAL PELL GRANT) Previously, for an ISIR to be valid, the student was required to sign a statement certifying the data's accuracy. This is no longer a requirement. In other words, once the student has signed the FAFSA, he or she doesn't have to sign other documentation in order to receive a Pell Grant--unless a correction or verification is required. If a line item on a paper SAR is corrected, the student and at least one parent (for a dependent student) must sign Part 2 of the SAR before it is returned to the FAFSA processor. If the financial aid administrator indicates that one or more line items on the SAR have been adjusted, the adjustment(s) can be processed without the signatures of the student and parent. For corrections that are received through EDE, the school must have signed documentation from the student and parent: the correction on Part 2 of the SAR, a signed copy of the correction sent to the CPS, or signed verification documentation. This documentation must be collected before the school sends data to the CPS. Bear in mind that if the student is submitting an electronic application or electronic correction application, you must obtain the student's signature on a completed paper application or on the "echo document" printed from an electronic FAFSA that is filed through EDE, and you must keep it in your files even if the student does not receive federal student aid or does not attend your institution. Eligibility certifications relating to Educational Purpose, Registration Status, and Refunds and Defaults were at one time included on statements provided on the SAR and the electronic ISIR. However, the Statement of Educational Purpose and the Certification Statement on Overpayments and Defaults have been added to the FAFSA. The Department has determined both of these statements can be signed as part of the initial application process. This relieves institutions of the obligation to collect and retain the statements separately in their own files. The statement of Registration Status is not printed on either the FAFSA or the SAR. SARs which are rejected because a student who filed through FAFSA Express did not print and mail in a signature page will contain the Statement of Educational Purpose and the Statement on Overpayments and Defaults on Part 2 (next to the student signature block). |