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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">Hello Financial Aid ctcLinkers!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">There is never a dull moment…or a BREAK for FA Administrators!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">We’re already getting questions about changes to verification that were announced in the Dear Colleague Letter “DCL ID: GEN-21-05 SUBJECT: Changes to 2021-2022 Verification Requirements.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6"><a href="https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/dear-colleague-letters/2021-07-13/changes-2021-2022-verification-requirements"><span style="color:#2E75B6">https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/dear-colleague-letters/2021-07-13/changes-2021-2022-verification-requirements</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">We’re eager to meet with you on this topic.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="color:#2E75B6">SPECIAL FA WORKSESSION – FAFSA SIMPLIFICATION & CHANGES TO VERIFICATION</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">Join us <b>next THURSDAY, 7/22 from 1-3</b>
<b>pm</b> to chat about options you have in Peoplesoft for processing, based on your own institutional decisions on verification and waiving verification.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">This means our planned work session topic, which was another SAP Work session, will not be covered next week.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">Please review the Dear College Letter and be prepared to ask questions and discuss ideas with us and your peers on how to manage this change.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#2E75B6">STEPS YOU CAN TAKE NOW: </span>
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<span style="color:windowtext">Consider what your institutional policy will be around verification</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:#5B9BD5;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:windowtext">Consider changes to your internal policies and procedures
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:#5B9BD5;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:windowtext">Begin identifying students for which to waive verification checklist items (please see the attached similar guidance)</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:#5B9BD5;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:windowtext">If you are already reviewing documentation, and you decide that you want to complete verification for students that have submitted at least one document, consider how to track them</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:#5B9BD5;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:windowtext">Decide which checklists you want removed from assignment – or – if you want to have a staff facing requirement.
</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:#5B9BD5;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:windowtext">Consider your existing Define Item Type Rules and which checklists you may want to remove from them</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:#5B9BD5;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:windowtext">When waiving verification, set the Student’s Packaging Status Summary page “Verification Status” to “Selected – Not verified” per the guidance in the announcement (excerpt below).</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="color:#2E75B6">System Reporting Requirements</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="color:#2E75B6">Because this change to verification policy is occurring mid-year, many 2021-2022 Central Processing System (CPS) transactions will continue to be selected for verification.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><i><span style="color:#2E75B6">Even if verification is no longer required, institutions must report a valid Verification Status Code for every student selected for verification by the CPS. Institutions should report a “V” (if verification
was completed) or an “S”; "blank" is not an acceptable verification status code, except in the case when a student is selected after he or she is no longer enrolled at your institution.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="color:#2E75B6">When Verification Is No Longer Required</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="color:#2E75B6">Institutions are not required to verify students selected under Verification Tracking Flag “V1” as of the date of this letter. We are expanding the applicability of Verification Status
Code “S- Selected not verified” to not only students excluded under 34 CFR 668.54(b), but also to all students selected under V1who are exempt from standard verification under this guidance.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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