[ctcLinkfinaidsupport] ctcLink Financial Aid Weeklyish Bulletin - Special Topic: Changes to Verification

[Jedidiah Lara]

Hello Financial Aid ctcLinkers!



There is never a dull moment...or a BREAK for FA Administrators!



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."



https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/dear-colleague-letters/2021-07-13/changes-2021-2022-verification-requirements



We're eager to meet with you on this topic.



SPECIAL FA WORKSESSION - FAFSA SIMPLIFICATION & CHANGES TO VERIFICATION

Join us next THURSDAY, 7/22 from 1-3 pm to chat about options you have in Peoplesoft for processing, based on your own institutional decisions on verification and waiving verification.



This means our planned work session topic, which was another SAP Work session, will not be covered next week.



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.



STEPS YOU CAN TAKE NOW:

  *   Consider what your institutional policy will be around verification
  *   Consider changes to your internal policies and procedures
  *   Begin identifying students for which to waive verification checklist items (please see the attached similar guidance)
  *   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
  *   Decide which checklists you want removed from assignment - or - if you want to have a staff facing requirement.
  *   Consider your existing Define Item Type Rules and which checklists you may want to remove from them
  *   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).



System Reporting Requirements

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.



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.



When Verification Is No Longer Required

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.





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[Compass]Marjorie Facio

Functional Analyst, Campus Solutions (Financial Aid)

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

1300 Quince Street SE

Olympia, WA 98504-2495

mfacio at sbctc.edu<mailto:mfacio at sbctc.edu> * o: 360-704-1836

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