{"id":2887,"date":"2019-01-11T08:06:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2019-01-11T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T13:06:21","slug":"department-of-education-simplifies-fafsa-verification-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/01\/11\/department-of-education-simplifies-fafsa-verification-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Education Simplifies FAFSA Verification Process"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Education recently announced changes to FAFSA verification aimed to help make the process less burdensome.<\/p>\n

In lieu of IRS tax return transcripts and verification of non-filing forms, the guidance<\/a> allows institutions to accept copies of signed income tax returns and written statements of non-filing from students who are selected for FAFSA verification. The changes are effective immediately and apply to both the 2018-19 and 2019-20 cycles.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month it was reported<\/a> that students were experiencing roadblocks to verification amid disruptions at the IRS; these new changes should help alleviate these roadblocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year, NCAN found<\/a> that only 56 percent of Pell-eligible students selected for verification go on to receive a Pell Grant, compared to 81 percent of Pell-eligible students not selected for verification. The Department of Education selected over half of Pell-eligible applicants for verification in the 2016-17 filing cycle.<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/a> about how NACAC advocates for policies that would strengthen and expand need-based financial aid.<\/p>\n

Julie Kirk is NACAC\u2019s government relations manager. She can be reached at <\/em>jkirk@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Education recently announced changes to FAFSA verification aimed to help make the process less burdensome. In lieu of IRS tax return transcripts and verification of non-filing forms, the guidance allows institutions to accept copies of signed income tax returns and written statements of non-filing from students who are selected for FAFSA verification. … Continue reading Department of Education Simplifies FAFSA Verification Process<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,10,25],"tags":[34,415,184],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-advocacy","category-college-admission","category-financial-aid","tag-fafsa","tag-fafsa-verification","tag-us-department-of-education"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Kz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}