Tanya McGee
Katie Starling
Kansas State University
October 3, 2013

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• 2013-2014: Where we are
2014-2015: Where we are going
Impact of GEN-13-12
Discussion/Question & Answer

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Data elements to verify remained largely the same as 2012-13
• High school completion status and Identity/
Statement of Educational Purpose were added
Introduction of verification groups
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• V1, V2, V3, V4, V5
Student should remain in the same verification group

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Household size
Number in college
Income information for tax filers
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• AGI
Taxes Paid
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Education Credits
Specific untaxed income: IRA distributions, pensions,
IRA deductions, and tax exempt interest

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Income information for non-tax filers
• Income earned from work
SNAP benefits (ie. Food Stamps)
• Only if ISIR indicates this was true
Child Support Paid
• Only if ISIR indicates this was true

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High School Completion Status
• Recognized equivalents of high school diploma
Identity/Statement of Educational Purpose
• Must use exact wording provided by ED for the
Statement of Educational Purpose

V2
V3
V4
V5
Total ISIRs
Total Selected
V1
Received
(duplicated)
45,335
18,329
18,103
24
112
11
75
Loaded
(unduplicated)
19,280
5,500
5,448
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33
0
8
As of Monday, September 30, 2013

• Red ribbon year? Maybe blue, green, white?

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• Federal Register published June 13, 2013
Dear Colleague Letter, GEN-13-16, published
June 13, 2013

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Verification group changes
• Say goodbye to V2 – SNAP
• Say hello to V6 – Household Resources
Applicants will no longer be assigned to V2, but we will still be required to verify SNAP in the other verification tracking groups (V1, V4, V5, V6)

• Verification items remain the same as AY14, but with one addition
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Other Untaxed Income
Introduction of the new verification tracking group –
V6, Household Resources
Q45 for the student and Q94 for the parent(s)

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Payments to tax-deferred pension and savings plans
Child support received
Housing, food and other living allowances paid to members of the military, clergy and others
Veterans noneducation benefits
Other untaxed income (workers’ compensation, untaxed portion of health savings accounts, etc.)
Money received or paid on the student’s behalf

• Acceptable documentation includes:
• Signed statement by the student and parent, if applicable, that lists the untaxed income amounts
• Copies of the 2013 W-2s from all sources of income

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If the FAA determines the income verified does not appear to provide sufficient financial support , the student or parent must explain how the family was financially supported during calendar year 2013.
Income sources: AGI, income earned from work, all untaxed income, and other untaxed income not included on the FAFSA .

• Hence, the name for the new tracking group -
Household Resources
• Hey! You’re living on nothing! Prove it!
• Sources of income can include the “usual” items
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But could also include untaxed income not listed on the FAFSA
Welfare benefits
Earned income credit
Supplemental security income (SSI)
Additional child tax credit
Untaxed social security benefits

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Household Resources
• ED will not be specifying an income threshold
• Leaving that to the institution to define
How will you determine your “magic” number?
• Use poverty guidelines?
• What seems appropriate/necessary for a certain family’s size and geographic location?

• Nontax filers – if an institution questions the claim of not filing, the institution may/must require the student to submit a “Verification of
Nonfiling” from the IRS.
• The IRS will not be issuing until after June 15, 2014.

• High School Completion Status
• Previously collected HS Completion documentation may be used as long as it meets the criteria outlined in the Federal Register.
• High School Completion Abroad – may obtain a copy of a “secondary school leaving certificate” through the appropriate government agency
• Homeschool – secondary school completion credential vs. transcript signed by student’s parents

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Identity/Statement of Educational Purpose
• Specific text for 2014-2015 provided in the Federal
Register
• Documentation may be converted into an electronic record (ie. your imaging system)
Household Size
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Includes parents who are married or unmarried and living together, irrespective of gender
GEN-13-12

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Beginning with 2014-2015, dependent students will be required to provide income information from the student’s legal parents (biological or adoptive) regardless of marital status or gender,
if those parents live together.
In the past, income has been excluded when the parents were unmarried, even if the parents were living together.

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Philosophy – the family should help pay the educational expenses of their child.
Help to ensure limited taxpayer resources are directed to students with the most need, regardless of the parents’ marital status or gender, when those parents are living together.

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New response to FAFSA question, “As of today, what is the marital status of your legal parents?”, will include “Unmarried and both parents living together.”
FAFSA on the Web will no longer have mother/father reference, but will reference
Parent1/Parent2.

• Required to enter Identity Verification Results into FAA Access (V4 and V5)
• Manually enter information one student at a time.
• FAA Access will accept a flat file after April 2014.
• Must enter results even for non-respondents.

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Impact to your verification forms
Impact to your student systems
Impact to your website

Federal Register, published June 13, 2013 http://ifap.ed.gov/fregisters/attachments/FR061313FAF
SAInformationToBeVerifiedforthe20142015AwardYear
Dear Colleague Letter (GEN-13-16), published 6/13/13 http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN1316.html

2013 NASFAA Conference, Department of Education
Verification session handout/audio www.nasfaa.org/conference/videos/ed-sessions.aspx
NASFAA’s News July 30, 2013 – FAA Access Reporting for
Verification of Identity and HS Diploma Required in 2014-15 www.nasfaa.org/Main/orig/2013/FAA_Access_Reporting_Fo r_Verification_Of_Identity_And_High_School_Diploma_Req uired_In_2014%e2%80%9315.aspx

Tanya McGee
Associate Director
Office of Student Financial Assistance
Kansas State University tanyap@k-state.edu
Katie Starling
Assistance Director
Office of Student Financial Assistance
Kansas State University starling@k-state.edu