Department of Education July 13, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On October 29, 2010, the Secretary published in the Federal Register (75 FR 66832) final regulations related to program integrity issues in the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). Included in these regulations were changes to subpart E of part 668 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which includes the Department's regulations for the verification of information submitted on a FAFSA by an applicant for financial assistance from the Federal student assistance programs authorized under title IV of the HEA. New Sec. 668.56(a) provides that for each award year the Secretary will publish in the Federal Register a notice announcing the FAFSA information that an institution and an applicant may be required to verify. New Sec. 668.57(d) further provides that if an applicant is selected to verify FAFSA information specified in the Federal Register notice, the applicant must provide the documentation that the Secretary has specified for that information in the Federal Register notice. Accordingly, through this notice, the Secretary announces the FAFSA information that an institution and an applicant may be required to verify and the acceptable documentation that an applicant must provide to an institution to verify such FAFSA information for the 2012-2013 award year, which is the first award year following the effective date of the regulations.