Setting Up Verification Options

Verification is the process of checking the accuracy of the information provided by students and their families when applying for financial aid. Institutions are required to perform federal verification on a portion of their aid applicants before awarding Title IV aid. The Campus Solutions application provides options for meeting federal and institutional verification requirements.

This section discusses how to set up fields for compare.

For more information see, the Federal Student Aid Handbook

Page Name

Definition Name

Navigation

Usage

Federal Setup

SFA_VER_FLD_TS_FED

Set Up SACR > Product Related > Financial Aid > Application Processing > Verification Setup > Federal Setup tab

Activate fields for federal verification processing and filter for use by dependency status.

Institutional Setup

SFA_VER_FLD_TS_INS

Set Up SACR > Product Related > Financial Aid > Application Processing > Verification Setup > Institutional Setup tab

Activate fields for institutional verification processing and filter for use by dependency status.

Inst Marital Status Mapping

SFA_VERIF_MAR_MAPP

Set Up SACR > Product Related > Financial Aid > Application Processing > Verification Setup > Inst Marital Status Mapping

Map available parent marital statuses to institutional marital statuses

Access the Federal Setup page (Set Up SACR > Product Related > Financial Aid > Application Processing > Verification Setup > Federal Setup).

Image: Federal Setup page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Federal Setup page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Federal Setup page

Insert rows and select fields to be verified and indicate for which type of student the verification applies; dependent or independent.

Field or Control

Definition

Effective Date

Displays the effective date for these verification tolerance rules. The effective date defines when the status that you select is valid.

Status

Displays the status for the data. Values are Active and Inactive.

Total Tolerance Federal

Enter the amount that the combined total of all selected fields can vary between verified and reported information. This tolerance is the maximum difference that can exist as variance before failing the verification process.

Field Number

Enter the field number for each of the fields to be compared.

Field Name

Displays the corresponding name for each field to verify.

Dependent

Select to compare the field for dependent students.

Independent

Select to compare the field for independent students.

Access the Institutional Setup page (Set Up SACR > Product Related > Financial Aid > Application Processing > Verification Setup > Institutional Setup).

Image: Institutional Setup page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Institutional Setup page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Institutional Setup page

Refer to the field descriptions for the Federal Setup page with the following exceptions:

Field or Control

Definition

Total Tolerance Institutional

Enter the amount that the combined total of all selected fields can vary between verified and reported information. This tolerance is the maximum difference that can exist as variance before failing the verification process.

Access the Inst Marital Status Mapping page (Set Up SACR > Product Related > Financial Aid > Application Processing > Verification Setup > Inst Marital Status Mapping).

Image: Institutional Marital Status Mapping page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Institutional Marital Status Mapping page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Institutional Marital Status Mapping page

Use this page to map system marital status values to Institutional marital statuses.

Field or Control

Definition

Marital Status

Displays all possible ISIR and Institutional parent marital statuses

Inst Marital Status

Select the Institutional parent marital status you wish to map to each of the possible marital statuses.

Note: This setup resolves differences between ISIR (Federal) and PROFILE (Institutional) parent marital statuses when performing Verification without first retrieving application data via 'Get Federal Data' or 'Get Institutional Data'.

If you have retrieved application data, the system renders the parent marital statuses based on the application type, Federal or Institutional. However, if application data is not first retrieved, the system cannot determine if the data being verified is Federal or Institutional and renders all possible parent marital statuses. When you consolidate Verification data either online or batch, you are required to select the type of consolidation being performed, Federal or Institutional.

Parent marital statuses for consolidation can be mapped without interpretation for Federal Verification. However, Institutional parent marital statuses do not possess the same characteristics and this setup allows you to map the 9 possible parent marital statuses to the 6 actual Institutional parent marital statuses. When consolidation is performed, regardless of what marital status is selected in the Tax Form Data page, the mapped value is used and displayed for consolidation and compare. For example, if you enter a marital status of Married/Remarried and Institutional consolidation is performed, your mapping setup determines if Married or Remarried is used in consolidation.

To access year specific Verification field numbers cross referenced for ISIR and Institutional

applications, query ISIR_VERIF_XREF.