[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 34, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 34CFR668.60] [Page 483-484] TITLE 34--EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PART 668--STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents Subpart E--Verification of Student Aid Application Information Sec. 668.60 Deadlines for submitting documentation and the consequences of failing to provide documentation. (a) An institution shall require an applicant selected for verification to submit to it, within the period of time it or the Secretary specifies, the documents set forth in Sec. 668.57 that are requested by the institution or the Secretary. (b) For purposes of the campus-based, Federal Stafford Loan, Federal Direct Stafford/Ford Loan programs-- (1) If an applicant fails to provide the requested documentation within a reasonable time period established by the institution or by the Secretary-- (i) The institution may not-- (A) Disburse any additional Federal Perkins Loan, FSEOG or funds to the applicant; [[Page 484]] (B) Continue to employ or allow an employer to employ the applicant under FWS; (C) Certify the applicant's Federal Stafford Loan application or originate the applicant's Direct Subsidized Loan; or (D) Process Federal Stafford Loan or Direct Subsidized Loan Direct Loan proceeds for the applicant; (ii) The institution shall return to the lender, or to the Secretary, in the case of a Direct Subsidized Loan, any Federal Stafford Loan or Direct Subsidized Loan proceeds that otherwise would be payable to the applicant; and (iii) The applicant shall repay to the institution any Federal Perkins Loan, FSEOG, or payments received for that award year; (2) If the applicant provides the requested documentation after the time period established by the institution, the institution may, at its option, award aid to the applicant notwithstanding paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section; and (3) An institution may not withhold any Federal Stafford Loan proceeds from an applicant under paragraph (b)(1)(i)(D) of this section for more than 45 days. If the applicant does not complete verification within the 45-day period, the institution shall return the Federal Stafford Loan proceeds to the lender. (c) For purposes of the Federal Pell Grant Program-- (1) An applicant may submit a verified SAR to the institution or the institution may receive a verified ISIR after the applicable deadline specified in 34 CFR 690.61 but within an established additional time period set by the Secretary through publication of a notice in the Federal Register. If the institution receives a verified SAR or ISIR during the established additional time period, and the EFC on the two SARs or ISIRs are different, payment must be based on the higher of the two EFCs. (2) If the applicant does not provide to the institution the requested documentation and, if necessary, a verified SAR or the institution does not receive a verified ISIR, within the additional time period referenced in paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the applicant-- (i) Forfeits the Federal Pell Grant for the award year; and (ii) Shall return any Federal Pell Grant payments previously received for that award year to the Secretary. (d) The Secretary may determine not to process any subsequent application for Federal Pell Grant, and an institution, if directed by the Secretary, may not process any subsequent application for campus- based, Federal Direct Stafford/Ford Loan, or Federal Stafford Loan program assistance of an applicant who has been requested to provide documentation until the applicant provides the documentation or the Secretary decides that there is no longer a need for the documentation. (e) If an applicant selected for verification for an award year dies before the deadline for completing the verification process without completing that process, and the deadline is in the subsequent award year, the institution may not-- (1) Make any further disbursements on behalf of that applicant; (2) Certify that applicant's Federal Stafford Loan application, originate that applicant's Direct Subsidized Loan, or process that applicant's Federal Stafford Loan or Direct Subsidized Loan proceeds; or (3) Consider any funds it disbursed to that applicant under Sec. 668.58(a)(2) as an overpayment. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1094) [56 FR 61337, Dec. 2, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 22068, Apr. 28, 1994; 59 FR 61207, Nov. 29, 1994; 63 FR 40625, July 29, 1998]