Verification	Selection	and	Professional	Judgment	(PJ)
You	must	complete	verification	for	a	selected	student	before	you	exercise	professional	judgment	(PJ)	to	adjust	any	values
used	to	calculate	the	SAI.	But	a	PJ	adjustment	does	not	require	you	to	verify	an	application	not	selected	for
verification.
Once	the	Department	selects	a	FAFSA	application	for	verification,	every	subsequent	transaction	for	that	award	year,	even
one	resulting	from	PJ,	will	indicate	that	the	student	is	selected	for	verification.
If	a	FAFSA	that	is	not	selected	for	verification	is	later	corrected,	that	can	result	in	the	application	being	selected.	However,
when	professional	judgment	is	used	to	adjust	an	application	that	is	not	selected	for	verification	and	the	FAA	correctly
indicates	the	PJ	flag	on	the	ISIR,	the	FPS	prevents	the	subsequent	transaction	from	being	selected	for	verification.
Applications	and	Information	to	be	Verified
A	menu	of	potential	verification	items	for	each	award	year	will	be	published	in	the	Federal	Register.	The	Department
published	2025-26	FAFSA	information	to	be	verified	and	acceptable	documentation	in	the	September	4,	2024	Federal
Register	Notice	(89	FR	71893).
A	student9s	FAFSA	Submission	Summary	and	Institutional	Student	Information	Record	(ISIR)	will	indicate	if	a	student	is
selected	for	verification.	On	the	FAFSA	Submission	Summary,	there	will	be	an	asterisk	(*)	next	to	the	SAI	and	a	comment
in	the	<Application	Status=	section	informing	the	student	that	their	school	has	the	authority	to	ask	for	additional
documentation	to	complete	verification.	Applicants	will	need	to	verify	all	the	FAFSA	items	that	apply	to	them.	On	the	ISIR,
you	will	see	a	verification	indicator	tracking	flag	set	to	a	value	of	<Y=	and	a	verification	tracking	group	(V1,	V4,	or	V5)	to
indicate	placement	in	one	of	the	verification	tracking	groups.
34	CFR	668.53
Verification	and	PJ
34	CFR	668.53(c)
Verification	items
34	CFR	668.56
Acceptable	documentation
34	CFR	668.57
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