[Oasfaa] Parents married?

[Teri Cochran]

We do the same as TCC.   We ask for documentation if they have one of those
ISIR comment codes.

--Teri

On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 8:42 AM, Karen Jeffers <karen.jeffers at tulsacc.edu>
wrote:

> We look for Comment Codes 361-364 for parents of dependent students and
> 365-368 for students.  These particular comment codes indicate that the tax
> filing status does not agree with marital status.  At TCC, we select these
> students for verification and ask for marital status documentation.  A
> couple years ago, the comment code guide indicated that resolution was
> required, now it just says that ED encourages schools to review the
> students record.  Below is a snippet of the 1819 SAR Comment Code guide.
> We go back and forth on how much information we want/need to collect.  I
> tend to think that the discrepancy between marital status and tax filing
> status presents conflicting information that must be resolved which is why
> we select them the moment we receive the ISIR with any of the comment codes
> I mentioned.  We also found that just selecting them from the start
> eliminated the need to ask for additional information throughout the
> verification process.
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> *Karen Jeffers*
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> Director of Financial Aid & Scholarships
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> Tulsa Community College
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> 3727 E Apache St
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=3727+E+Apache+St+%0D%0A+Tulsa,+OK+74115&entry=gmail&source=g>
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> Tulsa, OK 74115
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=3727+E+Apache+St+%0D%0A+Tulsa,+OK+74115&entry=gmail&source=g>
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> *From:* OASFAA [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] *On Behalf Of *Jonna
> Raney
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:58 PM
> *To:* oasfaa at lists.onenet.net
> *Subject:* [Oasfaa] Parents married?
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> I'm finding many students that still struggle with the parent's marital
> status. I'm finding them by running a report of those that show
> divorced/separated but filed married joint or married separate returns.
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> I know this can happen, but when the divorce/separation date is 2005, I
> find that they answered the question based on the biological parents but
> the custodial is remarried. In most cases, I think it's an honest error but
> then the income questions only ask for one parent's income info so they
> usually qualify for more aid than they should.
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> I have 78 students on the report that I ran today. My question is, are any
> of you researching, institutionally selecting, or otherwise trying to
> resolve what I consider to be conflicting info? It's time consuming and of
> course, makes you the "bad school" if other schools don't resolve it, but I
> feel like it should be looked at to protect tax dollars for which these
> students are not eligible.
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> What do you think? no judgment...just asking. 😊
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> Jonna Raney
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> Director of Student Financial Services
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> 405.585.5020
> Oklahoma Baptist University
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-- 
Teri Cochran, Ed.D
Director of Student Financial Services
Northeastern State University
715 N Grand Ave
Tahlequah, OK 74464

918-444-3456

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