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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 13B.08.01.06" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="01" heading="Verification and Payment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Office of Student Financial Assistance has the authority to verify information concerning applicants and recipients for the purpose of administering this program.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>At the request of OSFA, schools are required to verify the following using federal standards:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Taxable and nontaxable income of student and parents (if a dependent student);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Enrollment status (undergraduate or graduate);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Dependency status; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Transaction number of ISIR used.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Schools shall provide updated and verified data to OSFA by the date established each year.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Information verified by the institutions will be used to update OSFA records. Awards for students with corrections and errors shall be recalculated and adjusted as specified in Regulation .05 of this chapter or canceled accordingly.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Each semester, eligible institutions shall certify on billing rosters provided by the Office of Student Financial Assistance that the recipient is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A Maryland resident;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Enrolled for 12 or more hours as a degree-seeking undergraduate student; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Making satisfactory academic progress toward a degree.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>