---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 668.59"
title: "34"
number: "668.59"
heading: "Consequences of a change in an applicant's FAFSA information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/668.59"
---

# §668.59. Consequences of a change in an applicant's FAFSA information.

- (a) For the subsidized student financial assistance programs, if an applicant's FAFSA information changes as a result of verification, the applicant or the institution must submit to the Secretary any changes to—
  - (1) A nondollar item; or
  - (2) **A single dollar item of $25 or more.**
- (b) For the Federal Pell Grant Program, if an applicant's FAFSA information changes as a result of verification, an institution must—
  - (1) Recalculate the applicant's Federal Pell Grant on the basis of the EFC on the corrected valid SAR or valid ISIR; and
  - (2)
    - (i) Disburse any additional funds under that award only if the institution receives a corrected valid SAR or valid ISIR for the applicant and only to the extent that additional funds are payable based on the recalculation;
    - (ii) Comply with the procedures specified in [§ 668.61](/cfr/34/668.61.md) for an interim disbursement if, as a result of verification, the Federal Pell Grant award is reduced; or—
    - (iii) Comply with the procedures specified in [34 CFR 690.79](/cfr/34/690.79.md) for an overpayment that is not an interim disbursement if, as a result of verification, the Federal Pell Grant award is reduced.
- (c) For the subsidized student financial assistance programs, excluding the Federal Pell Grant Program, if an applicant's FAFSA information changes as a result of verification, the institution must—
  - (1) Adjust the applicant's financial aid package on the basis of the EFC on the corrected valid SAR or valid ISIR; and
  - (2)
    - (i) Comply with the procedures specified in [§ 668.61](/cfr/34/668.61.md) for an interim disbursement if, as a result of verification, the financial aid package must be reduced;
    - (ii) Comply with the procedures specified in [34 CFR 673.5(f)](/cfr/34/673.5.md?p=f) for a Federal Perkins loan or an FSEOG overpayment that is not the result of an interim disbursement if, as a result of verification, the financial aid package must be reduced; and
    - (iii) Comply with the procedures specified in [34 CFR 685.303(e)](/cfr/34/685.303.md?p=e) for Direct Subsidized Loan excess loan proceeds that are not the result of an interim disbursement if, as a result of verification, the financial aid package must be reduced.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 75 FR 66954, Oct. 29, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001-1003, 1070g, 1085, 1088, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, 1099c-1, 1221e-3, and 1231a, unless otherwise noted.