---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 690.14"
title: "34"
number: "690.14"
heading: "Applicant's request to recalculate expected family contribution because of a clerical or arithmetic error or the submission of inaccurate information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/690.14"
---

# §690.14. Applicant's request to recalculate expected family contribution because of a clerical or arithmetic error or the submission of inaccurate information.

- (a) An applicant may request that the Secretary recalculate his or her expected family contribution if—
  - (1) He or she believes a clerical or arithmetic error has occurred; or
  - (2) **The information he or she submitted was inaccurate when the application was signed.**
- (b) The applicant shall request that the Secretary make the recalculation described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section by—
  - (1) Having his or her institution transmit that request to the Secretary under EDE; or
  - (2) Sending to the Secretary an approved form, certified by the student, and one of the student's parents if the student is a dependent student.
- (c) If an institution transmits electronically the student's recalculation request to the Secretary, the corrected information must be supported by—
  - (1) Information contained on an approved form, that is certified by the student, and if the student is a dependent student, one of the student's parents; or
  - (2) **Verification documentation provided by a student under subpart E of part 668 of this chapter.**
- (d) The recalculation request must be received by the Secretary no later than the deadline date established by the Secretary through publication in the Federal Register.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 10721, Mar. 15, 1985, as amended at 51 FR 8954, Mar. 14, 1986; 59 FR 54732, Nov. 1, 1994; 61 FR 60397, Nov. 27, 1996; 86 FR 59626, Oct. 28, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a, 1070g, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 10721, Mar. 15, 1985, as amended at 51 FR 8954, Mar. 14, 1986; 59 FR 54732, Nov. 1, 1994; 61 FR 60397, Nov. 27, 1996; 86 FR 59626, Oct. 28, 2021]