In order for such students to receive most forms of Title IV assistance. they are required under current law to pass an independently administered examination approved by the Secretary. Test approval encompasses a variety of issues. and this amendment would include clearer references to some of the elements of that process Into the statute. Section 495 of the bill also eliminates the limitation. in subsection (f). on the Secretarys authority to verify the accuracy of the data reported by aid applicants. and the verification of immigration status provisions in subsections (h). (I). and (j). Currently. section 484(f) of the Act prohibits verification of the data on more than 30 percent of aid applications for any Title IV student aid program per institution in any award year. This is an arbitrary limitation that interferes with the Departments efforts to reduce the documented high error rate on student aid applications.
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