NASFAA PROFESSIONAL
JUDGEMENT CERTIFICATION
EXAM (LATEST) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS!!
NASFAA
Evatee 10/10/24 NASFAA
,NASFAA PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT
CERTIFICATION EXAM (LATEST) QUESTIONS
WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS!!
Financial aid administrators are NOT allowed to exercise personal judgement
discretion to: Answer - - Make across-the-board changes
- Circumvent the intent of the law or regulations
- Change the values in the Federal Methodology tables used to calculate the
EFC
- Make "bottom-line" adjustments directly to the EFC
- Change a student's dependency status from independent to independent
- Create a new category of costs in the COA
- Waive the general student eligibility requirements (except SAP)
- Circumvent the FSEOG award selection criteria
- Waiving satisfactory academic progress criteria.
Financial aid administrators ARE allowed to exercise personal judgement
discretion to: Answer - - Change the data elements used to calculate the EFC
- Change the student's dependency status from dependent to independent
- Adjust costs associated with a component of the COA
- Refuse or reduce the student's or parent's Direct Loan eligibility
- Include in the COA expenses beyond a one-time expense, for obtaining a first
professional credential for a program requiring professional licensure or
certification.
- Accept a PJ decision made by a financial aid administrator at another school
to override a student's dependency status.
, Institutional Professional Judgement Forms Answer - While not required, many
schools design their own PJ forms. Generally speaking, these forms include
spaces for:
- Narrative explanations
- Specific date or information requested by the financial aid office
- The student's name and signatures, as well as the date the form was
completed
Financial Aid Administrator Answer - An institutional employee who is involved
in the administration of financial aid and is legally authorized to exercise
professional judgement authority.
Considerations of Professional Judgement Answer - 1. Is the student or the
student's family actually experiencing unique circumstances not dealt with
adequately in the need analysis formula, or by other Title IV provisions for
which the use of PJ is permitted?
2. Does the situation warrant special treatment BECAUSE it affects the
student's or family's a bility to contribute toward the cost of the student's
education or otherwise affects the student's ability to complete his or her
program of study?
3. What should the special treatment be?
4. What documentation is needed to support this determination?
Affected individual Answer - - Is serving on active duty during a war or other
military operation or national emergency;
- Is performing qualifying National Guard duty during a war or other military
operation or national emergency;
- Resides or is employed in an area that is declared a disaster area by any
federal, state, or local official in connection with a national emergency; or
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