Required Documents: Please read carefully. Check off all included information requested
below.
ALL APPEALS MUST INCLUDE:
Proof of qualifying event: Examples include: unemployment benefits statement, retirement or termination
notice, memo/letter from employer regarding change or reduction in employment, physician’s disability
statement, lawyer’s statement regarding separations, court statements regarding divorce, termination of
child support, social security benefit termination notice, death certificate, or obituary notice.
Completed 2020-2021 Income Reduction Form.
Typed explanation of the income-lowering event, including exact dates of the event.
Completed 2020-2021 Verification Worksheet. Please complete and print this separate form from our
Forms Page
.
Copy of the student and spouse’s (if applicable) 2018 OFFICIAL Federal IRS Tax Return Transcript.
This can be ordered from https://irs.gov.
Copy of the parent’s (for dependent students – not required for independent students) 2018 OFFICIAL
Federal IRS Tax Return Transcript. This can be ordered from https://irs.gov.
Completed 2020-2021 Asset Worksheet. Please complete and print this separate form from our Forms
page.
Copy of all the student’s and spouse’s (if applicable) 2018 W2’s.
Copy of all the parents’ (if applicable) 2018 W2’s.
A signed copy of the student and spouse (if applicable) 2019 tax forms (1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ) and all
W2’s.
A signed copy of parents ((for dependent students – not required for independent students) 2019 tax
forms (1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ) and all W2’s.
Final income statements (paycheck stubs) from all 2020 employers (if no longer employed)
Two current pay stubs or earnings statements from all current 2020 employers, for student, spouse,
and/or parents as applicable.
Two current statements from all non-W-2 related 2020 income (i.e. taxable Social Security, Worker’s
Compensation, Unemployment Compensation, projected business or rental income, etc.), for student,
spouse, and/or parents as applicable
.
THIS APPEAL WILL BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AND
RETURNED TO THE STUDENT IF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS