Applications are selected for verification either by the Federal Central Processing System or by the school. Some applications are randomly selected by the central processing system, others are selected if there is a reason to believe data items are incorrect or discrepant. Each school must have a system to identify conflicting or discrepant information - regardless of the source and regardless of whether the student is selected for verification by the central processing system. Athens State University is required to resolve all such conflicting or discrepant information prior to disbursing aid to a student. Each student selected for verification must submit a completed verification worksheet, either for a dependent student or independent student as appropriate. The student must also submit federal tax returns and supporting w-2s and/or 1099s. Additional information may be required to complete the verification process for some students.