SAT essay required for CONFIRMING score?

We are in the process of registering our dd for the SAT and trying to decide if we should register her for the essay portion of the SAT as well. Anyone know if she will need to write the SAT essay in order to receive a confirming score and continue on with the NMF process?

You dont need the essay

@mnpapa if your D does NOT need to essay portion. I called NMSC about this earlier in the year.