<p>“FAFSA offices” do not exclude anything. Families submit info, that info is processed by the central processor, and the schools receive the information in a computer file. Only the financial aid department will review and update information, and then only if the student is verified.</p>
<p>If someone convinced someone else to omit this, they must have gotten an inexperienced aid officer to do it. It is untaxed income, as the verification guide states.</p>