FAFSA Mess Leaves Mixed-Status Families in Limbo as School Year Looms
"Before the end of his junior year at Washington State University Tri-Cities, Jesse Gonzalez already had a job offer. His internship with an environmental cleanup company in Richland, Wash., had gone so well that his bosses invited Gonzalez to join full-time after completing his studies," The Washington Post reports.
... "Despite the Education Department’s troubleshooting, unresolved issues could make the next financial aid application — slated to launch Oct. 1 — just as trying for mixed-status families as the current one."
"'There’s uncertainty,' said Karen McCarthy, vice president of public policy and federal relations at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. 'There haven’t been any updates [from the Education Department] on either their progress in getting the system to fully work for these families or what will happen for 2025-26.'"
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Publication Date: 7/19/2024
