Fafsa

That is m second question. There seems to be a vague hint to 2020 law implementation, but whether some of it are Agency decisions, I don’t know.

Fafsa also determines eligibility for federal subsidized loans and free money. These do not change by college, but maybe college present it to you as part of their overall package.

This is like school asking you to apply for special ed because they’ll be using it to get government funds

Gadol, thanks for quoting this strange language. In simpler terms, I think, expected contribution is not divided by number of children in college. I don’t think renaming the index resolves the math issue: parents are expected to be able to pay X for college. Where can they find X×4? Should this be treated as yerusha and the behor getting a double? And girls just room and board? And is it appropriate for our public servants to spend our public funds on obfuscation that tries to hide what they are doing? Is this actually written in the law?

Gadol, good idea I never heard of antisemitism or plagiarism at Chelm.

Not just poor children with many children, but middle class also – as the expected contribution was divided by number of children. The articles I saw made a vague reference to a 2020 statute, but it did not sound like an honest reference. If this is another step in social engineering, there should be some political backlash – and suburban mothers should not be happy, whenther Jewish or not … Maybe it will not be noticed until parents see their FAFSA results?

OK, I found 2019 law. It indeed lists factors that should be used to compute the new “student index” and number of family members in college is not one of them. Did members of Congress understand that this is a change?

At the same time, when listing items in the FAFSA, the form asks for that number. Also, in a part I do not fully understand, it says that financial officers can take into account “special circumstances” –
section 479A
A financial aid administrator shall have the authority to, on the basis of documentation, make adjustments on a case-by-case basis to the cost of attendance or the values of the data used to calculate the student aid index or Federal Pell Grant award (or both) for an individual eligible applicant with special circumstances

and that includes
(I) tuition expenses at an elementary school or secondary school;
“(VI) the number of family members enrolled in a degree, certificate, or other program leading to a recognized educational credential

So, it sounds like the general policy does not count siblings, but one can beg. Whom? College? Feds? Maybe lawyers and parents here can explain.