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HOPE (Heightening Opportunities for Pathways to Education) for FAFSA Act

Introduced: September 9, 2019 Introduced by: McBath, Lucy Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 9, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

HOPE (Heightening Opportunities for Pathways to Education) for FAFSA Act

This bill revises the application process for a Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) shall not require an applicant to provide income or asset information if the applicant indicates they received a federal benefit (e.g., supplemental nutrition assistance or Social Security disability) at some time during the previous 24 months. ED shall use a data retrieval tool to obtain such information for any other applicant.

The bill raises to $34,000 the amount of household income below which a student shall be considered to have an expected family contribution (EFC) equal to zero. EFC is used to calculate individual financial aid awards, and an EFC of zero means that a student's family is deemed unable to contribute to educational expenses.

What's happening now September 9, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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