FAFSA for All Act

Bill: 115-hr-2070
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2017-04-06
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives

Higher education

Immigration status and procedures

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>FAFSA for All Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to include on the same website that is used to provide students with the electronic version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) questions to determine, for title IV eligibility purposes, whether:</p> <ul> <li> a dependent student is a citizen, national, or permanent resident of the United States or is here for other than a temporary purpose with the intention of becoming a citizen or permanent resident; and</li> <li>the parents of a dependent student have a valid social security number.</li> </ul> <p>The website must also include:</p> <ul> <li>detailed guidance on how dependent students who satisfy those immigration requirements but whose parents do not have a valid social security number may obtain student assistance under title IV, and</li> <li>an online tool that allows those students to upload the documents they need to receive such assistance.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2070 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 6, 2017 Mr. Veasey (for himself, Ms. Lee , Mr. Ellison , Ms. DelBene , and Mr. Grijalva ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include guidance on how dependent students with parents without SSNs may obtain Federal student assistance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FAFSA for All Act . 2. FAFSA information for dependent students with parents without SSNs Section 483(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1090(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: (I) Information for dependent students with parents without SSNs The Secretary shall include on the same website used to provide students with the electronic version of the forms described in this paragraph the guidance described in paragraph (12)(B)(ii). ; and (2) in paragraph (12)— (A) by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: (A) In general The Secretary ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (B) Dependent students with parents without SSNs The Secretary shall include on the forms— (i) questions to determine whether— (I) a dependent student meets the requirements of section 484(a)(5); and (II) the parents of a dependent student have a valid social security number; and (ii) in a case in which a dependent student meets the requirements of section 484(a)(5), but whose parents do not have a valid social security number, detailed guidance on how the student may obtain the Federal financial assistance described in paragraph (1), including an online tool that allows the student to upload documents required to receive such assistance. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by section 1 shall be effective beginning academic year 2017–2018.