Political Quotes

“Every year, millions of high schoolers across the country who are interested in pursuing higher education fill out the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA. The FAFSA is designed to make post-secondary education accessible and affordable for students across the United States and let students know what Federal student aid, Pell grants, or work-study programs are available to them. Traditionally, the FAFSA is released by October 1 every year, giving students, families, and schools plenty of time to decide what post- secondary education is right for them. Unfortunately, the Department of Education under President Biden has been unable to meet this standard. As early as 2022, the Department of Education refused to commit to the traditional October 1 release of the FAFSA application for the 2024- 2025 school year. Mr. Speaker, 6 months later, in March, the Department finally admitted that it would be delayed until ``sometime in December,'' only to reveal in November that the launch date would be on December 31, the very end of December. When the forms were finally released, processing of completed FAFSAs was delayed for months. Once processing finally began, millions contained calculation errors, rendering them useless for schools and requiring reprocessing.…”