We ask that the Federal Student Aid office provide a specific date by which they will resolve the current system errors that are disallowing parents without SSNs from contributing to their children’s applications for financial aid, and to minimize the burden of the identity verification process for parents without Social Security Numbers (SSNs). [...] S Department of Education (ED) to confirm and communicate clearly to students and families that the information they provide will be used only to determine 6 The President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, “The Impact of the New FAFSA on Mixed- Status Immigrant Families”, February 14, 2024, status-immigrant-fami. [...] The result of the current convoluted process is that students who are applying to college for the first time are beginning to miss crucial priority deadlines for institutional aid. [...] In our feedback, we asked for clarity around the proposed identity verification process for parents without SSNs, highlighting the number of mixed-status families that would be impacted by the proposed change to the online FSA ID creation process, and urging the FSA to reaffirm that information about students and their families would not be used for purposes other than determining financial aid el. [...] ● Provide clear communication to students and families that the information they provide will only be used to determine the student’s eligibility for financial aid or to administer aid programs, and will not be used or disclosed to other individuals or agencies for any other purpose on the FAFSA, attestation form, and FSA website.
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