President Obama To Announce Reforms To Make College Financial Aid More Accessible

Students will be able to more easily apply.

By Peter Cooney

Posted: 09/13/2015 09:33 PM EDT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-college-financial-aid-fafsa_55f6222ee4b063ecbfa4b2d4

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce steps to bolster access to financial aid for students as part of efforts to make college more affordable, the White House said on Sunday.

Among the measures Obama will announce in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday will be allowing aspiring college students and their families to apply earlier under the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. The FAFSA application helps determine eligibility for federally supported student loans as well as Pell Grants, a federal need-based student aid program.

Under the initiative to be announced by Obama, students will be able to file FAFSA applications in October, the start of the college application process, rather than having to wait until January.

Students also will be able to electronically retrieve tax information filed for a previous year rather than waiting until tax season to finish their applications.

"Learning about aid eligibility options much earlier in the college application and decision process will allow students and families to determine the true cost of attending college - taking available financial aid into account - and make more informed decisions," the White House said in a statement.

Spiraling student debt has become a growing national concern, with student loans now totaling some $1.2 trillion, making them the second largest form of household debt after mortgages.

The White House said that despite a simplified FAFSA process, an estimated 2 million college students never sought a Pell Grant despite being eligible, while an unknown number never went to college because they did not know aid was available.

"Over the next several years, the simpler FAFSA filing process could encourage hundreds of thousands of additional students to apply for and claim the aid they are eligible for - and enroll in college," the White House statement said. (Reporting by Peter Cooney; Editing by Paul Simao)

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COMMENT:
I foresee, in future one day the parents and all the students would name the President the "Lion hear-ted President Obama".

That day is not far when the Zionist would have to pay homage for all that he is doing for the Israelis. The same Israelis would stone to death the greatest enemy of Israel NETANYAHU THE GENOCIDE CRIMINAL.
 
And name Natanyahu an "Uncouth filthy bastard Zionist of WW II the NAZI"S SON.
And mind you "ANY ZIONIST LAWMAKERS IN THE CONGRESS OPPOSING President Obama's " Reforms To Make College Financial Aid More Accessible to Students" Would be perish under the shoes of the Students protests rallies march throughout the country.

THE PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY GOT THE NATION’S OVATION, HOMAGE AND TRIBUTES THROUGH THE SUPPORT IN HIS WORK THAT HE COULD ONLY ACHIEVE SUCH UNTHINKABLE MIRACLE RESULTS OF RETRIEVING THE NATION FROM TOTAL ECONOMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY DESTRUCTION BY THE PREVIOUS REGIME.

BY THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, HIS FATHER AND MOTHER'S BLESSINGS AND THE UNDAUNTED RELENTLESS SUPPORT OF THE NATION HE DID WHICH WOULD SHINE LIKE A DIAMOND THROUGHOUT AGES.

HE WOULD DEFINITELY MENTION IT ONE DAY  HIMSELF TO THE NATION AND ALSO ADD PROUDLY THAT HE WAS MIGHTY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN HONORED TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE A MIGHTY EXCELLENT NATION OF THE WORLD.