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A group of student loan borrowers who attended for-profit institutions are taking their struggle for debt relief to the courts, as they pursue a class action lawsuit against the Department of Education (ED), specifically taking issue with a process to award partial relief to borrowers based on their earnings.

Fight for Financial Aid

Now that funding for federal student aid programs has been finalized for fiscal year 2018 — affecting award year 2018-19 — there's one more step to take before shifting gears to look toward fiscal year 2019. Join NASFAA in taking a moment to thank Congress for their support, and encourage your representatives to continue to participate in the "Fight for Financial Aid."

NASFAA's Advocacy Pipeline is an ongoing advocacy effort designed to bring NASFAA members to D.C. to share on-the-ground perspectives with policymakers on Capitol Hill. Throughout the year, small groups of NASFAA members come to Washington to participate in direct advocacy with congressional offices. Check out our new video to see what your peers are saying about the initiative, and find more information here.

AskRegs

It depends. If, for example, the student did not file taxes and had no income, and spouse did file taxes and has income, you report "already completed" and provide the tax information from the spouse's tax return, such as AGI, wages, taxes paid, etc. The student's wages (if any) are reported separately in the appropriate FAFSA question for student's income earned from work. Head to the AskRegs Knowledgebase for the full answer to this question, and for credible and reliable solutions to your other pressing regulatory and compliance questions.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

This letter announces an upcoming webinar that will provide information about the Draft GE Completers List that will be sent to institutions from NSLDS, including how to view the Completers List data and how to submit a correction to the data.

In this announcement, the Department of Education provides updated information about the Total and Permanent Disability Loan Holder Notification (TPD LHN) File used in Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge processing.

In 2016, the Department of Education (ED) began a new process to identify and assist disabled federal student loan borrowers who may be eligible for Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) loan discharge. This year, ED will begin a similar data-matching process with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

x - FEDERAL REGISTER

As authorized by the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, Title II, the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program has awarded competitive, cooperative agreement grants to states since 2005. Through grants and a growing range of services and resources, the program has helped propel the successful design, development, implementation, and expansion of K12 and P-20W (early learning through the workforce) longitudinal data systems.

x - HEADLINES

National News

"In October 2015, the Obama administration announced a radical experiment to give low-income students access to boot camps, massive open online courses and other nondegree credentials, mostly from for-profit alternative providers," Inside Higher Ed reports. "...The program's goals were beyond ambitious -- and so far it has achieved few if any of them, leading even strong supporters to say that it has 'floundered.'"

"The distance from the Avalon Gardens public housing development in South Central Los Angeles to elite Smith College in western Massachusetts should be measured in more than the 2,900 miles separating them," EdSource reports. "The housing project near Watts is a cluster of nearly identical pale orange one- and two-story buildings surrounded by a high metal gate installed to keep gangs out. It is home to about 440 low-income, mainly Latino and black, residents whose scramble for economic survival is eased by subsidized rents."

State News

"Approximately 20 Yale University students were arrested after they refused to leave the financial aid offices during a rally Monday as they demanded Yale remove what they describe as a financial burden for its low-income students on financial aid," according to the New Haven Register.

Opinions

"When Florida opened the door 17 years ago for two-year colleges to offer bachelor's degrees, they expanded rapidly into a host of new areas: business, nursing, teaching, and more. St. Petersburg College alone created 25 bachelor's programs," Jill Barshay writes for The Hechinger Report. "...Now a team of University of Florida researchers has looked back at the results of this experiment and come to a surprising conclusion: four-year state schools actually saw an increase in business even as two-year institutions expanded into their terrain. But for-profit, private universities generally took a big hit." 

"April is Community College Awareness Month. Community colleges have provided the path for millions of Americans to reach the goals they have for themselves. Community colleges have also changed the face and the future of many communities across America by developing programs in specific areas and economies that need to grow and thrive," Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) writes for RealClearEducation.

"There are some seemingly good arguments for free community college –we have free tuition for 11th and 12th grade, why not 13thor 14th grade (community college?)...However, there are three problems: the poor academic track record of community college attendees, the potentially very negative economic growth implications from financing so-called free college, and even some fairness issues," Richard Vedder writes for Forbes.

Blogs & Think Tanks

"The amount of financial aid forgone by students entering higher education is well-documented, with billions of dollars in grant aid left on the table each year. That is why Louisiana took unparalleled action to guarantee students in the state apply for aid that can help get them to and through college," according to the National College Access Network (NCAN).

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