NASFAA Mention: This Time, the Stimulus Package Helps More College Students
"In the third round of COVID-19 relief, college students and their families could see more money in their pockets than before," NerdWallet reports.
..."The amount a school receives is based on factors around the numbers of Pell Grant recipients enrolled. Delivery of the emergency aid into students’ hands was largely left up to schools to decide. Some sent money to students automatically based on their eligibility for need-based aid. Other schools required students to apply for it.
What remains unclear is if this time the aid will be accessible to students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, status and international students. Megan Coval, vice president of policy and federal relations at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators says she expects the Department of Education to issue guidance on this in the coming weeks."
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Publication Date: 3/11/2021
