FAFSA Fairness Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 1/30/2020
Actions
- 2020-01-30ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Trone asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1075, a bill originally introduced by Representative Elijah Cummings, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
- 2019-02-07Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2019-02-07Introduced in House
- 2019-02-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-07 (00)
FAFSA Fairness Act of 2019
This bill revises the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process for certain students. Specifically, the Department of Education must allow students to complete FAFSA as independent students under special circumstances.
It also requires financial aid administrators to provide those students with a final determination regarding their assistance in the same manner as, and by no later than the date that, they provide other provisionally independent students with that determination.
Cosponsors (20)
- C. A. Ruppersberger (D-MD)
- John Sarbanes (D-MD)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- Anthony Brown (D-MD)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
- EDDIE JOHNSON (D-TX)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Robin Kelly (D-IL)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- WM. CLAY (D-MO)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- Jahana Hayes (D-CT)
- G. K. Butterfield (D-NC)
- Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
- JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC)
- Robert Scott (D-VA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Subjects
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Higher education
- School administration
- Student aid and college costs
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