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here's a great idea: Same-Sex and Unmarried Parents' Assets and Income Will Be Considered on Fafsa

Posted by amanda Apr 29 '13, 13:21

Until now, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or Fafsa, has collected financial information from only one parent if the parents are unmarried or are in a same-sex marriage. Starting with the 2014-15 form, the Education Department will gather information from both parents of dependent students, regardless of their marital status or gender.

The change is not expected to affect many families, but it could reduce aid to some dependent students of unmarried and same-sex couples, according to the department, because another parent's income and assets will be considered in the calculation of need.

no. it's not great at all. (chronicle.com)

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If you want the good you take the bad.... you take 'em both and there you have... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 13:23 2
- It'd be fine with me if we had the good too. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 13:24 1
  - Mostly I was just looking for a way to stick the Facts of Life theme song in people's head. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 29, 13:35
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- exactly! and create even more barriers to education for the poor. -- nm - amanda Apr 29, 13:24 10
  - USA! USA! USA! -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 13:26
  - I know people who got screwed out of financial aid because their parents were divorced and one or the other refused to help pay for college -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:26 6
    - but their income was still counted for fin. aid purposes. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:26 5
      - Giving aid to kids whose parents refuse to help doesn't seem very fair... - Dr.Vermin Apr 29, 13:32 4
        
        sorry, kid, you have one or more sh!tty parents, so you can't go to college. *hands you a burger king apron* -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:33 3
        
        Otherwise it incentivizes shitty parenting. - Dr.Vermin Apr 29, 13:35 2
        
        I don't think anyone decides to be a sh!tty parent just because they want to get out of paying for their kid's college education. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 13:37 1
        
        This clearly gives them an out. - Dr.Vermin Apr 29, 13:41
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    - and like, how many parents just walk out? never to be heard from again? so like, can a kid whose mom walked out and nobody's seen her in 15 years - amanda Apr 29, 13:27

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