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Hare addresses Higher Education Act
Ed Komenda
Issue date: 9/5/08 Section: News
Although there was much eliminating involved with FAFSA forms, Hare added that an important addition was made focusing on dislocated workers.
"We've lost a lot of employees in a lot of different places," Hare said. "The FAFSA form will now ask if you're a dislocated worker, or if your spouse is a dislocated worker, and the data helps determine how much you're allowed to borrow."
He added that the new FAFSA helps identify and give those who have lost their jobs the opportunity to apply for a loan in an economy that would normally not allow them to.
According to Hare, the new legislation allows the Federal Pell Grant to be more accessible to those who need aid.
"This makes college a lot more affordable for low-income and non-traditional students by allowing Pell Grants to be received year-round," Hare said. "Again, I think this is where we are reaching out; we want more people to go to colleges and universities.
"What I think we want to try and do is invest in younger people and 'invest in the Midwest,' as I call it," Hare said. "And I was pleased that every one of these, by the way, passed within the committee unanimously, and to have four of them in a bill is very fortunate."
"We've lost a lot of employees in a lot of different places," Hare said. "The FAFSA form will now ask if you're a dislocated worker, or if your spouse is a dislocated worker, and the data helps determine how much you're allowed to borrow."
He added that the new FAFSA helps identify and give those who have lost their jobs the opportunity to apply for a loan in an economy that would normally not allow them to.
According to Hare, the new legislation allows the Federal Pell Grant to be more accessible to those who need aid.
"This makes college a lot more affordable for low-income and non-traditional students by allowing Pell Grants to be received year-round," Hare said. "Again, I think this is where we are reaching out; we want more people to go to colleges and universities.
"What I think we want to try and do is invest in younger people and 'invest in the Midwest,' as I call it," Hare said. "And I was pleased that every one of these, by the way, passed within the committee unanimously, and to have four of them in a bill is very fortunate."
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