NPR - Millions of college students saw delays when trying to fill out this year's Free Application for - Federal Student Aid form, which arrived three months late. Now, they face another problem: a mistake on the forms could lower the amount of aid students receive. The form was supposed to adjust a family's income for inflation — but it didn't, reports NPR's Cory Turner. This means families will appear to have more income than they do, which means they get less aid. With the FAFSA process already months behind, Turner says the Education Department is now “stuck between two ugly options”: move things along and deny students their full aid or exacerbate delays and confusion to save families money.
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They have another choice, but seem too blind to see. They could simply calculate aid based on an inflation adjusted figure.
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