"FAFSA Challenges Impact College Financial Aid for Students Across the US"

A workaround to a glitch in the FAFSA now allows Texas students with non-citizen parents to apply for college financial aid before the March deadline, as parents without a Social Security number have been unable to complete the form. The U.S. Department of Education has rolled out a temporary solution, allowing students to submit an incomplete FAFSA online without a parent’s signature and receive an email confirmation to meet approaching deadlines. However, a permanent fix is expected by the first half of March, and students who used the workaround will need to have their parents add their signatures later. This development affects a significant number of Texas children with non-citizen parents, and the workaround has been deemed confusing and burdensome by some immigration advocates.