The workaround is meant to help students meet schools’ application deadlines. College counselors say it will lead to more work and confusion.
A temporary workaround is now available for immigrant families who have been affected by glitches in the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Students who use this workaround will still need to make corrections to their form later, once the Education Department comes out with a permanent fix for the glitch. Federal officials are estimating they will fix the glitch by the “first half of” March. Returning to the form to make corrections will be critical: a missing parent signature will eventually result in a rejected FAFSA.
The Education Department said students who are not facing any pressing state or school deadlines can wait for the form to be fixed before filling it out. Texas college counselors are looking at each student’s case before recommending whether they should wait or use the workaround. The Education Department’s rollout of a workaround is the first time the agency has publicly acknowledged the glitch and its impact on immigrant families. While college access experts welcomed the temporary solution, they criticized the workaround as confusing and burdensome.
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