The Chronicle of Higher Education

Democrats Propose Cutting Length of Student-Aid Form in Half

By JOSH KELLER

Washington

Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday that would cut the basic federal student-aid application form in half by using financial information from income-tax returns.

College-access advocates and members of both political parties have long said that the complicated and slow...

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