#federal-financial-aid

#federal-financial-aid

Nearly three-quarters of California public high school seniors applied for federal financial aid this year, soaring past last year's figures by 11% and giving further indication that California's efforts to get more students to apply for federal grants are paying off. This time last year about 307,000 high school seniors completed a financial aid application. This year, that number is around 340,000.

Changing the interpretation of race-based discrimination, increasing flexibility within the college accreditation system and reworking the process to yank federal financial aid eligibility for the certain civil rights violations are top priorities for Linda McMahon and the Department of Education, according to the agency's rule-making agenda released Thursday. The Unified Spring Agenda, which reported first, provides brief descriptions of what the department wants to change for each topic and a loose timeline for the rule-making process.