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Simplify Student Aid Application Process

"I'll also simplify the financial aid application process so that we don't have a million students who aren't applying for financial aid because it's too difficult. I will start by eliminating the current student aid form altogether. We'll use tax data instead."

-- Bettendorf, Iowa
NOVEMBER 07, 2007

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JUNE 24, 2009
FAFSA Application Simplified

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced a joint plan with the IRS to simplify the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, eliminating 20 percent of the questions and cutting in half the number of Web pages in the application process.

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