Giving up guardianship for aid.......

twoinanddone
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 19:30:07 +0000

Maybe the FAFSA will have something like that – a series of questions that lead to other questions so they can determine who’s supporting the child.

The FAFSA is set up to capture the income and assets of the custodial parent, not necessarily the parent who is supporting the student. The non-custodial parent can still provide health insurance, a car and insurance, and a whole lot of other support, including tuition, as long as it isn’t paid to the custodial parent as child support and it really won’t show up anywhere.

I don’t think the U of Illinois is doing enough by just taking away the school aid. It could verify the FAFSA, find the student isn’t independent, and void the Pell grants and state grants. That would claw back the bonus $11k these students are getting.