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Education-law groups urge pause, stronger privacy protections for FAFSA-waiver pilot in New Jersey
Summary
Education Law Center and other advocates asked the Assembly committee to pause or amend the pilot program that uses FAFSA completion status in graduation-related reporting, citing federal workforce reductions, data-privacy concerns and uneven district implementation.
An attorney for the Education Law Center asked the Assembly Education Committee to pause implementation of a New Jersey pilot program that links FAFSA completion and a waiver form to state reporting and, in some cases, graduation processes.
Elizabeth Athos, an attorney at Education Law Center, told the committee that disruptions at the U.S. Department of Education and reductions in federal staff have already hindered…
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