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Advocates push universal FAFSA completion policy, citing unclaimed federal aid and completion gaps
Summary
Witnesses urged the committee to support H1467/S921 to require students be offered FAFSA completion or opt‑out at graduation, citing Massachusetts students left more than $63 million in federal aid unclaimed and completion gaps between high‑ and low‑income districts.
Representative Vargas and other sponsors described H1467/S921 as a policy to facilitate student financial assistance by ensuring students either complete the FAFSA or explicitly opt out prior to high‑school graduation.
“Students and families need support with financial aid applications,” Demi Stolz, Massachusetts policy director at U Aspire, told the committee. Stolz said the bill creates a FAFSA trust fund (when funded) to support workshops and application…
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