Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., has “no doubt” that Linda McMahon, as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, will set the Department of Education straight when it comes to federal student aid.
“As with other agencies within the Biden administration, the Department of Education was no different with their failures across the board,” Houchin told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “So, Congress dictated that three years ago they simplified the FAFSA [Free Application for Federal Student Aid] and when they tried to roll that out – I’m a mom of two college students, so I had to go through this process, too – it was a complete disaster.
“The suggested deadline for the Department of Education to release FAFSA is Oct. 1, but it’s not a hard deadline. So, they delayed until December, and then in January it didn’t work. And we still have reports of students who’ve not been able to access financial aid because of the failures at the Department of Education.”
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