Comments on: An Update on the Simplified FAFSA Form https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2009/06/27/an-update-on-the-simplified-fafsa-form/ Joe Palazzolo's Blog Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:15:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: collegeloanconsultant https://www.jerseysmarts.com/2009/06/27/an-update-on-the-simplified-fafsa-form/comment-page-1/#comment-3965 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:15:40 +0000 http://www.jerseysmarts.com/?p=3504#comment-3965 Just to give a little history on the verification thing- This was started in the Reagan era to combat the rampant abuse and fraud that colleges and students participated in to collect federal money. It worked. The idea of having colleges collect the data was brilliant. It gave them a stake in seeing that only those entitled to the money could claim it, because the penalties levied on the colleges for wrong information were severe.

These FAFSAchanges will again put the burden of combating fraud on the federal government, releasing the schools of their responsibility and of course placing the expense for verification on taxpayers. User-friendly may be good, but it comes at a price.

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