Bill Text: DE SCR101 | 2023-2024 | 152nd General Assembly | Draft

Delaware Senate Concurrent Resolution 101 (Prior Session Legislation)

Draft

Bill Title: Recognizing October 1, 2023, As "fafsa Day" In The State Of Delaware.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-06-29 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES [SCR101 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2023-SCR101-Draft.html

SPONSOR:

Sen. Brown & Rep. Cooke

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 101

RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 1, 2023, AS "FAFSA DAY" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

WHEREAS, “FAFSA” stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid; and

WHEREAS, FAFSA is the form by which students primarily apply for federal grants, work-study, and loans; and

WHEREAS, colleges use data supplied on FAFSA forms to determine a student's eligibility for federal aid, and many states and colleges use FAFSA data to award their own aid; and

WHEREAS, each year billions of grants, scholarships, work study, and other financial aid dollars go unclaimed because students and families fail to complete the FAFSA; and

WHEREAS, those unclaimed funds are disproportionately from those who come from under-resourced, underrepresented, and underserved families and communities; and

WHEREAS, the high school class of 2021 left an estimated $3.75 billion in Pell Grants on the table by not completing the FAFSA, according to a new National College Attainment Network (NCAN) analysis; and

WHEREAS, the high school class of 2022 left an estimated $3.6 billion in Pell Grants on the table by not completing the FAFSA, according to a new NCAN analysis; and

WHEREAS, the federal government is currently redesigning the FAFSA form and process to make it easier to complete ; those revisions are expected to be finalized in December 2023 .

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the 152 ^nd General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that October 1, 2023, is recognized as “FAFSA Day” in the State of Delaware.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly encourages working to promote the importance of completing the FAFSA by conducting workshops and seminars in the high schools in Delaware.

SYNOPSIS

This resolution recognizes October 1, 2023, as "FAFSA Day" in Delaware.

Author: Senator Brown