he has a shtick where he waits around the fafsa.s ae treating the bill republican wish list of ideas but senator alexander will have to work with the top democrat on his committee, patty murray, to write a bill that could attract democratic votes. it will ultimately need 60 votes to pass the senate. other component is the trump administration. are there signals about what they will support? michael: the white house released a one pager on its principles when past republicans released the bill last month. it is largely in line with what the house republicans are doing. betsy devos has not been particularly vocal on higher education issues. she is focused mostly on k-12 education which is where her experience is. we have not heard very clearly from a trump administration since they have an office what they want to see in a higher education. aboutate trump talks relieving the burden of student debt on the campaign trail and also talks about going after , endowments, what colleges received from the federal government, to them working on

active on your part and your parents part to make sure that you're filling out and completing that fafsa form and sending it in. for the other dollars, for scholarship dollars, and this is merit based dollars, grant dollars, scholarship dollars, you wanna look for those words because that's all money that you do not have to pay back. and that's based on academic merit. and the two factors that most schools will look at is high school gpa in rigor of your courses, and then sat and act scores. so, crossing those two streams will require that, will award you, at the majority of schools, scholarship dollars based on that academic need. but remember, there's no separate application for those dollars in your application. - do different schools offer different amounts of financial aid? - the answer to that is absolutely yes, and the interesting part is that there is a wide cross section of different dollar amounts given out by different schools, so it is well worth your while and your parents while to do your due diligence and dig down into the research of those different dollar amounts being a

first i will recommend a simplification for the fafsa. second i will recommend that short term training programs that have already been vetted and approved by another federal agency be eligible for title four funding. valencia college is a community college in central florida that will serve nearly 75,000 student this is year. our service district comprises two counties that are expected to grow rapidly over the next 20 years. we enjoy tremendous diversity in our service district. the majority of residents in osceola county are hispanic and nearly a quarter in orange county are black. we are proud the enrollments reflects the demographics of our community. as we continue to grow and prepare for our community's future, we are concerned about the des krep ansis that exist between the two counties that we serve. a recent study revealed that of the 11.6 million new jobs that were created since the depths of the recession, 11.5 million went to workers with at least some education beyond high school. only 1% of the new jobs went to workers with

i have heard, since i have been in washington, d.c., that the fafsa is impossible to deal with it wee too many programs, they are confusing, we have too many grant programs, they are confusing. we are responding to the public and our members. we have members who have children who have gone to college in recent times and have dealt with these issues. i have a grandson who is a junior in college. i listened to his mother complain about filling out the fafsa for him and the intricacies of financial aid. studentsis to help look for ways to be able to complete a college education with a minimum hassle. particularly as it relates to -- to financial aid. i graduated from college without any debt. a lot of people say, that was so long ago it is not possible. it is possible. i think that with the right kinds of transparency, with continuing the financial aid , withe currently have having students be better consumers, that we will see a reduction in the number of students needing to borrow money and better help coming from colleges and universities. host: "newsmakers" will air with congresswom

in this video that he posted on his twitter page he encourages kids to apply for the fafsa.ll season he announced waist donating all of his game checks to education funding. what an example. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> oh, that screach of the eagle. superstitious at all? i tell you, a lot of eagles fans were just couple every days away here, you have some pretty wild stuff playing, hoping, while praying for the sunday win. >> so let's share some of the ones that you do. do you not change your shirt, do you have to wear the same thing, only things game tells in the so lucy noland shows us some of the fans best superstitions. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> very superstitious. the bud light commercials tag line, it is only weird if it doesn't work. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> nothing made up about that. eagles nation, it is real life. >> margaret wears her jersey and has to sit on that spot in the couch. i sit in that spot on the couch in my jersey. de antonio's will be firmly planted on that couch in their reading home this sunday with tiny looming large. >> and we must inflate tiny in the living room outside

. >> goal of the partnership is to encourage college readiness and fafsa application as monk students from low income background. it is free application for student aid which determines eligibility for student's financial aid. >>> well eagles spirit flying high consider this store the betsy ross of eagles nation, coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 our david spunt takes us to a local flag makers in business for 150 years to see the eagles creations don't miss this at 6:00 o'clock. >>> in washington protesters filled the senate office building to demand lawmakers protect daca as congress tried to head off a governmental shut down. program that prevents un documented people brought to this country as children from being deported is not part of the latest short term spending proposal from house republicans. current proposal would keep government opened through february and would extend the children's health insurance program for six years. >> i find it difficult to believe that my democratic collogues would want to shut down the government for american citizens and close down a six ye

i have heard since i have been in washington, d.c., that fafsa is impossible to deal with and we have many loan programs and they are confusing and there are too many grant programs and they are confusing. and we are responding to the we have too manypublic and our . members whose children have gone to college in recent times and they have dealt with these issues. i have a grandson who is a jr. in college and i have listened to his mother complain about filling out the fafsa and about the intricacies of financial aid. our goal is to help students. will to ways to be a complete a college education with a minimum of hassle. particularly as it relates to financial aid. i graduated from college without any debt. and a lot of people look at b and say, that was so long ago that it isn't possible but it is possible. and i think with the right kinds transparency and with continued financial aid that we do currently have and with helping students be better consumers, we will see a reduction in the number of students needing to borrow money better help coming from colleges and universities. hos

and underserved and we offer community events in english and spanish where we help them complete the fafsa. the college-going rate has increased significantly over the last five years growing by more than 20%. while we rank 61st out of the 67 counties in the state in terms of its college-going rate in 2010, its ranking rose to 27 out of 67 counties five years later. nevertheless, we still have much work to do. many families i speak to believe that college is simply too expensive and out of reach. they have heard all of the media attention about the student debt crisis and the crippling costs of higher education. when i ask them what they think of college degree costs, they typically answer, between 50,000 doulz a . they are stunned that the tuition for a two-year degree from valencia is just over $6,000 and that the tuition for a full-time student in any given semester is less than the cost of a meal plan at many universities. however, i worry about the families that we don't reach who will continue to believe that they have effectively been shut out of post-secondary education. unfortunat