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also known as fafsa. by not filling out the application, college students are missing out on a seriously good deal. federal n grants do need to be repaid. federal student loans have low interest rates. work study programs help pay for ur education anduild your resume. myth. my parents make too much money so i'm not eligible. fact, according to financial aid experts, mostre americans eligible. aid is available for anyone with a household income below $250,000 a year. and en if you t that, you may still be eligible for low interest feder loans. >> one very important thing you need to remember, you have to fill out a fafsa every single year your student is in college. back to you. >> thank you, susan. >>> fafsa is not the only place to score money for college. tomorrow susan is working for you that you might not think going to that offer free money for student. >> so many scholar out there. you know what i got a scholarship for? >> what? >> bowling. it was $500, but hey, i took it. >> are serious? >> i'm sti

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we're talking about the free application for federal student aid also known as fafsa.y not filling out the application, college students are missing out on a seriously good deal. federal grants do noneed to be repaid, federal student loans have lownterest rates, and work study programs can help pay for your education and build your resum myth -- my parents make too much so i'm not eligible. fact, according to financial aid experts, most americans are eligible. aid is available for anyone with a household income below $250,000 a year. and even if you top that, you may still be eligible for low-interest federal loans. one very important thing you need to remember -- you have to fill out a fafsa every single year your student is in college. back to you. >>> good morning, everyone. time for the dog-walking this little guy, speed racer, will help you keep your speed occupy your morning walks if you opt him. he's available for adoption through the humane rescue alliance. less than a year old. dog-walking weather today, awfully cold this morning. and a risk of raindrops for t

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could you describe how the fafsa act would sitmplify and improve the fafsa process for students as well as families. >> i would be happy to congressman, and i think often of the fafsa form that senator alexander likes to regularly unfurl, and the goal to dramatically shorten that form and make it much easier for students applying for federal student aid, as you know, we have introduced the my student aid mobile app which they, you know, the neigh sayers said couldn't be done or wouldn't be done. it was done and done on time. students can complete their fafsa on their smartphones. if the 6103 exemption legislation, which was passed by the senate is taken up and passed by the house as well, that will dramatically shorten the number of questions on the fafsa form and then i know that there's the legislation that you have introduced and are championing would also eliminate a number of additional questions that are really not necessary, and that combination i think is a really important move to make it much smoother and simpler for students who have to apply for federal student aid on a regu

we're talking about the free application for federal student aid also known as fafsa. by not filling out the application, college students are missing out on a seriously good deal. federal grants do not need to be repaid, federal student loans have low interest rates, and work study programcan help pay for your education and build your resume. myth -- my parents make too much so i'm not eligible. fact, according to financial aid experts, most americans are eligible. aid is available for anyone with a household income below $250,000 a year. and even if you top that, you may still be eligible for low-interest feral loans. one very important thing you need to remember -- you have to fill out a fafsa every single year your student is in college. back to you. >> i think you have r toember that so much of this is -- there's a potential for grant money. it's free money. why not take it if it's out there. hink so many families don't realize they can get that money to help them pay for what's such a rising cost of higher education. p> 5:26. coming up, a childced in handcuffs an

recognized government has warned france to stop dealing with warlord holy fafsa after us forces continue to lay siege to the capital tripoli and as strike by one of his helicopters killed four civilians on saturday his advances left more than two hundred eighty people dead. residents in colombo held a vigil to commemorate the victims of last week's attacks at least two hundred fifty three people were killed when suicide bombers targeted churches and hotels on easter sunday many christians in sri lanka have prayed at home a church service is suspended across the country. and rescue as a racing to help people caught in fast rising floodwaters in northern mozambique cyclon kenneth slammed into the region on thursday flattening villages and leaving at least five people dead but heavy rain has continued since then causing flooding and mudslides many homes and streets on the water in the port city of pemba those are the top stories coming up next talk to al-jazeera after that stay with us . you see. in our brain without knowing if it was all a t.v. was to have a dramatic impact in the case of

eid i'd endorse simplification of the fafsa. i think your comments about financial literacy are important. to cite my earlier research, we know through survey data that students are shockingly underinformed about their own financial circumstances. so only about a half of students know how much they're paying for their degree. about a third of students are able to accurately tell you how much they've borrowed. so to me this is a pretty important crisis we have in education finance today. >> so a wakeup call of ms. parker of 66,000, it's amazing . when you first started, did you expect anything like that to be the case in the process? >> not only did i not expect it, i honestly had no idea. the financial literacy piece is a good -- it's a big piece. because i just wasn't aware. i wasn't informed. >> you make the example point very clearly why we have to move forward on this. dr. akers, in your testimony you note that in some cases students are spending money on college to only end up worse off financially than if they hadn't gone

one very important thing you need to remember -- you have to fill out a fafsa every single year yourtudent is in lle. back to you. >>> 4:26 right now. coming up, a child placed in handcuffs and into a police car. what dee.c. police are saying about the storyehind the now-viral video. >>> and good morning, everybody. waking up, not always the t easiesng to do. on your tuesday morning, temperatures outside in the 30s. so a cold start this morning. there will be plenty of sunshine early befores clo move back. a chance for rain for some of us, as well. >>> plus, return to d.c. tonight bryce harper is back in the district in a different jersey. what his former team isah sayin d of tonight's big match-up. nothing says spring like fresh flowers, so let's promote our spring travel deal on choicehotels.com like this: (sneezes) earn one free night when you stay just twice this spring. allergies. or.. badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com. >>> it is 4:30 as we kick off this tuesday with a live look outside. another cold stahi to april morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s depe

will you ensure that the irs securely transfers tax information for students and families into the fafsa, despite the political games the treasury played by these tax forms? >> we are working with the department of education on this issue and we are sensitive to this issue and will work with the staff as well . >> we may only have several weeks to solve the problem before this form is locked into the application psych so, i am taking your answer as an assurance that irs retrieval tool will be ready in time for the upcoming fafsa cycle that begins this fall . >> we will do our best and we are focused on the issue . >> it is, as you know a huge issue for so many students. >> another question that i had is about the research and development tax credit. it's one of the most important tools in the tax code for promoting innovation and small business growth. this tax credit incentivizes innovative work by startups across new hampshire from new tech companies to small businesses grown within the new hamp sure business network. the refundable tax credit is vital for new businesses that are not y

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hit residential neighborhoods in the libyan capital tripoli is the target of an offensive by highly fafsa who wants to wrestle a city from the un recognized government of libya i'll bring you more on that story and everything else we're covering in the news hour that's coming up in about twenty five minutes time do join me then bye for now. negotiations have at last and we're on our way to acetic meeting him but. it's nice to be his son say. the president and the coup leader had to and as for me to push over the ascetic hits of states to discuss the real. world. a. faculty want to speak from this meeting with actually. i know. you don't know. dawson or whatever. but there's a seal is quite important right now you know so it's not just another meeting it is my hope so you go you know. that it could go i have lost my you should hear. this. call to just go through which. you. never go. in the north and it was a sunday i'm sure there was a long and other that made me happy don't do more because your mother has got to leave the mobility. and don don man live to an invasion dump a mother got to

through the so-called postcard, the treasury has broken the fafsa tax data retrieval tool. as a result, millions of students might need to manually input their own tax state leading to inaccuracies that could cause serious delays and even some students losing financially. commissioner rettig, will you ensure the irs securely transfers tax information for students and families into the fafsa, despite the political games the treasury played with these text forms? we are mr. rettig: this issue. we are sensitive to the importance of this issue and we will work with your staff as well. sen. hassan: thank you. we might only have several weeks to solve this before the form is locked into the application program. i am taking your answer as an assurance that irs retrieval tools will be ready in time for the upcoming cycle this fall. mr. rettig: we are focused on the issue and working with education. sen. hassan: it is a huge issue for many students. another question i had is about the research and development tax credit. it is one of the most important tools in the tax code for prom

universities, every technical student should fill out the free application for fedestudent aid or fafsa. there are two federal direct loans available to students -- subsidized and unsubsidized. both offer low interest rates, p easy repaymens, and a six-month grace period after graduation. trade school students may ll receiv grants and other federal grants by applying h througfafsa. if you don't look out there, yoo caider private student loans. these generally come with higher inte repayment plans.ict however, some lenders like wells fargo and sallie mae offer loans designed just for students enrolled in career training reograms. many with lower in rates and flexible repayment plans. you can see all of our stories n on college planow on our nbc washington app, click on "nbc 4 responds" under the main menu. >>> 5:27. ahead on "news4 today," packages stolen from a local fedex tru a on busy street in broad daylight. >> coming up, we'll show you the footag policeay may help catch the thief. >>> divorce finalized. details about jeff bezos' billion dollar split from his wife. >>> we'll have ra

>> i'd endorse simplification of the fafsa. we know that through survey data that students are shockingly under informed about their own financial circumstances. so only about abhalf half of ss now how much they're paying for their degrees. about a third of students are able to accurately tell you how much they've borrowed. >> so a wakeup call of ms. parker of 66,000, it's amazing wh. when you first started, did you expect anything like that to be@case in the process? >> not only did it not expect it, i honestly had no idea. i just wasn't aware. i wasn't informed. >> you make the example point very clearly why we have to move forward on this. dr. akers, in your testimony you note that in some cases students are spending money on college to only end up worse off financially than if they hadn't gone to college in the first place. in looking at the federal student aid system, i'm concerned about perverse incentives to overborrow. can you expand a bit on what those incentives are and discuss ways we could address them in reauthoriz

talk with them, we come to find out that did something like get a drivers license or thought there fafsa the captain registered. we need to be aware that this is a real issue for a lot of people. thank you. >> purpa, thank you so much. number 32, come forward and i will also call up now 41, 34, 33, 36 and 38. >> i'm david siegel, a professor of medicine at university of maryland. i directed the army sociological research program during early years of the all volunteer force. i serve on the advisory committee and am also a local selective service board member. i've been studying military personnel issues for about half a century and there a couple of surge search issues i want to speak to pick one is just to remind you that whatever we do with regard to gender, if are going to treat men and women equally whether we register then or keep it at a a painted to have a national emergency, you're doubling the size of the population that this is the message you with. in talking about what resources are necessary to do anything, that needs to be kept in mind. doctor roster mentioned what happened

especially on their drivers license navigation or fafsa college application. i believe they pay attention to what they sign. i have four boys and they all knew what they were doing when they sign the form because if you look at question nine and go to the book that they provide for you as we do on tax returns and every other government form then you read what it is looking for and makes it very clear what you are signing up for. >> is a common practice to read the fine print, is that what you're telling me? >> when you fill out a government form if you don't look at the form you to you run a high risk of filling it out incorrectly and most americans know that but i do think they do do additional research as they fill out these forms but however the form itself without the additional research as i have indicated makes it clear that they are signing up for the selective service. yes, i think it is open, clear and widely known at least in a recent survey that we conducted over 600 respondents we asked them how did they hear of this service in a new exactly where

>> thank you for being here and thank you for being in sevier county to unveil the new app for the fafsa. i asked my educators how many of those questions they looked at and they set about 10 of them. complicated and for the students, i don't know how they get through it. i talked to a professor of mine this weekend who is very -- he's retired professor at home. is the most common grade and we have 42% all colleges have an b.and 70% have a or high school grades have inflated exactly the same way. if you look at standardized testing, it has been level, so the great has not improved, when you compare apples to apples. my question is, why has that happened, and i don't expect you to finish today answering it, but don't we need to do something about that, when 80% get an arb, and i heard alan dershowitz on tv the other day complaining about that and harvard. there's others: data that makes the question as well, why are we 24th in the world in reading and 25th in science and 40's in math as compared to the rest of the world. we continue to i think expect different results from doing the same