A FAFSA Fix for the Most Vulnerable Families Is a Work in Progress

The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it had made long-awaited technical updates that would enable mixed-status families to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. But there’s a catch: The department said it had “uncovered separate issues that still need to be resolved.” For U.S.-born students whose parents lack a Social Security number, this was good news with an asterisk: a fix requiring additional fixes.