Cardona Sends FAFSA Recommendations to States as Applications Lag Amid Multiple Problems

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona sent a letter to governors Tuesday outlining recommendations to help increase completion of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms and ease stress on students in the process. The new FAFSA rollout has had a bumpy ride, from getting off to a late start in January to calculation errors in 200,000 forms that were sent to universities recently.