Posted on 02/19/2025 5:30:16 AM PST by Angelino97
Fewer California high school seniors are completing federal financial aid applications than in past years, which some analysts say is a sign that students may fear the Trump administration will use their sensitive data for immigration enforcement.
The number of seniors completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has dropped by about 48,000 students, or 25%, as of last week, compared to this point last year. In both years, the California deadline for state financial aid — such as waivers to fully cover tuition at public universities plus other awards — is early March.
Also down dramatically is the share of students applying who have at least one parent who’s undocumented: That number has plunged 44% so far this year compared to this point last year — from about 30,000 students then to 17,000 now.
The early data comes from the California Student Aid Commission, the state agency that handles financial aid. This morning the commission will hold a webinar with high school counselors regarding the implications of this decline and how to encourage more students to apply for aid.
The Trump administration has not announced plans to use application information to target people for deportation.
“This is very alarming,” said Daisy Gonzales, executive director of the commission, in an interview about the application declines. “It’s a crisis in the sense that we have a perfect storm.” The White House’s accelerated deportation campaign, the fires in Southern California that displaced thousands of families and burned down some schools, plus students’ ongoing scrutiny of the value of a college education are all forces that Gonzales says may be behind the drop.
If the trend of fewer applications holds, she fears that “we’re losing another generation of students who should be enrolling, who should be succeeding.”
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Fewer young people are going into debt — Trump’s fault!
If fewer students are applying for this money, it might mean they realize they are not here legally.
WINNING!!
Thanks, President Trump, for ensuring that our scholarships, stipends, and other forms of aid are now going only to eligible U.S. citizens!
Regards,
“...a sign that students may fear the Trump administration will use their sensitive data for immigration enforcement.”
Or they are realizing that going into debt.
For a education that isn’t worth the money.
Is a good idea.
So what you are saying is that the government knows that criminals are here illegally and they are fine with stealing from the taxpayer to advance the criminals.
Or they are realizing that not going into debt.
For a education that isn’t worth the money.
Is a good idea.
Schooling did them no good, obviously. California’s biggest problem is the high cost of housing. Deporting illegals will free up housing thus lowering costs and putting money in this dummies pocket every time he pays his rent. This is just one area, there are many more.
Daisy Gonzales in an interview about the financial aid app declines:
<><>accelerated illegals’ deportations,
<><>fires in So/California displaced 1000’s and burned down schools,
<><>students’ ongoing scrutiny of the value of a college education.
The kids will be much better off if they don’t incur hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to get a useless degree from these Woke indoctrination factories.
wonderful news!
people are actually doing some thinking instead of just pursuing govt for helps.
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“she fears that “we’re losing another generation of students who should be enrolling, who should be succeeding.”
enrollment does not equate to success.
Because the Great Replacement isn’t a theory and the replacements are not “college material”.
Good!
“So what you are saying is that the government knows that criminals are here illegally and they are fine with stealing from the taxpayer to advance the criminals.”
Exactly.
“So what you are saying is that the government knows that criminals are here illegally and they are fine with stealing from the taxpayer to advance the criminals.”
The reason truancy rules are sometimes enforced by the legal system, by targeting “the” parent is because the schools get X amount of money for every day the student is in the classroom. Probably having that aid money to dish out allows the schools to skim a certain amount for “management.” Meaning more Democrat voters. Fewer management and you have fewer people who are guaranteed to vote Democrat.
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