Background
High school students can file a FAFSA, the U.S. Department of Education‘s Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
It office distributes billions of dollars in federal aid funds in the form of loans, grants and scholarships to students through the schools.
The FAFSA requires a valid social security number for the student and his or her parent if the student is under age 24, unless the student can prove in court that he or she is independent. Because of this, undocumented students—or U.S. born students with undocumented parents—cannot complete the form and cannot qualify for federal aid.
