Illinois offers financial aid workaround for illegal & trans students who don’t register for draft Genesis Sanchez
on Feb 04, 2020 at 2:45 PM EDT
*Democratic lawmakers signed into law a bill that will change the way some students get aid in Illinois.
*Previously, transgender students born male had to register for selective service in order to get state financial aid. Now they will have a workaround.
Illinois Democratic lawmakers are making state financial aid for college more accessible to illegal immigrant students and transgender students through the new Monetary Award Program (MAP), an alternative to the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Democratic State Rep. Lisa Hernandez sponsored the RISE Act which she says, “expands opportunity to all students, regardless of race, immigration status or gender identity.â€
The new law, which went into effect January 1, is aimed at giving more options for illegal immigrant students to receive aid from the state, as well as transgender students who are not eligible to complete a Free Application Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) “because they did not register for selective service.†...
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