TCC urges students to complete federal aid applications
- Video shows how Tallahassee Community College has experienced issues with the new federal student aid application since it’s rollout.
- The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, was simplified and revamped in 2024, but has experienced several software issues that have delayed processing.
- Watch now to hear from one TCC student who needs his student aid to be able to commute to class.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
The federal student aid application, which most of us know as FAFSA, was revamped for 2024, but it’s left more questions than answers for many.
I’m Alberto Camargo, your College Town neighborhood reporter.
I’m finding out how students and faculty at Tallahassee Community College are dealing with the hiccups so far.
After already being delayed months, the new FAFSA form went live in January.
But TCC staff still didn’t believe it.
“We actually discouraged students from applying in the initial few weeks when it went live.””
Bill Spiers is the director of student financial services at TCC.
I asked him for an exact number of students who had applied.
He says by this time of year, that number is usually in the thousands.
But due to bugs in the system — not only does