EXPLANATION: Directs all high school students to fill out a FAFSA.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 11, COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, page 343, after line 21, by adding an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

/ (CHE: FAFSA) High school seniors shall complete and submit a free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) before graduating from high school. Families and legal guardians may elect to be exempted from this requirement. The Commission on Higher Education and the State Board of Education must: (1) develop and adopt a form for the purpose of declining to complete the application; and (2) develop and provide user-friendly resources and information about the purpose of FAFSA, how to complete the FAFSA, and other postsecondary financial aid options. /

Amend totals and titles to conform.