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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>FAFSA Fairness Act of </strong><b>2019</b></p> <p>This bill revises the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process for certain students. Specifically, the Department of Education must allow students to complete FAFSA as independent students under special circumstances.</p> <p>It also requires financial aid administrators to provide those students with a final determination regarding their assistance in the same manner as, and by no later than the date that, they provide other provisionally independent students with that determination. </p>]]></text>
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