New MN bill aims to make college financial aid letters less confusing

“It was incredibly disempowering,” she said, calling the process “the most stressful experience of my life.”

Mike Dean, executive director for the nonprofit North Star Prosperity, said students sometimes make poor decisions about college because they don’t have the right information. His organization created a mock-up of what the standardized letter could look like.

To a lawmaker’s question about how the bill would be implemented and if there was enough time, Wendy Robinson, the Office of Higher Education’s assistant commissioner of programs, policies and grants, said more time would be helpful, but the office is “officially neutral” on the proposal.

“This is one of the most expensive purchases and people do it at such a young age,” Oumou Verbeten said. “Transparency is so important.”


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