State legislators could extend student aid deadline this year

California legislators may give college students a reprieve from the upcoming deadline to apply for state financial aid.

The bill would extend the deadline from April 1 to May 1 to give students stymied by technical problems in the federal application process more time to complete those applications, which are required to apply for state aid, according to CalMatters.

U.S. citizens who have parents without social security numbers had been unable to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Education announced it has fixed the technical glitch.

Assembly Bill 1887, authored by Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes, D-Corona, would begin immediately if it is passed.

The bill will be heard for the first time at 3 p.m. Monday in the Assembly Education Committee.