Lose the Penalty for 18-24 yr olds in Financial Aid Calculations by Eliminating Dependency on Unwilling Parents.

In determining financial aid for students, colleges and universities rely on the FAFSA. This document supposedly details the financial resources of the student but it more accurately documents the financial resources of the student's parents. Many parents can and do help their young adults get a college education.
Many parents, however, do not. Some flat out refuse to help their children with college expenses in any way and yet, if a student is between 18 and 24, that student is considered a dependent no matter whether the parent is assisting or not. Their income is used against the student yet the parent has no obligation to pay. Further, a step-parent's is considered while the non-custodial parent's income is not. This is unfair, damaging and wasteful to our national future.