Remove the requirement to include the income of a Step Parent on the FAFSA form for student that is not their child.

As more than 50% of marriages dissolve, many of which with children involved, it is fundamentally unfair to ask the new husband or wife to include their income on the FAFSA form when considering the expected family contribution (EFC) for a child that resulted from the prior relationship. Only the income of the child's biological parents should be considered. Failure to do so unfairly puts a child at risk for not having access to funds for college and makes re-marriage a very unappealing option for a single parent and a single parent's significant other. It is unreasonable to ask a prospective new spouse to pay (be have their income considered in the equation) for the tuition of a child from a prior marriage that involves children that are in no legal way considered their child.