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Exclusive: The Education Department says it will fix its $1.8 billion FAFSA mistake

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Myrna Aguilar and her son, David Thornton, at their home in Southern California. Thornton received a federal Pell Grant for his first year at Cal Poly Pomona, but isn't sure why the FAFSA says he doesn't qualify for one next year. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones for NPR)

Families have a lot of questions right now, about how much help they'll get paying for college – questions that school financial aid offices can't yet answer.

That's because this year's Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is months behind schedule. And, to make things really complicated, it includes a mistake that would have cost students $1.8 billion in federal student aid.

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