| AwardYear: 1997-1998 Edition: PostSecondary Part: 3 - - Filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid SectionNumber: SectionTitle: Section B "Education Background" PageNumbers: 60 Section B "Education Background" Purpose: This section of the FAFSA collects information on the educational background of a student and his or her parents. Some state agencies use this information to award grants and scholarships. Questions 20 and 21 ask whether a student has a high school diploma or a GED. Questions 22 and 23 ask for the highest grade level completed by a student's father and mother. Father and mother in these questions mean the student's birth parents, adoptive parents, or legal guardian(s), but not stepparents or foster parents. Note that this definition of parents is unique to this question and does not apply elsewhere. |