The sponsors would either be their parent or parents with whom they live, or the parent and a step-parent, or their spouse, civil partner or cohabiting partner, depending on the student's particular situation.

BBC: Student finances: your questions answered

Seven state medical associations--including those in New Jersey, Texas and Georgia--took the highly unusual step of breaking with their parent to denounce the bill.

FORBES: ObamaCare

To help your parent decide, the first step is taking a look at their gross income.

FORBES: Your Aging Parents And Tax Season: A Getting-Started Guide

For American, it was one more step in the right direction after its parent company, AMR Corporation, filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011.

FORBES: Big Deal: Reflections on the American and US Airways Megamerger

The head of the Clydesdale Bank is to step down from the group that controls its Australian parent company to focus on turning around the UK operation.

BBC: David Thorburn

If there is even one step we can take to save another child, or another parent, or another town, from the grief that has visited Tucson, and Aurora, and Oak Creek, and Newtown, and communities from Columbine to Blacksburg before that -- then surely we have an obligation to try.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks at Newtown High School

Rather than allowing international companies to list the shares of their parent companies, I would have thought that a better first step would be to allow international companies to list the shares of their China operations in China.

FORBES: Shanghai's International Board

As I said when I visited Newtown just over three months ago, if there is a step we can take that will save just one child, just one parent, just another town from experiencing the same grief that some of the moms and dads who are here have endured, then we should be doing it.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President on Gun Safety