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Status: Open Description: If a student or parent signs the student’s or parent’s respective section of a 2024-25 FAFSA form that includes other contributors and returns to the form before the other contributors have signed and submitted the form and selects “Save” from the FAFSA menu without making any changes, the signature of that student or parent is removed from the application.
On March 12, 2024, we published an Electronic Announcementthat provides an update on the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) commitment to resolving the known issues within the 2024–25 FAFSA online form impacting students who have a contributor without a Social Security number (SSN) in the first half of March.
We would like to provide you with an important update regarding the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA ®) process.This Electronic Announcement provides further details regarding aid eligibility and the post-processing experience for students, institutions, state higher education agencies, and scholarship organizations.
The 2024–25 FAFSA form expands eligibility for federal student aid, including Pell Grants, and provides a streamlined user experience. An estimated 7.3 million new students from low-income backgrounds will be eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants due to updates to student aid calculations. Plus, applicants will be able to skip as many as 26 ...
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced that it has completed reprocessing 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) forms impacted by known issues with IRS data, which should enable all institutions to package financial aid offers.
The 2024–25 FAFSA changes include the following: Every contributor—anyone (student,the student's spouse, a biological or adoptive parent, or the parent's spouse) who's required to provide information on the FAFSA form—needs a StudentAid.gov account to access and complete their section of the online form. All contributors must provide ...
The U.S. Department of Education today announced updates on its progress on the 2024–25 Better FAFSA® implementation. “We are putting all hands on deck and using every lever we have to make sure we can achieve the transformational potential of the Better FAFSA to make higher education possible for many more of our nation’s students,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona ...
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released proposed regulations that would increase college access for high school students, provide better public data on student outcomes, including to increase oversight over distance education programs, and ensure the student aid programs work in the best interests of students.