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Heads up, the T(r)ails of Verification (part 2)

Moneyman

Flip a coin… See where it lands… One of these principles is that while financial aid officers are not accountants, we do need to know some basic tax information. Page 132 of the 2020-21 AVG. So here we go. Let’s start with Heads… In this case, Heads of Household.

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The 2024-25 FAFSA Roadmap

College Planners of America

The 2024-25 FAFSA represents the final implementation of the rules stipulated in the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020 , some of which have already been released in the 2122-23 and 2023-24 FAFSA’s. The 2024-25 FAFSA form will not be launched until December 2023, two months later than the traditional date.

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The “Non-Launch” of the 2024–25 FAFSA

College Planners of America

How we Got Here Submission of the FAFSA is an essential step for all students seeking Federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid. To improve the Federal financial aid process, the FAFSA Simplification Act was enacted by Congress on December 27, 2020.

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Crunch Time for the FAFSA Rollout

College Planners of America

They then can send Award Letters to admittees with all pertinent financial aid information. This year, the ED’s revision of the FAFSA, as mandated by Congress in the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020 (the Act ), has caused delay in the sending of ISIR’s to colleges, which in turn delays their ability to prepare Award Letters.

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Crunch Time for the FAFSA Rollout

College Planners of America

They then can send Award Letters to admittees with all pertinent financial aid information. This year, the ED’s revision of the FAFSA, as mandated by Congress in the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020 (the Act ), has caused delay in the sending of ISIR’s to colleges, which in turn delays their ability to prepare Award Letters.

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A Return to the ‘Normal-Normal’: Colleges Ready to Adjust to End of Pandemic Emergencies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the COVID-19 pandemic dawned in Spring 2020, the federal government granted institutions of higher education a series of waivers and flexibilities that allowed them to continue functioning under radically different conditions. They’ll have to refamiliarize themselves with the ‘normal-normal,’ as opposed to the ‘new normal.’”

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FAFSA Delay Will Cause Problems 

College Planners of America

Three years ago, Congress enacted long-overdue reforms in the passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020, which substantially improves Federal student aid process.

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