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FAFSA Guidance for Applicants Under Age 13

College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Federal Student Aid (FSA) has released updated guidelines for how the FAFSA should be processed for underaged applicants who wish to apply for financial aid.

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2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (August 2024 Update)

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Federal Student Aid has released the first four volumes of the 2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical information for the 2025-26 award year and are only available as PDF documents at this time.

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Updates to Decades-Old New Federal Standards for Race, Ethnicity Data Will Change How Students are Counted

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

JULY 23, 2024

Higher education leaders, institutions, and systems need data that are accurate, accessible, and disaggregated by race and ethnicity in ways that reflect the increasing diversity of today’s students. For example, Asian students can share their specific ancestry (e.g. Previously, MENA was included under the definition of White.

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2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (February 2024 Update)

College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Federal Student Aid has updated the draft 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical and processing information for the 2024–25 award year. What changed?

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2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (July 2024 Update)

College Aid Services

JULY 25, 2024

Federal Student Aid has updated the 2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide. The volumes contained in this guide contain FAFSA Processing System (FPS) technical and processing information for the 2024–25 award year. What changed?

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Resolving Conflicting Information on the 2024-25 FAFSA (August 2024 Update)

College Aid Services

AUGUST 2, 2024

Update 8/1/24: Following its July 24th update, Federal Student Aid has clarified its guidance on resolving conflicting information for applicants or contributors that have FTI data and manually indicated that they did not file a U.S. tax return for 2022.

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FAFSA Batch Corrections Delayed Until 2025-26, FSA Offers Support and Deadline Extensions

College Aid Services

JULY 31, 2024

Federal Student Aid revealed yesterday that batch institutional corrections will be delayed until the 2025-26 because schools would not have access until after the fall semester begins and to prioritize a success rollout of next year’s FAFSA application.

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2023-2024 FAFSA Verification- IRS Tax Return Transcript Matrix

College Aid Services

JANUARY 25, 2023

Posted: January 25, 2023 Author: Federal Student Aid Subject: 2023-2024 FAFSA Verification-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Return Transcript Matrix Attached to this Electronic Announcement is the 2023-2024 FAFSA Verification-IRS Tax Return Transcript Matrix that institutions can use for 2023-2024 verification of IRS tax return information included (..)

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Guidance on reporting Federal Work-Study (FWS) earnings to comply with the FAFSA Simplification Act requirement

College Aid Services

JULY 25, 2023

The electronic announcement (CB-23-13) can be found on the FSA website and is also below for reference.

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Guidance on Means-Tested Benefits Outreach for Institutions and State Grant Agencies

College Aid Services

JULY 30, 2024

The Department of Education has provided updated guidance on the use of FAFSA data for identifying students who may be eligible for means-tested benefits. Initially designated under Section 483(a)(3)(E) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, this provision allowed institutions to utilize FAFSA data for outreach purposes.

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Congress Resets SAI Formula, Updated Edconnect and ISIR Test Data Released

College Aid Services

MARCH 4, 2024

Federal Student Aid has published several important changes regarding the 2024-2025 FAFSA. What changed? FSA has replaced the SAI formula that it released on February 27th with its previous iteration due to the passage of the Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024.

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Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Department of Education (ED) announced additional steps to facilitate submitting the 2024–25 FAFSA form. Last week, ED announced $50 million in funding for personnel and resources, including technical assistance and support, deployed to support institutions, students and their families with Better FAFSA®. On Monday, the U.S.

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The 2024-25 FAFSA Roadmap

College Planners of America

MAY 13, 2023

The 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) integrates major changes in the way students will apply for Federal student aid. Education Department (ED), these changes will help students by enabling a better and simpler FAFSA experience. According to the U.S.

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FAFSA Delay Will Cause Problems

College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

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. million additional students are expected to qualify for Federal student aid every year under the Act. Originally, the U.S.

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FAFSA Guidance for Applicants Under Age 13

2025-26 FAFSA Specifications Guide (August 2024 Update)

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Updates to Decades-Old New Federal Standards for Race, Ethnicity Data Will Change How Students are Counted

2024-25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (February 2024 Update)

2024–25 FAFSA Specifications Guide (July 2024 Update)

Resolving Conflicting Information on the 2024-25 FAFSA (August 2024 Update)

FAFSA Batch Corrections Delayed Until 2025-26, FSA Offers Support and Deadline Extensions

2023-2024 FAFSA Verification- IRS Tax Return Transcript Matrix

Guidance on reporting Federal Work-Study (FWS) earnings to comply with the FAFSA Simplification Act requirement

Guidance on Means-Tested Benefits Outreach for Institutions and State Grant Agencies

Congress Resets SAI Formula, Updated Edconnect and ISIR Test Data Released

Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

The 2024-25 FAFSA Roadmap

FAFSA Delay Will Cause Problems

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