In the end, nearly 600 colleges received a total of more than 6,200 processed FAFSAs, the department said. Many institutions won’t be able to download and test those processed forms, known as ...

The Biden administration faces a huge test this fall as high school seniors and their families wait to see if the college financial aid form is functional or a debacle like last year’s form.

As its name says, there is no fee to fill out the online FAFSA form to become eligible for college scholarship and aid money, but this year it is imposing a high cost on families and colleges. And ...

The department and its partners are planning to host FAFSA completion events throughout the week. Beta 1 will last for the first half of October and then the Education Department will open up the ...

Jonathan Taledo, a freshman at the University of Illinois at Chicago, fills out paperwork with his mother, Julissa Leon, during a FAFSA workshop on Feb. 23, 2024, at UIC. (TNS) — Next year’s ...

The 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, will only be partially available starting Oct. 1, ... They said they plan to test it for errors, ...

The 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid is on track to launch ahead of its Dec. 1 deadline, Education Department officials announced on a press call Thursday afternoon, likely around Nov.

A new FAFSA form opens for a test run on Oct. 1, 2024, the United States Department of Education announced. Select students will apply for college aid.

The Scholarship Foundation is enlisting seniors from Santa Maria, Pioneer Valley, and Ernest Righetti high schools to complete the FAFSA in person during a workshop in early October.

FAFSA changes were meant to make applying easier. In 2020, Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act, which updated the financial aid application process, expanded federal Pell Grant ...

The FAFSA will be fully available by Dec. 1, two months later than usual but a month earlier than last year's application. MorraLee Keller, a senior consultant with the National College Attainment ...

Oct. 18, 2022: “Processed Successfully: Your Child’s 2023-24 FAFSA Form.” So two days was all it took for the feds to evaluate the info and prepare a report to send to the colleges for which ...