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The FAFSA is a relatively easy form to fill out, as it lets parents link to their previously filed tax returns to answer the financial questions. It has now been streamlined to just 36 questions ...
The federal financial aid form looks different in the 2024-25 school year. Here's what college students and parents need to know about the new FAFSA.
BestColleges outlines the problems with the rollout of the 2024-2025 FAFSA and updates on how they are getting solved.
The FAFSA Deadline Act in 2024 made the October availability date part of the law. [8] The 2016–2017 academic year was the final time the FAFSA was not made available until January 1. [7] Two-year old US tax information is used to complete the financial sections of the FAFSA beginning with the 2017–2018 academic year.
[13] [14] [15] SwiftStudent, a free service, provides template letters for college students. [13] [14] [15] Some well-to-do colleges have need-based aid of their own to distribute, in addition to federal and state aid (if any). These colleges require, in addition to the FAFSA, the CSS Profile financial form, which goes into greater detail. [16]
The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2024 ran from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024. From October 1, 2023, to March 23, 2024, the federal government operated under continuing resolutions (CR) that extended 2023 budget spending levels as legislators were debating the specific provisions of the 2024 budget.
Changes to the 2024-25 FAFSA. All major revisions outlined in the FAFSA Simplification Act will take place during the 2024-25 FAFSA cycle, which opened on Oct. 1, 2022, and ends June 30, 2025.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, passed in June 2023, resolved that year's debt-ceiling crisis and set spending caps for FY2024 and FY2025. The act called for $895 billion in defense spending and $711 billion in non-defense discretionary spending for fiscal year 2025, representing a 1% increase over fiscal year 2024. [10]