"Despite excessive troubleshooting, the revised FAFSA application will be delayed for the second consecutive year, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday," University Herald reports.

..."The delay follows persistent issues with last year's redesigned FAFSA, which was intended to streamline the process but instead led to numerous bugs and data entry problems. This resulted in inaccurate aid calculations and significant delays in processing, affecting students' ability to finalize their college plans.

'The fact that we are still, to this day, dealing with the aftershocks of this year's FAFSA rollout shows just how imperative it is that the process is thoroughly tested from end to end and launched as a system, not in a piecemeal manner,' NASFAA Interim President and CEO Beth Maglione said in a statement."

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Publication Date: 8/8/2024