"The Department of Education announced Thursday that the Simplified FAFSA form for the 2025-26 academic year will be widely available on or before Dec. 1, foregoing its traditional October start for a second year in a row, according to a statement," University Business reports.

..."The so-called “FAFSA fiasco” has continued, following an announcement last week that batch corrections on student forms would not be available by mid-August anymore. Instead, strained financial aid offices will have to submit individualized form corrections, a tall feat at large institutions with thousands of incorrectly filed forms.

'The Department’s poor planning has led to a stunning failure,' said Beth Maglione, interim president and chief executive of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. 'Some college students might not have financial aid dollars in their hands in time to start classes in the next few weeks.'"

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Publication Date: 8/8/2024