"The start of October typically signifies the beginning of the college financial aid application process. But now — for the second year in a row — that’s not the case," Money reports.

..."Higher education groups and financial aid officers so far have had mostly positive responses to the new timeline and testing period for the 2025-26 application, saying that releasing a fully functional form later in the year would be better for students than opening the FAFSA on Oct. 1 and having to deal with months of problems.

'While we wish we could have an earlier FAFSA open date, we support end-to-end testing to ensure the product released on December 1 works for students, families, and schools,' Beth Maglione, interim president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, said in August."

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Publication Date: 10/1/2024