"Thousands of students, including in Newark, Chicago, and the Denver area, are helping test out federal financial aid forms before they go live to the broader public on or before Dec. 1," Chalkbeat reports.

..."National advocacy group leaders have said that while they wished for the FAFSA to be ready by October, the testing is important.

Jill Desjean, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrator director of policy analysis, said the organization is 100% behind the testing. She’s especially happy that the Education Department has sought to test students from a variety of socioeconomic, geographic, and familial backgrounds.

'It’s really important to be looking at every possible type of student who could be filling out a FAFSA and every type of family scenario they could be encountering,' she said."

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Publication Date: 10/23/2024