By Karen McCarthy, Policy & Federal Relations Staff
The Department of Education (ED) has posted a draft of the 2017-18 Paper Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and other related documents (e.g., Paper Student Aid Report). The documents can be found under Forms and Instructions in the docket on the regulations.gov website.
The most significant changes, of course, reflect the implementation of prior-prior year (PPY) income on the 2017-18 FAFSA. As such, some date references have been incremented from the 2016-17 FAFSA, and others have not.
Other significant changes include:
Comments should be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal by selecting Docket ID number ED-2016—ICCD—0037 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. In addition, please submit a copy of your comments to NASFAA so that we can represent the interests and concerns of our member institutions.
Comments are due by May 31, 2016.
Publication Date: 5/18/2016
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