OTC AskRegs Experts: All Things Repayment and the Not So Very Normal FAFSA Year
This week on "Off the Cuff," Allie, Jill, and David discuss the latest details on the return to student loan repayment and highlight the nuances of a new FAFSA simplification term: "contributors." Allie and Jill kick things off by running through where things stand with the return to student loan repayment, the on-ramp to repayment, servicer wait times, and the administration’s new income-driven repayment (IDR) plan, the Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan. David then helps listeners make sense of a new FAFSA term — "contributor" — which refers to anyone who is asked to provide information on an applicant’s FAFSA. David goes on to offer a number of scenarios in which an individual may or may not be considered as a part of that definition.
Speakers
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| Allie Arcese Director of Communications |
Jill Desjean Senior Policy Analyst |
David Tolman Instructional Design & Content Specialist |
Hugh Ferguson Senior Reporter / Podcast Producer |
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Resources
- Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
- Episode Transcript (PDF)
- FSA Guide to Creating an FSA ID
- FSA Filling Out the FAFSA Tips
- AskRegs: Who Is the Parent Of Record When One Parent Pays Child Support To Another Parent?
- AskRegs: Will an FSA ID Be Required To File an Online FAFSA Starting With the 2024-25 Award Year?
- AskRegs: Can a School Collect FAFSA Signature Pages Starting With the 2024-25 Award Year?
- AskRegs: Beginning With 2024-25, Will a Financial Aid Administrator Be Able To File the FAFSA On the Student's Behalf?
- OTC From the Field: All Things SAVE With Under Secretary James Kvaal
- ED Releases Final Rule on Latest Income-Driven Repayment Plan
- Biden Administration Launches Beta Application for New Student Loan Repayment Plan
- GOP Introduces Resolution to End New SAVE Student Loan Repayment Plan
- Income-Driven Repayment by Cutting Undergraduate Payments in Half and Preventing Unpaid Interest Accumulation
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Publication Date: 9/22/2023
