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The FAFSA application was delayed again this year—it was made available to students on Nov. 21—but it appears to be working without last year’s problems, said Bill DeBaun, senior director ...

The 2024-25 FAFSA rolled out a new process, and it came with issues like website glitches, login errors, and confusing language. Fed-up parents looked to colleges for a solution, while frustrated ...

People can now start applying for federal aid for next school year. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also known ...

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, who championed the law that created the new FAFSA, said the form is no longer plagued by the problems ...

The problems with the FAFSA have serious implications for college attendance: High school seniors who complete the form are 84 percent more likely to enroll in college immediately than those who don’t ...

Subscribers to OtterBot, a state-funded chatbot that communicates college access info, were more likely to fill out college ...

The form to apply for federal financial student aid must roll out by Oct. 1 annually after President Joe Biden signed a bill ...

Technical difficulties and glitches last year with the 2024-25 form that should have gone out in October 2023 have been ...

“Last year the FAFSA was revamped into a new form that delayed the process, and some families experienced issues submitting it,” CFNC said in a press release. “But so far this year the ...

The issues lasted months, making last year's FAFSA a government website–related disaster on par with the launch of HealthCare.gov in 2013. Last year's form had dozens of persistent issues that ...