Author name: Marlene Seeklander

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June tasks for high school seniors

By Marlene Seeklander Congratulations on your graduation from high school! Like most high school graduates, you may be just now catching your breath after all the activity surrounding the end of the senior year. It’s a good time for you to relax and reflect on your accomplishments. But once you’ve had some time to consider all

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Upcoming Federal Student Aid webinar with Q&A format

By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals will have the opportunity in a June webinar to ask questions about recently released Department of Education (ED) and Federal Student Aid (FSA) guidance. In an Electronic Announcement this month, ED announced an upcoming webinar that will focus on topics presented in the Federal Update presentation held earlier this year.

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2024-25 award year training courses on the FSA Training Center will be removed soon

By Marlene Seeklander Financial aid professionals who need to finish any of the 2024-25 award year specific training courses need to do so soon before the courses are removed. Since most of the online courses in the FSA Training Center are award year specific, the 2024-25 training courses will be removed on June 27 and replaced

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Expanded late disbursement flexibilities for 2024-25 FAFSA forms and FAFSA processing error issues

By Marlene Seeklander Students impacted by an issue that prevented an official SAI (Student Aid Index) from being calculated may now be eligible to receive a Title IV loan. In a May 27, 2025 Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education (ED) announced that they are amending and extending flexibilities for late disbursements that were published in

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Campus-Based school testing for reporting Federal Work Study wages now available

By Marlene Seeklander Schools needing to report Federal Work Study (FWS) wages are encouraged to send a test file prior to sending data for real. In a recent Electronic Announcement, the Department of Education announced that the FSA Partner and School Relations Center will conduct Campus-Based school testing from May 21 through September 30, 2025, for

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Closeout deadline for 2023-24 Direct Loan Program year

By Marlene Seeklander Schools that have not yet closed out their 2023-24 Direct Loan Program year need to make note of the upcoming closeout deadline. A May 19 Electronic Announcement reminds schools that Thursday, July 31, 2025, is the closeout deadline and last processing day before the end of the program year. This means that all

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