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Update on 2025-26 FAFSA Paper Form processing and 2024-25 FAFSA Paper Form

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By Marlene Seeklander The Department of Education continues to roll out the 2025-26 FAFSA processing. The Department announced that as of November 24, they have started processing 2025-26 paper applications. Schools can make corrections to paper forms via the FAFSA Partner Portal and student corrections to paper forms will be available in early 2025. Updates to

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2024-2025 FSA Assessments now available

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By Marlene Seeklander When it comes to compliance with federal regulations, it’s better to find out about any issues and make corrections before it comes time for an audit. To help financial aid professionals evaluate compliance and make necessary corrections, the Department of Education has announced the release of the 2024-2025 FSA Assessments. FSA Assessments is

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2024 FSA Training Conference Virtual Event Platform now open

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By Marlene Seeklander The countdown is on for the upcoming Virtual FSA Training Conference to be held December 3-6, and you can do some prep work now. Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced that the 2024 Virtual FSA Training Conference Event Platform is now available for registered participants to log in and build a schedule, view speaker

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Final 2025-26 forms available at StudentAid.gov

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By Marlene Seeklander Several final 2025-26 forms are available as a resource to assist schools and students. The Department of Education announced the release of the final 2025-26 FAFSA Form, 2025-26 FAFSA Form for Confined or Incarcerated Individuals, and the 2025-26 FAFSA Submission Summary. 2025-26 FAFSA Form – Individuals needing to access either an English and Spanish PDF

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Thanksgiving holiday hours for Federal Student Aid and Mapping Your Future

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By Marlene Seeklander Hopefully, you won’t be working on Thanksgiving day, but if you do, you should know that some Federal Student Aid offices are taking a break or will have modified hours. Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced that their federal offices and Federal Student Aid processors and contact centers will be closed on Thursday, November

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2025-26 FAFSA Submission Summary mock-ups available

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By Marlene Seeklander When it comes to learning about financial aid, you can never have enough training tools available for staff. The Department of Education announced the release of mock-ups of the final version of the 2025-26 English and Spanish FAFSA Submission Summary. Schools and other interested organizations can use these as a training resource for

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2025-26 FAFSA is now available to all students

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By Marlene Seeklander The 2025-26 FAFSA is now officially available, 10 days before the Department of Education’s December 1 goal. The Department of Education made the announcement on November 21 that the online FAFSA form is available to all students and families at fafsa.gov. The Department is processing and sending FAFSA records to schools. The paper

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New flyer to help students complete the FAFSA

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By Catherine Mueller Although completing the FAFSA is much easier for students and parents, it does help to prepare for some of the questions on the form. One of those questions is determining which parent or parents to invite to the FAFSA. Recently the U.S. Department of Education made its Parent Wizard available on StudentAid.gov to

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