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2025-2026 FAFSA presentation recording available from Mapping Your Future

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By Marlene Seeklander Students and parents wanting to know about the FAFSA will want to watch the latest video from Mapping Your Future. The 2025-26 FAFSA and Financial Aid presentation is now available on the Mapping Your Future YouTube channel. In the presentation, Cathy Mueller, Executive Director of Mapping Your Future, presents a high-level overview of […]

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Five steps to correct personal identity information on the FAFSA

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By Catherine Mueller Even though we all know our own name and other personal information very well, we can’t help but sometimes enter a typo or other mistake on a form. When students or parents are completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the first part of the form contains personal identifiers. Students and

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6 things to know about assets before completing the FAFSA

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By Catherine Mueller With the recent changes and improvements to the FAFSA, most students and parents are able to complete it quickly and easily. However, there is one part of the FAFSA which can be somewhat challenging for many students and parents to complete and that is the asset section. To help students and parents understand

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You can still schedule your financial aid event

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By Marlene Seeklander It’s not too late to schedule an event specifically for your students and parents. With the 2025-26 FAFSA available, now is the time to host an event if you haven’t already. You can choose whether to invite your families to school to view the presentation, or the presentation can be online for everyone

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Three reasons a FAFSA filer won’t need to report assets

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By Catherine Mueller The FAFSA form collects asset information from students and parents to determine a family’s ability to pay for college. However, not everyone is required to provide asset information. If a student or parents meet the following criteria, then they will be exempt from providing asset information: A student or parent who is required

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Calculating assets for the 2025-26 FAFSA

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By Catherine Mueller While several steps have been taken to simplify the FAFSA, students and parents often still have questions about calculating the value of assets. However, families should not let these questions deter them from completing the FAFSA, which may be a necessary step in receiving important financial aid. Not all families are required to

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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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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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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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