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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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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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ED releases 2025-26 College Financing Plan

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By Marlene Seeklander As you prepare for the 2025-26 award year, you may want to implement the new College Financing Plan template. The Department of Education recently announced the release of the 2025-26 College Financing Plan (CFP), formerly known as the Financial Aid Shopping Sheet, a tool that colleges can use to notify students about their

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The 2025-26 FAFSA is now available to all students

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By Catherine Mueller The 2025-26 FAFSA is now available to anyone wanting to complete form – even though the beta-testing period is still underway. Last week, the Department of Education announced that “building on successful testing results” this fall it would expand the online beta testing period to all users before officially releasing the form by

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Helping students and parents get ready for the 2025-26 FAFSA

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By Catherine Mueller The scheduled release of the 2025-26 FAFSA is just a little more than two weeks away, but that’s time enough to do some things to get ready. A couple of things that both students and parents can do is set up their StudentAid.gov accounts and gather up any documents that may be needed

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2025-26 Federal School Code List of Participating Schools

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By Marlene Seeklander The Federal School Code List – a key component of the FAFSA – has been updated by the Department of Education. The Department announced the availability of the 2025–26 Federal School Code (FSC) List of Participating Schools. Students enter these codes on the FAFSA in order for the postsecondary schools to receive their

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Decommissioning of CPS and FAA Access

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By Marlene Seeklander Two longtime Department of Education resources are being retired. The Department of Education announced that with the closing of the 2023-24 award year in mid-September, they are now in the process of retiring the Central Processing System (CPS) and the FAA Access to CPS Online website. Starting with the 2024-25 award year, CPS

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