2024-25 FAFSA Changes

What FAFSA Simplification Means for You

联邦学生援助正在对2024-2025援助年度的联邦学生援助免费申请(FAFSA)进行重大修改.

Passed by Congress in 2020, FAFSA简化法案代表了联邦学生援助的授予和处理的重大改革. This change includes the FAFSA form, the need analysis that determines federal aid eligibility, changes in terminology, 以及参与联邦学生援助项目的学校的许多政策和程序.

2024–2025 FAFSA Available in December 2023

Historically, the FAFSA form has been made available beginning October 1 each year. However, because of significant changes to the application and processing, the 2024–2025 FAFSA will not be available until sometime in December 2023. While this date may change, any updates will be posted here once announced.

When can I expect my award letter?

计划在2024年夏季或2024年秋季开始在全球网络赌博平台上课的新生应该在12月开始使用FAFSA表格时尽快完成. Returning UNE students should complete a FAFSA form as soon as possible. 由于软件更新必须处理奖励信，我们不确定何时我们将能够发送奖励. 我们的目标是在3月份向新生发送获奖信，在4月份向所有其他学生发送获奖信.

What is changing with the FAFSA

There are a number of benefits of the FAFSA Simplification Act, including a more streamlined application process, a better user experience, expanded eligibility for federal student aid, and reduced barriers for certain student populations (e.g., homeless and unaccompanied youth, incarcerated students, English language learners, and students from low-income backgrounds).

Some fundamental changes include, but are not limited to:

The FAFSA form will be shorter and more user-friendly

The FAFSA form will reduce the maximum number of questions from 108 to 46. And because the online FAFSA form is dynamic, some students won't even be presented with all 46 questions. 这种精简的格式将简化申请过程，使学生和他们的家庭不那么令人生畏.

Students may list up to 20 colleges

此前，FAFSA表格只允许学生列出最多10所学院和大学.

The FAFSA form will be available in more languages

Currently, the FAFSA form is only available in English and Spanish. 2024-25年的应用程序将扩大到包括英语学习者及其家长最常用的11种语言.

Applicants will be required to use the IRS Direct Data Exchange

Previously, 用户可以选择手动输入他们的税务信息或使用IRS数据检索工具. Beginning with 2024–25, FAFSA表格上的所有人都必须使用IRS直接数据交换来共享税务信息或确认非申报状态. 这一变化使填写FAFSA表格更容易，并减少了需要回答的问题数量. 如果你不选择加入数据交换，学生将没有资格获得联邦学生援助.

All “contributors” must provide financial information

2024-25年FAFSA中引入的新术语“贡献者”指的是任何需要在学生表格上提供信息的人(如父母/继父母或配偶)。. 学生或家长在FAFSA表格上的答案将决定哪些贡献者(如果有的话)需要提供信息.

投稿人将收到一封电子邮件，告知他们已被确认为投稿人, 并且需要使用他们自己的FSA ID(如果他们没有)登录，以提供学生FAFSA所需的信息.

作为一个贡献者并不意味着他们要为学生的教育费用承担经济责任, 但这确实意味着资助者必须在FAFSA表格上提供信息，否则申请将不完整，学生将没有资格获得联邦学生援助.

The Student Aid Index (SAI) is replacing Expected Family Contribution (EFC)

在新的FAFSA中，一个值得注意的术语更新是用学生资助指数(SAI)取代了“预期家庭贡献”(EFC)一词。. This name more accurately describes the number used to determine aid eligibility and, unlike the EFC, the SAI may be a negative number down to -1500.

The number in college will not be used to calculate SAI

Previously, FAFSA表格计算了进入EFC就读大学的家庭成员人数, dividing it proportionately to determine federal aid eligibility. Beginning with the 2024–25 FAFSA, the application will still ask how many household members are in college, but your answer will not be calculated into the SAI. As such, 在大学里有兄弟姐妹的全球网络赌博平台本科学生可能会看到他们的联邦援助资格发生变化.

Some students will automatically be awarded a Pell Grant

Families making less than 175% and single parents making less than 225% of the federal poverty level will see their students receive a maximum Federal Pell Grant award. Minimum Pell Grants will be guaranteed to students from households below 275%, 325%, 350%, or 400% of the poverty level, depending on household structure. Pell awards between the maximum and minimum amounts will be determined by SAI.

在离婚或分居的情况下，负责提交FAFSA表格的父母已经改变

For dependent students, 在过去的12个月里，与学生住在一起最多的父母需要提供财务信息. With the new FAFSA, 为学生提供最多经济支持的家长需要提供财务信息.

Family farms and small businesses must be reported as assets

根据要求，家庭现在必须报告其小企业或家庭农场的价值. If the family farm includes the principal place of residence, 申请人应确定所有农场资产的总净值，并减去其主要住宅的净值，以确定其农场资产的最终价值.

What isn’t changing?

虽然FAFSA申请正在更新，并且援助资格计算已经修改, there are a number of aid-related matters that will not change.

  • 全球网络赌博平台学生可获得的一般援助类型和联邦学生贷款限额不会改变.
  • 每年申请联邦和州财政援助时仍需要FAFSA表格.
  • 决定你的父母是否必须完成FAFSA的抚养状态问题将保持不变.
  • The FAFSA form will still request tax information from the prior-prior year, which means you'll report 2022 income and assets on your 2024-25 application. Families with significant reductions in income can consider submitting an appeal.
  • UNE admission application deadlines will not change.
  • The questions regarding an applicant's sex, race, 种族对联邦学生资助资格没有影响，仅用于统计目的和数据收集. (In fact, UNE won't even receive this data from the FAFSA form.)

Disclaimer
全球网络赌博平台学生金融服务办公室致力于为学生提供及时的最新信息, families, and our community. Due to the significant amount of changes that are occurring, 对于2024-2025学年，我们网站的部分内容可能还不是100%准确. 当我们从教育部和联邦学生援助处收到更多信息时，我们将继续更新此页面, 感谢你们的耐心等待，因为我们正在努力实施FAFSA简化法案带来的变化.