The FAFSA Simplification Act external website 对FAFSA和学生援助资格进行了一些关键的修改 determined.
Overview of Changes
在前几年,FAFSA每年10月1日开始提供. Due 对于FAFSA申请和处理系统的这些重大变化,农业部表示 美国教育部宣布,学生将能够在12月之前完成2024-25年度的FAFSA 学校将在3月中下旬开始收到FAFSA数据. If a student needs 在提交后对其2024-2025年FAFSA进行更正,此功能将不会 be accessible until April.
计划在2024年秋季和/或2025年春季入学的学生 学期应于2024年1月1日开始完成FAFSA,并添加推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜(Wilkes)学校 代码:003394)发送到他们的学校名单,以便我们在三月中下旬收到信息. 如果推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜不在你的FAFSA上,我们将无法确定你的财务状况 aid eligibility.
- New Incoming Students我们计划开始向2024年秋季入学的一年级新生和新生发送助学金 transfer students in April.
- Returning students返回的学生将能够在他们的网站上查看他们的2024年秋季援助资格 Wilkes Student Portal by June.
关于FAFSA更新和改进的更多细节可以在 Federal Student Aid webpage external website.
一些值得注意的变化包括但不限于:
Changes to the FAFSA Form
- The FAFSA will reduce the maximum number of questions from 108 to 46. 这种精简的格式将简化申请过程和 make it less daunting for students and their families.
- Students may now list up to 20 colleges and universities on their FAFSA; previously, the FAFSA only allowed students to list up to 10 colleges and universities.
- A student will not be asked their housing plans for each school. 学生将需要与他们注册的学生分享这些信息 school directly each year.
- The Student Aid Index (SAI) 取代了预期家庭贡献(EFC), EFC是根据 FAFSA submission and used to determine aid eligibility.
- 学生和所需的贡献者必须在FAFSA上提供同意和批准 in the Consent to Retrieve and Disclose Federal Tax Information section (regardless of manually entered tax information). This will allow the access 的直接数据交换计划,以分享财政纳税人的资料. If 同意和批准不是由学生和/或贡献者,学生给出的 will be ineligible for federal student aid. This change to the FAFSA will make it 更容易完成FAFSA,并减少了需要回答的问题数量.
- There are 为学生和他们的贡献者单独设立FAFSA部分. 学生将无法访问学生FAFSA的贡献者部分 同样,投稿人将无法访问学生部分. Each person 会否以他们的个人金融服务管理局编号登入以完成他们的部分.
- In the instance of parental divorce or separation (受抚养学生),负责向FAFSA捐款的父母已经改变. 为学生提供最多经济支持的家长将成为资助人 and required to provide their financial information. It will not be the parent in 在过去的12个月里(和往年一样),与哪个学生住在一起最多?.
- The FAFSA will be available in more languages. The current FAFSA is only available in English and Spanish. The 2024-25 application 将扩大到包括英语学习者最常用的11种语言 students and their parents.
Changes to calculating student aid eligibility
- The new need analysis formula 将家庭成员在大学的人数从计算中删除并展开 Federal Pell Grant eligibility external website to more students.
- The application will still ask how many household members 都被大学录取了,但是你的答案不会被用来计算 SAI. 因此,推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜有兄弟姐妹的本科生可能会 see a change in their federal aid eligibility.
- Families with an adjusted gross income of $60,000 and higher will be required to answer questions about their assets. This is more favorable to families than the previous income threshold of $50,000.
- Child support 收到的将需要包括在资产中,而不是作为免税收入.
- Family farms and small businesses 这也是一个家庭的主要住所,现在需要报告他们的资产. 如果家庭农场包括主要居住地,申请人应确定 所有农场资产的总净值减去其本金的净值 residence to determine the final value of their farm assets.
更新2024-25年度学生FAFSA处理经验
教育部预计的2024-25年FAFSA处理时间表发生变化 are as follows (as of Feb. 6, 2024):
- 到3月中旬,学生将收到一封电子邮件,通知他们的FAFSA表格 他们的FAFSA信息已经发送到学校了吗 they listed on their form.
- 使用在线FAFSA表格申请的学生将收到一封电子邮件,告知他们可以申请 access their FAFSA Submission Summary by logging in to StudentAid.gov external website using their account username and password.
- 部门将向以前的FAFSA申请人发送电子邮件提醒 yet submitted a 2024-25 FAFSA form.
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学生将能够更正他们的FAFSA一旦他们的资格 been calculated and ISIR generated. Students may view their eligibility calculation by logging back into their Studentaid.gov account.
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本署将于未来数周全面处理书面申请.