每个学生和FAFSA的贡献者都需要一个FSA ID才能在线完成2024-25年的FAFSA。 This process takes approximately 3 days, so if you DO NOT have an FSA ID, you are encouraged to create one now at 这个位置. 请注意当前位置联邦学生援助机构仍在研究一项程序,允许没有社会安全号码的个人创建FSA ID。 FSA表示,预计在FAFSA发布日期之前。
2024-2025年FAFSA的启动日期将被推迟。 The 2024-2025 FAFSA will become available at fafsa.gov in December 2023 instead of on October 1, 2023. 12月的确切日期待定。
关于FAFSA的问题数量从大约108个减少到不到40个。
EFC(估计家庭贡献)将成为学生援助指数(SAI)。
学生可以通过在线申请在他们的FAFSA上列出最多20所学校。
将FAFSA的更多问题与联邦所得税申报表联系起来。
重要: Previously, students, a student’s spouse (when married), and parent(s) (when students are 依赖) entered their tax information or used the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) to transfer tax data from the IRS to the FAFSA. Beginning with 2024-25, all persons listing tax information on the FAFSA will be 要求to use the IRS Direct Data Exchange (DDX) to share tax information or confirm non-filing status. DDX简化了这个过程,减少了需要回答的问题。 This change also requires the student, spouse, and all parents with tax data reported to get an FSA ID (if you don’t each have one already).
Students, spouses, parents, and stepparents 现在还需要他们的同意吗 in the new 检索和披露联邦税务信息的同意 section of the FAFSA for federal student aid eligibility.
Due to a change in the methodology used to determine aid, a Student Aid Index (SAI) – rather than an expected family contribution (EFC) – is used to measure the student’s (和, if applicable, the family’s) ability to pay for college.