Washington – the form of applying for federal financial assistance must be introduced by October 1 after President Joe Biden signed the act in the law Wednesday, which provides an earlier processing cycle.
Though Free application for federal student assistanceOr Fafs, usually launched in October each year, the US Education Department legally had until January 1 to provide the form.
The new law came when the department went to its heat unsuccessful implementation From the form 2024-25, when users stood in the face of a series of lips and errors. The form officially began only in January.
By adding fuel to a fire, the agency announced at the beginning of this year that it would take up the unfolded approach to the 2025-26 form so that it could solve problems that could arise before opening the application to all-formally sharing the form later than usual.
After Test stages This began on October 1, the department fully debuted the form 2025-26 at the end of November-10 days before the official launch of December 1.
The Department’s spokesman said that “he undertakes to enforce all provisions duly adopted by the Congress” when he was asked to sign the Fafs act.
Meanwhile, the department said that on Thursday he received over 1.5 million 2025–26 of Fafs’ applications and provided over 7 million students of students to the States and schools.
United States Secretary of Education James Kvaal said that even at these events the work of the department “is not ready”.
“We will continue to repair mistakes and improve the user’s impressions to make it easier for students and families to achieve the necessary financial assistance,” Kvaal said on Thursday with reporters on the update of the form 2025-26.
The term Fafs Bill passed through the Congress
The act met with wide bilateral support and quickly passed the Chamber and the Senate in November. Representative of Indiana GOP Erin Houchin, a member of the American Commission for Education and Working Form, introduced regulations in July.
Senator Bill Cassidy, a ranking of the American Senate Commission for Health, Education, Working force and pensions, presented the Senate version of the Act. The Louisiana Republican is in a queue to chair the panel next year.
Rep. Bobby Scott, a member of the House educational panel, celebrated the law on Wednesday.
(*1*) said Virginia Democrat in a statement.
Scott said that by standardizing the term, the measure “gives students and families more time to complete their applications and secure the financial support they need to attend studies without unnecessary delays.”
The application in 2024-25 was converted after the Congress adopted the Fafs simplification law at the end of 2020, but met with several problems that caused delays in processing and gaps in applications.
Department’s staff worked on the repair of these errors and closing the gap in applications from the previous processing cycle, and officials said they were wondering how to improve the form of 2025-26.
Last updated 15:29, December 12, 2024
