FAFSA Simplification 2024-25 – Are You Ready?

• 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 states it is expected before the FAFSA release date.
• Federal Student 援助 Estimator 现在可用. 有了这个工具, 学生可以找到从2024-25奖励年度开始他们可能有资格获得多少联邦学生援助-注意，该工具估计2024-25奖励年度的学生援助指数(SAI), not the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) for 2023–24 award year.
• The start date for the 2024-2025 FAFSA will be delayed. The 2024-2025 FAFSA will become available at fafsa.政府 in December 2023 instead of on October 1, 2023. Exact date in December TBD.
• 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)将成为学生资助指数(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.
• Aligns more questions on the FAFSA with federal income tax returns.
• 重要的是: 以前，学生，学生的配偶(结婚时)和父母(父母)(当学生是 依赖)输入他们的税务信息或使用IRS数据检索工具(DRT)将税务数据从IRS转移到FAFSA. 从2024-25年开始，所有在FAFSA上列出税务信息的人都将 要求 使用美国国税局直接数据交换(DDX)共享税务信息或确认非申报状态. DDX gives ease to the process and reduces questions to be answered. 这一变化还要求学生、配偶和所有有纳税数据报告的父母获得一个 FSA ID (if you don’t each have one already).
• Students, spouses, parents, and stepparents will now need to provide their consent 在新的 Consent to Retrieve and Disclose Federal Tax Information section of the FAFSA for federal student aid eligibility.
  • 该同意将允许IRS使用直接数据交换(DDX)共享联邦税务信息。.
  • If any party to the FAFSA form does not provide consent, submission of the form will still be allowed. However, a Student 援助 Index (SAI) will not be calculated and you will NOT be eligible for federal student aid.

• FAFSA上的监护人将不再是过去12个月与你一起生活时间最长的父母, but rather the parent who provided you with more financial support, regardless of living arrangements.
• 由于无家可归或无法获得父母财务而有资格获得依赖的学生, no longer need to recertify their dependency status each year, unless their situation changes.

As part of implementation of the FAFSA Simplification Act, 学生和家庭将看到一种不同的衡量他们支付大学费用能力的标准, 他们将经历用于确定援助的联邦方法的变化.

• Due to a change in the methodology used to determine aid, 学生援助指数(SAI)——而不是预期家庭贡献(EFC)——被用来衡量学生的(和)收入, 如果适用的话, the family’s) ability to pay for college.
• The new need analysis formula to calculate an SAI:
  • removes the number of family members in college from the calculation.
  • allows a minimum SAI of -$1,500(但负数不会增加联邦学生援助的资格或允许经济援助超过学院的出勤成本(COA)).
  • 实施单独的标准来确定联邦佩尔助学金计划的资格, linking eligibility to family size and the federal poverty level, making program funds available to more students.
  • Child support received will be included in assets and not as untaxed income.
  • 拥有小型企业/农场并将其作为主要住所的家庭现在将在其需求分析计算中考虑该企业/农场的资产.
• The SAI will be determined using one of three formulas:
  • Formula A – Dependent students;
  • Formula B – In依赖 students without 依赖s other than a spouse; or,
  • Formula C – In依赖 students with 依赖s other than a spouse.
• Although there is no simplified needs test in the SAI formula, 某些申请人仍然可以根据他们的收入和纳税申报状态免于资产申报.
• The Pell Grant scheduled award calculation will consists of three steps:
  • Step 1 – Maximum Pell Grant Eligibility;
  • Step 2 – Student 援助 Index Calculation; and,
  • Step 3 – Minimum Pell Grant Eligibility.

PG电子游戏经济援助办公室将在明年提供关于这些即将到来的变化的未来沟通，如果出现问题，很乐意帮助您处理经济援助申请过程.  Additional information can also be found at  What is the FAFSA Simplification Act? | Federal Student 援助