2024-2025年FAFSA信息

法案于2020年通过 FAFSA简化法案 initiated changes in the formulas used to determine federal aid eligibility as well 更容易使用FAFSA表单.

• The FAFSA form has been shortened from 108 questions to a maximum of 46 questions.
• Expanded eligibility for all federal student aid programs.
• Definition of FAFSA Contributors has been updated, including how to determine a student's parent of record. 
• Small business and/or family farm values must be reported as assets. 
• The IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) has been replaced with the IRS Direct Data Exchange (DDX).
  • DDX需要得到所有FAFSA的同意 contributors. 
• Reporting of family size will more closely align with IRS tax returns.
  • The number of household members in college will no longer be considered in the Student 援助指数(SAI)计算.
• Expected Family Contribution (EFC) is now the Student Aid Index (SAI). 
  • The Student Aid Index (SAI) is an eligibility index number included on the FAFSA Submission Summary that is used to determine how much federal student aid a student would receive. This number results from the information provided on the FAFSA and is not a dollar amount of aid eligibility or what a family is expected to provide. A negative SAI 表明学生有较高的经济需求.  Learn SAI是如何计算的.
• The Student Aid Report is now the FAFSA Submission Summary.
  • The FAFSA Submission Summary has been specifically designed to highlight estimated eligibility for federal student aid but is not an aid offer. 它将包括答案 submitted on the FAFSA (except for any federal tax information that was transferred directly from the IRS), SAI, and an estimation of the amount of federal student aid 可以处理.
  • It is important to review the summary to make sure all of the information is correct and complete. Make corrections or provide additional information, as necessary. 

• The types of aid 以及联邦学生贷款限额. 
• 每个学生和至少一位家长都需要一个 FSA ID created and successfully validated prior to completing the FAFSA. 
• 提交FAFSA仍然是一个每年一次的过程. 在2025-26年度，FAFSA将恢复 到传统的10月1日开幕日期 http://fafsa.gov. 
• The FAFSA still asks for prior-prior year tax information. 对于2024-25年，税收信息 从2022年开始将通过DDX获得. 
  • If circumstances within the family have changed since filing 2022 taxes,  专业判决上诉 可以通过 美国财政援助验证门户 在收到最终的援助offer后. 

• 联邦学生资助 provides more helpful information, including the following:
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