Wondering what's planned for the upcoming FAFSA® season? Or when that resource will be ready so you can use it with your students? You've come to the right place.
FAFSA®News and Enhancements
Changes on the 2024–25 FAFSA® Form
Availability of FAFSA® Materials and Websites
2024–25 FAFSA® Materials and Websites
2023–24 FAFSA® Materials and Websites
FAFSA® News and Enhancements
In the following sections of this page, you'll find the latest scoop on enhancements to the current FAFSA forms or plans for next year's FAFSA form.
Note: We'd like to request that you encourage students and parents to create FSA IDs as soon as possible before starting their FAFSA form. Send students and parents to StudentAid.gov/fsa-id/create-account to create an FSA ID. Meanwhile, we've developed several resources to help you get the word out about the FSA ID.
Changes on the 2024–25 FAFSA® Form
The 2024–25 FAFSA changes include the following:
- Every contributor—anyone (student,the student's spouse, a biological or adoptive parent, or the parent's spouse) who's required to provide information on the FAFSA form—will need an FSA ID to access and complete their section of the online form.
- All contributors must provide consent and approval to have their federal tax information transferred directly into the student's FAFSA form via direct data exchange with the IRS. If any contributor doesn't provide consent and approval, submission of the FAFSA form will still be allowed. However, a Student Aid Index, which replaces the Expected Family Contribution, will not be calculated and the student won't be eligible for federal student aid.
- Students will be able to list up to 20 colleges on their online FAFSA form and 10 colleges on the FAFSA PDF.
- Users can start or access the FAFSA form by visiting StudentAid.gov and logging in, where they'll see the link to the FAFSA form on their Dashboard.
Tell your students: the first F in "FAFSA" stands for "free!" There are websites at which students can get help filing the FAFSA® form for a fee. These sites are not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education (ED). We urge you to advise your students not to pay these sites for assistance that is provided for free at ED's website.
Availability of FAFSA® Materials and Websites
FAFSA documents and websites become available throughout the late summer and early fall. Keep up with anticipated availability here.
2024–25 FAFSA® Materials and Websites
| FAFSA® Document or Website | Availability Estimate |
|---|---|
| fafsa.gov | December 2023 |
| FAFSA PDF (English and Spanish) | December 2023 |
| FAFSA Submission Summary sample (English and Spanish) | Soon after the 2024–25 FAFSA form launches |
| 2024–25 FAFSA Prototype | Available now | 2024–25 FAFSA® Form on StudentAid.gov Preview Presentation | Available now | 2024–25 Draft Student Aid Index (SAI) and Pell Grant Eligibility Guide | Available now |
| Volume 1 of the new FAFSA Specification Guide (FAFSA summary of changes) | Available now |
| Federal School Code List (English and Spanish) | December 2023 |
2023–24 FAFSA® Materials and Websites
| FAFSA® Document or Website | Availability |
|---|---|
| fafsa.gov | Available now |
| FAFSA PDF (English) | Available now |
| FAFSA PDF (Spanish) | Available now |
| FAFSA on the Web Worksheet PDF (English) | Available now |
| FAFSA on the Web Worksheet PDF (Spanish) | Available now |
| Student Aid Report sample (English and Spanish) | Available now | SAR Acknowledgement sample (English and Spanish) | Available now | FAFSA demo site for 2023–24 | Available now |
| 2023–24 FAFSA® Form on StudentAid.gov Preview Presentation | Available now | EFC Formula Guide | Available now |
| FAFSA summary of changes (Summary of Changes for the Application Processing System) | Available now |
| Federal School Code List (English) | Available now |
| Federal School Code List (Spanish) | Available now |