Subscribe in a reader06.24.09 | It’s Official
For the 2010-2011 school year the FAFSA form will be 30% shorter in length. The plan is to cut the form down from 30 screen pages to just 10. This will make it a lot easier for people to fill out the form and understand it as they go. The hope is that not only will it save students and parents time, but it will also allow more people to fill out the form and take advantage of financial aid and federal student loans…meaning more students will go to college!
Many questions on the FAFSA apply to very few people and are impossible to verify. These types of questions will be eliminated, and existing questions will rephrased using simpler terms. In addition, there also should be an option to auto fill in many questions using your information from the IRS.
All of this is set to be in place as of Jan. 1 2010. Happy filing!
Important Note: The sooner you fill your FAFSA form out after the start of the year the better…there is only a limited pool of financial aid available per school year so if you wait to too long, you may miss out.
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