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New FAFSA won't launch until December

Confessions of a Community College Dean

1 since 2016. “While this one-time delayed release of the 2024–25 form will call on us to be flexible in a compressed time frame for aid and admission applications and decisions, we understand the need to launch the significant changes ahead in a tested, secure way,” Cook said.

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Education Department hints at possible delay of new FAFSA

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Melanie Storey, deputy director of policy implementation and oversight for the Office of Federal Student Aid, told attendees at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ leadership conference that the agency wouldn’t commit to a launch date this fall, though it is working aggressively toward an Oct.