What to know about changes to this year’s FAFSA application for college students

By ADRIANA MORGA
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A new version of the federal student aid application known as the FAFSA is now available to all college applicants for the 2024-2025 school year. The new Free Application for Federal Student Aid was designed to make it easier for students and parents to apply and to make more of them eligible for funding. Students can usually fill out the FAFSA starting in October, but the 2024-2025 version only became available last week because the Department of Education was still working on the new form. Students and families experienced limited availability and glitches during a soft launch last week. As of Monday, over a million students had successfully submitted applications.