Students will pay the price for gutting a key agency for disbursing federal aid and overseeing private student loan companies. This has made it far more difficult for FSA to carry out its functions, and students and working families are already feeling the ...

SAI is the number calculated, with information from the FAFSA, to determine a student's eligibility for college financial aid.

Major changes to federal student aid and loan programs take effect July 1 under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The 2026-27 FAFSA application is now open for students planning to attend college next year, with experts urging early submission. The Education Department will continue ...

Nearly 40 Democrats voted for the GOP-led bill. The bill safeguards against fraudulent “ghost students,” which lawmakers say have cost taxpayers millions of dollars by applying for federal student aid and college under stolen identities and enrolling in classes, only to later disappear with such funds.

After the bungled launch of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid last year, officials at the U.S. Education Department knew they had to do things differently for the next financial aid cycle. Singer and Olson ended their temporary stints at the ...