The Education Department on Wednesday announced that the free application for Federal Students Assistance (FAFSA) will be available on the normal October deadline for 2026-2027 academic year. Difficulties in previous years,
The time limit of 1 October has faced skepticism Problems with forms After the improvement of the applications and concerns of the then President Biden, who are with the Department of Education of President Trump Closed a lot of people To see a successful, on-time rollout.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said, “Under the leadership of President Trump, our team has given priority to technical capacity and expertise, which has launched initial tests of FAFSA form in history.”
“The Biden administration had thwarted the Fafsa rollout two years ago, to millions of American students and families without clear answers or to proceed in their educational journey. The Congress gave us a mandate to improve the form and distribute it on time to the students, families and institutions of higher education – and I am proud to confirm that the form will be launched on time.”
After re-prepared the form under the Biden administration for the 2024-2025 school year, the launched date was pushed back from October to January. From there, the form was delayed due to Bugs and Glich, putting colleges and students in a difficult place.
For the 2025–2026 school year, the applications were not completely open until the end of a month in November.
Although the problems were mostly fixed, others were concerned about the delay in the department, including the federal student aid offices that oversee forms.
