Education Dept Refines Student Aid Tools via Public Comments
Published Date: 12/30/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Education wants to keep collecting feedback to make Federal Student Aid easier to use, and they’re asking for your thoughts by March 2, 2026. This won’t change how they collect info or cost anyone extra, but it helps improve student aid tools for everyone. If you use or care about student aid, now’s your chance to speak up!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
FSA continues UX feedback collection
The Department of Education is extending without change its Federal Student Aid User Experience Design Research generic clearance (OMB Control Number 1845-0159) to keep collecting qualitative feedback to improve Federal Student Aid tools. The extension continues use of the OMB Fast Track (5-day) process and lists Respondents/Affected Public as "Individuals and Households."
Estimated respondent burden disclosed
The notice reports an estimated 262,400 total annual responses and 74,975 total annual burden hours for this information collection. Individuals and households that respond contribute to this aggregate burden through participation in the Department's qualitative feedback activities.
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