Ed Dept Seeks Input on 2027-2028 FAFSA Form Changes
Published Date: 2/13/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Education is updating the FAFSA form for the 2027-2028 school year and wants your feedback by April 14, 2026. This affects students and families applying for federal student aid, aiming to make the form easier and less time-consuming. Your input helps shape how the government collects info, potentially saving time and making financial aid smoother to get!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
FAFSA Burden Drops by 4.3M Hours
The Department of Education reports that the 2027-2028 FAFSA revision produces a net decrease of 4,347,214 applicant burden hours. The package covers an estimated 32,946,253 annual responses and a total estimated 16,065,539 annual burden hours for the collection.
FAFSA Determines Title IV Aid
The FAFSA is the form used to determine need and eligibility for Title IV federal student aid programs, including the Federal Pell Grant, FSEOG, Federal Work-Study, Direct Loan, TEACH Grant, Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant. If you want these federal grants or loans, the FAFSA is the application used to decide eligibility.
IRS Tax Data on FAFSA Not User-Editable
The notice states that applicants for whom federal tax information (FTI) was obtained from the IRS will not be able to make corrections to that IRS-provided tax data on the FAFSA. Applicants can still submit other corrections, but IRS-sourced FTI cannot be changed by the user.
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