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Biden Signs FAFSA Deadline Act into Law, Making October 1 the Official FAFSA Launch Date

CATEGORY: Public Education Matters
CLIENT TYPE: Public Education
DATE: Jan 29, 2025

On December 12, 2024, President Biden signed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Deadline Act into law. The Act requires the Department of Education (ED) to make FAFSA available by October 1, every year, replacing the current January 1 deadline. The law requires that ED certify by September 1 that the FAFSA will be ready by October 1. If ED anticipates that the FAFSA will not launch on October 1, ED will need to testify before Congress to explain why and to estimate the anticipated financial impact the delay will have on students and families.

In previous cycles, the FAFSA has typically been released on October 1. However, the 2024-25 FAFSA was not released until late December last of 2023, and the 2025-26 FAFSA was officially launched in November of 2024.

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