FAFSA /tags/fafsa FAFSA en-US Copyright Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:44:34 GMT What TWU, UNT and NCTC students should know about FAFSA form changes /news/2024-02-06/what-twu-unt-and-nctc-students-should-know-about-fafsa-form-changes Millions of Americans need financial aid to afford college tuition. For those who are using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to tap into the millions the government provides students, changes to the new form for 2024-25 have put some at risk of getting a smaller amount of aid. Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:44:34 GMT /news/2024-02-06/what-twu-unt-and-nctc-students-should-know-about-fafsa-form-changes Lucinda Breeding-Gonzales | Denton Record-Chronicle Here’s what Texans need to know about the new FAFSA to get aid for college /texas-news/2024-02-06/heres-what-texans-need-to-know-about-the-new-fafsa-to-get-aid-for-college College hopefuls should fill out the new federal student aid application to as soon as possible to get more funds. Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:51:32 GMT /texas-news/2024-02-06/heres-what-texans-need-to-know-about-the-new-fafsa-to-get-aid-for-college Sneha Dey | The Texas Tribune Exclusive: The Education Department says it will fix its $1.8 billion FAFSA mistake /news/2024-01-23/exclusive-the-education-department-says-it-will-fix-its-1-8-billion-fafsa-mistake The U.S. Department of Education says it will fix a mistake that would have hurt low-income students, lowering their financial aid. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:50:00 GMT /news/2024-01-23/exclusive-the-education-department-says-it-will-fix-its-1-8-billion-fafsa-mistake Cory Turner New FAFSA applications to open up to students by end of December /news/2023-12-07/new-fafsa-applications-to-open-up-to-students-by-end-of-december The FAFSA Simplification Act was passed in 2022, and the new simplified version of the form will come with key changes to the student index calculation. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:20:57 GMT /news/2023-12-07/new-fafsa-applications-to-open-up-to-students-by-end-of-december Atirikta Kumar What Texans should know before student loan payments resume in October /education/2023-09-07/student-loan-payment-pause-ends-tips Nearly 4 million Texans will have to make student loan payments again as a three-year COVID-era pause on payments and interest accrual comes to an end next. A financial aid administrator from UT Arlington breaks down what that means for borrowers. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:15:00 GMT /education/2023-09-07/student-loan-payment-pause-ends-tips Toluwani Osibamowo New Texas Law Aims To Make Sure Students Don't Leave Free College Money Unclaimed /2019-07-19/new-texas-law-aims-to-make-sure-students-dont-leave-free-college-money-unclaimed When Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 3 into law earlier this summer , in addition to increasing school funding and approving teacher raises, he also approved... Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:01:00 GMT /2019-07-19/new-texas-law-aims-to-make-sure-students-dont-leave-free-college-money-unclaimed Claire McInerny, Claire McInerny