Washington – a means that ensures that the federal student assistance form opens annually until October 1, Friday has passed the USA house with overwhelming bilateral support.
. effort -who has passed 381-1-after the United States Education Department stood in the face of a solemn opposition to the unsuccessful implementation of 2024-25 years Free application for federal student assistanceor fafs. California Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren was the only legislator who voted against the act.
Although the form received a metamorphosis after adopting the Fafs Act at the end of 2020, users faced many faults and technical errors during the tender launch of the form in December and after a full debut in January, which prompted delay in processing and gaps in applications.
The department worked on correcting these faults and closing this gap, while solving the main problems that prevented parents from social security before completing the form.
Adding another complication, The department said in August He would exploit the phase implementation of the 2025-26 form, trying to solve all errors that may appear before the application is opened fully available two months later than usual.
“From October 1, the department conducted three successful beta tests from the Fafs form in 2025–26 to make sure that he is ready for all students and families on December 1,” said James Kvaal, secretary of education, divided on Monday with Newsroom Newsroom, noticing that the department has already started the fourth stage of testing last week.
“We have a fully functioning site and a form of comprehensive to the end, which has been successfully submitted by over 10,000 students, and dozens of schools throughout the country receive data on student help packages,” he said.
The department is on the right track to launch Fafs 2026-27 October 1, 2025, with a “fully functioning system”, according to KVAAL.
Codified date
Although the department legally has until January 1 to introduce the form, it usually starts on October 1.
USA representative Erin Houchin, a republican Indiana and a member of the Education and Working Form Committee in the USA, in July He introduced the invoice To standardize this date.
“I am particularly frustrated, considering that the Education Department had three years to simplify Fafs, as Congress dictated,” Huchin said during the debate on Friday.
She too Referred to the last findings From the Government Office for responsibility, including almost three quarters of calls to the Call Center, did not respond during the first five months of implementation in 2024-25.
“We want this program to work – we want to make sure that children and families who want to send their children to study, have access to it and that fafs are available and feasible,” she added.
US representative Bobby Scott, a ranking member of the House educational panel, repeated his support during the floor debate, saying that the measure will “help to ensure that even more students will have information that they need information in a way to access Pell grants and other necessary students . “
Scott initially opposed the efforts when the committee raised him in July for fear that the implementation date may force the Department to introduce an incomplete form on October 1 this year.
“However, since we are considering the bill after October 1, the deadline will apply next year, 2025, and this gives the department enough time to introduce improvements and repair all problems,” said Virginia Democrat.
US Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, introduced an accompanying account in July.
The Act was directed to the American Senate Commission for Health, Education, Working Form and Pensions, where Cassidy is a member of the ranking. After the Republicans won the majority of the Senate in the November 5 election, Cassidy is in line Presented the panel next year.
Last updated 12:10, November 18, 2024
