Students can now apply for federal college aid. Officials hope for a smoother rollout this year

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Students can now apply for federal college aid. Officials hope for a smoother rollout this year
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The federal FAFSA form used to apply for college financial aid opened to high school seniors across the nation on Thursday, a year after a disastrous rollout by the Biden administration delayed the application for months.

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Through four rounds of testing, more than 140,000 students have submitted the form, and their information has been sent to more than 5,200 colleges, the department said. The federal government uses student applications to determine their eligibility for financial aid, and colleges and states use it to. This fall, U.S. colleges saw a 5% decrease in freshmen enrollment over the previous year, and it was deeper at colleges with large numbers of low-income students, according to the National Student Clearinghouse.

This week the Senate and House unanimously passed legislation requiring the Education Department to make the FAFSA available no later than Oct. 1.

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