FAFSA 2425

Expanding Who Contributes & Signs The FAFSA

The new term contributor has been introduced to the 2024-2025 FAFSA, which refers to anyone who is required to provide information on a student’s FAFSA form. 

The new FAFSA is student driven, so that means the student's answers on their section will determine who will be a contributor. Contributors besides the student and parent may now include the student’s spouse or the parent’s spouse (stepparent). Contributors will each log in to the FAFSA separately with their own FSA ID account, to complete each of their specific sections and questions that only they can view. 

View the FAQs below to see how the FAFSA will identify which contributors you will need to include.

FAFSA Release Date

The 2024-2025 FAFSA will not be available until December 2023, with the exact date still to be announced by the Department of Education.

This change is only temporary for the 2024-2025 academic year to accommodate the extensive work required to overhaul the processes and systems used to award federal student aid. In the 2025-2026 aid year, the FAFSA will be available on October 1st as usual.

Summary of the Changes

Expanding Who Contributes & Signs The FAFSA  

FSA ID 1. Available Now: Create a FAFSA account. All participants with a Social Security Number (SSN) should create an FSA ID so it is ready for use it in December. Create a FSA ID