"Many students, high school guidance counselors and college financial aid officers spent the winter and spring on pins and needles, as new problems with the FAFSA arose, sometimes weekly," USA Today reports.

..."January 30: On the day colleges expect to receive FAFSA files, the Education Department abruptly announces the forms won’t come until the 'first half of March.' 'That day will live in the collective trauma of most financial aid offices across the country,' said Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators."

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Publication Date: 5/1/2024