This article was originally published in EducationNC. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) officially released the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on Nov. 21, 10 days ...

But after the fiasco surrounding last year's rollout of a supposedly revamped FAFSA, students and parents alike may (understandably) be worried about how this year will go. In early October ...

This year's FAFSA includes a variety of improvements and fixes, such as a correction to a glitch that required parents who filed joint tax returns to each fill out the form, the Department of ...