The Department of Education has made the 2024-25 Application and Verification Guide as well as the 2023-24 FSA Assessments resource available online. To obtain a digital copy of both documents, read the instructions below.
On January 23rd at 2pm, College Aid Services hosted a webinar session on the 2024-2025 Verification process and how to resolve conflicting information on the FAFSA moving forward. The webinar recording is available here.
POSTED DATE: January 05, 2024
AUTHOR: Federal Student Aid
ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID: GENERAL-24-01
SUBJECT: Federal Student Aid Handbook – 2024-25 Application and Verification Guide and 2023-2024 FSA Assessments
We are pleased to announce the availability of the Application and Verification Guide of the 2024-2025 Federal Student Aid Handbook as well as the 2023-2024 FSA Assessments.
- The Application and Verification Guide is intended for college financial aid administrators and counselors who help students begin the aid process—filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form, verifying information, and making corrections and other changes to the information reported on the FAFSA form.
- The 2023-2024 FSA Assessments are resources that provide schools with a system of evaluating program compliance as well as opportunities to correct problems.
The Federal Student Aid Handbook is posted digitally on Federal Student Aid’s Knowledge Center and consists of the Application and Verification Guide; nine numbered volumes; and appendices. Each time we post a volume, appendix, or errata, we will inform the community through an Electronic Announcement on the Knowledge Center.
Contact Information
Questions and suggestions concerning the Federal Student Aid Handbook can be sent through the Contact Customer Support form in the FSA Partner Connect Help Center. To submit a question about the Handbook, please complete the form and select “FSA Handbook” as the topic.