The number of Louisiana students who have applied for federal financial aid for college is down 12% so far this year, even as ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - If you or your college student need financial aid for the 2025-26 school year, this is for you. The ...

But due to the bipartisan FAFSA Simplification Act passed in 2020, families are seeing major changes on the 2024-2025 form. One major change is replacement of the expected family contribution ...

As a result, the Department of Education (ED) began implementing these changes via a phased approach with only a few of the mandated adjustments showing up on the October 1, 2022, FAFSA.

a spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Education, called the decrease “a natural result” of the state policy change. He said schools continue to inform students about the FAFSA ...