{"id":1051,"date":"2025-01-31T15:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/one-stop\/financial-aid\/recent-changes-to-fafsa\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:57:21","slug":"changes-to-fafsa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/one-stop\/financial-aid\/changes-to-fafsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Changes to FAFSA\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/help-center\/answers\/article\/fafsa-simplification-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAFSA\u00ae Simplification Act<\/a> is a major overhaul of the processes and systems used to award federal student aid. It simplifies the <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA\u00ae)<\/a>, changes how financial need is calculated, and updates policies for schools that offer federal aid programs. 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