获得联邦学生资助, you must complete and submit a 免费申请联邦学生资助 (FAFSA) to 林肯纪念堂 University. FAFSA表格可于以下网址填写 studentaid.政府. To complete the FAFSA, you must create an FSA ID. 的 FAFSA is available starting on October 1st of each year, 除了24-25年FAFSA, 将于2023年12月上映. 的 FAFSA has to be completed for each academic year of enrollment. To submit the FAFSA to LMU, use our federal school code, 003502. 的 FAFSA will use prior-prior year (two years ago) Federal Tax 信息 (FTI). Dependent students are 要求 to report their parent(s) information on the FAFSA. 才有资格获得联邦学生资助, students and their contributors must consent and agree to have their FTI transferred from the IRS 到FAFSA through the FUTURE Act Direct Data Exchange (FA-DDX).
After submitting your FAFSA, it takes the U.S. Department of Education 3-5 days to process it. 一旦你的FAFSA被处理, they will send you instructions on how to access an online copy of your FAFSA Submission Summary (FSS), 这是你的FAFSA的总结. 你应该检查你的FSS的准确性. You can log back into your FAFSA and make corrections if anything is incorrect. 一旦你的FAFSA被处理，美国政府就可以.S. Department of Education will send it to the colleges you listed. 一旦LMU收到你的FAFSA, you can track your application status through the MyLMU Self-Service Portal (学生网络顾问 – 金融援助).
有时, we must collect additional information or documents from students before we can process financial aid. 美国.S. Department of Education (ED) randomly selects students for a review process called 验证. ED may require documents for reasons other than 验证. Students may be flagged for numerous reasons, 包括, 但不限于, 国籍, 贷款违约, 不寻常的入学率. 如果你被标记, you will be notified through MyLMU and receive an email notifying you about the 要求 documents you must submit. You must promptly respond to all requests from the Office of 学生财务服务 to avoid delays in processing your financial aid.
的 FAFSA简化 Act was enacted into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 and amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022. 的 FAFSA简化 Act revises processes and systems used to award federal financial aid starting with the 2024-2025 award year.
For more information about FAFSA简化, visit 联邦学生资助.
由于 implementing the FAFSA简化 Act, the 2024-2025 FAFSA will be released in December of 2023 instead of October 1, 2023. After the 24-25 award year, the FAFSA will return to an October 1st 发布日期.
的 SAI will be a new measure to determine students’ and families’ ability to pay for college. 美国如何.S. Department of Education calculates the SAI will change. Among the changes, the new formula will not include the number of family members in college. It will not allow an exclusion from 资产 for small businesses with fewer than 100 employees and family farms on which the family resides. 的 SAI can go as low as -1,500 to identify the neediest students.
的 determination of family size will change to align more with what is reported on the student/parents’ tax returns. When a dependent student’s parents are not married to each other, 是离婚了, 或分居, the student will now report the information of the parent who provides more financial support to the student. If that parent is remarried as of the date the FAFSA is filed, 继父母的收入, 资产, and dependents must also be reported on the FAFSA.
24-25年度FAFSA的问题会更少. Male students will no longer be 要求 to register with the Selective Service System to receive federal student aid. 的 IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) is being replaced by the Future Act Direct Data Exchange (FADDX). 学生和家长将会 要求 同意FADDX. Anyone 要求 to consent will be considered a contributor and will need an FSA ID. If an independent student and their spouse file separate returns, the spouse will be considered a contributor and must consent. If a dependent student’s parents file separate returns, both parents will be contributors and must consent
Pell Grant eligibility will be linked to family size and the federal poverty level, which will expand eligibility to more students.
