2024-2025 Financial Aid Updates

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对于2024-2025申请年度免费申请联邦学生援助(FAFSA) Opens in new window will undergo changes relating to the FAFSA Simplification Act enacted into law. The changes to the FAFSA will impact the information requested from students and their families, as well as the potential eligibility of grant and loan aid for applicants during the 2024-2025 academic year.

有关2024-2025申请年度的详情，请浏览免费申请联邦学生资助 Opens in new window (FAFSA) or California Dream Act Application (CADAA)和资格信息可以在我们的网站上找到 CSUF financial aid webpage . 此外，填写FAFSA表格的专业技巧可以在 Federal Student Aid Website. Opens in new window

Also, please note that on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 加州州立大学(CSU)董事会批准了一项 multi-year tuition increase Opens in new window beginning the 2024-2025 academic year. 请注意，学费的增加将适用于 all 23 CSU campuses. As part of the CSU system, Cal State Fullerton must manage this increase for the next academic year.

详情请参阅下文.

Sincerely,

CSUF Office of Financial Aid

2024-2025年fafsa的申请时间表

2024-2025年FAFSA什么时候开始发放?

Application is now available!
To learn more about the 免费申请联邦学生援助(FAFSA) and supporting with applying please visit our FAFSA webpage .

财政援助办公室会提供申请研讨会吗?

Yes! Please visit our webpage 了解更多十大靠谱网赌平台即将举行的研讨会和活动.

加州优先申请2024-2025年FAFSA的截止日期为:

April 2, 2024

2024-2025年FAFSA更新和重点:更好的FAFSA

应用程序会有什么变化?

1. A simplified application process:

- The number of application questions has been reduced and this has decreased the time needed to complete the FAFSA form.

2. Expanded eligibility for Federal Pell Grant :

- 更多的学生将有资格获得联邦佩尔助学金， and 一些学生可能比以前有资格获得更多的联邦佩尔助学金.

3. Reduced barriers for applicants:

- The Federal Tax Information (FTI) requested will be secure and transferred for all taxpayers.
- 学生和家长/监护人都可以创建自己的 Federal Student Aid (FSA) IDs ，甚至那些没有社会安全号码(SSN)的人。.
  - Please note that FSA IDs refer to the FAFSA application’s username and password required to submit a FAFSA

4. Change from Expected Family Contribution (EFC) to Student Aid Index (SAI):

- 从2024-2025年FAFSA开始，EFC将被SAI取代
- The SAI refers to the new tool used for determining and awarding need-based grants and scholarships
  - What is the difference?
    - The FAFSA will remove the question asking for the number of family members in college
    - Additionally, SAI也有可能是负数, with a minimum SAI of -1,500 instead of zero

2024-2025年FAFSA的已知问题/挑战:

在没有社会安全号码(SSN)的情况下向FAFSA捐款

从2024-2025申请年度开始，没有社会安全号码(SSN)的“贡献者”(父母) Opens in new window can now create an FSA ID to sign the application, provide demographic, financial, and other important information. Prior to the 2024-2025 FAFSA parents and contributors without a Social Security Number (SSN) they were not able to.

However, a new challenge has emerged for contributors without a social security; though they can now successfully obtain an FSA ID Opens in new window (studentaid.gov account & 密码)，他们实际上是无法贡献的 FAFSA . Federal Student Aid (FSA) has communicated that they intend to have this issue resolved in the first half of March 2024.

For a full list of currently known issues with the 2024-2025 FAFSA, please click on the button below.

2024-2025 FAFSA Issues

关于2024-2025年FAFSA更新的附加信息:更好的FAFSA

Use of Federal Tax Information:

FAFSA简化法案(法案)要求尽可能做到这一点, FAFSA使用的数据直接从 Internal Revenue Service (IRS)计算学生的SAI和佩尔助学金.

Changes to need: Dependency Status:

FAFSA申请人的SAI将由他们的抚养状态决定. A student's dependency status may be one of the following:
- Dependent students
- 除配偶外无其他受抚养人的独立学生
- 有配偶以外的受抚养人的独立学生

从2024-2025年度开始, students who are separated will no longer be considered married and should not indicate they are married on the FAFSA. Unless independent by a measure other than marriage, they will be considered dependent students.

Provisional (Temporary) Independent Status:

从2024-2025年度开始, dependent students that indicate that they have unusual circumstances that prevent them from providing parent data will no longer receive a rejected application but will instead have their application processed with a provisional (temporary) independent status. This will generate documents with a temporary SAI and an estimate of federal student aid eligibility.

Other notable changes:

The number of family members in college is no longer a factor in determining need.
The definition of family size has changed to be the same as the number of individuals reported as dependents on the applicant’s (if independent) or applicant’s parents’ (if dependent) U.S. tax return. Applicants may update family size if it changes after filing the tax return.

2024-2025加州梦想法案申请(CADAA)更新:更好的CADAA

For 2024-2025, the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) is working on making updates to the CADAA per recommendations from the Renewing the Dream Report 这是今年早些时候发布的. The notable changes are:

Application timeline:
- CADAA与FAFSA于2023年12月31日同日发布.
- CADAA的优先截止日期是2024年4月2日.

Change from Expected Family Contribution (EFC) to Student Aid Index (SAI):
- The 2024 -2025 CADAA will include some of the changes from the new FAFSA such as the incorporation of the Student Aid Index (SAI) in place of the Expected Family Contribution (EFC).
纳入种族/族裔/性别问题:
- The questions will be optional and will not impact a student’s financial aid eligibility. 获得的信息将仅用于CSAC的研究目的.
AB 540 Affidavit inclusion:
- Following the progress of Assembly Bill 1540 , CSAC will include the questions for the determination of nonresident tuition exemption (commonly referred as AB 540 affidavit) within the CADAA and provide a way to allow institutions to collect a student’s answers to the AB 540 affidavit. Note : Colleges and universities will continue to make final determinations of AB540 eligibility.
Parent Signature Process changes:
- CSAC is working to allow the parental signature into the original submission, 这样可以消除单独的PIN创建过程.

Update on approved multi-year tuition increase for the California State University (CSU)

On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 加州州立大学(CSU)董事会批准了一项 multi-year tuition increase 从2024-2025学年开始 . 请注意，学费增加将适用于 all 23 CSU campuses . As part of the CSU system, Cal State Fullerton must also manage this increase for the next academic year.

The multi-year tuition increase 将在三个重要方面使现在和未来的学生受益:

Provide the necessary resources for each university to further the CSU’s core values of equitable excellence and access;
Provide tuition stability and predictability for students and parents; and
Enhance financial aid and affordability for those students with the greatest financial need.

欲知详情，请浏览多年收入可持续性计划 .

加薪对你来说意味着什么?

全日制本科生的学费将增加 $342 在2024-2025学年，或 $171 per term.

学费上涨将于2024-2025学年生效. Your cost of tuition for the 2023-2024 academic year will not be affected.

Visit the 多年学费上涨常见问题网站查看2024-25学年至2028-29学年的新学费.

这对你的经济援助意味着什么?

Undergraduate students eligible for California state financial aid programs such as the State University Grant ( SUG ) and Cal Grant (CG) will see an increase of $342 for the 2024-2025 以支付学年增加的学费总额. Meanwhile, the Middle-Class Scholarship (MCS)将承担一部分学费的增加.

有资格获得联邦财政援助项目的学生 Pell Grant and the 联邦补充教育机会补助金 (FSEOG) will not see an increase 在这些联邦援助计划中，以适应学费的增加. Pell Grant and FSEOG are federally funded, and do not cover increases to state tuition. In addition, please note that Pell Grant and FSEOG eligibility are based on your student need and enrollment status.

What do you need to do?

我们鼓励你继续申请经济援助 submitting the 免费申请联邦学生资助 ( FAFSA ) or California Dream Act Application ( CADAA )，适用于2024-2025申请年度 the applications are now open . Please apply as soon as the applications become available so that your eligibility can be determined , and you receive the maximum amount of financial aid. FAFSA和CADAA的优先截止日期是2024年4月2日.