The Department of Education has issued a request for an extension without change of the reporting and recordkeeping associated with this information collection. This collection is used to gather information available to participating institutions of higher education (IHE) which is required to fully calculate eligibility for Title IV student financial aid for applicants under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The Department is updating to remove 200 hours from the total burden calculation. There is no other change to the collection.
Pursuant to Sec 483(a)(2)(F) of the HEA, the Department of Education (the Department) is required to collect an applicant’s income earned under the FWS program from the IHE participating in the FWS program, and may not add additional questions to the FAFSA form to obtain this information from the FAFSA applicant.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before August 4, 2026.
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