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Financial Aid Requirement
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Texas Application for State Financial Aid  (TASFA) are now available for the 2022-2023 award year. Starting this year, students enrolled in grade 12 must submit a financial aid application or submit an opt-out form to graduate.  


TEA’s website will be updated soon with a short video series, Financial Aid in Four, where users may learn more about new toolkits developed in partnership with Texas OnCourse, methods of proof for the FAFSA and TASFA and reporting requirements, the new Commissioner’s Rules, and the opt-out form. Also featured will be a new resource on the most Frequently Asked Questions regarding the new requirement and a student notification template. 


Finally, FAFSA completion data for the 2022-2023 application will be available soon in the ApplyTexas Counselor Reporting Suite, which has moved to its new URL https://admin.applytexas.org/. Students do not need to use the ApplyTX application for their FAFSA completion information to be included in the Counselor Reporting Suite.   

Source: TEA Advanced Academics September/October 2021 Newsletter