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in FY 2025. This NIA will unleash 

innovation, minimize excessive and 

unnecessary oversight, and lessen the 

reporting burden for both applicants 

and grant recipients. By adopting this 

streamlined approach, the Department 

is committed to maximizing the impact 

of its funding efforts while creating a 

more efficient application process. 

The Department does not expect that 

withdrawing this NIA will significantly 

impact our ability to make grant awards 

for FY 2025 under this competition 

because the Administration anticipates 

issuing a new NIA in the near future. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this notice and the NIA in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site, you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

Department documents published in the 

Federal Register, in text or Portable 

Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at the site. 

You may also access Department 

documents published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Denise Carter, 

Acting Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02139 Filed 2–3–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2025–SCC–0011] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 2026– 

2027 Free Application for Federal 

Student Aid (FAFSA®) 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of the existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 7, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2025–SCC–0011. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210, 

Washington, DC 20202–1200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact the FAFSA 

Product Team at fsa_fafsa_team@ed.gov 

or Beth Grebeldinger, (202) 570–8414. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the public’s reporting burden. 

It also helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department is especially interested 

in public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: 2026–2027 Free 

Application for Federal Student Aid. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0001. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 31,791,647. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 20,412,753. 

Abstract: Section 483, of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), mandates that the Secretary of 

Education ‘‘. . . shall produce, 

distribute, and process free of charge 

common financial reporting forms as 

described in this subsection to be used 

for application and reapplication to 

determine the need and eligibility of a 

student for financial assistance. . .’’. 

The determination of need and 

eligibility are for the following Title IV, 

HEA, federal student financial 

assistance programs: the Federal Pell 

Grant Program; the Campus-Based 

programs (Federal Supplemental 

Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) 

and Federal Work-Study (FWS)); the 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

(Direct Loan) Program; the Teacher 

Education Assistance for College and 

Higher Education (TEACH) Grant; the 

Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship; 

and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service 

Grant. 

Federal Student Aid (FSA), an office 

of the U.S. Department of Education, 

subsequently developed an application 

process to collect and process the data 

necessary to determine a student’s 

eligibility to receive Title IV, HEA 

program assistance. The application 

process involves an applicant’s 

submission of the Free Application for 

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®). After 

submission and processing of the 

FAFSA form, an applicant receives a 

FAFSA Submission Summary, which is 

a summary of the processed data they 

submitted on the FAFSA form. The 

applicant reviews the FAFSA 

Submission Summary, and, if necessary, 

will make corrections or updates to their 

submitted FAFSA data. Institutions of 

higher education listed by the applicant 

on the FAFSA form also receive a 

summary of processed data submitted 

on the FAFSA form which is called the 


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Institutional Student Information 

Record (ISIR). 

ED and FSA seek OMB approval of all 

application components as a single 

‘‘collection of information.’’ The 

aggregate burden will be accounted for 

under OMB Control Number 1845–0001. 

The specific application components, 

descriptions, and submission methods 

for each are listed in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—FEDERAL STUDENT AID APPLICATION COMPONENTS

Component Description Submission method 

Initial Submission of FAFSA form 

fafsa.gov ............................... Any applicant with a Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID) can complete the electronic 

version of the FAFSA form.

Submitted by the applicant. 

Printed FAFSA form ............. The printed version of the FAFSA PDF for applicants who are unable to access the 

internet or complete the form using fafsa.gov.

Mailed by the applicant. 

Correcting and Reviewing Submitted FAFSA information 

fafsa.gov—Corrections ......... Any applicant with an FSA ID—regardless of how they originally applied—may 

make corrections to their own data. Note that no user will be able to make corrections to any federal tax information (FTI) that was obtained from the IRS.

Submitted by the applicant. 

Electronic Other—Corrections.With the applicant’s permission, corrections can be made by an FAA (Financial Aid 

Administrator) using the Electronic Data Exchange (EDE).

The FAA may be using 

their mainframe computer 

or software to facilitate 

the EDE process. 

Paper FAFSA Submission 

Summary.

The paper summary is mailed to paper applicants who did not provide an email address. Applicants can write corrections directly on the paper FAFSA Submission 

Summary and mail for processing. Note that users for whom federal tax information (FTI) was obtained from the IRS will not be able to make corrections to that 

data.

Mailed by the applicant. 

FAFSA Partner Portal 

(FPP)—Corrections.

An institution can use FPP to correct the FAFSA form ............................................... Submitted by an FAA on 

behalf of an applicant. 

Internal Department Corrections.The Department will submit an applicant’s record for system-generated corrections 

to the FAFSA Processing System. There is no burden to the applicants under 

this correction type as these are system-based corrections.

These corrections are system-generated. 

FAFSA Submission Summary—electronic.The electronic FAFSA Submission Summary is an online version of the FAFSA 

Submission Summary that is available on fafsa.gov to all applicants. Notification 

for the FAFSA Submission Summary is sent to students who applied electronically or by paper and provided a valid email address. These notifications are sent 

by email and include a secure hyperlink that takes the user to the fafsa.gov site.

Cannot be submitted for 

processing. 

This information collection also 

documents an estimate of the annual 

public burden as it relates to the 

application process for federal student 

aid. The Applicant Burden Model 

(ABM) measures applicant burden 

through an assessment of the activities 

each applicant conducts in conjunction 

with other applicant characteristics and, 

in terms of burden, the average 

applicant’s experience. Key 

determinants of the ABM include: 

• The total number of applicants that 

will potentially apply for federal 

student aid; 

• How the applicant chooses to 

complete and submit the FAFSA form 

(e.g., by paper or electronically); 

• How the applicant chooses to 

submit any corrections and/or updates 

(e.g., the paper FAFSA Submission 

Summary or electronically); 

• The type of FAFSA Submission 

Summary document the applicant 

receives (paper or electronic); 

• The formula applied to determine 

the applicant’s student aid index (SAI); 

and 

• The average amount of time 

involved in preparing to complete the 

application. 

The ABM is largely driven by the 

number of potential applicants for the 

application cycle. The total application 

projection for 2026–2027 is based on the 

projected total enrollment into postsecondary education for Fall 2026. The 

ABM is also based on the application 

options available to students and 

parents. ED accounts for each 

application component based on 

analytical tools, survey information and 

other ED data sources. 

For 2026–2027, ED is reporting a net 

burden decrease of 2,004,707 hours. 

Dated: January 30, 2025. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02191 Filed 2–3–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Withdrawal of Notice Inviting 

Applications and Cancellation of the 

Competition for the Expanding 

Opportunity Through Quality Charter 

Schools Program (CSP)—Grants to 

Charter Management Organizations for 

the Replication and Expansion of HighQuality Charter Schools (CMO Grants) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) withdraws the notice 

inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal 

year (FY) 2025 for CSP CMO Grants. 

DATES: The NIA published in the 

Federal Register on January 21, 2025 

(90 FR 7119), is withdrawn and the 

competition cancelled as of February 4, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie S. Jones, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20202–5970. 


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