If you want to keep receiving your federal student aid, make sure you stay eligible. 
You ll need to continue to meet the basic eligibility criteria, make satisfactory academic progress, and fill out the FAFSA form every year. Once you ve filled out your Free Application for Federal Student Aid FAFSA form and received your grant, loan, or work - study funds to help you pay for college or career school , make sure you stay eligible throughout the academic year and in subsequent years. 

Continue to Meet Basic Eligibility Criteria 
Remember , the basic eligibility criteria that allow you to get federal student aid continue to apply throughout the time you re receiving aid not just when you first fill out the FAFSA form and are awarded aid. 

Make Satisfactory Academic Progress 
You need to make satisfactory academic progress in order to continue receiving federal student aid. In other words, you have to make good enough grades, and complete enough classes (credits, hours, etc. ), to keep moving toward successfully completing your degree or certificate in a time period that s acceptable to your school. Each school has a satisfactory academic progress policy for financial aid purposes ; to see your school s, you can check your school s website or ask someone at the financial aid office. Your school s policy will tell you what grade - point average or equivalent standard you need to maintain ; how quickly you need to be moving toward graduation for instance, how many credits you should have successfully completed by the end of each year ; how an incomplete class, withdrawal, repeated class, change of major, or transfer of credits from another school affects your satisfactory academic progress ; how often your school will evaluate your progress ; what will happen if you fail to make satisfactory academic progress when your school evaluates you ; whether you are allowed to appeal your school s decision that you haven t made satisfactory academic progress reasons for appe

user: Hello, I would like to know what I must do to continue receiving federal student aid


assistant: Of course You must continue to meet the basic eligibility criteria, make satisfactory academic progress, and complete the FAFSA every year.


user: Should I continue to meet the basic eligibility criteria?


assistant: yes Remember the basic eligibility criteria that allow you to get federal student aid continue to apply the entire time you receive aid, not just when you first fill out the FAFSA and receive aid.


user: and Must I have satisfactory academic progress to continue receiving federal student aid?


assistant: You must make satisfactory academic progress to continue receiving federal student aid. In other words, you have to get good grades and complete enough classes (credits, hours, etc.)


user: and is it indispensable?


assistant: yes You must make satisfactory academic progress to continue receiving federal student aid.


assistant: Do you want to see your school's data?


user: no

user: and for how long is the form you fill out valid?


assistant: When you complete the FAFSA, you are applying for help for a specific year. To get help next year, you'll need to submit next year's FAFSA form.