The number of Louisiana students who have applied for federal financial aid for college is down 12% so far this year, even as ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - If you or your college student need financial aid for the 2025-26 school year, this is for you. The ...

Students will also be able to estimate their eligibility for the grant before they complete the FAFSA. The maximum award is $7,395 for the 2023-24 award year, and award amounts can change yearly.

The FAFSA Simplification Act made numerous changes to the application and calculation of financial aid eligibility starting in the 2024-2025 award year. In some cases these changes could increase the ...

Ted Beasley, a spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Education, called the decrease “a natural result” of the state policy change ... proponents of the FAFSA requirement.