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The U.S. Department of Education’s FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), online in digital format, is considered a requirement for students who want money to help pay for college costs. For the 2009-2010 academic year, students must complete applications by deadlines that, depending upon the source, extend into September.
 
FAFSA features federal and state loans, grants and work study programs through which students pay for a portion of their college costs by working part-time jobs. Grants, on the other hand, don’t require work or repayment. The federal government’s Pell grant, one of the most widely known, awards as much as $5,000 to qualifying undergraduate students.
 
Grant and scholarship recipients and those benefitting from work study program assistance can also obtain loans to pay for college costs. Students must repay loans, but the federal government offers low interest rates. Loans with little or no interest attached are known as “subsidized”.
 
Each year, the U.S. Congress budgets billions of dollars to help make higher education a reality for students. It was in 1965 that the Higher Education Act , signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, began serving as a vehicle to strengthen higher education and make it available to a wider population. The Pell grant was created in 1972 as the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant with the help of Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI), for whom it was later named. More recently, a College Cost Reduction and Access Act in 2007 lowered subsidized loan interest rates while increasing Pell grant assistance.
 
Online FAFSA applicants must be American citizens and eligible non-citizens who’ve earned high school diplomas or General Educational Development (GED) certificates and who are taking courses at colleges, universities and trade and technical schools toward certain degrees and certificate programs. Applicants completing forms can expect to next receive Student Aid Reports telling how much their share of college costs would be. Then, they can touch base with the financial aid offices at the colleges of their choice.
 
Many colleges offer their own financial aid programs, and financial aid offices provide students with award letters that detail the amounts and types of money they can expect to receive from different sources. The U.S. Department of Education recommends that students decide upon a school by considering how well the institution meets their needs and the affordability of their education after financial aid is taken into account.
Those interested in obtaining money for the 2009-2010 academic year have until midnight Central Daylight time on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 to complete FAFSA forms, while application deadlines for state financial aid depend upon the locale.
 
Students interested in getting financial assistance through FAFSA for the 2009-2010 academic year must complete their forms by midnight Central Daylight time on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, but state deadlines vary and could be earlier. In exchange for government grants, or online FAFSA grant money as some say, beneficiaries are expected to meet specific academic goals.
 
Participants can figure out their assistance for their distance degree or online bachelors eligibility by completing an online FAFSA worksheet, and links on the FAFSA Web site include financial aid available from agencies such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and the Corporation for National and Community Services’ Americorps, where students involved in community service can garner bachelors degree cost credits.