Fafsa 2024 Deadline. You need to fill out the free application for federal student aid (fafsa ®) form only once per year, but the federal government, your state government, and your school have. The education department said tuesday that colleges cannot submit corrections to students’ financial aid records in bulk this year, a decision.

Schools and states often use the financial data submitted on fafsa. 30, more than 4.7 million forms have been successfully submitted.