The 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now available.
ACPE’s Master the FAFSA Training provides a line-by-line overview and detailed explanation of the 2025-26 FAFSA process.
Education and Workforce Development Professionals gain better understanding and navigation of the 2025-26 FAFSA form to ensure they can support students/families and adult learners with successful FAFSA completion.
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Remember, you should file the FAFSA as early as possible after it is released – some institutions have very early FAFSA deadlines – check with your school's Financial Aid Office to find out. Some programs may have later deadlines. The priority deadline to file the FAFSA for the Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS) and the Alaska Education Grant (AEG) is June 30.
The ACPE FAFSA Completion Resource Guide outlines the various pathways available through ACPE to support students, families, and education partners in navigating FAFSA completion.
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FAFSA Prep Step-by Step
Review these 3 important steps before you start the FAFSA – Determine Your Dependency Status, Create StudentAid.Gov Account (FSA ID), and Gather Information.
Create Your FAFSA Account: In order to access and successfully submit the FAFSA, each Student and Contributor must have their own Account. ACPE’s video takes you step-by-step to set up your FAFSA Account
FAFSA Parent Guide
As a Parent Contributor to your Student’s FAFSA, this Guide outlines the 5 easy steps you should follow to complete your section of the FAFSA quickly and error-free.
FAFSA Line-By-Line: After creating your FAFSA Account, we’ll walk you (and your Contributor) through each section of the 2024—25 FAFSA.
Mythbusting: FAFSA Edition
Wondering if what you hear about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is real or a myth? Check out the 5 most common misconceptions about the FAFSA process.
Find out What’s new on the 2024-25 FAFSA in this brief overview. Learn about new terms, features, and tools to help streamline and simplify the FAFSA.
UAA Financial Aid website: Click Here
APU Financial Aid website: Click Here
UAF Financial Aid website: Click Here
Iḷisaġvik College Financial Aid website: Click Here
UAS Financial Aid website: Click Here
AVTEC Financial Aid website: Click Here
ACPE supports Federal Student Aid’s National FAFSA Week of Action campaign. Check out the link to learn more about what you can do in your school, district, and community to support FAFSA completion.
SHEEO FAFSA Simplification Guidebook: Published by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO), this comprehensive guidebook provides state higher education agencies resources, tools, and insights in relation to the new 2024-25 FAFSA.
The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education (ACPE), with support from the University of Alaska, hosted its first Alaska FAFSA Summit on October 26-27, 2023. The Summit brought together education and workforce development stakeholders from secondary and postsecondary institutions, state agencies, community organizations/non-profits, and Alaska Native organizations to develop strategies to increase FAFSA completion through statewide initiatives and/or policies.
2023 Alaska FAFSA Summit Agenda | US Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Opening Message
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