There’s been a more than eight percent INCREASE in the number of Iowa high school seniors who’ve completed the forms to determine if they qualify for federal financial aid. Elizabeth Keest Sedrel of the Iowa College Aid Commission is monitoring the data about the “Free Application for Federal Student Aid” — commonly called the FAFSA.
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Sedrel says nearly 22-thousand Iowa high school seniors had completed the forms by June 30th.
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Sedrel credits the combination of an earlier start date for filling out the forms AND a public awareness campaign targeting students who would be the first in their family to attend college. State officials also created a webpage a few years ago that now list the completion rates for seniors in 83 Iowa high schools.