Updates & Announcements
A running log of FSA announcements, OBBBA policy milestones, and site content changes — newest first. All external entries link directly to the official source.
New article: OBBBA Is Now in Effect — What Actually Changed on July 1, 2026
Published a full breakdown of the provisions that went live on July 1 — Parent PLUS caps, Grad PLUS elimination for new borrowers, the Repayment Assistance Plan, Workforce Pell, the $257,500 aggregate cap, and the SAI asset exclusions — plus what did NOT change, a per-situation first-month checklist, and how to confirm your legacy borrower status. Article count now 13.
Read: OBBBA Is Now in Effect →Primary OBBBA provisions take effect
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's main student aid provisions became operative law. Loans disbursed on or after this date are subject to the new borrower rules: Parent PLUS annual and lifetime caps, no Graduate PLUS access, RAP as the sole income-driven repayment option, and the new lifetime aggregate limit. Workforce Pell eligibility for bachelor's degree holders and the family farm / small business SAI asset exclusions also took effect. Legacy borrowers — those with qualifying disbursements before July 1 — retain pre-OBBBA borrowing rules for up to 3 academic years.
↗ NASFAA — One Big Beautiful Bill Act Resource HubPolicy Updates page launched; ongoing content improvements
Added this /updates page to provide a transparent log of FSA announcements and site content changes. Continued expansion of article cross-links and data tables across all 12 articles. LAST_UPDATED bumped to 2026-05-21 across all JSON-LD schemas.
Data comparison tables added to 6 articles
Structured comparison tables added to rap-vs-legacy-idr-comparison, rap-vs-save-obbba, parent-plus-loan-strategy, graduate-loans-after-obbba, workforce-pell-grant-eligibility, and understanding-your-sai. All table values are computed from K.* policy constants — no hardcoded numbers.
View articles →2 new articles published: OBBBA Timeline and FAFSA 2026–27 Filing Checklist
Published obbba-timeline (~2,000 words) covering the full July 2025–July 2028 OBBBA implementation schedule, and fafsa-2026-filing-checklist (~2,200 words) with a 12-step filing guide, document checklist, and common mistakes section. Article count now 12.
Read: OBBBA Timeline →Source citations hyperlinked; author credentials and schema updated
All 10 article footers updated to include live hyperlinks to official FSA sources. Article bylines now link directly to fsapartners.ed.gov. About page bio rewritten with verified credentials. AUTHOR_SCHEMA in schema.ts updated with jobTitle and description fields for E-E-A-T compliance.
Site launched with 10 articles, calculators, sitemap, and structured data
Initial public launch covering: Parent PLUS loan strategy, RAP vs. legacy IDR comparison, RAP vs. SAVE, Workforce Pell eligibility, legacy borrower status guide, graduate loans after OBBBA, understanding your SAI, FAFSA dependency status, state aid deadlines, and missed FAFSA deadline. Five interactive calculators live. robots.txt, sitemap.xml, and FAQPage JSON-LD configured.
View all articles →FSA Electronic Announcement: OBBBA FAFSA Processing Updates
Federal Student Aid released guidance on how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act affects FAFSA processing for the 2026–27 award year, including updates to the SAI formula, verification rules, and the 45-day incomplete FAFSA deletion policy.
↗ FSA Electronic Announcement — Mar 9, 2026FSA Dear Colleague Letter: OBBBA provisions effective upon enactment
Federal Student Aid issued a Dear Colleague Letter detailing which OBBBA provisions took effect immediately upon enactment (July 4, 2025) vs. those deferred to July 1, 2026 — including Parent PLUS caps, Graduate PLUS elimination, and the new Repayment Assistance Plan.
↗ FSA Dear Colleague Letter — Jul 18, 2025One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law (P.L. 119-21)
President signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, into law. The legislation introduced the most significant changes to federal student aid since the Higher Education Act reauthorization — including the Repayment Assistance Plan, Parent PLUS and Graduate PLUS loan caps, the Workforce Pell Grant track for bachelor's degree holders, and new legacy borrower protections.
↗ NASFAA — One Big Beautiful Bill Act Resource HubPolicy data last updated: 2026-07-07. Site legislation reference: P.L. 119-21 (H.R. 1), signed July 4, 2025. For the latest FSA guidance visit fsapartners.ed.gov.