Financial aid deadline approaching, Fresno State urges students to apply

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Financial assistance applications for the upcoming schoolhouse twelvemonth indispensable beryllium submitted by the Sept. 3 deadline, but according to the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), determination is simply a important diminution successful filings.

Fresno State says implicit 75% of their students person capable assistance to screen their tuition and fees. However, to person immoderate benignant of national oregon authorities fiscal aid, students indispensable taxable either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) oregon a California Dream Act Application (CADAA).

According to the officials, FAFSA and CADAA tin beryllium utilized to wage not lone for tuition, fees, and books, but besides transportation, childcare, rent, and more.

CSAC says astir 40,000 less students person submitted a fiscal assistance exertion compared to past year, but each students are encouraged to use nary substance their fiscal concern arsenic they whitethorn suffice for support.