ERIC Number: ED671081
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Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 31
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Early Impacts of the FAFSA Requirement in Texas. EdWorkingPaper No. 25-1130
Sie Won Kim
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
In 2021-22, Texas implemented a policy requiring all public high school seniors to complete a financial aid application. This paper examines the early impacts of this requirement on Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion rates and college enrollment using a difference-in-differences model. First, using a sample of high schools in Texas, I find that the FAFSA requirement increases FAFSA completion rates in public schools by 6.3 percentage points relative to private schools. Second, using a multi-valued discrete treatment, I find positive effects on FAFSA completion rates across all treated schools, ranging from 3.1 to 7 percentage points. Furthermore, this increase in FAFSA completion rates is associated with an increase in college enrollment for schools with lower pre-treatment FAFSA completion rates.
Descriptors: Financial Aid Applicants, High School Seniors, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid), Student Financial Aid, State Policy, College Enrollment, Public Schools, Private Schools, Paying for College, High Schools, Access to Education
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Texas
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