2025-2026 Financial Aid Application

- You must include copies of pages 1 and 2 of your 2024 federal income tax return (Form 1040) with this application. If you were not required to file a tax return for 2024, you must sign the non-filer affidavit in Section 8 and submit all Forms W-2 or 1099 received by members of your household.

- Submit this application directly to your school's business or financial aid office by June 30, 2025. Only applications received by that date will be considered for funding by the STO of North Central Iowa. Late applications will be processed only for purposes of determining your qualification for other financial aid. 

- Your financial need is determined by reference to your household's size and income, as reported on your 2024 tax return.

- Starting with yourself, list the name and birth date of every person who lived in your home on December 31, 2024. 

- Include everyone who lived with you, regardless of relationship, even children in college and those not in school.

- For each student (including those in college), enter their 2025-2026 school name and grade level.

- Enter the complete street address of your primary place of residence (your home) as of December 31, 2024.

- Include your apartment number, unit number, or lot number if applicable. 

- Do not enter a post office box or the address of any property other than your primary residence.

- Your contact information is needed to help us resolve any errors or omissions on this application. 

- Provide all phone numbers (including area code) at which you may be reached for additional information.

- Provide your primary email address. In the event we can't reach you by phone, we will send you an email.

- Report below any income that your household received in 2024 and which is not included on a tax return. All household income, whether taxable or nontaxable and regardless of source, must be disclosed. Enter monthly or yearly amounts, whichever you prefer. If none, enter a zero.

- Use this section to explain any unusual circumstances that may affect your household's financial situation.

- You may also use this section to explain or expand upon any entries made elsewhere on this application.

- This information will not be used for STO purposes; your school may use it in considering other financial aid.

- Skip this section if anyone in your household was required to file a federal income tax return for 2024. If no one in your houeshold was required to file a tax return for 2024, you must sign the following affidavit and include all Forms W-2 and 1099 received by members of your household.

I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, no member of my household earned enough taxable income to be required to file a federal individual income tax return for the year 2024.

- Applicant must sign this section.

- Before signing, verify that all sections of this application have been completed in accordance with the instructions.

- Verify that all members of your household have been listed and that all income received has been disclosed.

I hereby certify that: (a) this application is true, correct, and complete; (b) I have submitted true copies of all tax returns filed by members of my household; and (c) I have disclosed all household income received.