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Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela), the education division of a nonprofit public trust, promotes student financial aid awareness and college access in Louisiana. The Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela) is Louisiana’s nonprofit resource for free FAFSA completion and college access, and is a division of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA)— a nonprofit public trust establish

ed to bring financing assistance and advantages to the people of Louisiana. With a focus on FAFSA completion, Lela’s
mission is to develop projects and programs which provide resources for college access and statewide outreach initiatives to help ensure students’ success on their path to and through college. The Lela team assists families remotely with FAFSA Completion through its FAFSA HELPline, offers free resources to Louisiana high school counselors and
provides a low cost supplemental loan "LelaCHOICE" for college expenses. LelaRefiHELP is also a program of Lela for your education refinancing needs. Visit lela.org for more information on all of Lela's products and services.

06/23/2026

Get to know us. We're Louisiana’s nonprofit education lender and your partner for 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗙𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗔 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴. We're a division of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA), a nonprofit public trust established to bring financing assistance and advantages to the people of Louisiana.

𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 1984, 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 465,000 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘢.𝘰𝘳𝘨.

📣 Federal student loan borrowers: Signing up for autopay will cut your interest rates by a full 1%. See below.
06/19/2026

📣 Federal student loan borrowers: Signing up for autopay will cut your interest rates by a full 1%. See below.

The Trump administration wants to jumpstart student loan repayment, with federal student loan debt approaching $2 trillion.

Big changes for student loan borrowers start July 1!
06/19/2026

Big changes for student loan borrowers start July 1!

06/18/2026

Supporting our education partners and helping create opportunities for Louisiana students is at the core of our mission. How can we help you?

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗹𝗮? The Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela) is Louisiana's nonprofit resource for free FAFSA completion assistance, college access and affordable financing and is a division of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA), a nonprofit public trust established to bring financing assistance and advantages to the people of Louisiana. Since its inception, Lela has provided financing and outreach assistance to more than 465,000 Louisiana students and their families. Learn more at https://lela.org.

06/16/2026

It's not too late to complete the FAFSA. Let us help with free FAFSA assistance!

ICYMI, the 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭. Do your homework and compare your rates to LelaRefiHELP...
06/12/2026

ICYMI, the 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭. Do your homework and compare your rates to LelaRefiHELP from Louisiana's nonprofit education resource at https://lnkd.in/e3Aqz35R



The Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela) is Louisiana's nonprofit resource for free FAFSA completion assistance, college access and affordable financing and is a division of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA), a nonprofit public trust established to bring financing assistance and advantages to the people of Louisiana. Since its inception, Lela has provided financing and outreach assistance to more than 465,000 Louisiana students and their families. Learn more at https://lela.org.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5835633/student-loans-guide-education-changes-repayment-plan?shem=rimspwouoe,

A popular (and generous) repayment plan ends, two new plans begin and many borrowers will see new loan limits.

06/11/2026

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐀𝐅𝐒𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞? Learn more about Lela and LelaCHOICE supplemental college loans at https://lela.org/lelachoice-supplemental-education-loans-2/.

𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗹𝗮? The Louisiana Education Loan Authority (Lela) is Louisiana's nonprofit resource for free FAFSA completion assistance, college access and affordable financing and is a division of the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA), a nonprofit public trust established to bring financing assistance and advantages to the people of Louisiana. Since its inception, Lela has provided financing and outreach assistance to more than 465,000 Louisiana students and their families. Learn more at https://lela.org.

We couldn’t have said it better.
06/09/2026

We couldn’t have said it better.

No matter what type of financial aid you’re looking for or what schools you’re applying to, it all starts with the FAFSA®!

Visit StudentAid.gov to start the 2026-27 FAFSA®! Your FSA ID is required to access and sign your FAFSA®.

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