Counselor Message Board
The Counselor Message Board is updated each week.
Register for the 2021 College Changes Everything® (CCE) "Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for the Success of All Learners" virtual conference from July 12 thru July 16, 2021. Further details are found in a
June 10 e-Message.
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Direct Loan, Rates and Fees chart is now available for new Direct Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2021, and before July 1, 2022.
ISAC's 3rd annual FAFSA Symposium will take place on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Further details are found in a
May 27 e-Message.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) helps eligible households afford internet service and computers during the COVID-19 pandemic, connecting them to jobs, critical healthcare services, virtual classrooms, and more. Further details, including eligibility requirements and instructions for requesting the benefit, are provided at the
Emergency Broadcast Benefit page of the
FCC website.
A new
State Legislative Update, containing current information about activity that occurred during the Spring session of the Illinois General Assembly, is available in the e-Library.
To improve partnerships with state allies and ensure borrowers receive high quality service, FSA
announces that they will make it easier for state attorneys general and regulators to get the information they need from FSA and the companies who work for them to service and manage federal student loans. Further details are found at the
ED Homeroom blog website.
Keep up with the latest information from ED by regularly visiting the Federal Student Aid (FSA)
Financial Aid Toolkit website.
Due to the extenuating circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, schedules for the standardized tests (ACT and SAT) used to announce 2021-22 State Scholars – as well as ISAC's access to data from those tests – were highly irregular. In order to best accommodate impacted students, ISAC will include for 2021-22 State Scholar consideration results of tests taken from August 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020. Specific details are provided in a
May 3 e-Message.
ISAC is pleased to announce that, after a months-long delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, qualified Illinois high school students have been designated as 2021-22
State Scholars. ISAC has mailed congratulatory letters directly to State Scholars, and Certificates of Achievement are being mailed to high schools that did not opt to download and print the certificates via the SSP system. A
listing of all 2021-22 State Scholars – displayed alphabetically by high school, within each school's county – is available via the
Students & Parents area of this website.
An
April 12 e-Message provides information regarding the State Scholars selection, announcement and appeals processes. A
sample press release is available in the
Finalists area.
View up to date information on Illinois’ Covid-19 vaccine plan and vaccination eligibility from the
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