FAA Message Board
The FAA Message Board is updated each week.
ED announces that the deadline has been extended to upgrade to the new version of SAIG software—EDconnect or TDClient. Further details are found in an
October 19 electric announcement at the
FSA Partner Connect website.
Make time to register for the 2021 Illinois Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (ILASFAA) Fall Workshops, which will take place starting on Tuesday, October 26, at Heartland Community College in Normal, IL. Further details can be found at the
Training page at the
ILASFAA website.
ED
announces that the Office of Enforcement has been reestablished, which will be involved in the oversight of postsecondary schools that participate in the federal student loan, grant, and work-study programs and pose significant risk to students and taxpayers. Further details, including an
October 8 Press Release, are available at the
ed.gov website.
Fall-term
Certification of Enrollment for Payment rosters for the 2021-22
Grant Programs for Dependents of Police, Fire and Correctional Officers (PFC), which were e-mailed to financial aid directors in mid-October, are due to ISAC by Friday, November 19, 2021.
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October 12 e-Message announces "ISAC Operational Update and Program News" webinars scheduled through the end of 2021, including the next webinar at 2 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, October 27. In addition,
recorded webinars will contain an overview of each ISAC program, beginning with the Monetary Award Program (MAP), that can be viewed as your schedule allows.
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October 7 e-Message announces that 2022-23 MAP data is now available to access via the MAP system, and daily processing of 2022-23 ISIR, Alternative Application, and eligibility status information has begun. Further updates, including a
September 21 e-Message and the
MAP Program News page of this website, are now available.
An
October 6 Press Release from ED announces changes to PSLF program rules for a limited time because of the COVID-19 national emergency. Further details are found at the
ed.gov website.
An
October 1 e-Message provides information regarding several upcoming important dates.
October is Illinois College Changes Everything (CCE) Month. Further details, including suggested ways to assist students with filing college applications and financial aid forms, are provided in a
September 29 Press Release.
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September 29 electronic announcement from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announces that the National Default Rate Briefings for FY 2018 Official Cohort Default Rates are available now in a Portable Document Format (PDF).
In order to be considered timely, 2021-22 MAP first-term claims must be submitted on or before Friday, December 10, 2021. In addition – effective with the 2021-22 payment cycle – MTI Scholarship and Golden Apple priority claim deadline dates are being established for each term, and the first-term claim deadline for these programs is also December 10, 2021. Further details are provided in a
September 22 e-Message.
Encourage your returning college students who are planning to attend college in the fall of 2022 to
create an FSA ID, which is used when completing the FAFSA. Be sure to remind students to submit the 2022-23 FAFSA, which will require 2020 income information, on or after October 1, 2021.
Be sure to regularly visit the
2022-23 FAFSA Completion page (located in the
Applying for Financial Aid area of the
e-Library) for the latest information regarding the upcoming financial aid processing cycle.
Proposed rules amendments for the MTI Scholarship Program were published in the
August 13 Illinois Register, initiating a 45-day public comment period.
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