FAA Message Board
The FAA Message Board is updated each week.
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.
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announces that as of June 30, 2022 the myStudentAid mobile app is retired. Students, parents, and borrowers can access all the mobile app’s functionality on
studentaid.gov from their mobile device. Further details are found at the
FSA Partner Connect website.
Effective June 27, 2022, ISAC staff has completed verification of system changes related to implementation of the 2022-23 Monetary Award Program (MAP)
recompute formula, and the ISAC Gift Assistance Programs (GAP) Access portal (including all program systems, such as MAP) and the ISAC Student Portal are available for use. All 2022-23 Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) data received from the Central Processing System (CPS) through (including) June 22, 2022 is reflected in the
MAP system, and we have returned to daily processing of ISIR data. Further details are provided in a
June 27 e-Message.
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June 17 e-Message announces that the "School: Budget" area of the GAP Access portal is available for colleges to
submit 2022-23 budget data for MAP and the IVG and ING Grant programs. The message highlights important changes regarding the budget reporting process – including the fact that
the submission deadline (which would typically be June 1) has been extended to July 8, 2022 – and lists upcoming training opportunities during which the 2022-23 budget data collection process will be discussed.
Summer-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-June, are due to ISAC by Friday, July 1, 2022.
In observance of the Independence Day holiday, ISAC offices will be closed on Monday, July 4, reopening on Tuesday, July 5. Access the Financial Aid Administrators area at
isac.org anytime, or send an
e-mail message to the School Services Department for questions or inquiries.
Remind your students and their families who are seeking ways to pay for college to beware of financial aid scams. Information is available at the
Scholarship and Financial Aid Scams page of the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Consumer Information website and through a U.S. Department of Education
“Don’t Get Scammed on Your Way to College!” document.
Encourage your students who will be attending college between July 1, 2022 June 30, 2023 to complete and submit the 2022-23 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) if they have not already done so. Details regarding the
2022-23 application cycle may be accessed via the
Applying for Financial Aid section of the
e-Library.
The 2022-23 Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid (Alternative Application) is available. Remind your students who meet the criteria of the
Retention of Illinois Students and Equity (RISE) Act that they may file the
Alternative Application – which is patterned after the FAFSA – to apply for the Monetary Award Program (MAP) grant.
The 2021-22 payment claims and benefits used data for ISAC-administered gift assistance programs must be received on or before July 1, 2022.
Register today for the
2022 College Changes Everything® (CCE) virtual conference – “Moving Forward Together” – which will take place July 11 - July 15, 2022. Further details are provided in a
June 2 e-Message.
Anyone, 5 years of age and older, is eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Find your nearest vaccination location at
College Illinois!®
