FAA Message Board
The FAA Message Board is updated each week.
The
Patriot Education Fund provides multi-year scholarship assistance supporting Illinois military families.
Applications are due by May 17, 2021, with tuition payments for eligible applicants to be distributed starting with the Fall 2021 semester. Active-duty members, veterans, their spouses and children may be eligible.
A virtual executive briefing is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, which includes information about activity that took place at the Commission meeting and other ISAC updates. Further details are provided in an
April 13 e-Message.
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a
warning about an e-mail scam targeting users with .edu e-mail addresses. Anyone receiving a suspicious message from the IRS is urged to not click on any links in the message, and to report the information to the IRS.
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March 29 e-Message reminds colleges to submit spring-term certifications and claims for the 2020-21 MTI Scholarship and Golden Apple programs, as well as spring-term benefit usage data for the 2020-21 ING Grant and IVG programs, as soon as possible. In addition, functionality allowing colleges to submit 2020-21 ING Grant summer-term benefit usage data is anticipated to be available starting on April 2, 2021.
Spring-term Certification of Enrollment for Payment rosters for the 2020-21
Grant Programs for Dependents of Police, Fire and Correctional Officers (PFC), which were e-mailed to financial aid directors in late March, are due to ISAC by Friday, April 30, 2021.
Colleges now have the ability to make corrections and submit professional judgment adjustments via the MAP system for students who have submitted a 2021-22 Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid. Details are provided in a
March 23 e-Message.
Check out
Money Smart Week® (MSW) virtual webinars that will take place from April 10 thru 17, 2021. Make sure your college students don’t miss out on the various sessions designed to help consumers better manage their personal finances.
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March 15 e-Message provides details regarding a second limited release of 2020-21 MAP award announcements in suspense status, as well as the fact that claims for all terms (including late claims) are being accepted for payment and must be submitted no later than May 7, 2021.
Proposed rules amendments were published in the
March 5 Illinois Register, initiating a 45-day public comment period. Instructions for submitting comments are included in the Register. The rules amendments are anticipated to be effective July 1, 2021.
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announces that the mandatory Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) software upgrade deadline date has been extended to April 17, 2021. Further details are found at the
IFAP website.
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