FAA Message Board
The FAA Message Board is updated each week.
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.
ED reminds all FSA partners that the new version of SAIG software—EDconnect or TDClient—must be installed by October 23, 2021. Further details are found in a
September 16 electronic announcement at the
FSA Partner Connect website.
Instructions for joining the Executive Briefing conference call scheduled for 11 a.m. (CT) on Monday, September 20, 2021 are provided in a
September 13 e-Message.
Initial payment request records are available online via the MTI and Golden Apple systems, allowing 2021-22 payment processing to commence for these programs. Specific details – including highlights of what's new this year, and important processing reminders – are provided in a
September 14 e-Message.
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
ED's core financial systems, including G5 and the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD), will be on a
modified schedule and not available on Thursday, September 30 thru Friday, October 1, 2021. Further details, including the Federal programs that will be impacted and dates/ times systems not available, are found at the
FSA Partner Connect website.
ISAC will offer a “2022-23 FAFSA® and Alternative Application Process" webinar at 2 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. The same webinar will be repeated the following week: 2 p.m. (CT) on September 29. Further details are provided in a
September 8 e-Message.
Student records for potential 2021-22 Golden Apple Scholars are now available within the Golden Apple system. Further details, including what's new and accessing eligibility data, are available in a
September 2 e-Message.
ED
announces that a 2022–23 fafsa.gov presentation is now available. Further details, including enhancements to the 2022-23 online FAFSA form and the FAFSA feature of the myStudentAid mobile app, are found at the
FSA Partner Connect website.
2021-22 Minority Teachers of Illinois (MTI) Scholarship Program
awarding has taken place for all timely new and renewal applicants who have been certified as eligible, and – effective August 31, 2021 – colleges may access 2021-22 eligible award information (including funded or unfunded status) using the
MTI system. Further details are provided in an
August 31 e-Message.
As originally
announced on August 23, ISAC has suspended the announcement of 2021-22 MAP grants for applicants whose initial 2021-22 application (
FAFSA® or
Alternative Application) is received on or after Friday, August 27, 2021.
Effective August 30, MAP records in suspense status: are reflected in the MAP system; show on the appropriate screens and reports; and, appear in the MAP Eligibility File Extraction.
Functionality to
certify eligibility for 2021-22
Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program newly-awarded students – as well as transfer students – is available in the SETTW system within the GAP Access portal. Each of the twelve Illinois public universities with students who were awarded 2021-22 tuition waivers was sent an e-mail on August 27, 2021, indicating that the students' eligibility must be certified via the SETTW system.
Notifications detailing the outstanding amount that must be refunded to ISAC for 2020-21 MAP awards were e-mailed to financial aid directors on August 24, 2021.
Submit amounts due to ISAC no later than Thursday, September 30, 2021.
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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