FAA Message Board
The FAA Message Board is updated each week.
A
March 21 e-Message provides updates regarding the
2022-23 MAP payment cycle, including: the
priority deadline date for
third-term claims – which are now being accepted and
paid – is Friday, May 5, 2023; and,
first- and second-term claims are being accepted and
held until further notice. Colleges are encouraged to continue submitting cancellations and/or adjustments to decrease previously-submitted claims for
all terms.
Winter- and spring-term Certification of Enrollment for Payment rosters for the 2022-23
Grant Programs for Dependents of Police, Fire and Correctional Officers (PFC), which were e-mailed to financial aid directors in mid-March, are due to ISAC by Friday, April 21, 2023.
Sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA),
National Library Week 2023 is from April 23 - 29, 2023. The
ALA website provides tools and promotional resources that can be used by your school.
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.
Proposed administrative rules amendments were published in the March 10
th Illinois Register. The public comment period is open through Monday, April 24
th. Instructions for submitting comments are included in the Register.
Check out
Money Smart Week® (MSW) virtual webinars that will take place from April 15 thru 21, 2023. Make sure your college students (and their families) don’t miss out on the various sessions designed to help consumers better manage their personal finances.
ISAC continues to accept 2022-23 Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) Scholarship Program
applications and pay request claims for first and second-terms. Further details, including online resources, are provided in a
March 3 e-Message.
A
March 1 e-Message announces that the
application for the 2023-24
Nursing Education Scholarship Program (NESP) is now available. To be considered for funds during the 2023-24 academic year, the NESP Application/Promissory Note/Grant Agreement must be submitted to ISAC on or before Sunday, April 30, 2023.
June 15, 2023 is the priority
application consideration date for the
2022-23 Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition Scholarship Program, which is designed to provide scholarship assistance to children of eligible displaced energy workers. Details about this program are provided for applicants at the
Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition Scholarship Program page, located within the
Students & Parents area of this website.
Federal Student Aid (FSA) provides the FSA’s
Cybersecurity Incident Planning for Institutes of Higher Education factsheet in the case of a cyberattack and the FSA’s
Media Sanitization and Disposal Best Practices factsheet to establish the importance of data sanitization. Further details are provided at the
FSA Partner Connect website.
A reminder that ISAC continues to accept spring-term benefit usage data for the 2022-23 ING Grant (due April 7, 2023) and IVG (due May 26, 2023) programs. Further details were provided in a
January 9 e-Message.
March 31, 2023 is the priority
application consideration date for the 2023-24
Minority Teachers of Illinois (MTI) Scholarship Program. Details about this program are provided for applicants at the
MTI Scholarship Program page, located within the
Students & Parents area of this website.
The links below have information on topics that were previously listed on the Message Board.
Outreach Calendar/Events
FAFSA Completion InformationImportant Reminders calendar