FAA Message Board
The FAA Message Board is updated each week.
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January 15 e-Message provides information regarding several upcoming important dates.
The IRS has
announced that they have issued a
Revenue Procedure 2020-11 document, which provides guidance to borrowers who took out student loans to finance attendance at a nonprofit or for-profit school and their loans have been discharged. Further details, including the types of loans and discharge process, can be found at the
IRS website.
The 2020 ILASFAA annual
conference will take place on March 9-11, 2020 at the Chicago Marriott Hotel in Naperville, Illinois. Visit the
ILASFAA website for upcoming conference details.
In order to receive priority consideration, interest session proposals for the tenth annual College Changes Everything® (CCE) Conference – which will take place on July 9, 2020 at the Tinley Park Convention Center – should be submitted no later than Friday, February 28, 2020. Further details, including access to the online session proposal form, are provided in a
January 14 e-Message.
Current Alternative Application Student Records are now available for extraction through the MAP system of GAP Access. Additionally, an updated
Alternative Application Student Record School File Layout, dated 1/20, is now posted in the e-Library. Detailed information about the file extraction process is in a
December 4 e-Message.
Colleges are encouraged to submit spring-term claims for the 2019-20 MTI Scholarship and Golden Apple programs, as well as spring-term benefit usage data for the 2019-20 ING Grant and IVG programs, as soon as possible. Further details are provided in a
January 8 e-Message.
The Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid – used to apply for MAP grants by qualifying undocumented and transgender students - is now available. Further details can be found in a
January 6 e-Message.
The
FUTURE Act, which enhances the customer experience for students and families by making significant
improvements to the federal financial aid system was signed into law on 12.19.19. Further details, including information about simplifying the aid application process for all students, overhauling loan forgiveness, and implementing a federal free college program, are found at the
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) website.
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) provides a
detail summary about the FY (fiscal year) 2020 budget bill, which includes $72.8 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Education (ED), a $1.3 billion increase from FY 2019.
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January 6 e-Message announces that the 2019-20 MAP second term priority claim deadline date is Friday, March 6, 2020. Colleges are reminded to consider students who may be impacted by the
elimination of the 75-hour cap on MAP paid credit hours when submitting second-term claims.
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December 18 e-Message gives an overview of how colleges can begin preparing for the GAP Access two-factor authentication process that is anticipated to be implemented in mid-January.
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listing of all 2020-21 State Scholars - displayed alphabetically by high school, within each school's county – is available via the "Featured" area of our home page.
As of the RISE Act’s effective date of January 1, 2020, the 75-hour MAP paid credit hours (MPCH) limit for freshman and sophomore students will be removed. Because the change takes effect in the middle of the 2019-20 academic year, some students who were not MAP-eligible in the fall term may be eligible for spring term awards. Further details are provided in a
November 19 e-Message.
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