Illinois SETTW Electronic Processing

Overview
Access to the GAP Access
Access SETTW Data
Hours of Operation
SETTW User Guide
Helpful Hints

Overview

The Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program is processed through ISAC’s Gift Assistance Program (GAP) Access portal. Processing via the SETTW system has the same look and feel and functionality as the other Gift Assistance Programs administered through GAP Access. Colleges will be notified each academic year when the SETTW system is available.

After the application is submitted to ISAC and tuition waivers have been awarded, SETTW eligibility certification is completed by colleges via the SETTW system of the GAP Access portal. Within the SETTW system, the SETTW Certification List includes students who have been newly awarded program benefits for the current academic year, as well as those who have transferred to the institution.

Schools cannot make a correction to a certification once it has been submitted in the SETTW system. All certification corrections must be submitted to School Services by sending an e-mail to isac.schoolservices@illinois.gov.

Access to the GAP Access Portal

The GAP Access Administrator authorizes privileges for users at their school to access data for all Gift Assistance Programs on the GAP Access portal. The financial aid director is the primary GAP Access Administrator, however, the director may select others to act as GAP Access Administrators. GAP Access Administrators are responsible for monitoring passwords, security and staff access to the portal and the SETTW system. The financial aid director should select the administrators based on the confidential nature of, and the access to student data. Refer to the GAP Access User Guides for general questions, user name and password maintenance, and technical information about accessing programs in GAP Access.

After obtaining a user ID and password from the Administrator, two-factor authentication is required for both School User and Administrator accounts every time a user logs in. All users, not just those who work in the financial aid office, are required to use two-factor authentication.

If the application needed to implement two-factor authentication has not been installed, users will not be able to log in to the GAP Access portal. Refer to the GAP Access Two-Factor Authentication User Guide found in the GAP Access User Guides section of the GAP Access page or contact the School Services Department for assistance.

Access SETTW Data

To access SETTW data:

sign on to the GAP Access system using the assigned User ID and password then complete the two-factor authentication process;
select "Programs" from the blue ribbon across the top of the screen and select SETTW from the drop-down menu;
select the academic year from the drop-down menu;
select one of the tabs at the top of the "SETTW" screen to access any of the functions (e.g., select the "Certification" Tab to access the Certification List); or
enter an SSN to access an individual student record.

Hours of Operation

The SETTW system is available each day between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. (CT).

SETTW User Guide

The SETTW User Guide, which has been updated to reflect 2023-24 processing, includes details regarding functionality to certify student eligibility for the Illinois SETTW Program. The user guide can be viewed online, printed or saved to your computer for future reference.

Helpful Hints

The SETTW system via GAP Access can be experienced best using the Google Chrome browser.
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