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2024 Recognition Awards, Calculation, and Participation Criteria
Tracking for 2024-25 financial aid application completion will cover a period from December 2023 through July 31, 2024. Completion rates as of end of day July 31, 2024 will be used to determine recognition level for qualifying schools.
Public Schools:
- ISAC will use an ISBE-provided data set to prepopulate rosters for the entire class of 2024 in the ISAC Gift Assistance Programs (GAP) Access portal in January 2024.
- Schools should monitor their school rosters and make any updates as necessary to ensure the most accurate and up-to-date enrollment information.
- Please refer to the Financial Aid Application Completion Initiative User Guide, which is accessed via the GAP Access User Guides area for additional information on how to access and/or update your school’s roster.
- CPS schools: if your data needs corrections, please work with your central office. Questions regarding CPS completion data should be addressed to LearnPlanSucceed@cps.edu.
- To be eligible for a Recognition of Excellence Award, school must meet one of the 4 qualifying thresholds of completion, below:
- Platinum ≥ 95%
- Gold ≥ 85%
- Silver ≥ 75%
- Bronze ≥ 65%
- If your school does not appear in the chart on the home page, Financial Aid Application Completion by School: Class of 2024, please contact Mary Lewis at mary.lewis@illinois.gov
Private Schools:
- Must complete a student record upload for the entire class of 2024 into the ISAC Gift Assistance Programs (GAP) Access portal at least once between December 2023 and July 31, 2024.
- Please refer to the Financial Aid Application Completion Initiative User Guide, which is accessed via the GAP Access User Guides area for additional information on how to upload, access, and/or update your school’s roster.
- Schools should monitor their school rosters and make any updates as necessary to ensure the most accurate and up-to-date enrollment.
- To be eligible for a Recognition of Excellence Award, school must meet one of the four qualifying thresholds of completion below:
- Platinum ≥ 95%
- Gold ≥ 85%
- Silver ≥ 75%
- Bronze ≥ 65%
- If your school does not appear in the chart on the home page, Financial Aid Application Completion by School: Class of 2024, please sign up and upload a roster on GAP Access.