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At your fingertips, Financial Aid Administrators, Business Officers, and other school personnel have access to a centralized source of information and financial aid guidance concerning ISAC's programs, processes, and resources.

FAA Message Board

The FAA Message Board is updated each week.  New messages for the week are identified by the Items under the More section, located toward the bottom of the page, provide links to information on topics that were recently listed on this Message Board.

 Remind your impacted students that, in order to receive full-year or fall-only term benefits for the Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant Program, a 2008-09 ING Grant Program application must be received at ISAC on or before October 1, 2008.

 A September 2nd electronic announcement from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announces that
FY 2006 Official Cohort Default Rates will be released to all eligible colleges on September 15, 2008. Information regarding how colleges will receive the data is provided.

 The Handbook of Illinois Postsecondary Institutions and the Map of Illinois Colleges, updated to reflect data for the 2008-09 academic year, can help prospective students determine which Illinois college they might want to attend in the future. The College Costs page will also soon be updated. Each resource provides different information to help students choose the college that's right for them.

 A September 4th e-Message announces that ISAC will offer its "Financial Aid 101: Building a Solid Foundation" workshop on September 18th (Springfield) and
September 23rd (Deerfield). Information regarding several other training opportunities that ISAC will offer for financial aid professionals during the fall of 2008 (including monthly Webinars, upcoming conference calls, and the ILASFAA Fall Workshop) is provided in an August 19th
e-Message.

A September 3rd e-Message reminds financial aid administrators who work with ISAC to complete an online survey assessing our products and services, and thanks those who have already done so. A link to the online survey is included in the e-Message.

A State Legislative Update, which was last updated on August 29th, reflects activity which has taken place regarding bills that impact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, student financial aid, and/or education in general.

Find resources to help develop programs for the annual observance of Constitution Day, including access to the Student Zone's Constitution Day Resources page, in the e-Library's Job Aids & Reference Materials area. Required of institutions receiving federal funding, educational programs about the U.S. Constitution are to be held on (or around) September 17th every year.

A second round of 2008-09 Teacher Education Scholarship Programs (TESP) awarding took place on
August 27, 2008. Award notifications have been mailed to eligible students and new eligible award information is available to colleges online at My Zone. Further details are provided in an August 28th e-Message.

An August 11, 2008 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL ANN-08-10) announces that a recorded version of the U.S. Department of Education's June 2008 Internet briefing on recent changes made to the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs is available online. The briefing provides an overview of the student loan provisions of the recently enacted Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (ECASLA), as well as information on the requirements and provisions of the new TEACH Grant Program (which became effective on July 1, 2008).

An August 6th e-Message announces that compliance rosters for the 2007-08 Illinois Future Teach Corps (IFTC) Program, Minority Teachers of Illinois (MTI) Scholarship Program, Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program, and Nurse Educator Scholarship Program (NESP) - which were mailed to schools in early August - are due back to ISAC on or before September 30, 2008.

2008-09 Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program verification rosters and certification forms, mailed to colleges on June 30th, are due back to ISAC on or before September 26, 2008. Refer to the ISAC Gift Assistance Program's Tuition Waiver Process area for sample rosters and forms.

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FAFSA Completion Information

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August 2008