Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 2735 - MONETARY AWARD PROGRAM (MAP) › Section 2735.30 - Program Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) An
			 application for a MAP grant must be submitted annually. An applicant uses the
			 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
b) Applicants, spouses and the parents of
			 applicants are required to submit financial information on the application that
			 will be kept confidential, regarding income, asset value and non-taxable
			 income.
c) Priority Deadline Date
			 for Renewing Applicants
No later than September 30, the Commission will annually
				publish a priority deadline date for renewing applicants.
In this
				subsection (c), renewing applicant means a student attending an institution of
				higher learning who received a MAP grant during the prior academic
				year.
[110 ILCS
				947/35] Subject to appropriation, a renewing applicant
				who files by the published priority deadline date shall receive a grant if the
				program's eligibility requirements under this Section continue to be met. A
				renewing applicant's failure to apply by the priority deadline date would not
				disqualify an applicant from receiving a grant if sufficient funding is
				available to provide awards after that date.
d) Awards will be announced concurrently,
			 both for students who had not received a MAP award the previous regular school
			 year and for students who did receive a MAP award during the previous regular
			 school year. Award announcements will be made concurrently through the date of
			 suspension of award announcements.
e) If it becomes necessary to suspend the
			 processing of award announcements in order to remain within appropriated
			 funding levels, the suspension will be applied concurrently to students who had
			 not received a MAP award for the previous regular school year and to students
			 who did receive a MAP award the previous regular school year.
f) Corrections to applications received prior
			 to the final suspension of award announcements will be processed and announced
			 up to 2 months after the final suspension date or until the completion of the
			 processing cycle, whichever comes first.
g) When an application is incomplete, a
			 notice will be sent to the applicant. The applicant then has an opportunity to
			 furnish the missing information; however, depending on processing schedules,
			 the applicant may be considered only for subsequent term awards.
h) Applicants are informed that they are MAP
			 recipients on the basis of application data supplied to ISAC. ISAC will
			 recalculate awards for those applicants whose applications are not in basic
			 agreement with their financial records, after receipt of corrected data. All
			 announced MAP recipients are subject to verification.
i) The Commission shall annually establish
			 and publicize guidelines for the release of or increase in MAP awards as
			 additional funds become available.
j) MAP grants are applicable only toward
			 tuition and mandatory fees. MAP grants may not exceed the:
1) maximum award specified at Section 35(c)
			 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act [110 ILCS 947]; or
2) institution's tuition and mandatory fee
			 charges on file with ISAC.