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Program News (last updated October 10, 2008)
2008-09 IIA Payment
2008-09 Suspension of IIA Award Announcements
2008-09 MAP Recompute
2008-09 MAP-IIA File Specifications
Additional IIA References
2008-09
The FY2009 appropriation for the Silas Purnell Illinois Incentive for Access (IIA) Grant is $8,200,000.
IIA Payment
The 2008-09 payment processing cycle is available via MAPnet and File Transfer Protocol requests for the MAP and IIA Program. Normal daily processing of payment requests wtlh payment results is available to colleges as usual.
The status of payment to colleges can be tracked through the State of Illinois Comptroller's Web site. Use the "Vendor Payment" area of the site at any time throughout the year to make inquires about pending payments for MAP, IIA and ISAC's other gift assistance programs. Anticipate that it will take 6-8 weeks for funds to be issues from the State of Illinois Comptroller's Office once that office receives the voucher from ISAC.
Refer to the MAP and IIA pages within the Gift Assistance area of the FAA zone for up-to-date news and guidance about each program. Details regarding the 2008-09 MAP & IIA payment processing cycle are available within the Payment chapter of the MAPnet User Guide, as well as in the MAPnet Help Text and the Payment section for each program.
Suspension of IIA Award Announcements
As announced in a July 10th e-Message, the anticipated appropriations for the 2008-09 Silas Purnell Incentive for Access (IIA) Program are fully committed. As a result, ISAC will suspend the announcement of IIA grants for all students whose initial 2008-09 FAFSA is received by the Central Processing System (CPS) on or after July 12, 2008. This affects freshman students with zero expected family contributions (EFC's) regardless of enrollment status.
Refer to the Suspension of IIA Award Announcements page within this section for information on how to identify records in a suspension status in MAPnet and on the Eligibility status File (ESF).
MAP Recompute
The verification of the recompute data has been completed and the MAPnet system is available for awards to be calculated using the 2008-09 recompute formula that was approved by the ISAC Commissioners on June 27, 2008. The 2008-09 (FY2009) MAP recompute formula retains the FY2009 start-up formula, therefore no award amounts have changed as a result of the recompute process.
The 2008-09 MAP Formula section, including the 2008-09 Hand Calculation Forms, has been updated to reflect the recompute formula. Details of the FY2009 MAP Recompute Formula can be found within this section, as well as in the June 27th Agenda Book (Item12).
2008-09 MAP-IIA File Specifications
The MAP-IIA File Specifications have been updated for the 2008-09 processing cycle. This 160-byte file layout is pertinent to schools utilizing the file extraction features of MAPnet, or sending payment requests for MAP or the IIA Programs to ISAC via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). No changes have been made for 2008-09 processing. The 2008-09 MAP-IIA File Specifications are available within the Electronic Tools section of the e-Library.
Additional IIA References
Refer to the MAP and IIA pages within the Gift Assistance area of the FAA Zone for up-to-date news and guidance about each program. Details regarding the MAP and IIA payment processing cycle are available within the Payment chapter of the MAPnet User Guide, as well as in the MAPnet Help Text.
To access general information about the IIA program, click on one of the links in the right-hand menu. To access the page that addresses the topics listed below, click on the topic.
2008-09 Start-Up
2008-09 Application
2008-09 Notification to Applicants
2008-09 MAPnet User Guide
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