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{ISAC Rules, Sections 2700.20 and 2735.20}
All recipients of the Monetary Award Program (MAP) grant must be residents of the State of Illinois. It is the college or university’s responsibility to ensure that all MAP recipients meet the Illinois residency requirements. If a student is selected for verification for federal student assistance, the student’s information must also be verified to determine MAP eligibility, even if the student is ineligible for federal student assistance.
Dependent Students
For a dependent student to be considered an Illinois resident in order to receive a grant:
Please Note: If Illinois becomes the parent's true, fixed, and permanent home after the initial FAFSA is filed, the student's and the parent’s state of legal residence and permanent mailing address must be corrected to indicate Illinois on the Student Aid Report (SAR)/Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR). The corrections must be received by ISAC while data is still accepted and processed for the applicable academic year.
Independent Students
For an independent student to be considered a resident of Illinois s/he must have physically resided in Illinois (at the time of application), and has so resided for 12 continuous full months immediately prior to the start of the academic year for which assistance is requested and Illinois must be his/her true, fixed, and permanent home.
Example: An independent student attending an institution with an academic year starting on August 24, 2005, must have resided in Illinois from August 24, 2004 through August 23, 2005.
Armed Forces and Foreign Missionary Students
U.S. Armed Forces members and foreign missionaries qualify as Illinois residents if they:
- physically resided in Illinois immediately prior to entering the U.S. Armed Forces (missionaries must reside in Illinois for six continuous months prior to entering missionary service);
- return or plan to return to Illinois within six months of the conclusion of service; and
- can demonstrate that their domicile was Illinois throughout such service.
A foreign missionary is an individual who is assigned duty outside the United States by an organization that engages in educational, philanthropic, humanitarian, or altruistic works. The missionary organization must have been engaged in placing foreign missionaries for at least five years and must be exempt from the payment of federal taxes. Some examples of such organizations include the Peace Corps and the Evangelical Alliance Mission.
Applicants who are dependents of U.S. Armed Forces members or foreign missionaries will be considered an Illinois resident if their parent(s) meets the Illinois residency requirements listed in this section.
Applicants who are the spouses of U.S. Armed Forces members or foreign missionaries must demonstrate that their absence from Illinois was the result of residing with a spouse during the period of service outside the state, and must also demonstrate that their domicile continues to be Illinois.
Applicants who cease to be Illinois residents after MAP award notification may complete the academic year with the awarded grant.
Example: If a dependent student's parent(s) moves out of state after completing the FAFSA and have received notification of MAP eligibility, the student remains eligible for MAP for the balance of that award year, assuming the student continues to meet all other eligibility requirements.
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