IIA Payment

2009-10 Payment Processing
Payment Reminders
Payment Offset and Reconciliation

In the 2009-10 academic year, a student may receive one payment of $250 in the fall term for the Silas Purnell IIA Grant. IIA Grants are applicable to any expense that is used to calculate the student's cost of attendance. If the student is enrolled at least half time at the time charges are fixed by the school, the student may receive the full disbursement for that term. The disbursement is not prorated for enrollment which is less than full time. IIA Grant funds are subject to appropriation.

Colleges can request MAP and IIA payment utilizing the file extraction feature of MAPnet or by sending payment requests via File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

Payment claims submitted via FTP or MAPnet will result in the Payment Results Report, Payment Results Summary Report and Payment Exceptions Report, which are available via MAPnet. These reports will not be mailed to schools. If money is due to the school, the Payment Voucher(s) will be mailed.

In order to obtain a listing of students included with any Payment Voucher(s), you may view and print the corresponding reports within MAPnet. Due to space constraints, reports will only be available online for 14 days. After that time if you need a copy of the report, you will need to contact the School Services Department.

Additional information concerning MAP and IIA payment can be found within the Payment chapter of the 2009-10 MAPnet User Guide. The MAPnet Payment Results and Reject Codes document (PDF format) can be a handy reference to explain payment results.

Payment Reminders

• Reduced 2009-10 MAP funding necessitated modifications to the MAPnet system to allow for the "front loading" of awards. Students will receive one payment of $250 for IIA in 2009-10. Schools will see $250 as the term eligible amount for the fall term, subsequent terms will show zero.
• A "Z" code will appear in the MAPnet "Shutdown" field for impacted records.
• When preparing 2009-10 payment requests, remember the previously-announced MAP and IIA Program suspension dates. ISAC suspended the announcement of MAP grants for all students whose initial 2009-10 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) was received by the CPS on or after May 15th, and the announcement of IIA Program grants has been suspended for all students whose initial 2009-10 FAFSA was received by the CPS on or after April 18th.
• The fiscal year 2010 (FY2010) priority payment claim deadline date for MAP and the IIA Program is January 10, 2010 for the1st semester or quarter. The 2nd term (and 3rd term if additional funding is appropriated) priority payment dates will be determined at a later time.
• Once a school certifies on a payment request that a student is a freshman based upon available data at the time of certification, it is not necessary for the school to check credit hours again for the disbursement and delivery of grant funds for that term. For audit purposes, schools are reminded to maintain documentation used to determine a transfer student’s status as a freshman.
• Prior to the request and certification of a disbursement for a subsequent term, schools must check credit hours for a student to determine if s/he remains eligible as a freshman (in addition to all other eligibility requirements) for the subsequent disbursement. Payment requests may be submitted up to 10 days before the beginning of the academic term.
• 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 throught the year to make inquires about pending payment ofr MAP, IIA and ISAC's other gift assistance programs.

Payment Offset and Reconciliation

Information about the IIA payment offset process and reconciliation is located in the Refunds and Unpaid Claims section in the Processes area.