Payment Procedures for the ING Grant

ING Payment Overview
ING Payment Requests and Results 
ING Payment Priority

ING Payment Overview

The Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant pays tuition and eligible fees (registration, graduation, general activity, matriculation and term fees) at all Illinois public universities or public community colleges. The ING Grant is an entitlement program which means that, by statute, the student is not responsible for payment of tuition and eligible fees if program funds are insufficient to pay all claims. Payments on behalf of a recipient will be made to only one institution per term. In addition, if an applicant is eligible for both the Illinois National Guard grant and the Monetary Award Program (MAP) grant, the ING Grant Program benefits must be used first. Any remaining fees not covered by the ING grant may be paid by the MAP grant.

Postsecondary Institutions - Tuition and Fee Charges [ISAC Rules, General Provisions, Section 2700.30 e)3)]

The ING Grant and IVG Programs may finance only a portion of certain fee charges.

• If one fee finances both tuition and text book expenses, only the portion of the fee which is attributable to tuition expenses may be financed with program benefits.
• Institutions with such a fee shall certify what percentage of the fee is eligible to be financed with program benefits. Certification shall be performed by the institution's chief fiscal officer.

ING payment requests can be completed and submitted electronically to ISAC via ING Payment Roster at My Zone. A payment request roster is available at ING Payment Roster at My Zone no earlier than the application deadline date for that term since the roster lists all individuals whose applications were received by the deadline date and for whom payment may be requested. Out-of-Distict tuition should be claimed on the initial roster for the term. A supplemental claim can be submitted electronically to request expenses not submitted with the initial payment claim which could be due to a granted appeal, out-of-district charges, an extension of the service commitment end date, etc.

While there are no significant changes to the content or the format of the 2009-10 online payment requests, a new "Adjustment Type" field has been added for supplemental rosters. Refer to the ING Payment Request Roster in the ING section at My Zone for details about the ING payment claim process, instructions for completing and submitting initial and supplemental payment request rosters to ISAC, sample rosters, how to view, save or print a roster and how to view voucher information.

Payment claims must be submitted electronically no later than 30 calendar days after payment request rosters are available at My Zone. Supplemental payment claims must be submitted electronically to ISAC no later than 45 calendar days after the initial payment request rosters are available at My Zone with the exception of summer term supplements which must be submitted by the same due date as the initial payment claim for summer term. The due date, based on the date the roster was created, displays on the ING Payment Roster View screen.

By submitting a roster to ISAC via ING Payment Request Roster at My Zone, a school is certifying that the student meets all eligibility criteria. It is important to complete and submit a payment roster on a timely basis so that ISAC can monitor the fund balance throughout the academic year.

Voucher information is available online for each payment request roster after rosters are processed and a voucher number and voucher date have been entered into the My Zone system by ISAC.

ING Payment Priority

Claims will be paid as follows:

• first semester and first quarter claims received by the designated deadline date will be paid or prorated, if funding is insufficient to pay all claims in full;
• if funds remain after first semester and first quarter claims are paid, then second semester and second and third quarter claims received by the designated deadline date will be paid, or prorated if funds remaining are insufficient to pay all such claims in full;
• if funds still remain after the preceding claims are paid, summer term claims received by the designated deadline date will be paid, or prorated if remaining funds are insufficient to pay all summer claims in full; and
• timely claims for the difference between in-district/state and out-of-district/state tuition for recipients who do not qualify for chargebacks will be considered for payment at the same time, and in the same priority order, as all other timely claims.

All payment claims received by ISAC after the designated dates will be paid or prorated during the fiscal lapse period (July 1 through August 31) following the conclusion of the fiscal year.