ISAC Student PortalProposed Rules and Amendments
2025-26 Academic Year (FY26)
PACKAGE A (Status: Adopted)
ISAC's seven adopted rules were published in the Illinois Register (Volume 50, Issue 28) on July 10, 2026. Details, including summaries of changes and the full text of the adopted rules, are available at the 2025-26 ISAC Rules page.
PACKAGE B (Status: Public Comment Expired)
ISAC also proposed the additional set of 2025-26 rules and amendments listed below and has moved these items through first notice and public comment. Text of these proposed program rules and amendments was published in the May 1, 2026 (initiating a public comment period that expired on June 15, 2026), May 15, 2026 (initiating a public comment period that expired on June 29, 2026), and May 22, 2026 (initiating a public comment period that expired on July 6, 2026) issues of the Illinois Register. These items were presented as an agenda item and approved at the June 2026 Commission meeting. Additional status updates will be provided when available.
- Part 2700: General Provisions – Adding definitions, such as Application Receipt Date and Eligible Program, and deleting definitions of terms not used, such as Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid Receipt Date, Chargeback, and FAFSA Receipt Date. Also revising other definitions, changing MAP reporting to biennial, correcting citations, and updating the General Institutional Eligibility Requirements and General Applicant Eligibility Requirements.
- Part 2730: Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant Program – Revising to update the fees a recipient is responsible for paying and update the benefit usage.
- Part 2733: Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program – Revising to align language with Part 2730, Illinois National Guard (ING) Program.
- Part 2735: Monetary Award Program (MAP) – Revising to add the Alternative Application, update MAP paid credit hours and receiving of MAP funds before expiration of withdrawal/tuition refund period and adding a section on the MAP Refund Fund.
- Part 2751: Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) Scholarship Program – Adding a definition of Close to Completion and revising language related to renewal applicant awarding.
- Part 2760: State Scholar Program – Adding definitions of approved high school and third semester prior to graduation, correcting the class rank percentile formula, and revising and updating language.
- Part 2763: Teachers of Illinois Scholarship Program (formerly Minority Teachers of Illinois) – Revising to reflect the changes for the program which were effective with the passage of P.A. 104-437, effective November 21, 2025. Also adding definitions for Approve K-12 public school district, qualified student, and qualified bilingual student.
- Part 2764: Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program – Revising to update language, including any reference to the term minority.
- NEW PART Part 2777: Public University Direct Admission Program – New program.
- Part 5375: Public Information, Rulemaking, and Organization –Revising to add language for a student member of the Commission to receive a stipend and delete references to the Chicago office location. Also updated the organizational chart.
The full text of these proposed rules and amendments published for public comment can be found at:
2026-27 Academic Year (FY27)
ISAC is compiling its agenda for rules items for the 2026-27 academic year and will provide additional details when available. Preliminarily, ISAC anticipates proposing changes to the following rules:
- Part 2700: General Provisions
- Part 2731: Grant Program for Dependents of Correctional Officers
- Part 2732: Grant Program for Dependents of Police or Fire Officers
- Part 2733: Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program
- Part 2737: Higher Education License Plate (Help) Grant Program
- Part 2746: Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition Scholarship Program
- Part 2747: Post-Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License Scholarship Program
- Part 2748: School and Municipal Social Work Shortage Loan Repayment Program
- Part 2749: Nursing Education Scholarship
- Part 2750: Illinois Graduate and Retain Our Workforce (iGROW) Tech Scholarship Program
- Part 2752: Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program
- Part 2753: Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program
- Part 2758: Nurse Educator Loan Repayment Program
- Part 2765: Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program
- Part 2767: Illinois Teachers and Child Care Providers Loan Repayment Program
- Part 2778: Long-Term Care Nursing Scholarship
