ISAC Student PortalISAC Administrative Rules Update
11/12/2025
Please find below a summary of recent and upcoming administrative rulemaking activities from ISAC for the most recent academic years. Also note that ISAC has a new Agency Rules Coordinator, Sarah Dulay, as of August 2025. Sarah is a member of the Partner Services team, and can be contacted as follows:
Sarah Dulay
Agency Rules Coordinator
Illinois Student Assistance Commission
1755 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL 60015
847-831-6757
[email protected]
2024-25 Academic Year
ISAC's four adopted rules were published in the Illinois Register (Volume 49, Issue 44) on October 31, 2025. The full text of these rules can be found at:
https://www.ilsos.gov/content/dam/departments/index/register/volume49/register_volume49_44.pdf
Summaries of the changes are as follows:
- Part 2700: General Provisions – Changes primarily involve revised definitions and small wording adjustments to clarify existing provisions without altering their intent. Proof of residency no longer includes tax returns or tax documents.
- Part 2730: Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant Program – Clarifies the priority claim dates for submission of payment requests.
- Part 2735: Monetary Award Program (MAP) – Changes primarily involve revised definitions and small wording adjustments to clarify existing provisions without altering their intent.
- Part 2751: Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) Scholarship Program – New part. Promulgates the rules for the 2024-25 ECACE program.
2025-26 Academic Year
ISAC's seven proposed rules were published in the Illinois Register (Volume 49, Issue 42) on October 17, 2025. This began the 45-day public comment period, ending December 1, 2025. The 25-26 Rules will be presented as an agenda item at the December 2025 Commission meeting. The full text of these rules can be found at:
Summaries of the changes are as follows:
- Part 2743: Grant Program for Exonerees – Updated to add allowances for dependents of exonerees to receive benefits.
- Part 2749: Nursing Education Scholarship – Updating the sections in the Part, removing redundancies and consolidating language for easier readability.
- Part 2750: Illinois Graduate and Retain our Workforce (iGROW) Tech Scholarship Program – Updates applicant eligibility criteria pertaining to academic performance and clarifying definitions.
- Please note: this program was not funded for the 2026 fiscal year (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026) in the State of Illinois budget.
- Part 2752: Human Services Professional Loan Repayment Program – Updated to add a definition of a human services agency and to clarify the employment eligibility at time of application.
- Part 2753: Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program – Updated to add a definition of behavioral health professional and to update applicant eligibility criteria.
- Part 2755: Journalism Student Scholarship Program – New part.
- Part 2776: Workforce Development Through Charitable Loan Repayment Program – New part.
Please note: At the time of printing the proposed rules in the Illinois Register on October 17, the 24-25 rules had not yet been published for adoption. For this reason, ISAC delayed any changes to Part 2751: Early Childhood Access Consortium for Equity (ECACE) Scholarship Program for the 2025-26 academic year. Further, ISAC was asked by the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules (JCAR) to review language in Part 2700: General Provisions that defines the regular school year. ISAC's intent is to review these two items within this fiscal year. Additional updates will be provided when available.
2026-27 Academic Year
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 2730: Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant Program
- Part 2735: Monetary Award Program (MAP)
- Part 2746: Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition Scholarship Program
- Part 2760: State Scholar Program
- Part 5375: Public Information, Rulemaking and Organization
October 2025 Veto Session – Next Steps for Administrative Rules
During the recent Fall Veto session in October 2025, the Illinois General Assembly proposed changes that would impact several ISAC programs (HB3065*, Senate Amendment 2). These changes have not yet been signed into law by the Governor. If signed, ISAC will review and determine next steps for administrative rules.
* Note: this message initially had an incorrect House Bill number, which has since been corrected. A follow-up message, explaining the error, was sent on November 17, 2025.
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