Enrollment Status Verification Update - Accepting iGROW, NES and SWSP Data

04/08/2026

2024-2025 Enrollment Verification Data Due May 7, 2026

(For the First Time: Data Now Being Accepted for iGROW, NES, and SWSP)

ISAC is now accepting 2024-2025 enrollment verification data for students who previously received funds from certain ISAC-administered programs.

  • Enrollment verification data for the Illinois Graduate Retain Our Workforce (iGROW) Tech Scholarship Program, Nursing Education Scholarship (NES), and Post Master of Social Work School Social Work Professional Educator License Scholarship Program (SWSP) is available via each program's system within the GAP Access portal. The enrollment verification data for Illinois Special Education Teacher Tuition Waiver (SETTW) Program and the Minority Teachers if Illinois (MTI) Scholarship Program will continue to follow the same procedures.
  • Data is to be completed by the college and returned to ISAC as soon as possible, verifying award recipients' current enrollment status. In order to be considered timely, all data must be submitted on or before Thursday, May 7, 2026.
  • As a reminder, ISAC monitors recipients' fulfillment of the program requirements because, if recipients fail to meet the applicable requirements, their awards convert to loans that must be repaid.
    • Knowing recipients' enrollment status, as reported by the colleges, allows ISAC to communicate with recipients who have graduated (or otherwise stopped attending college) regarding the steps they need to take in order to fulfill program requirements.
    • The sooner colleges submit enrollment verification data to ISAC, the sooner ISAC can communicate with impacted award recipients.

Reporting Enrollment Status

  • For iGROW, NES, and SWSP:
    • From the iGROW, NES or SWSP system "Home" page within GAP Access, select the prior academic year (in this case, "2024-2025") from the "Academic Year" drop-down menu, and then click on the "Enrollment Status Verification" tab.
    • If the current academic year (in this case, "2025-2026") is selected, the "Enrollment Status Verification" listing will be blank.
    • The reason the academic year must be selected for enrollment verification is that other functionalities (for example, certification and payment) also reside in the NES and SWSP systems.
  • Data should be reported based on each student's last date of enrollment in the required program.
  • If the "Enrollment Status" is anything other than "In School," the "Effective Date" also must be provided. A listing of valid "Enrollment Status" options may be found in the Enrollment Status Verification User Guide.
  • If the student remains enrolled in the required program for 2025-2026, indicate such with the "In School" status; those students will continue to appear with future-year data.

Reminder: In order for staff to view enrollment status verification data, the institution's GAP Access administrator must ensure that access to this functionality has been granted (both for themselves and other staff, as appropriate). Further details regarding this process are provided in the "Security Access" section that appears at the bottom of this message.

Making Revisions After Data Has Been Submitted

Enrollment status verification data is available to be updated only if the information has not yet been submitted to ISAC. Colleges must contact Partner Services at [email protected] for changes that need to be made after the data has been submitted.

Resources Available Online

Please note: ISAC is currently working on an updated User Guide for Enrollment Status Verification. The User Guide will be posted to the ISAC Gift Assistance Programs Access page as soon as it is available.

Further details and instructions regarding the enrollment verification process may be accessed by selecting the appropriate links below:

Security Access

GAP Access User Guides provide institutions with step-by-step instructions for activating and monitoring user accounts. All users need a valid GAP Access ID and password to access the system. ISAC relies on a designated Primary Administrator (usually, the financial aid director) at each institution to authorize users and provide them with the appropriate level of access for each ISAC program.

Enrollment verification functionality for these programs is available each day between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. (CT).

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If you have any questions, please contact School Services by sending an email to [email protected] or calling 866.247.2172.