Year-end Reminders
Review Ready to Certify Students
As a reminder, the following certification programs require awards to be certified prior to final payment:
- Fostering Futures Scholarship (FFS)
- MI Future Educator Stipend
- Michigan Competitive Scholarship (MCS)
- Michigan Tuition Grant (MTG)
Please review your Certification Rosters for Fall, Winter, and/or Spring for students who are in “Ready to Certify” status. Failure to certify these students by the certification deadline will prevent a payment for these potentially eligible students.
Review Eligible Student Reports
As a reminder, institutions should review the "Eligible Student Report" for the following reimbursement programs to determine if a reimbursement request is needed:
- Children of Veterans Tuition Grant (CVTG)
- Futures for Frontliners/Path 2 (F4F)
- MI Future Educator Fellowship
- Michigan Reconnect Scholarship
- Police Officer's and Fire Fighter's Survivor Tuition Grant (STG)
- Tuition Incentive Program (TIP)
Final Payment for Academic Year 2022-23
The final payment date for Academic Year 2022-23 for all State financial aid programs is scheduled for August 16, 2023. To be included in the final payment, awards must be certified and reimbursements requested by the deadline of 5:00 p.m. on August 15, 2023. Only accepted requests that are submitted prior to the deadline will be included in the final payment.
For institutions submitting requests via file upload, here are some helpful tips:
- Review the MiSSG File Formats.
- Do not delay! You will need time to review your upload results, which may require evaluating any errors and re-uploading your file.
All State Financial Aid Programs
All institutions must balance expenditures for State financial aid programs following the final payment for the academic year. Institutions must issue any refunds owed to Student Scholarships, Grants and Outreach (SSGO) no later than September 16, 2023 and complete the SSGO Refund Worksheet.
To prepare for year-end balancing within MiSSG, the following steps should be followed:
- Utilize the "School Totals Report," a listing of your awarded students by semester/term to compare to your internal records.
- From the MiSSG Menu, select Report, then select "School Totals Report."
- Select the 2022-23 Academic Year and the Aid Program, then select Generate Report.
- Review the Total Award amount.
- Compare the Total Award amount with your current payment history by selecting the tab on the left menu for the respective State Aid Program.
- Select Payment History.
- Review the Payment Total amount in the Payment History.
- Compare this figure with the total indicated on your School Totals Report.
Reviewing these figures will determine if your institution owes a refund from an overpayment.
If there are discrepancies in your reports or totals, please review your students individually on the School Totals Report to compare their award information in MiSSG to your institutional records.
To resolve discrepancies, please contact mistudentaid@michigan.gov.
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