THIS MONTH

THANKS
NOTIFICATION LIST AND VOUCHER PROCESSING
TUITION GRANT "W" CODES
FINAL 05/06 VOUCHER
FIRST 06/07 VOUCHER
GRANTS UPDATES - COMMITTED AND SPENT
NEW FEDERAL ACADEMIC GRANTS INFORMATION
FLAT FILE WILL BE ELIMINATED December 1, 2006
UPCOMING EVENTS

THANKS
Thanks and congratulations to WASFAA President Steve Schuetz, the other WASFAA officers, and the members of the WASFAA Conference Planning Committee for another great conference. I really liked the new agenda (even though I missed Thursday due to my daughter’s illness). Great job and thanks to all who volunteered to put this together.

NOTIFICATION LIST AVAILABILITY AND VOUCHER PROCESSING
Please check our Webpage under Information for Financial Aid Administrators for current Notification List Availability and Voucher Processing Schedules: http://www.heab.wi.gov/finaid.html

05-06 Notification Lists will be Available on the Following Wednesday Afternoons

May 3, 17
June 7, 21

VOUCHERS
(UW Schools will receive a special memo regarding 05/06 and 06/07 vouchering!)

05-06 Voucher Processing on Tuesdays

May 9, 16, 23
June 6, 13 (LAST VOUCHER)

FINAL 05/06 VOUCHER
FINAL 05/06 VOUCHER IS TUESDAY, JUNE 13

FIRST 06/07 VOUCHER
Vouchers for 0607 will first be processed on Tuesday August 8, 2006.

GRANTS UPDATES - COMMITTED AND SPENT

TUITION GRANT
"W" CODES HAVE BEEN APPLIED EFFECTIVE APRIL 18, 2006
Eligibility corrections and file maintenance will be accepted until September 1, 2006 for those students who appeared on the notification list prior to April 19.

	CURRENT	THIS TIME LAST YEAR
TUITION GRANT 2005-06 Committed Spent 2006-07 Committed	108.53% 99.86%   101.89%	100.65% 99.78%   84.18%
WHEG-UW 2005-06 Committed Spent 2006-07 Committed	130.03% 100.00%   80.15%	15.23% 98.64%   74.56%
WHEG-WTC 2005-06 Committed Spent 2006-07 Committed	170.45% 99.58%   76.71%	166.58% 98.79%   64.17%
TIP GRANT 2005-06 Committed Spent 2006-07 Committed	129.93% 97.90%   64.99%	132.50% 97.68%   59.86%

NEW FEDERAL ACADEMIC GRANTS INFORMATION
Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has called a meeting for next Tuesday, May 16, to determine if Wisconsin will submit an alternative definition of a rigorous secondary program of study, or affirm the four pre-approved options. I will get information out to you Wednesday morning with the results of that meeting - and how it shakes out for your students.

FLAT FILE WILL BE ELIMINATED December 1, 2006
There are a few schools still receiving the FLAT FILE. Please be aware that we will no longer produce that file after December 1, 2006.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Scheduled HEAB Board Meetings: July 21, 2006

Next HEAB Training Date: May 18, 2006; July 20, 2006

Please let us know if you are coming to training as materials are printed based on the number of people attending. To register for a session or for more information, please contact John Whitt at (608) 266-1665 or email him at john.whitt@heab.state.wi.us.

HEAB conducts one-day training programs for new and continuing financial aid administrators. The training session covers all aspects of the programs administered by HEAB, including:

How to Voucher
How to Do File Maintenance
An Overview of the Individual HEAB Programs
A Review of HEAB Reports