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  • The 15-month requirement is based on the MiSSG system start date for the semester in question. 15-Month periods area also shown on Page 36 of the State Programs Procedures Manual.

    • January-March graduation months have until the Summer Semester in the next academic year to enroll.
    • April-August graduation months have until the Fall Semester in the next academic year to enroll.
    • September-December graduation months have until the Winter/Spring Semester in the next academic year to enroll.

    If a student is otherwise eligible but has other awards that cause the student to not have room for Michigan Achievement Scholarship to be administered, they should be certified as "No", "Full Time", with the reason "Exceeds COA" for tracking purposes for the 15 month activation period. 

  • If the PJ results in a new SAI, institutions should make updates to the student’s record in MiSSG using the following instructions.

    1. Log into MiSSG and select the student’s Michigan Achievement Scholarship profile.
    2. Select “Update Application Information”.
    3. Update their EFC and select the EFC update reason as “Professional Judgement”.
    4. Select “Save”.
    5. Enter a comment for the student you’ve made changes to.

      This process will also update their eligibility status, so long as there are no other ineligible reasons preventing a student from being eligible.

  • Self-reported completion status is not accepted for Michigan Achievement Scholarship. High school graduation completion information may be confirmed in the ‘Student Information’ section of MiSSG. If the ‘HS Grad Confirmed by CEPI’ indicates “Yes,” this can be used as documentation for a program review. If the status is “No” or blank, the institution must provide proof of high school completion.
  • Yes, if the student leaves this date blank resulting in a student to be flagged as “Student Not MI Resident,” institutions must verify their residency and either clear their ineligible reason or perform a ‘Residency Override’ if the student qualifies.

  • The 15-month requirement is based on the MiSSG system start date for the semester in question. The award rules have a semester start date, for Fall 2023 it is 8/23/2023. As of 8/23/23 the student must be within their 15-month window in order for MiSSG to determine them eligible for the year.

    If a student is otherwise eligible but has other awards that cause the student to not have room for Michigan Achievement Scholarship to be administered, they should be certified as "No", "Full Time", with the reason "Exceeds COA" for tracking purposes for the 15 month activation period. 

  • To be eligible for Michigan Achievement Scholarship, the FAFSA must be completed and verified if required. Subsequent Institutional Student Information Records (ISIR) will be loaded into MiSSG. Students possessing a Certificate of Completion must have a submitted FAFSA with a calculated SAI and all other verification excluding high school completion must be complete and verified.

  • Yes, for reporting purposes you will be required to certify both amounts separately.
  • If proof of high school completion cannot be provided through Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) in MiSSG, then the institutions will need to verify high school completion with a copy of a diploma, certificate of completion, or its equivalency and update the status in MiSSG.
  • You will report that the student is not meeting SAP using the "No Award Reason" when completing certification for the student.
  • Students must be certified in order, starting Fall, Winter (for term institutions), Spring and then Summer. If a student does not attend a semester, they are still required to be certified. Once the previous certification (for example Fall) was completed, the next available semester (Spring) would then open for you to certify so long as that semester is open based on certification dates.

  • Updates have been made to the Information Roster, School Totals Report, and Certification Roster. These reports now include additional fields such as eligibility, student high school graduation month and year, total years remaining for program eligibility, payment status as well as breakdowns in award amounts for each semester/term.

    The Information Roster now includes an enhancement to download eligible, ineligible, or both. The classic eligible students report does not include additional fields. Institutions seeking additional data fields should utilize the Information Roster.