Financial Aid
The 2023-2024 FAFSA Application and Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid opens on October 1, 2022!!! Please verify your eligibility with a member of the counseling or college and career team prior to completing a financial aid application.
All Kelly seniors are required to apply for financial aid if eligible as a result of HB 2719, a law signed by Governor JB Pritzker. This would be either the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid (Alternative App). The vast majority of Kelly families qualify for financial aid and our staff is here to help navigating these complicated applications.
FAFSA Requirements:
Student Information:
- Student’s legal name as it appears on their Social Security card
- Student’s Social Security Number
- Student’s Alien Registration Number (if you are not a U.S. citizen)
- If student worked: 2021 Federal income tax returns (1040 Federal Form)
- If student worked: W-2 forms from your job (amount you earned in 2021)
- Driver’s license number (if you have one)
- Amount of money in your checking/savings accounts after paying bills
Parent Information:
- Parent(s) legal name as it appears on their Social Security card
- Parent(s) date of birth
- Parent(s) marital status & date of most recent marriage, divorce, or separation
- Parent(s) social security numbers (if parent does not have a social security number just use 000-00-0000)
- 2021 Federal income tax returns (1040 Federal Form)
- W-2 forms from your job(s) (amount you earned in 2021)
- Amount of money is in your checking/savings accounts after paying bills
- Information on whether family receives SNAP, TANF, WIC, SSI
- Information on household size (how many people are included in your household)
- Amount of child support you pay/receive
Alternative App Requirements:
- Parents or guardians must reside in Illinois
- For use in attending a university in Illinois ONLY
- Student must reside 3 years in the state of Illinois prior to graduation date
- Graduate from Illinois high school
Student Information
- If student worked: 2021 Federal income tax returns (1040 Federal Form)
- If student worked: W-2 forms from your job (amount you earned in 2020)
- Amount of money in your checking/savings accounts after paying bills
Parent Requirements
- Parent(s) date of birth
- 2021 Federal income tax returns (1040 Federal Form)
- W-2 forms from your job(s) (amount you earned in 2020)
- Amount of money is in your checking/savings accounts after paying bills
- Information on household size (how many people are included in your household)
- Amount of child support you pay/receive