Organization Resources

Looking for the latest tips and tutorials for the PA State Grant System? Let us help you find what you need! Use the resources below to explore our new administration system for the PA State Grant Program and over 20 other special programs at PHEAA.

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In this video, we explain what to do once you receive the account activation email from the PA State Grant System. You will learn how to set up your initial password and how to access your account a using multifactor authentication.

PA State Grant System passwords expire after 90 days. This video provides guidance on how to change your password.

Organization User Managers will be responsible for adding and deactivating the users in the PA State Grant System. This video will help you add and deactivate users within the PA State Grant System.

If you need to contact us or have questions, you can do that in the PA State Grant System.

In this video, you will learn how to export PA State Grant record lists. You can also review our Exporting Lists from the PA State Grant System user guide for step-by-step instructions.

In this video, you will learn how to update an individual student's record in the PA State Grant System. You can also review our Single Student Record Updates user guide for step-by-step instructions.

Business, Trade, and Technical (BTT) schools can review our BTT Program of Study Update Guidance for step-by-step instructions on how to manage this important information for their students.

In this video, you will learn how to update a student's school in the PA State Grant System. You can also review our Submitting Primary School Change Requests user guide for step-by-step instructions.

In this video, you will learn how to update multiple PA State Grant records at once by completing and uploading the Update SG Record Template.

Changes in student enrollment may require schools to report a cost override. We provided a template to submit cost overrides for the 2024-2025 academic year as we continue to finalize this functionality within the PA State Grant System. We also provided an instructional document to help you use the template.

PA State Grant Cost Override Update Template

PA State Grant Cost Override Instructions

We launched an interim process for institutions to evaluate prospective RTSS student candidates for the 2024-25 academic year. Institutions should access the PageCenterX report titled Preliminary RTSS Candidate List 24-25. This one-time report features students who may potentially qualify for a 2024-25 RTSS award.

We also attached step-by-step instructions to use the RTSS nomination template.

RTSS Student Nominations Template Instructions

Institutions should return a single nomination template to PHEAA via Message Center by December 6, 2024. Please visit pheaa.org/sgspResources for more information about administering the RTSS Program.