1. State Update Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Charles W. Puls, Ed.D.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Student Financial Aid Programs

2. Overview A couple current events A couple upcoming projects
Some legislative recommendations
Some questions for discussion

3. Financial Aid Advisory Committee
Slate of nominees
Delisa Falks, TASFAA President
Paul Galyean, Jacksonville College
Heidi Granger, The University of Texas at El Paso
Ed Kerestley, Angelo State University
Karen LaQuay, Wayland Baptist University
Tam Nguyen, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Kelly Prater, Amarillo College
Arnold Trejo, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Denise Welch, Panola College
Brent Williford, Blinn College

4. TASSP Certification Deadline
October 15
Both nominees and renewal students lose their eligibility if they don’t apply by the deadline

5. Upcoming SFAP Projects
CAL quarter-point discount for recurring ACH
Greater automation of grant disbursements
Summer grant procedures

6. Summer Trailer vs. Header
Must be consistent
Cannot treat summer as header for some students and as trailer for others
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Header: SAP measured before summer
Trailer: SAP measured after summer
Disbursements
Still working to identify the extent to which institutions can use funds from one appropriation year in a different academic year

7. THECB Legislative Recommendations – Financial Aid
Major Policy Recommendations to Achieve 60x30TX
Texas WORKS Internship Program
Improving Student Transfers
Programmatic Enhancements to Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Transparency
Increasing Bonding Authority
Modifications to TEOG (eligibility for baccalaureate programs) and TEXAS Grant (135 credit hour limit)
Statute Cleanup and Minor Revisions
Update Loan Program Statute

8. Discussion Questions State Priority Deadline Texas WORKS
What is the impact of encouraging HRI’s, technical institutes, community colleges and independent institutions to utilize the priority deadline?
Texas WORKS
What are the impacts of offering a program like this?
TEXAS Grant and Transfer Students
What are the challenges to awarding TEXAS grant to transfer students?
TEG and Exceptional Financial Need
Does the EFC cutoff for exceptional need require further review?
TEOG and Matching Funds
What would be the impact of allowing Pell as a matching fund?