TACRAO Fall 2012 Jane Caldwell TX Higher Education Coordinating Board

Exemption & Waiver programs are authorized by the Texas Legislature and provide a monetary benefit to qualifying students via a reduction in tuition, fees, or both. Exemptions: Allow special groups of resident or non-resident students to pay a reduced amount of tuition and/or fees. Waivers: Allow special groups of non-resident students to pay a reduced nonresident tuition rate. THECB 02/2010 Slide 2

Implementation of exemption & waiver programs vary by statute. Mandatory: Require all institutions to honor provisions in statute for all qualifying students Optional: Allow governing boards to choose whether to implement the program or not. THECB 02/2010 Slide 3

With few exceptions, exemption and waiver programs do not receive state appropriations. Instead, institutions are required to cover the “costs” of the programs via foregone tuition and fees. Mandatory: $374 million FY students served $492 million Approx. $492 million in foregone tuition and fees (FY 11 dollars). Optional: $118 million THECB 02/2010 Slide 4

Total Exemption & Waiver Recipients FY 2007-FY 2011 THECB 02/2010 Slide 5

Total Foregone Tuition & Fees FY 2007-FY 2011 THECB 02/2010 Slide 6 (Constant 2007 Dollars)

THECB 05/2012 Slide 7 Total Exemption Recipients by Program (FY 2011)

THECB 02/2010 Slide 8 Total Waiver Recipients by Program (FY 2011)

 SB32, passed by the 82nd Legislature, moved most of the exemption and waiver programs previously housed in Subchapter B of Chapter 54 of the Texas Education Code to Subchapter D and renumbered most of the programs in Subchapter D. This had two results: ◦ Citations for the program have changed (see handout); and ◦ The CB has rule making authority only for the waiver programs specifically granting us that authority. Slide 9

ProgramCurrent CitationRule Chapter Rule Subchapter Combat TT Children of Nurse Faculty O Fire Science T Good Neighbor Scholarship K Hazlewood NN Peace Officers U National Student Exchange EE Preceptors/Children P Reciprocal Exchange (d)21AA Students from Mexico BB Waivers (CS) (100 mi.) 21SS Slide 10

ProgramHazlewood Total New/Old Statute54.341/ TypeMandatory Academic Year ,113$19,651, ,642$22,183, ,882$24,656, ,837$34,264, ,585$69,342,710 5-yr % change147.83%252.85% Slide 11

 TX veterans (including National Guardsmen) who are veterans of the US Armed forces  Children and Spouses of US Armed Forces vets (including National Guardsmen) who: ◦ Die or died from service-related injury/illness ◦ Are MIA ◦ Have been killed in action ◦ Are 100% unemployable due to service related injury/illness  Children and Spouses of TX NG vets killed on active duty for the State  Legacy children Slide 12

CB Staff Proposals – NOT Yet Adopted by Board  Vet living out of state due to military orders may use Hazlewood  Expand description of 100% disabled veteran to include persons who are “totally and permanently disabled,” not just those 100% unemployable  Clarify vets’ options when they are eligible for federal benefits and Hazlewood  Specifically indicate a vet, though Legacy, may revoke his/her assignment of hours to a child  Make age limit apply only to Legacy children, not all Hazlewood children Slide 13

CB Staff Proposals – NOT Yet Adopted by Board  Add common definitions  Add academic progress requirements for continuation awards  Recipient must complete and submit FAFSA or TASFA by the end of the first award term in a given year  Exemption cannot be used to avoid a penalty charged for excess hours or excess dropped classes  Each institution must designate an Exemption/Waiver Contact on their campuses Slide 14

 Program fact sheets: ◦  Paying for College  Types of Financial Aid  Exemptions  Waivers  Coordinating Board: ◦ ◦ Slide 15