Lyn Wheeler Kinyon Assistant Director, Grants and Special Programs Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board TASFAA Conference October 10, 2014
Program Updates Exceptional Items Requests Legislative Agenda Coordinating Board DACA and State Aid Negotiated Rule-Making FADB 2
TEXAS Grant in IY awards only at universities/HRI’s RY awards at universities/HRI’s for any returning eligible student RY awards at 2-year institutions only for eligible students who received the IY award at a 2-year institution Importance of target awards 3
TEOG in EFC cap for IY awards = $4,800 (mirrors TEXAS Grant EFC cap for IY awards) Required proration for award amounts No target award amounts 4
TEXAS Grant – $137.9 Million Allow more awards and raise the target to $5,300 TEOG – $37.3 Million Provide steady funding at FY15 levels TEG – $18 Million Allow more awards TCWS – $5.3 Million Allow more awards 5
Top 10 Percent Scholarship New statute and use of allocations TEOG More flexibility in packaging 6
Coordinating Board Identification (CBID) New system functionality to access the TEXAS Grant, TEOG, and TEG databases and payment processes Effective September 15, 2014 Institutional Master (IM) and Users (IU) For assistance, contact: Shebah Spears (4-year public institutions) JoElla Martinez (2-year public institutions) Rafael Villarreal (private/independent institutions) 7
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exercises its prosecutorial discretion to forego immigration enforcement against certain individuals for a specified period of time – may be renewed or terminated DACA does not confer lawful immigration status, nor does it provide a pathway to citizenship DACA recipients may be eligible for work authorization, to apply for SSN’s, and possibly to obtain a driver’s license DACA recipients may be able to work under TCWS if otherwise eligible 8
Required by SB215 for all programs with allocations NRM committees were formed – consensus was reached for TEXAS Grant, TCWS, TEG, and BOT Consensus was not reached for TEOG – the CB has proposed rules for adoption in January which are currently posted in the Texas Registry Program rules will now include allocation formulas Institutions will be given 10 days to review draft allocation numbers before they become final 9
Required field for the 9-month EFC Edits regarding the matching of SSN’s to the CBM001 were changed from errors to warnings – except for students identified as affidavit students which must be matched before certification 10
Lyn Wheeler Kinyon (512) or (800) x6393 GSP Generic GSP Information Site GSP Distribution List 11