1. 1 Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant Program Scholarships & Grants Workshop July 11, 2011

2. 2 2011-2012 OTAG Program FAFSA Receipt Deadline for Best Consideration: March 15, 2011 EFC cutoff: 1700 Non Resident FT Active Military students, spouses and dependents now eligible for OTAG

3. 3 New for 2011-2012 Elimination of Federal Funds: Institutions no longer required to advise recipients regarding Federal Funds for OTAG awards FT Active duty Non Resident Military students, spouses and dependents now eligible for OTAG awards even if they have listed a state other than OK as state of legal residence

4. 4 New for 2011-2012 Pre-populated Award Claim Forms will be set to FT for Enrollment status Text Files/Flat Files/FTP files will be available on the O-SAFE server only. Lay-out for FTP files has been changed to include 1 additional space for flagging non-resident military students

5. 5 2011-2012 OTAG Program 2011-2012 award schedule: FALL 2011 Deadline for submitting Initial Fall Award Claim Form: October 3, 2011 Deadlines for submitting final Fall Award Claim Form: November 14, 2011 Institutional Notification for Pending Return of Funds to OTAG: December 5, 2011 Deadline for OSRHE to notify institutions of any changes for Spring 2012 awarding criterion: December 12, 2011

6. 6 2011-2012 OTAG Program 2011-2012 award schedule: SPRING 2012 Deadline for submitting Initial Spring Award Claim Form: March 5, 2012 Deadlines for submitting final Spring Award Claim Form: April 9, 2012 Institutional Notification of Pending Return of Funds to OTAG: April 20, 2012 Deadline for OSRHE to notify institutions of any Summer OTAG awards: May 1, 2012

7. 7 OTAG ANNOUNCEMENTS All announcements regarding OTAG are made through the OASFAA Listserv. You can subscribe to the listserv at http://oasfaaok.com/mailingList.php http://oasfaaok.com/mailingList.php

8. 8 OSRHE Secure File Exchange

9. 9 Data Security All reports containing confidential student information must be delivered through OSRHE Secure File Exchange No data containing student SSNs communicated through Internet mail – no reports, no inquiries, no updates NO EXCEPTIONS  

10. 10 Secure File Exchange https://www.okhighered.org/filetransfer/ Vehicle for exchanging confidential student data OK Promise Claim Forms OTAG Award Claim Forms and Disbursement Reports OTEG Award Claim Forms Academic Scholars Reports Other Scholarship Program Reports Any other document that lists a student’s name and SSN

11. 11 Resource Page Financial Aid Resources for Institutions http://www.okhighered.org/admin- fac/FinAidResources/ One location for up-to-date information including: Administrative rules and statutes Report form templates Reporting instructions Other information related to OSRHE financial aid programs

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16. 16 OTAG Contacts General Information reports@otag.org General inquiries reports@otag.org 405.225.9456 / Toll Free 800.858.1840 FAX: 405.225.9392 Irala Magee imagee@osrhe.edu 405.225.9378 Shipra Sinha ssinha@osrhe.edu 405.225.9360 Candice Campbell ccampbell@osrhe.edu 405.225.9488

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