1. Lyn Wheeler Kinyon Assistant Director, Grants and Special Programs Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board lyn.kinyon@thecb.state.tx.us TASFAA Conference October 10, 2014

2.  Program Updates  Exceptional Items Requests  Legislative Agenda  Coordinating Board  DACA and State Aid  Negotiated Rule-Making  FADB 2

3. TEXAS Grant in 2014-15  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

4. TEOG in 2014-15  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

5.  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

6.  Top 10 Percent Scholarship New statute and use of allocations  TEOG More flexibility in packaging 6

7. 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

8. 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

9.  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

10.  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

11. Lyn Wheeler Kinyon lyn.kinyon@thecb.state.tx.us (512) 427-6393 or (800) 242-3062 x6393 GSP Generic Email grantinfo@thecb.state.tx.us GSP Information Site https://www1.thecb.state.tx.us/apps/SpecialPrograms/ GSP Distribution List http://lists.state.tx.us/mailman/listinfo/txgnsp-l 11