Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Allocations for
Fiscal Year 2024 and later. Allocations for the Program are to be determined on
an annual basis as follows:
(1) All eligible
institutions will be invited to participate in the Texas College Work-Study
Program and/or the Work-Study Mentorship Program, prior to the start of the
biennium; those choosing not to participate will be excluded from calculations
for the relevant year.
(2) The
annual allocation share for each institution choosing to participate will be
its three-year average share of the total statewide number of students who met
the following criteria:
(A) were classified
as Texas residents;
(B) were
enrolled in a degree or certificate program at least half-time, with full-time
students weighted as 1, three-quarter time students weighted as 0.75, and
halftime students weighted as 0.50, as reported in the Financial Aid Database
submission; and
(C) have a 9-month
Expected Family Contribution, calculated using federal methodology, less than
or equal to the Federal Pell Grant eligibility cap for the year reported in the
Financial Aid Database submission.
(3) Institutions indicating participation in
both the Texas College Work-Study and the Work-Study Mentorship Program will
have their number of students who meet the criteria listed above increased by
60% prior to the calculation of the allocation shares.
(4) Institutions indicating participation in
only one of the Texas College Work-Study and the Work-Study Mentorship Programs
may only use allocated funding for the program in which they indicated
intention to participate. Institutions indicating participation in both the
Texas College Work-Study and the Work-Study Mentorship Program must disburse a
minimum of 25% of their allocation to students participating in the Mentorship
Program.
(5) Sources of data. The
source of data used for the allocations are the three most recently certified
Financial Aid Database reports submitted to the Board by the
institutions.
(6) Allocations for
both years of the state appropriations' biennium will be completed at the same
time. For the allocation process of the second year of the state
appropriations' biennium, the sources of data outlined in paragraph (5) of this
subsection will be utilized to forecast an additional year of data. This
additional year of data, in combination with the two most recent years outlined
in paragraph (5) of this subsection, will be utilized to calculate the
three-year average share outlined in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Institutions will receive notification of their allocations for both years of
the biennium at the same time.
(b) Allocations for Fiscal Year 2023 and
prior. Allocations for the Program are to be determined on an annual basis as
follows:
(1) All eligible institutions will
be invited to participate; those choosing not to participate will be left out
of the calculations for the relevant year.
(2) The allocation base for each institution
choosing to participate will be the number of students it reported in the most
recent financial aid database report who met the following criteria:
(A) were classified as Texas
residents;
(B) were enrolled at
least half-time, with full-time students weighted as 1 and part-time students
weighted as.5;
(C) completed either
the FAFSA or TASFA; and
(D) have a
9-month Expected Family Contribution less than the simple average in-district
9-month cost of attendance for community college students enrolled for 30
semester credit hours while living off campus, as reported in the most recent
year's College Student Budget Report.
(3) Each institution's share of the available
funds will equal its share of the state-wide total of students who meet the
criteria in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(c) Verification of Data. Allocation
calculations will be shared with all participating institutions for comment and
verification prior to final posting and the institutions will be given 10
working days, beginning the day of the notice's distribution and excluding
State holidays, to confirm that the allocation report accurately reflects the
data they submitted or to advise Board staff of any inaccuracies.
(d) Reductions in Funding.
(1) If annual funding for the program is
reduced after the start of a fiscal year, the Board may take steps to help
distribute the impact of reduced funding across all participating institutions
by an across-the-board percentage decrease in all institutions'
allocations.
(2) If annual funding
is reduced prior to the start of a fiscal year, the Board may recalculate the
allocations according to the allocation methodology outlined in this rule for
the affected fiscal year based on available dollars.