Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) Funding. Funds
awarded through this program may not exceed the amount of appropriations,
grants, and other funds that are available for this use.
(b) Grant Amounts.
(1) The amount of a grant may not be reduced
by any gift aid for which the person receiving the grant is eligible, unless
the total amount of a person's grant plus any gift aid received exceeds the
student's cost of attendance. However, no student's grant shall be greater than
the amount of the student's financial need.
(2) Board staff shall determine and announce
the maximum grant amount in a given state fiscal year by January 31 of the
prior fiscal year. The calculation of the maximum grant amount for a semester
will be based on the average statewide amount of tuition and required fees at
eligible institutions that a resident student enrolled full-time in an
associate degree or certificate program measured in semester credit hours would
be charged for that semester (Texas Education Code, §
56.407).
(3) In determining the maximum grant amount,
the average amount of tuition and required fees is determined by institution
type (public junior colleges, public state colleges, and public technical
institutes), utilizing the most recent Integrated Fiscal Reporting System
reports to project the value.
(c) An approved institution may not charge a
person receiving a grant through that institution an amount of tuition and
required fees in excess of the grant received by the person. Nor may it deny
admission to or enrollment in the institution based on a person's eligibility
to receive or actual receipt of a grant. If an institution's tuition and fee
charges exceed the grant, it may address the shortfall in one of two ways:
(1) it may use other available sources of
financial aid to cover any difference in the amount of the grant and the
student's actual amount of tuition and required fees at the institution,
provided that:
(A) for grants offered for
semesters prior to the 2024 fall semester, the other available sources of
financial aid do not include a loan or Pell Grant; and
(B) for grants offered beginning with the
2024 fall semester, the other available sources of financial aid do not include
a loan; or
(2) it may
waive the excess charges for the student. However, if a waiver is used, the
institution may not report the recipient's tuition and fees in a way that would
increase the general revenue appropriations to the institution.
(d) Grant calculations are to be
completed in accordance with Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to General
Provisions).
