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The 2019-20 program guidelines for the College Access Loan (CAL), B-On-Time (BOT), and Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP) are enclosed and available on the Student Financial Aid Programs (SFAP) webpage under Program Resources for the applicable program.

This memo is to make you aware of an issue with the College Access Loan (CAL) application process. Students may receive an error message during the loan application process regarding “a problem accessing your information”. We are working to resolve this issue with our software vendor and will update you as more information becomes available.

This memo is a follow-up to our memo on June 15, 2018 regarding an issue with the College Access Loan (CAL) application process.

A notification was sent out April 20, 2018, announcing that effective May 14, 2018, the CAL program will carry a fixed interest rate of 5.30 percent. In that notification, we indicated that all CAL certification processing should be discontinued until May 14th, thus giving the impression that no CAL certifications would be accepted before then.

The CAL allocations are now available for institutions to certify eligible recipients for the 2018-19 academic year

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) invites all Regional Education Service Centers or other entities that offer Alternative Educator Certification Program the opportunity to participate in the state loan program to receive CAL funds.