Departmental Correspondence

Financial Aid Database (FAD) – Reporting Cycle Three Available – FY 2018
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is accepting files on August 31, 2018 for the FY 2018 (2017-18) FAD Reporting Cycle Three.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has scheduled a webinar with uAspire and Sam Houston State University to assist institutions with implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 887. This webinar will provide guidance on how to effectively communicate information presented in student debt letters required by SB 887.

The Office of Student Financial Aid Programs (SFAP) would like to provide institutions with a few updates and resources that can be used throughout the upcoming year.

This memo is to make you aware of a planned system maintenance beginning at 8:00 p.m. CST, August 10, 2018 to 8:00 p.m. CST, August 12, 2018.

The Texas B-On-Time (BOT) Loan Counseling Module located on the HHloan website is experiencing technical difficulties. We are working to resolve these issues and will provide additional guidance as more information becomes available.

The Texas B-On-Time (BOT) Loan Counseling Module located on the HHloans website was experiencing technical difficulties, but is now available to student borrowers.

The Office of Student Financial Aid Programs is requesting information to gauge how the TASFA is being collected at both public and private/independent institutions of higher education. Please complete the enclosed survey by August 2, 2018.

On July 9, 2018, the 10-day allocation data review materials for the TCWS
Mentorship program were issued to institutions. Institutions were invited to
confirm that the “TCWS Mentorship Preliminary Allocation Calculation Data”
accurately reflected the data submitted to the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board (THECB). Institutions were allowed 10 days to review
the data. That period ended at the close of business on July 23, 2018.

Enclosed is the 2018-19 application for the Educational Aide Exemption (EAE) program. Participating institutions can begin distributing copies to eligible students and the application is also posted on the College for All Texans website under the EAE page.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) announces the 10-day allocation data review for the 2018-19 TCWS program at public and private/independent institutions.

https://reportcenter.highered.texas.gov/correspondence/departmental-correspondence/texas-college-work-study-fy-2019-10-day-allocation-data-review-memo/

This memo is to announce the maximum award amount for TASSP during the 2018-19 academic year.

This is a follow-up to the previous memo sent on June 28, 2018 regarding programming changes to FAD reporting cycle two. The current FAD editing program uses the Social Security Administration’s numbering scheme to determine if the social security numbers (SSN) reported in Data Element #5 (SSN/ID) are valid.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is now accepting files beginning June 10, 2019 for the FY 2019 (2018-19) FAD Reporting Cycle Two.

This memo is to announce the enclosed 2018-19 final allocation amount based on the appropriation and carry forward amounts from fiscal year 2018 for the BOT loan program.

Financial Aid Services is seeking recommendations for improving the 2019-20 Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA).

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

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.