Departmental Correspondence

GEER Emergency Educational Grants (EEG) Closeout Reports Memo FY 2021
 

HelmNet Change Transactions-Permissions Restored Memo FY 2021

The “Grant Agreement using GEER Federal Funds” requires public institutions to disburse Emergency Educational Grants (EEG) to eligible students by Nov. 2, 2020. Below are two important deadlines to help ensure that all EEG funds are spent.

• Institutions have until Nov. 6, 2020, to request any reallocated EEG funds.
• Any unexpended Emergency Educational Grant funds must be returned to the THECB by Nov. 16, 2020.

B-On-Time (BOT) Loan Reallocation Process for FY 2020 Memo 

Work-Study Student Mentorship Program (WSMP) Updates Memo

State Campus-Based Programs Annual Report FY 2019 Memo 

Toward EXcellence, Access and Success Grant and Texas Educational Opportunity Grant (TEOG) Award Amounts for FY 2020-2021 Memo 

Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG) Award Amounts for 2020-2021 (FY 2021) Memo

For compliance and security purposes, institutions are required each year to verify the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's (THECB) list of designated portal users. The required steps to complete this annual review is listed in this memo.

The 2021-22 Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) is available for institutional use only. This early release gives institutions time to customize the TASFA and post it online for the Oct. 1 release to students and provide the TASFA to vendors for software updates.

Beginning today, Oct. 2, 2020, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is now accepting files for the FY 2020 (2019-20) FAD Reporting Cycle 3. Enclosed is the current FAD manual, which is also posted on the Student Financial Aid Programs Information webpage under Program Resources.

The 2021-22 TASFA (English and Spanish) is now available on the College for All Texans website and the Student Financial Aid Programs Information webpage under Program Resources.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is required to collect data on state campus-based programs and retain from each public institution current guidelines for administering the Texas Public Educational Grant (TPEG) program.

Enclosed is the required form that participating private and all public institutions will use to report data for the FY 2020 (2019-20) academic year. 

Title III Eligibility Letter Survey Memo 2019-20

Institutions that are eligible for Title III funds from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) are exempt from the Texas College Work-Study (TCWS) and Work-Study Student Mentorship Program (WSMP) matching requirement that participating entities (e.g., institution, nonprofit employer, school district) must provide a certain percentage of an employed student's wages. To qualify for the exemption, institutions must submit a current copy of the Title III Eligibility Letter to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) received funding through the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund to support Emergency Educational Grants and the TEXAS Grant, TEOG, and TEG programs. In order to receive GEER funding, institutions were required to sign a contract that includes monthly and closeout reporting provisions.

Institutions can now submit requests for state financial aid funding for FY 2021 (2020-21). 

To find answers to frequently asked questions, reporting requirements, and other important information associated with the GEER fund for state grants and Emergency Educational Grants, visit the Student Financial Aid Programs webpage à GEER State Grant and Emergency Educational Grants.