| (a) Membership shall consist of financial aid practitioners,
public school counselors, and other persons employed in the non-profit
sector in roles with responsibility for advising students regarding
financial aid.
(b) Membership on the committee will include:
(1) at least two representatives from the following
sectors of higher education: four-year public universities, two-year
colleges, and private institutions; and at least one representative
from a health-related institution;
(2) at least one student representative from a public
institution of higher education, who serves as a non-voting member;
(3) at least two representatives of school districts;
(4) at least one representative from the non-profit
sector with responsibility for advising students regarding financial
aid; and
(5) one representative from the Texas Association of
Student Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA), named by the TASFAA
Board, who serves as a non-voting member.
(c) Interested persons and legislative and governmental
relations staff shall be regularly advised of committee meetings.
(d) The number of committee members shall not exceed
twenty-four (24).
(e) Members of the committee shall select:
(1) the presiding officer, who will be responsible
for conducting meetings and conveying committee recommendations to
the Board, and who will be selected from the financial aid practitioners
serving on the committee; and
(2) the vice chair, who will succeed the presiding
officer at the end of the presiding officer's year of service, and
who will be selected from the financial aid practitioners serving
on the committee.
(f) Committee members' terms will begin with the first
committee meeting of each state fiscal year.
(g) The transition of leadership to the new presiding
officer will occur at the end of the first committee meeting of each
state fiscal year. The new presiding officer's term will begin with
the second committee meeting of each year. If the chair steps down
with more than half his or her term remaining, the vice chair will
become chair with the option to complete the previous chair's term
and his or her own term or choose to only complete the previous chair's
term. If the vice chair's decision is to only complete the previous
chair's term, the committee shall immediately elect a new vice chair.
If less than half the chair's term remains when the chair steps down,
the vice chair will complete both terms.
(h) Members shall serve for a term of three years,
except that, regardless of the number of years previously on the committee,
terms for persons who serve as chair of the committee will include
the year as chair and the subsequent year as immediate-past chair;
and the terms of persons who serve as vice chair will include the
year as vice chair, the subsequent year as chair, and a following
year as immediate-past chair of the committee. Student members of
the committee will serve two-year terms. The TASFAA representative
will serve a one-year term. Persons who have previously served on
the committee are eligible to serve again.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §1.151 adopted to be effective December 2, 2013, 38 TexReg 8658; amended to be effective August 30, 2016, 41 TexReg 6478; amended to be effective September 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 4849 |
