| (a) Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024 and later. Allocations
for the Program are to be determined on an annual basis as follows:
(1) All eligible institutions will be invited to participate
in the Texas College Work-Study Program and/or the Work-Study Mentorship
Program, prior to the start of the biennium; those choosing not to
participate will be excluded from calculations for the relevant year.
(2) The annual allocation share for each institution
choosing to participate will be its three-year average share of the
total statewide number of students who met the following criteria:
(A) were classified as Texas residents;
(B) were enrolled in a degree or certificate program
at least half-time, with full-time students weighted as 1, three-quarter
time students weighted as 0.75, and half-time students weighted as
0.50, as reported in the Financial Aid Database submission; and
(C) have a 9-month Expected Family Contribution, calculated
using federal methodology, less than or equal to the Federal Pell
Grant eligibility cap for the year reported in the Financial Aid Database
submission.
(3) Institutions indicating participation in both the
Texas College Work-Study and the Work-Study Mentorship Program will
have their number of students who meet the criteria listed above increased
by 60% prior to the calculation of the allocation shares.
(4) Institutions indicating participation in only one
of the Texas College Work-Study and the Work-Study Mentorship Programs
may only use allocated funding for the program in which they indicated
intention to participate. Institutions indicating participation in
both the Texas College Work-Study and the Work-Study Mentorship Program
must disburse a minimum of 25% of their allocation to students participating
in the Mentorship Program.
(5) Sources of data. The source of data used for the
allocations are the three most recently certified Financial Aid Database
reports submitted to the Board by the institutions.
(6) Allocations for both years of the state appropriations'
biennium will be completed at the same time. For the allocation process
of the second year of the state appropriations' biennium, the sources
of data outlined in paragraph (5) of this subsection will be utilized
to forecast an additional year of data. This additional year of data,
in combination with the two most recent years outlined in paragraph
(5) of this subsection, will be utilized to calculate the three-year
average share outlined in paragraph (2) of this subsection. Institutions
will receive notification of their allocations for both years of the
biennium at the same time.
(b) Allocations for Fiscal Year 2023 and prior. Allocations
for the Program are to be determined on an annual basis as follows:
(1) All eligible institutions will be invited to participate;
those choosing not to participate will be left out of the calculations
for the relevant year.
(2) The allocation base for each institution choosing
to participate will be the number of students it reported in the most
recent financial aid database report who met the following criteria:
(A) were classified as Texas residents;
(B) were enrolled at least half-time, with full-time
students weighted as 1 and part-time students weighted as .5;
(C) completed either the FAFSA or TASFA; and
(D) have a 9-month Expected Family Contribution less
than the simple average in-district 9-month cost of attendance for
community college students enrolled for 30 semester credit hours while
living off campus, as reported in the most recent year's College Student
Budget Report.
(3) Each institution's share of the available funds
will equal its share of the state-wide total of students who meet
the criteria in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(c) Verification of Data. Allocation calculations will
be shared with all participating institutions for comment and verification
prior to final posting and the institutions will be given 10 working
days, beginning the day of the notice's distribution and excluding
State holidays, to confirm that the allocation report accurately reflects
the data they submitted or to advise Board staff of any inaccuracies.
(d) Reductions in Funding.
(1) If annual funding for the program is reduced after
the start of a fiscal year, the Board may take steps to help distribute
the impact of reduced funding across all participating institutions
by an across-the-board percentage decrease in all institutions' allocations.
(2) If annual funding is reduced prior to the start
of a fiscal year, the Board may recalculate the allocations according
to the allocation methodology outlined in this rule for the affected
fiscal year based on available dollars.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §22.133 adopted to be effective August 16, 2007, 32 TexReg 4977; amended to be effective June 2, 2014, 39 TexReg 4242; transferred effective June 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register May 19, 2017, 42 TexReg 2739; amended to be effective August 22, 2019, 44 TexReg 4312; amended to be effective November 16, 2022, 47 TexReg 7555 |
