19 Tex. Admin. Code § 22.6 - Applying for State Financial Aid
(a) Priority
deadline:
(1) All general academic teaching
institutions shall use January 15 as the priority application deadline to
receive state financial aid.
(2)
The priority deadline is not to serve as a determination of eligibility for
state financial aid, but otherwise eligible students who apply on or before the
deadline shall be given priority consideration for available state financial
aid before other applicants.
(3) If
the Commissioner determines that the ability of students to meet the deadline
will be significantly impaired by a natural disaster, federal financial aid
development, or other unforeseen exigent circumstance, the Commissioner may
delay the priority deadline for a specific aid cycle, after consultation with
representatives of the financial aid community. The updated priority deadline
will be immediately published on THECB's public website.
(b) Texas Application for State Financial Aid
(TASFA):
(1) The TASFA collects data necessary
for determining state financial aid eligibility for those applicants classified
as Texas residents, as outlined in Chapter 21, Subchapter B of this Part, who
are not eligible to apply for federal financial aid using the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid.
(2)
Beginning with the financial aid application cycle for academic year 2023-2024
and thereafter, the online TASFA available through the ApplyTexas website is
the sole, acceptable online TASFA. All institutions participating in financial
aid programs covered by this chapter must accept the data generated by the
completion of this online TASFA.
(3) Beginning with the financial aid
application cycle for academic year 2023-2024 and thereafter, the TASFA
document available through the ApplyTexas website is the sole, acceptable
printable version of the TASFA, which institutions may accept from applicants
who do not have access to the necessary technology to complete the online
TASFA.
(4) An institution is not
prohibited from requiring an applicant to submit additional information to
accompany the data received via the TASFA.
(c) Authority for this section is provided in
Texas Education Code, Chapter 56, Section 56.008 and Chapter 61, Section
61.07762.
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