Section 61.07762 - Application for State Financial Aid(a) The board shall adopt procedures to allow a person to complete and submit the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) or a similar application for state student financial assistance by electronic submission through the Internet website through which the board provides the common admission application form required by Section 51.762.(a-1) The board shall appoint an advisory committee composed of financial aid personnel at institutions of higher education and stakeholders who represent the needs of interested students to assist the board in adopting the procedures required by Subsection (a) and to develop recommendations for that purpose. Not later than January 1, 2021, the board shall report the advisory committee's recommendations to the standing committee of each house of the legislature with jurisdiction over higher education. This subsection expires January 1, 2023.(b) For the purposes of this section, the board shall continuously maintain an online database of institutions of higher education to which state student financial assistance may be applied.(c) The personal information of an individual maintained by the board for the purposes of this section is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.(d) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.Tex. Educ. Code § 61.07762
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 801,Sec. 1, eff. 6/10/2019, op. beginning with applications for state student financial assistance submitted for the 2022-2023 academic year.