Financial Aid Advisory Committee Meeting

Agenda

1. Welcome, Introductions, and Overview of Meeting – Ed Kerestly, Chair
2. Consideration of Approval of Minutes from the meeting held on June 3, 2021 – Ed Kerestly, Chair
3. Update: Prior FAAC Business – DeChà Reid, Senior Director
4. Presentation: “Hidden Bias in Professional Judgement” – Presenter, Daniel Barkowitz, Assistant Vice President, Financial Aid and Veterans’ Affairs Valencia College (FL) and Michael Birchett, Bluegrass (KY)
5. Presentation: TEXAS Grant Annual Report – Presenter, Andrea “Andy” Thomas, SFAP Asst. Dir. Data Management and Analysis
6. Update: External Relations – John Wyatt, Sr. Director, External Relations
7. Joint Update: House Bill 3 (FAFSA/TASFA Graduation Requirement); House Bill 2140 (On-line TASFAA); and TASFAA Subcommittee – Claudette Jenks, Director, College Readiness and Success; Robert Merino, Subcommittee Chair
8. Update: Data Collection Subcommittee – Dede Gonzales, Subcommittee Chair
9. Update: Legislative Subcommittee – Arnold Trejo, Subcommittee Chair
10. Update: TASFAA Recommendations and Feedback – Taryn Anderson, TASFAA President
11. Update: School District Recommendations and Feedback – Ben Bholan, Arlington ISD; Shonna Norton, Wichita Falls ISD
12. Discussion: Program Participation Agreement- DeChà Reid, Senior Director
13. Discussion: Verification and Controlled Substance for State Financial Aid Program – DeChà Reid, Senior Director
14. Discussion: FAFSA Simplification: Student Aid Index-Denise Welch, Chair
15. Discussion: FAAC Contributions
16. Update: Office of Student Financial Aid Programs – DeChà Reid, Senior Director
17. Update: Recognition of members stepping down-Ed Kerestly, Chair
18. Transition of Leadership- Ed Kerestly, Chair
19. Discussion: Topics for Future Meetings – Denise Welch, Chair
20. Adjournment – Denise Welch, Chair

 

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