Financial Aid Advisory Committee Meeting

Event Details

Agenda – 12/5/2024

1. Welcome, Introductions and Overview of Meeting Etiquette – Cecelia Jones, Chair
2. Consideration of Approval of Minutes from September 12, 2024, FAAC meeting – Cecelia Jones, Chair
3. Update: Prior FAAC Business – Leah Smalley, Director II, THECB
4. Update: External Relations – John Wyatt, Director II, THECB
5. Presentation: FAFSA Completion Efforts – Lara Gueguen, Samantha Gonzalez, College and Career Advising (CCA), THECB
6. Update: Texas Association for State Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA) – D. Ingram, TASFAA President
7. Update: Financial Aid Operations Subcommittee – Beth Tolan, Financial Aid Operations Subcommittee Chair
8. Update: High School District – Erica Ramos, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD, and Sandra Moore, Amarillo ISD
9. Presentation: 2024 FAAC Annual Report – Cecelia Jones, Chair
10. Update: TASFA Subcommittee – Heather Fountain, TASFA Subcommittee Chair
11. Update: Office of Student Financial Aid Programs – DeChà Reid, Director III, THECB and Leah Smalley, Director II, THECB
12. Presentation: Education is Freedom Presents Homelessness, McKinney Vento + Unusual Circumstances: What You Need To Know? – Debbie Richman, Education is Freedom Foundation
13. Discussion Topic: Bridge the GAPS (Goals, Achievements, Progress and Solutions) – Committee Members
14. Review future meetings, reminders, and topic recommendation for future meetings – Cecelia Jones, Chair
15. Adjournment – Cecelia Jones, Chair

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