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Financial Aid Advisory Committee Meeting
March 7, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Event Details
- Welcome, Introductions and Overview of Meeting Etiquette – Melet Leafgreen, Chair
- Consideration of Approval of Minutes from December 7, 2023, FAAC meeting – Melet Leafgreen, Chair
- Update: Prior FAAC Business – Leah Smalley, Senior Policy Director, THECB
- Update: External Relations – John Wyatt, Senior Director, THECB
- Presentation: Manageable Debt Calculation (MDC) Loan Program – Erika Norris, Manager II, THECB
- Update: Texas Association for State Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA)-Denise Welch, TASFAA President
- Update: Legislative Subcommittee – Scott Lapinski, Legislative Subcommittee Chair
- Presentation: Professional Communication is for the Birds – D. Ingram, Associate Director of Financial Aid, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Update: TASFA Subcommittee – Heather Fountain, TASFA Subcommittee Chair
- Update: High School District – Lisa Schoenbrun, El Paso ISD, and Erica Ramos, Pharr-San Juan – Alamo ISD
- New Discussion: Bridge the GAPS (Goals, Achievements, Progress and Solutions) – Committee Members
- Update: Data Collection Subcommittee-Beth Tolan, Data Collection Subcommittee Chair
- Update: Office of Student Financial Aid Programs – DeChà Reid, Director III, THECB and Leah Smalley, Senior Policy Director, THECB
- Topic Recommendations for Future Meetings – Melet Leafgreen, Chair
- Adjournment – Melet Leafgreen, Chair
Gun Notice
Texas Penal Code Section 46.035(c) states: “A license holder commits an offense if the license holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or carried in a shoulder or belt holster, in the room or rooms where a meeting of a governmental entity is held and if the meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, and the entity provided notice as required by that chapter.” Thus, no person can carry a handgun and enter the room or rooms where a meeting of the THECB is held if the meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code.
Please Note that this governmental meeting is, in the opinion of counsel representing THECB, an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code and THECB is providing notice of this meeting as required by Chapter 551. In addition, please note that the written communication required by Texas Penal Code Sections 30.06 and 30.07, prohibiting both concealed and open carry of handguns by Government Code Chapter 411 licensees, will be posted at the entrances to this governmental meeting.
