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THECB outlines accelerated rulemaking to implement legislative changes, including TEOG portability and Texas Grant guarantee
Summary
The Higher Education Coordinating Board staff told the Financial Aid Advisory Committee the agency is moving quickly to write rules and guidance after the 2025 legislative session, with major rule sets scheduled for the October, January and April board meetings and negotiated rulemaking planned for Texas Grant allocation changes.
The Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) told its Financial Aid Advisory Committee on Sept. 12 that agency staff are in active rulemaking to implement multiple bills from the 2025 legislative session, including changes intended to guarantee state grant awards for top high-school graduates and to make TEOG awards portable when students transfer to eligible four‑year institutions.
John Wyatt, THECB senior director for government relations, told the committee the legislature approved “a 22% increase, in fact, across the previous biennium's funding for state financial aid,” and that the additional money carried policy instructions designed to increase predictability and portability of aid.
Policy director Chris Willen walked the committee through how the agency turns statute into enforceable rule: “Statutes are the law. Rules interpret statutes,” he said, and stressed that rules published in the Texas Administrative Code must…
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