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Office of Higher Education reports flood of student-loan-reimbursement applications, flags budget cut and Roberta Willis timing
Summary
Office of Higher Education officials told lawmakers they have received 1,474 applications to a newly launched student loan reimbursement program, with 201 applications marked pending‑eligible and roughly $5.57 million identified to cover those pending awards if paid immediately.
Office of Higher Education officials briefed the Appropriations Committee—s Higher Education Subcommittee on a surge of demand for a new student loan reimbursement program and on timing problems tied to other state scholarship lines.
The most immediate development was the volume of student loan reimbursement applications: OHE staff said the portal opened Jan. 1 and had received 1,474 applications as of 8 a.m. on the day of the hearing; 201 applications had been reviewed and deemed pending-eligible. Staff said those pending-eligible applications would require about $5,568,203 to pay if awards were issued the same day. The office set an application deadline of March 31, 2025 and said it could extend that deadline if funding remained after the initial round.
Why it matters: committee members pressed OHE after hearing the application numbers because the governor—s proposed budget eliminates about $6.24 million tied to two items — the adjunct professor grant and the student loan reimbursement…
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