Sec. 61.0763. STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT PREVENTION AND FINANCIAL AID LITERACY PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "career school or college" has the meaning assigned by Section 132.001.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2014, the board shall establish and administer a pilot program at selected postsecondary educational institutions to ensure that students of those institutions are informed consumers with regard to all aspects of student financial aid, including:
(1) the consequences of borrowing to finance a student's postsecondary education;
(2) the financial consequences of a student's academic and career choices; and
(3) strategies for avoiding student loan delinquency and default.
(c) The board shall select at least one institution from each of the following categories of postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the program:
(1) general academic teaching institutions;
(2) public junior colleges;
(3) private or independent institutions of higher education; and
(4) career schools or colleges.
(d) In selecting postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the pilot program, the board shall give priority to institutions that have a three-year cohort student loan default rate, as reported by the United States Department of Education:
(1) of more than 20 percent; or
(2) that has above average growth as compared to the rates of other postsecondary educational institutions in this state.
(e) The board, in consultation with postsecondary educational institutions, shall adopt rules for the administration of the pilot program, including rules governing the selection of postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the pilot program consistent with the requirements of Subsection (d).
(f) The board may contract with one or more entities to administer the pilot program according to criteria established by board rule.
(g) Not later than January 1 of each year, beginning in 2016:
(1) the board shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives regarding the outcomes of the pilot program, as reflected in the federal student loan default rates reported for the participating institutions; and
(2) each participating institution shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives regarding the outcomes of the pilot program at the institution, as reflected in the federal student loan default rate reported for the institution.
(h) This section expires December 31, 2020.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 561 (S.B. 680), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (S.B. 215), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2013.
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