BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 2936: State student financial aid

Changing the state student financial aid program.

Summary

  • Reduces eligibility for the State Need Grant program from five years to two years.
  • Retains five years of eligibility for students who were awarded a State Need Grant before the 2010-11 academic year and have been continuously enrolled in college.
  • Limits the State Need Grant program to people 29 years of age or younger, unless the recipient is a single parent or received a State Need Grant prior to the 2010-11 academic year and have been continuously enrolled in college.
  • Dedicates 50 percent of the total funding available for the program to be awarded to students attending college on a part-time basis.
  • Allows the Higher Education Coordinating Board to use funding reserved for part-time students for full-time students if demand for financial aid from the part-time students will not account for 50 percent of the funds.

From the House Bill Analysis 2010 (HB 2936), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 19, 2010
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Glenn Anderson (R-5)
Introduced
January 19, 2010 in the House
Last action
March 15, 2010
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to the state student financial aid program;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Glenn Anderson (R-5)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Higher Education.

HB 2936 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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