Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Report – Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students
11/30/2020
Attachment A
Under this program, $151,291 has been allocated to Central Texas Beauty College in emergency financial aid grants. This money will be awarded directly to students affected by disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus. Central Texas Beauty College has discretion to determine amount of each grant and distribute the grants in compliance with all applicable laws, including non-discrimination.
The school believes that all students enrolled on March 13, 2020, have been financially impacted by coronavirus and the transition to distance education with regard to cost of attendance as described. Therefore, the emergency grants will be used to assist all eligible students and distributed equally to each student who was enrolled on March 13, 2020, who earned any distance education hours on or after March 23, 2020, and who were Title IV eligible.
This allocation policy follows guidance from FAQ from the Dept. of Education regarding which students are eligible to receive emergency financial grants from the HEERF. Specifically, this guidance states that, “only students who are or could be eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), may receive emergency financial aid grants. If a student has filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), then the student has demonstrated eligibility to participate in programs under Section 484 the HEA. The criteria to participate in programs underSection 484 of the HEA include but are not limited to the following: U.S.citizenship or eligible noncitizen; a valid Social Security number; registration with Selective Service (if the student is male); and a high school diploma, GED, or completion of high school in an approved homeschool setting.”
Attachment B
CARES ACT - Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grant Application
On April 9, 2020, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the U.S. Department of Education was making immediately available to postsecondary institutions more than $6.2 billion in emergency grants for students impacted by Coronavirus and authorized in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) The approximately $6.2 billion accounts for the portion of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (Sec. 18004) that must be used to provide emergency financial aid grants directly to students. This first allocation of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund must be used exclusively for student emergency financial aid grants. Only students who are or could be eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), may receive emergency financial aid grants. The school will make every reasonable effort to distribute this grant money to eligible students as quickly as possible once it is received.
Central Texas Beauty College’s cohort of eligible students consists of all students who were enrolled on March 13, 2020, the date of the Disaster Declaration, (ii) who earned any hours of training via temporary distance education on or after March 23, 2020, and (iii) who were Title IV eligible. Each student will be eligible for only one grant unless additional funding becomes available. Grant amounts allocated to each student are determined based on the school’s total “Minimum Allocation of Grant Monies to be Awarded for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students” divided by the eligible cohort of total students.
Estimated Grant Amount = $1146.14 per Eligible Student
Online Questionnaire & Certification That Will Be Provided to Students Upon Release of Funds:
- Were you enrolled at Central Texas Beauty College on March 13, 2020, the date of the COVID-19 Disaster Declaration?
- Did you earn Distance Education Hours on or after March 23, 2020?
- Did you complete the 2019-20 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?
- Please answer the following question with a brief description of your situation. Howhas COVID-19 and the disruption of campus operations impacted your job/work status and/or ability to study and/or financial situation, in regards to food, housing, course materials, technology, health care and childcare?
- How will this relief grant help you get through this emergency?
- Use of Grant Certification – By placing my first and last initial here, I certify to only use grant proceeds for eligible expenses such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and childcare.
- I hereby acknowledge the following: Should an otherwise eligible student fail to certify need, these funds will not be granted (or must be returned to the Institution by the student if previously granted) to be reallocated among additional students who were affected by COVID-19 and did not receive grant monies under the initial disbursements. The Institution will not, at the request of the student, redirect their funds to a particular student in need. Successful completion of this form does not guarantee approval of grant monies unless all other eligibility requirements are also met.
- TYPE FIRST AND LAST NAME AS SIGNATURE: I agree by providing my name below, I am in essence rendering my signature in acknowledgement of the completed statements on this form and stating that all information is true and accurate as of the date of this form. I also acknowledge that the “Estimated Grant Amount” is not guaranteed, is subject to change based on final calculation of eligible students, and that all other grant eligibility requirements must be satisfied for monies to be awarded.