The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall:
- (1) Make available to qualified persons financial aid from financial sources available to the commission.
- (2) Determine qualifications of persons to receive financial aid.
- (3) Maintain reports and records on persons applying for and receiving financial aid from the commission.
- (4) Withhold any financial aid if the recipient thereof fails to maintain the standards established for receipt of that aid.
- (5) Recommend to the Legislative Assembly not less than once every biennium matters relating to the establishment, administration, modification, transfer, reduction or cancellation of financial aid.
- (6) Encourage the establishment of financial aid programs by private agencies.
- (7) Collect and disseminate information pertaining to all types of available financial aid.
- (8) Review the administrative practices and evaluate the effectiveness of all public and private post-secondary financial aid programs in Oregon.
- (9) Disburse state appropriations for financial aid in such a manner as to maximize its role in cooperative coordination of financial aid programs.
[Formerly 351.640; 1967 c.430 §4; 1973 c.815 §4; 1997 c.652 §34; 2007 c.802 §5; 2011 c.637 §§171,171a; 2013 c.747 §114; 2017 c.66 §47; 2024 c.95 §19]