1. (a) Membership shall consist of financial aid practitioners, public school counselors, and other persons who can provide insight into the informational needs of students.

2. (b) Membership on the committee will include:

   1. (1) at least two representatives from each sector of higher education (four-year public universities, health-related institutions, two-year colleges, and private institutions);
   2. (2) at least one student representative; if two are selected, one is to be from the four-year college sector and one from the two-year college sector;
   3. (3) two representatives of school districts; and
   4. (4) one representative from the Texas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (TASFAA), named by the TASFAA Board.
3. (c) Interested persons, such as the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT), Texas Association of State College and University Business Officers (TASCUBO), and the Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC), and legislative and governmental relations staff shall be regularly advised of committee meetings.
4. (d) The number of committee members shall not exceed twenty-four (24).

5. (e) Members of the committee shall select:

   1. (1) the presiding officer, who will be responsible for conducting meetings and conveying committee recommendations to the Board; and
   2. (2) the vice chair, who will succeed the presiding officer at the end of the presiding officer's year of service.
6. (f) The transition of leadership to the new presiding officer will occur at the end of the first committee meeting of each state fiscal year. The new presiding officer's term will begin with the second committee meeting of each year, as will each year of committee members' terms. If the chair steps down with more than half his or her term remaining, the vice chair will become chair with the option to complete the previous chair's term and his or her own term or choose to only complete the previous chair's term. If the vice chair's decision is to only complete the previous chair's term, the committee shall immediately elect a new vice chair. If less than half the chair's term remains when the chair steps down, the vice chair will complete both terms.
7. (g) Members shall serve for a term of three years, except that, regardless of the number of years previously on the committee, terms for persons who serve as chair of the committee will include the year as chair and the subsequent year as immediate-past chair; and the terms of persons who serve as vice chair will include the year as vice chair, the subsequent year as chair, and a following year as immediate-past chair of the committee. Student members of the committee will serve two-year terms. Persons who have previously served on the committee are eligible to serve again.

Source Note:The provisions of this §1.151 adopted to be effective December 2, 2013, 38 TexReg 8658.