Other Financial Aid Sources

The aid sources listed below are other types of assistance which may be available for certain students. The Financial Aid Office maintains close coordination with these other agencies/organizations.

Job Training

Training opportunities are available through the W.I.A. (Workforce Investment Act) Program for eligible students. Contact the local Texas Workforce Commission for application information.

Veteran's Benefits

Educational benefits for veterans and/or veteran dependents are available to eligible students through the Office of the Registrar.

Vocational Rehabilitation

The Texas Rehabilitation Commission offers a variety of services and assistance to Texas college students for whom physical disabilities constitute a handicap to employment. Applications for these services should be made directly to the Texas Rehabilitation Commission. Authorization for vocational rehabilitation support must be on file in the Howard College Financial Aid Office before registration.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

The purpose of this program is to enable Indian students with financial need to attend college. The student should contact the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for specific requirements.

Tuition Rebates

The purpose of this program is to provide tuition rebates that will provide a financial incentive for students to prepare for university studies while completing their high school work, avail themselves of academic counseling, make early career decisions, and complete their baccalaureate studies with as few courses outside the degree plan as possible. Minimizing the number of courses taken by students results in financial savings to students, parents, and the state. To be eligible for rebates under this program, students must meet all of the following conditions:

1. Enrolled for the first time in an institution of higher education in the fall 1997 semester or later,
2. Request a rebate for work related to a first baccalaureate degree received from a Texas public university,
3. Be a resident of Texas, attempt all course work at a Texas public institution of higher education, and have been entitled to pay resident tuition at all times while pursuing the degree, and,
4. Must have attempted no more than three hours in excess of the minimum number of semester credit hours required to complete the degree under the catalog under which the student graduated. Hours attempted include transfer, credits, course credit earned exclusively by examination, courses that are dropped after the official census date, for-credit preparatory courses, optional internship and cooperative education courses, and repeated courses. Courses dropped for reasons that are determined by the institution to be totally beyond the control of the student shall not be counted.

The amount of the tuition to be rebated to a student under this program is $1,000, unless the total amount of undergraduate tuition paid by the student to the institution awarding the degree was less than $1,000, in which the amount of tuition to be rebated is an amount equal to the amount of undergraduate tuition paid by the student to the institution. Students must apply for rebates prior to receiving their baccalaureate degrees on forms provided by the institution and must keep the institution apprised of their addresses for at least 60 days after their graduation date.

For more information about tuition rebates, contact the Business Office (432-264-5009) at Howard College or the Registrar of the four-year institution awarding the baccalaureate degree.