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FAST and Speedy
100

FAST stands for?

What is the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer

100

What is the purpose of FAST?

What is funding to participating public institutions so they can offer dual credit courses to educationally disadvantaged students at no cost. 

100

The number of process each semester.

What is two processes.

100

The TAC code outlining the institutional agreement requirements.

What is TAC Code 54.84

100

Educationally Disadvantaged

What is students eligible for the national free/reduced-price lunch program. A student that meeting this requirement at any time during the four school years prior to the students enrollment in the dual credit course is eligible.

200

Deadline for roster submission.

What is Sunday, October 15, 2023. 

200

Students that are included in the file sent to the THECB.

Who are registered students for or enrolled in a course offered through an institutional agreement.

200

The first process requires what from the institution.

What is a secured upload of a roster file of registered dual credit students via MOVEit to THECB

200

The receipt of the final roster.

What is the time when institutions are required to ensure that any student identified as eligible for FAST funding incurred no cost for the course.
200

Two purposes of FAST rate adopted by THECB

  1. Funding rate: Participating institutions will receive an allotment of funding equal to the FAST tuition rate for each semester credit hour of dual credit coursework taken by an eligible student.
  2. Maximum tuition rate: Participating institutions may not charge a per-credit tuition rate more than the FAST tuition rate to any student attending high school in a Texas school district or charter school for any eligible dual credit course offered by the participating institution. Institutions may choose to charge a lower rate for any or all dual credit coursework without impacting the funding rate indicated in #1 above.
300

The actual deadline for roster submission.

What is Friday, October 13, 2023
300

Individuals transmitting the data files.

Who is the SRO per college.

300

The second process of FAST.

What is for THECB to complete in November the determination of the amount of funding an institution will receive. 

300
One template provided.

What is the roster template with instructions.

300

Dr. Railey, Dr. Ruth Dalryple, and Sara Mann

Leadership deciding our participation.

400

Determination of Dual Credit status of educationally disadvantaged. 

What is based on the information from the four school years prior to the year in which the student takes dual credit course.

400

Kim Yughi

Who is the THECB point of contact coordinating this report effort. 
400

First time educationally disadvantaged. 

Due to timing of data availability, if a student was indicated as educationally disadvantaged for the first time during the very last high school data submission of the prior year, this student will not be listed as educationally disadvantaged in the fall roster matched by the THECB.

400

Second templated provided.

What is the certification state.

400

Love and Adore

What is we love THECB

500

Courses enrolled by the student. 

What eligible academic, career and technical education (CTE) or continuing education courses.

500

TAC code for eligible enrollment.

19 Texas Administrative Code 13.501(2)

500

Newly identified as educationally disadvantaged to institutions. 

What is the THECB using the full prior academic year data to provide a list of students newly identified as educationally disadvantaged. 

500

Initiator of the certification statement.

Who is the academic leadership determined individuals. 

500

FAST FAQ

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