La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § V-221

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section V-221 - Membership

A. The advisory board shall be composed of 11 voting members as follows:

1. one member from each postsecondary education board to be appointed by the respective board;

2. one member appointed the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (LAICU);

3. one member appointed by the Louisiana Association of Private Colleges and Schools who will represent proprietary and cosmetology schools;

4. one member to be appointed by the Louisiana Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators;

5. one private/parochial high school counselor to be appointed by the Louisiana Student Counselor Association;

6. one public/charter high school counselor to be appointed by the Louisiana Student Counselor Association;

7. one member appointed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to be rotated with one member appointed by the Department of Education;

8. one student member to be appointed by the Council of Student Body Presidents, whose rotation shall be as follows:

a. Louisiana State University System;

b. Southern University System;

c. University of Louisiana System;

d. Louisiana Technical and Community College System.

B. Term

1. The term of voting members shall be for two years except when the organization represented by the appointed member provides for a shorter term, in which case, the member's term shall meet the requirements of the organization represented.

2. Members may serve consecutive terms.

3. Terms shall begin on October 1 of each year.

C. Notification of Membership

1. LOSFA will send a notice to the organizations represented on the advisory board no later than July 1 of the year during which terms expire to begin requesting appointments for the upcoming term. The organization shall respond in sufficient time to allow LOSFA to confirm the appointee's willingness to serve prior to the beginning of the term on October 1.

2. The appointee must submit the confirmation of membership by September 1 of that same year.

D. Replacements

1. If an appointee declines to participate or does not submit a timely confirmation, LOSFA shall so notify the appropriate organization and request another person be appointed.

2. If a member is unable to complete his/her term for any reason, the organization represented by that member shall appoint a replacement who shall complete the rest of the term and shall be eligible for membership for the next two-year term.

3. In the event a member does not attend at least half of the regularly scheduled meetings of the membership in a year, the Chair shall request that another member be appointed.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § V-221

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 24:435 (March 1998), amended LR 33:1339 (July 2007), LR 34:610 (April 2008), LR 37:2598 (September 2011), Amended LR 4249 (1/1/2016), Amended by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 431728 (9/1/2017), Amended by the Tuition Trust Authority, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 50494 (4/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3021.